Willingly

"Willingly" is a duet by country music singer Willie Nelson and Shirley Collie, produced by Joe Allison during Nelson's third session for Liberty Records. Released in March 1962, the album reached number ten on Billboard's Hot Country Singles.

Background

Leveraged by his prominence as a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Nelson was signed as a recording artist by Liberty Records in 1961.^[1] Nelson produced two sides in his first session, and an entire album after his second one.^[2]

While touring with Ray Price as a Cherokee Cowboys bassist, Nelson had attended the Nashville disc jockeys convention. Songwriters Harlan Howard and Hank Cochran visited with Nelson California DJ Biff Collie's hotel room at The Hermitage Hotel. There they met Collie's wife, Shirley, a fellow Liberty recording artist.^[3]

During Nelson's second recording session at Radio Recorders, in California, Harlan Howard took Shirley Collie to the studio, where Nelson was cutting "Mr. Record Man". After the Collies attended a Ray Price concert at Harmony Park Ballroom, the couple socialized often with Nelson.^[4] While in California, Nelson and Collie began an affair.^[5]

Recording

Producer Joe Allison held Nelson's third Liberty Records recording session at Nashville's Bradley's Barn studio in November 1961. The backing was composed of fiddler and guitarist Ray Edenton, pianist Pig Robbins, drummer Buddy Harman, basisst Bob Moore. The band also featured Ray Price's steel guitarist, Jimmy Day and the Anita Kerr singers.^[6]

At the persistence of Nelson, Allison added to the session Shirley Collie. Collie sang the lead on "Willingly", with Nelson blending on a high tenor to join her voice. The session also produced the duet "Our Chain of Love", that was used as the flipside of the single.^[6]

Release

On its January 1962 review, Billboard rated the single with four stars with "strong sales potential". The review noted the song as a "pleasant duo blend work on effective country theme with good lyrics".^[7]

The single was released on March 17, 1962, reaching by May number ten on Billboard's Top country singles.^[8]

Chart performance

Chart (1962)	Peak position
Billboard Hot Country Singles	10^[9]

Footnotes

↑ Patoski, Joe Nick 2008, p. 126.
↑ Thomson, Graeme 2012, p. 73.
↑ Nelson, Willie; Bud Shrake; Edwin Shrake 2000, p. 173.
↑ Patoski, Joe Nick 2008, p. 129.
↑ Nelson, Willie; Bud Shrake; Edwin Shrake 2000, p. 174.
1 2 Patoski, Joe Nick 2008, p. 128.
↑ Billboard staff 1962, p. 29.
↑ Scobey, Lola 1982, p. 111.
↑ Patoski, Joe Nick 2008, p. 131.

References

Billboard staff (1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 74 (2). ISSN 0006-2510. Missing or empty |title= (help)
Nelson, Willie; Bud Shrake; Edwin Shrake (2000). Willie: An Autobiography. Cooper Square Press.
Patoski, Joe Nick (2008). Willie Nelson: An Epic Life. Hachette Digital. ISBN 978-0-316-01778-7.
Scobey, Lola (1982). Willie Nelson: Country Outlaw. Kensington Pub Corp. ISBN 978-0-89083-936-2.
Thomson, Graeme (2012). Willie Nelson: The Outlaw. Random House. ISBN 978-1-448-13341-3.

Willie Nelson singles discography

1950s
and
1960s

1957	"No Place For Me" / "Lumberjack"

1959	"Man With the Blues" / "The Storm Has Just Begun"

1960	"What a Way to Live" / "Misery Mansion" "Nite Life" / "Rainy Day Blues"

1961	"The Part Where I Cry" / "Mr. Record Man"

1962	"Willingly" / "Chain of Love" "Touch Me" / "Where My House Lives" "Wake Me When It's Over" / "There's Gonna Be Love In My House" "You Dream About Me" / "Is This My Destiny"

1963	"Half a Man" / "The Last Letter" "Take My Word" / "Feed it a Memory"

1964	"How Long is Forever" / "You Took My Happy Away" "Am I Blue" / "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight" "River Boy" / "Opportunity to Cry" "I Never Cared For You" / "You Left Me (A Long Time Ago)" "Pretty Paper" / "What A Merry Christmas This Could Be"

1965	"She's Not For You" / "Permanently Lonely" "Healing Hands of Time" / "One Day at the Time" "I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye" / "And So Will You, My Love"

1966	"One In A Row" / "San Antonio Rose" "Colombus Stockade Blues" / "He Sits at my Table" "I'm Still Not Over You"/ "I Love You Because"

1967	"The Party's Over" / "Make Way for a Better Man" "Blackjack County Chain" / "Some Other World" "San Antonio" / "To Make a Long Story Short"

1968	"Little Things" / " Sweet Memories" "Good Times" / "Where Do You Stand" "Johnny One Time" / "She's Still Gone"

1969	"Bring Me Sunshine" / "Don't Say Love or Nothing" "I Hope So" / "Right or Wrong"

1970s

1970	"Once More With Feeling" / "Who Do I Know in Dallas" "Laying My Burdens Down" / "Truth Number One"

1971	"I'm a Memory" / "Fire and Rain" "Yesterday's Wine" / "Me and Paul"

1972	"Words Don't Fit the Picture" / "A Moment"

1973	"Shotgun Willie" (mono) / "Sad Songs and Waltzes" "Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)" / "Devil in a Sleepin' Bag"

1974	"I Still Can't Believe You're Gone" / "Heaven and Hell" "Bloody Mary Morning" / "After the Fire is Gone"(with Tracy Nelson) "Sister's Comin' Home" (mono) / "Pick Up The Tempo"

1975	"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" / "Bandera"

1976	"Remember Me (When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming)" / "Time of the Preacher" "I'd Have to Be Crazy" (mono) / "Amazing Grace" "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time" / "The Sound in Your Mind"

1977	"Uncloudy Day" / "Precious Memories" "I Love You A Thousand Ways" / "Mom and Dad's Waltz"

1978	"Georgia on My Mind" / "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" "Blue Skies" / "Moonlight in Vermont" "All of Me" / "Unchained Melody"

1979	"Whiskey River" / "Under the Double Eagle" "September Song" / "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" "White Christmas" / "Blue Christmas"

1980s

1980	"Help Me Make It Through the Night" / "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33" "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" / "Rising Stars" "Midnight Rider" / "So You Think You're A Cowboy" "On the Road Again"/ "Jumpin' Cotton Eyed Joe"(performed by Johnny Gimble)

1981	"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" / "I Guess I've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes" "Mona Lisa" / "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" / "Over the Rainbow" "Heartaches of a Fool" / "Uncloudy Day"

1982	"Always on My Mind" / "The Party's Over" "Let It Be Me" / "Permanently Lonely" "Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning" / "Old Fords and a Natural Stone"

1983	"Little Old Fashioned Karma" / "Beer Barrel Polka" "Why Do I Have to Choose" / "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" "Take It to the Limit" / "Till I Gain Control Again" "Without a Song"

1984	"City of New Orleans (Unedited version)" / "Why Are You Pickin' On Me"

1985	"Forgiving You Was Easy" / "You Wouldn't Cross the Street" "Me and Paul" / "I Let My Mind Wander"

1986	"Living in the Promiseland" / "Bach Minuet in G" "I'm Not Trying to Forget You" / "I've Got the Craziest Feeling"

1987	"Partners After All" / "Home Away From Home" "Heart of Gold" / "So Much Like My Dad" "Island in the Sea" / "There is no Easy Way"

1988	"Nobody There But Me" / "Wake Me When It's Over" "Spanish Eyes" (with Julio Iglesias) / "Ole Buttermilk Sky" "Twilight Time" / "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"

1989	"Nothing I Can Do About It Now" / "If I Were a Painting" "There You Are" / "Spirit" "Is The Better Part Over" / "Mr. Record Man"

1990s

1990	"The Highway" / "Spirit" "Ain't Necessarily So" / "I Never Cared For You" ("Ain't Necessarily So" also on CD Single)

1991	"The Piper Came Today" / "(I Don't Have a Reason) To Go To California Anymore" ("The Piper Came Today" also on CD Single) "Ten With a Two" / "You Decide"

1993	"Graceland" "Still is Still Moving to Me" / "Valentine"

1995	"Turn Me Loose and Let Me Swing"

1998	"I Never Cared for You"

2000s
and
2010s

2002	"Mendocino County Line" (with Lee Ann Womack) / "Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me)" (Both single tracks released on CD and 7" record)

2003	"Wurlitzer Prize" (with Norah Jones) "Beer for My Horses" (with Toby Keith)

2005	"I'm a Worried Man" (with Toots Hibbert) "The Harder They Come"

2006	"You Don't Know Me" "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other"

2008	"Gravedigger" "You Don't Think I'm Funny Anymore"

2011	"The Scientist"

2012	"Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die" "Just Breathe" "Come On Back Jesus"

2013	"From Here to the Moon and Back" (with Dolly Parton) "Grandma's Hands" (with Mavis Staples) "It Won't Be Long" (with The Secret Sisters) "Somewhere Between" (with Loretta Lynn)

2014	"The Wall" "Bring It On" "Laws of Nature" "Who'll Buy My Memories"

2015	"It's All Going to Pot"

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