Shirley Collie helped launch Willie Nelson’s solo career back before the name “Willie Nelson” meant anything to anyone. As a guitarist and singer who climbed to the top tier of the country music circuit as just a teenager, she traded her trajectory as a recording artist and staple of the silver screen for a life with the duet partner of her dreams. But it wasn’t long before her life with Willie fell out of harmony…and fell into a twister of stagnation, loneliness, and jealousy. 

Scrapbooks In My Mind: Featuring Shirley and Willie Nelson and Many Others by Shirley Caddell Collie Nelson

Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band by Willie Nelson and Bobbie Nelson

Willie Nelson: An Epic Lifeby Joe Nick Patoski

Shirley Nelson Obituary (Springfield Union Leader)

Shirley Collie Nelson. Former Wife and Duet Partner of Willie Nelson, Dies (CMT)

Wikipedia: Shirley Collie Nelson

Country Music Hall of Fame: Willie Nelson

Interview: Willie Nelson (The Telegraph)

Shirley Collie helped launch Willie Nelson’s solo career back before the name “Willie Nelson” meant anything to anyone. As a guitarist and singer who climbed to the top tier of the country music circuit as just a teenager, she traded her trajectory as a recording artist and staple of the silver screen for a life with the duet partner of her dreams. But it wasn’t long before her life with Willie fell out of harmony…and fell into a twister of stagnation, loneliness, and jealousy. 
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/SCRAPBOOKS-MY-MIND-Featuring-Shirley/dp/1601458835">Scrapbooks In My Mind: Featuring Shirley and Willie Nelson and Many Others</a> by Shirley Caddell Collie Nelson
<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/602362/me-and-sister-bobbie-by-willie-nelson-and-bobbie-nelson-with-david-ritz/">Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band</a> by Willie Nelson and Bobbie Nelson
<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/willie-nelson-joe-nick-patoski/1111888844">Willie Nelson: An Epic Life</a> by Joe Nick Patoski
<a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/news-leader/name/shirley-nelson-obituary?pid=141521602">Shirley Nelson Obituary</a> (Springfield Union Leader)
<a href="https://www.cmt.com/news/r6ydam/shirley-collie-nelson-former-wife-and-duet-partner-of-willie-nelson-dies">Shirley Collie Nelson. Former Wife and Duet Partner of Willie Nelson, Dies</a> (CMT)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Collie_Nelson">Wikipedia: Shirley Collie Nelson</a>
<a href="https://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/willie-nelson">Country Music Hall of Fame: Willie Nelson</a> 
<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7653190/Interview-Willie-Nelson.html">Interview: Willie Nelson</a> (The Telegraph)

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Shirley Collie Nelson: In and Out of Harmony with Willie Nelson

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Mafia assassinations, drag racing, extortion, eternal life, and doing time at Rikers Island and San Quentin. Find out which music legends are featured in Season 12 of Disgraceland. New episodes drop every Tuesday starting May 16th, with bonus After Party episodes dropping every Thursday. Subscribe to Disgraceland wherever you get your podcasts, and for more information on the show, visit disgracelandpod.com.

Mafia assassinations, drag racing, extortion, eternal life, and doing time at Rikers Island and San Quentin. Find out which music legends are featured in Season 12 of Disgraceland. New episodes drop every Tuesday starting May 16th, with bonus After Party episodes dropping every Thursday. Subscribe to Disgraceland wherever you get your podcasts, and for more information on the show, visit <a href="https://www.disgracelandpod.com/">disgracelandpod.com.</a>

Presenting Disgraceland Season 12 (Trailer)

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Before there was Queen Latifah the actress, there was Queen Latifah the hip-hop star. She ascended to royal status in rap at a time when the genre revolved around putting women down – and keeping them down. Thanks to her reign, a generation of hip-hop heads learned that women could rule just as well as any man. But Queen Latifah’s legacy as one of the loudest, proudest voices in the game often gets buried by her pile of film awards and acclaim.

Before there was Queen Latifah the actress, there was Queen Latifah the hip-hop star. She ascended to royal status in rap at a time when the genre revolved around putting women down – and keeping them down. Thanks to her reign, a generation of hip-hop heads learned that women could rule just as well as any man. But Queen Latifah’s legacy as one of the loudest, proudest voices in the game often gets buried by her pile of film awards and acclaim.

Queen Latifah: From Princess of the Posse to Queen of the Rap Scene

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Kelis’s musical light was undeniable from the start, but it was still a struggle to shine as brightly as knew she could. She did get there, but little did she know that the same people she thought were on her side were really just out for themselves. Between that and a messy first marriage she tried to keep private, it would only take one more straw to break her silence.
 
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<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kelis/+wiki">Kelis age, hometown, biography | Last.fm</a>
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Kelis: Musical Kaleidoscopes, Culinary Feasts, Nas, and Moving On

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