An Ode to Country: The Greatest Country Songs of All Time

2. Patsy Cline, ‘Crazy’ (1961)

The song got to Patsy Cline through her husband Charlie Dick, a buddy of Willie Nelson from Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge on Nashville’s Music Row. After hearing Nelson’s demo, Dick immediately drove the songwriter home to wake up Patsy.

Source: Wide Open Country

She initially though Nelson’s tune too was slow and unflattering, but she still nailed her heart-stopping vocal in a single. “Crazy” became Cline’s signature tune and a hallmark of the Great American Songbook. It was also the 1992 presidential candidate Ross Perot’s campaign anthem.