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Shirley Collie Nelson (Shirley Angelina Simpson) was born on 16 March, 1931 in Chillicothe, Missouri, U.S., is an American singer-songwriter (1931–2010). Discover Shirley Collie Nelson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

Popular As Shirley Angelina Simpson
Occupation Singer, songwriter
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 16 March 1931
Birthday 16 March
Birthplace Chillicothe, Missouri, U.S.
Date of death 2010
Died Place Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Her husband is Willie Nelson (m. 1963-1971)

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1931

Shirley Collie Nelson (born Shirley Angelina Simpson; March 16, 1931 – January 27, 2010) was an American country music and rockabilly singer, yodeler, guitarist and songwriter.

1945

In 1945, at age 14, Simpson replaced "Sue" on the weekday morning Millie and Sue show on KMBC-AM in Kansas City, and the duo also appeared on the station's Brush Creek Follies barn dance show.

She bought her Little Martin guitar from the previous Sue, an instrument she would use for the rest of her career.

Her first marriage, at 15, lasted until she was 19.

1950

In 1950, Simpson moved to Texas to play with Bob Wills, Johnnie Lee Wills and other Texas bands.

1955

She settled in Corpus Christi and performed locally until the fall of 1955, when the redhead was offered a regular role on ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee in Springfield, Missouri and signed a recording contract with ABC-Paramount.

1956

In 1956, she released her first singles on the label under her Jubilee stage name, Shirley Caddell, and made a guest appearance on The Eddy Arnold Show.

1957

In 1957, she recorded two singles with Lefty Frizzell on Columbia Records, as well as two solo numbers.

1958

In 1958, she left Springfield to tour with The Philip Morris Country Music Show based in Nashville, Tennessee, where she met the show's manager and emcee, Hiram "Biff" Collie, a country music disc jockey on KFOX-AM in Long Beach, California.

They married and she moved to Hollywood, appearing on Country America on KABC-TV.

1960

Both were also regulars on KTTV-TV's Town Hall Party, and Collie was a guest on NBC-TV's You Bet Your Life in 1960.

Starting in 1960, Collie released singles on the Liberty Records label with Floyd Tillman, Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys, and Clyde Beavers.

1961

In 1961, she made her chart debut with the Harlan Howard song “Dime a Dozen,” which rose to No. 25 on the Billboard country chart.

That same year, "Why Baby Why", her duet with Warren Smith, reached No. 23.

Soon record producer Joe Allison approached her to sing with Willie Nelson, who previous singers had been unable to sing harmony with due to his style.

1962

Their 1962 duet, "Willingly", climbed to No. 10 and was his first chart hit, but it failed to establish him as a star.

In 1962, Collie was offered the role of semi-regular character Pearl Bodine on the CBS-TV series The Beverly Hillbillies, but instead began touring with Nelson, playing bass guitar in his band.

1963

From 1963 to 1971, she was the second wife of country star Willie Nelson.

Born in Chillicothe, Missouri, to Alice (née Davis) and Henry Simpson, she sang at local war bond rallies during World War II as a child, and made a guest appearance on KFEQ-AM in St. Joseph, Missouri.

They married in Las Vegas in 1963.

As Nelson's career flourished, he talked her into staying home in Ridgetop outside Nashville, where she helped raise his three children by his first wife, Martha.

1968

The couple co-wrote his 1968 single "Little Things", and she is credited with writing his singles "I Hope So" (1969) and "Once More With Feeling" (1970).

1971

After she discovered Nelson had fathered a daughter with Connie Koepke, who would become his third wife, their marriage fell apart and they divorced in 1971.

1987

From 1987–89, Nelson worked for the state of Missouri with the mentally disabled.

1996

She continued to perform in Branson, Missouri and received a lifetime achievement award from KMBZ in 1996.

2009

In the years following, however, she would perform and yodel with Nelson when he toured in Missouri until she retired; and the two collaborated on her 2009 book, Memoir: Scrapbooks in My Mind: Featuring Shirley and Willie Nelson and Many Others.

2010

Nelson died in Springfield, Missouri on January 27, 2010, aged 78, following a long illness, and was buried at White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Springfield.

She was survived by her husband, Ed Melton, and a sister, Mary Lou Ritchie.