Recording information: 1977 - 1988.
This 14-track compilation, which is part of Legacy's ongoing GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK series of single-artist anthologies, collects tracks from all four of Willie Nelson's albums of traditional pre-rock pop songs, beginning with 1978's landmark STARDUST up to 1988's WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD. Always a quirky vocalist, Nelson sticks to his own idiosyncratic phrasing on such deathless standards as "Georgia On My Mind" and "Blue Skies." This gives the album a bluesy quality that invests the songs with much more personality than the usual trawl through the standards.