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City of New Orleans - Willie Nelson

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The Steve Goodman-penned title cut of City of New Orleans was Nelson's umpteenth number one hit; other highlights include his renditions of "Please Come to Boston" and "Wind Beneath My Wings." ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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Willie Nelson (101 Albums)

  • Heroes
  • Before His Time/Angel Eyes
  • Country Music Concert/The Willie Way
  • Make Way for Willie Nelson/My Own Peculiar Way
  • My Own Way/The Minstrel Man
  • American Classic
  • Dove Collection
  • Georgia On My Mind
  • The Great Divide
  • Wishes You a Merry Christmas
  • Teatro
  • Healing Hands of Time
  • Six Hours at Pedernales
  • Honeysuckle Rose [CBS]
  • Take It to the Limit
  • A Horse Called Music
  • Across the Borderline
  • Always on My Mind
  • And Then I Wrote
  • Angel Eyes
  • Artist's Choice: Willie Nelson
  • Best of Cash and Nelson
  • Born for Trouble
  • Both Sides Now
  • Brand on My Heart
  • Christmas with Willie Nelson
  • City of New Orleans
  • Country Favorites, Willie Nelson Style
  • Country Music
  • Country Willie: His Own Songs
  • Countryman
  • Funny How Time Slips Away
  • Good Hearted Woman
  • Good Times
  • Gravedigger
  • Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles
  • Here's Willie Nelson
  • Hill Country Christmas
  • How Great Thou Art
  • Island in the Sea
  • It Always Will Be
  • Joy
  • Just One Love
  • Last of the Breed
  • Laying My Burdens Down
  • Live Country Music Concert
  • Live at Billy Bob's Texas
  • Live from the Last of the Breed Tour
  • Make Way for Willie Nelson
  • Me and Paul
  • Me and the Drummer
  • Milk Cow Blues
  • Moment of Forever
  • Moonlight Becomes You
  • Music from
  • My Own Peculiar Way
  • Night and Day
  • Old Friends
  • One for the Road
  • Outlaws and Angels
  • Pancho & Lefty
  • Pancho, Lefty and Rudolph
  • Partners
  • Phases and Stages
  • Pretty Paper
  • Rainbow Connection
  • Red Headed Stranger
  • Remember Me, Vol. 1
  • Run That By Me One More Time
  • San Antonio Rose
  • Seashores of Old Mexico
  • Shotgun Willie
  • Sings Kris Kristofferson
  • Somewhere over the Rainbow
  • Songbird
  • Songs for Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia
  • Spirit
  • Stardust
  • Stars & Guitars
  • Tales Out of Luck
  • Texas in My Soul
  • The Electric Horseman
  • The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories?
  • The Party's Over and Other Great Willie Nelson Songs
  • The Promiseland
  • The Sound in Your Mind
  • The Troublemaker
  • The Willie Way
  • The Words Don't Fit the Picture
  • To Lefty from Willie
  • Tougher Than Leather
  • Two Men with the Blues
  • What a Wonderful World
  • Willie Nelson & Eddie Rabbitt
  • Willie Nelson & Family
  • Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin'
  • Willie and Family Live
  • Willie and the Wheel
  • Without a Song
  • Yesterday's Wine
  • You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
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