So, too, does the 1975 album that launched it as a single, Red Headed Stranger—to an extent. It's among Nelson's most popular ...

Willie Nelson recorded “Red Headed Stranger” for his album of the same name, released in 1975. It’s listed by Western Writers of America in its Top 100 Western songs of all time. Videos by ...

It was called “Red Headed Stranger,” and it gave the album its title. Red Headed Stranger is comprised of 15 tracks, but only three of them run longer than three minutes.

Willie Nelson (third from left) recorded "Red Headed Stranger" at Garland's Autumn Sound Studios in 1975 with the help of Mickey Raphael, Jody Payne and Bee Spears. The studio today is known as ...

Red Headed Stranger was recorded in Garland at Autumn Sound Studio, now known as Audio Dallas.Now 50 years later, Nelson’s songs are returning to the city in a sprawling two-day celebration of ...

In Red Headed Stranger, Nelson plays Rev. Julian Shay, who travels to Montana to preach, along with his wife, Raysha Shay (played by Fairchild). When his wife leaves him for another man, ...

Fifty years ago, Willie Nelson transformed country music with the release of Red Headed Stranger.The album was recorded at Autumn Sound, a studio in Garland (now Audio Dallas Recording Studio).

This plaintive, sparsely arranged title track reworks “The Tale of the Red Headed Stranger,” a 1953 story-song written for Perry Como, and imbues it with Nelson’s own inimitable melancholy.

Mr. Nelson’s 18th studio album and his first for the label, “Red Headed Stranger” was a huge success following its release 50 years ago this month.