Willie also took home the 1982 Album of the Year trophy. It was also widely honored by the Country Music Association, winning Single of the Year in 1982 and Song of the Year in both 19. It also reached #5 on the all-genre Hot 100 chart and earned three Grammy Awards - one for Willie for Best Male Country Vocal Performance as well as Best Country Song and Song of the Year for its writers Mark James, Johnny Christopher and Wayne Carson Thompson. His recording of the song became the biggest hit of his career it topped the Billboard country singles chart in May 1982 and was the magazine’s #1 country single of the year. A cover version by Elvis Presley the same year reached 16 on the AC charts, but the song remained relatively unknown despite being recorded by numerous other artists, until Willie’s version came along. Her version peaked outside the country Top 40. The title track had first been introduced to country audiences by Brenda Lee a decade earlier. Like Stardust, it reached outside the country genre for material, though the selections this time around were more contemporary. 1982’s Always On My Mind is one of his most AC-leaning albums. Nevertheless, with albums like Stardust, he proved that he could not only handle non-country material, but that he could also appeal to worldwide audiences much broader than the typical country music fan base. Voices like Willie Nelson’s are an often-cited reason why many people don’t like country music, so in many respects Willie was an unlikely pop star.
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