Somewhere Over the Rainbow (album)

Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Studio album by Willie Nelson
Released	February 1981
Genre	Country
Label	Columbia
Willie Nelson chronology
Family Bible (1980) Somewhere Over the Rainbow (1981) Always on My Mind (1982)

Somewhere Over the Rainbow is an album by country music singer Willie Nelson, released in 1981. It features 1940's pop standards arranged by Nelson. The album's acoustic jazz instrumentation was also meant to play tribute to one of his heroes, Belgian gypsy jazz guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt, who influenced Nelson's playing.

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Track listing

Side one

1. "Mona Lisa" (2:28)
2. "Exactly Like You" (2:22)
3. "Who's Sorry Now?" (2:58)
4. "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (3:30)
5. "Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon" (2:28)

Side two

1. "Over the Rainbow" (3:33)
2. "In My Mother's Eyes" (3:06)
3. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (2:58)
4. "It Wouldn't Be the Same (Without You)" (2:54)
5. "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" (2:10)

Personnel

• Willie Nelson - guitar, vocals
• Freddie Powers - guitar, vocals
• Paul Buskirk - Tenor Guitar, Mandolin

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