Real name: Shirley Collie (Née Simpson)

Effective period / Period of releases: 1960 - 1962

Born March 16, 1931, in Chillichote, Missouri. She died on January 27th, 2010 in Springfield, Missouri. She was known professionally as Shirley Caddell or Shirley Collie. She is an American country music and rockabilly artist. She was the second wife of singer Willie Nelson, 1963 to 1971.
She appeared as "Caddell" as a member of the cast of ABC-TV's "Ozark Jubilee" in the late 50's, and charted three singles on the Billboard country chart: "Dime A Dozen" at number 25 and "Why Baby Why" at number 23 (a duet with Warren Smith) in 1961; and "Willingly" a duet with Nelson in 1962. The Nelson duet was also his first chart single. In 1963, she divorced Biff Collie, pioneer country disc jockey, to marry Nelson.