Patsy Bruce
Biography
Patsy Ann Bruce (née Smithson; March 8, 1940 – May 16, 2021) was an American country-western songwriter, music artist manager, and casting agent and businesswoman. She is best known for songs co-written with her then-husband, singer Ed Bruce, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including the country-western standard "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys", which was recorded by Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson and went to No. 1 on the country chart in 1978.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)
1981
Greatest Hits
1979
Willie And Family Live
1978
Waylon & Willie
1978
TNT
1978
The Electric Horseman (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1979
The Essential Willie Nelson
2003
Live - American Outlaws
2016
Urban Chipmunk
1981
Country Sunset
1981
Kickin' Country
1981
Live From Austin TX
2006
Ultimate Waylon Jennings
2004
Country Sunrise (20 Giant Hits)
1981
Cotton-Eyed Joe / Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
1980
County Line
1979
Live At Billy Bob's Texas
2004
Credited work
498 releases · 107 albums · active 1974–2025
- Performance · 532
- Production · 5
- Other credits · 3
Studios: Enactron Truck · Harrah's, Lake Tahoe · CBS Studios, Nashville · Sound Stage Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Ed Bruce
- Willie Nelson
- Tanya Tucker
- Waylon Jennings
- The Chipmunks
- Mats Rådberg
- Crystal Gayle