ROOTS of Country Music

The Professional Work of Waylon Jennings

Career Highlights

No. 11 Country Music Artist (1944 - 1993)

Barn Dance Affiliate: Ozark Jubilee

Band Name: The Waylors

 Film, Night Clubs, Radio & TV 

• Austin City Limits, 4
• Ernest Tubb’s  Midnight Jamboree, 3
• Gilley’s Club, 2
• Hee Haw, 4
• Nashville Now, 4
• Pop Goes the Country, 4
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, 4
• The Johnny cash Show, 4
• The Porter Wagoner Show, 4
• The Wilburn Brothers Show, 4 

1-Film, 2-Night Club, 3-Radio, 4-TV 

Billboard Chart Data

• No. 1 Singles: 13
• Top-10 Singles: 52
• Crossover Singles: 15
• Charted Singles: 96
• Chart Years Active: 1965 - 1991

Awards

Country Music Association

• Male Vocalist of the Year (1975)
• Vocal Duo of the Year (1976)*
• Country Music Hall of Fame (2001)

*With Willie Nelson

Billboard Top-10 Singles

1. That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me -1966
2. The Chokin' Kind -1967
3. Walk On Out Of My Mind -1968
4. I Got You
5. Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line -1968
6. Yours Love
7. Brown Eyed Handsome Man -1969
8. The Taker -1970
9. Good Hearted Woman -1972
10. Sweet Dream Woman
11. Pretend I Never Happened
12. You Can Have Her -1973
13. You Ask Me To
14. This Time -1974
15. I'm A Ramblin' Man
16. Rainy Day Woman
17. Dreaming My Dreams With You -1975
18. Good Hearted Woman *
19. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies *
20. Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
21. Can't You See -1976
22. Are You Ready For The Country
23. Suspicious Minds **
24. Luckenbach, Texas -1977, 1
25. The Wurlitzer Prize
26. There Ain't No Good Chain Gang-1978
27. I've Always Been Crazy
28. Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's...
29. Amanda -1979
30. Come With Me
31. I Ain't Living Long Like This -1980
32. Clyde
33. Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard
34. Shine -1981
35. Women Do Know How To Carry On -1982
36. Just To Satisfy You *
37. Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's..) -1983
38. Take It to the Limit *
39. Breakin'Down
40. I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used.. -1984
41. Never Could Toe the Mark
42. America
43. Waltz Me to Heaven -1985
44. Highwayman ***
45. Drinkin'and Dreamin'
46. Working Without a Net -1986
47. Will the Wolf Survive
48. What Will You Do When I'm Gone
49. Rose In Paradise -1987
50. Fallin'Out
51. My Rough and Rowdy Days
52. Wrong -1990.

1Biggest Chart Single

*With Willie Nelson

**With Jesse Colter

***With Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Drinkin'and Dreamin': The Waylon Jennings Story

Waylon Jennings was a country singer best known among the general public as the voice of The Dukes of Hazzard. Throughout his career, Waylon released over 50 solo studio albums and forged a fruitful collaborations with his peers, including a recording project with Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash as The Highwaymen.

Waylon's early career was hampered by his resistance to Nashville's stranglehold method of recording, but he formed an alliance with Willie Nelson who was similarly challenged by the lack of creative control coming out of Nashville, Tennessee (TN).

The two singers decided to hire Neil Reshen to re-negotiate their Nashville, TN contracts. The result was a new deal with unprecedented control and the start of the "Outlaw" country movement. The albums Lonesome, On'ry and Mean and Honky Tonk Heroes, released in 1973, were the first albums Jennings released which he could truly call his own work. Their release heralded a rise to fame and a worrying cocaine habit. It was a habit which left him bankrupt by the early 80s and led to his decision to clean up.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Researched, compiled and written by Richard Bell, Country Music Historian, Roots of Country Music, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. June, 2011.

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