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| Greatest hits by Waylon Jennings | |||||
| Released | April 1979 | ||||
| Genre | Country Outlaw country |
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| Label | RCA Victor | ||||
| Producer | Waylon Jennings Ritchie Albright Chet Atkins Jack Clement Tompall Glaser Ken Mansfield Chips Moman Ray Pennington |
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Waylon Jennings, released in 1979 on RCA Victor. A greatest hits album (sometimes referred to as a " best of " album is a Compilation album of successful previously released Songs by a particular Waylon Arnold Jennings ( June 15, 1937 &ndash February 13, 2002) was an influential American Country music Singer A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Outlaw country was a significant trend in Country music during the late 1960s and the 1970s (and even into the 1980s in some cases commonly referred to as The Outlaw In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins ( June 20, 1924 &ndash June 30, 2001) was an influential Guitarist and Record producer Jack Henderson Clement (born April 5, 1931 in Memphis Tennessee) is an American Singer, Songwriter, and a record Tompall Glaser (born September 3, 1933 in Spalding Nebraska) is an American Country music artist Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman (born 1936 La Grange, Georgia) is an American Record producer, Guitarist and Songwriter allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Waylon Arnold Jennings ( June 15, 1937 &ndash February 13, 2002) was an influential American Country music Singer I've Always Been Crazy is a country Album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1978. What Goes Around Comes Around is an Album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1979. A compilation album is an Album ( Music or Spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple Recording artists, often culled from a variety of Waylon Arnold Jennings ( June 15, 1937 &ndash February 13, 2002) was an influential American Country music Singer See also Musical groups established in 1979 Record labels established in 1979 1979 in music (UK RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. It documents Jennings' outlaw country years for RCA and includes several of his most well-known signature songs, the most recent of which had been the title track of I've Always Been Crazy, released the year before. Outlaw country was a significant trend in Country music during the late 1960s and the 1970s (and even into the 1980s in some cases commonly referred to as The Outlaw A title track is a Song which shares its name with the album on which it appears I've Always Been Crazy is a country Album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1978. Not counting the Mackintosh & T.J. soundtrack album and the White Mansions concept album, Greatest Hits became Jennings' eighth consecutive release to reach #1 on the charts; it was also one of his last chart-topping records, with What Goes Around Comes Around, released that same year, peaking at #2. Mackintosh & TJ is a Soundtrack album to the film of the same name featuring four songs performed by Waylon Jennings and another by Willie Nelson White Mansions is a 1978 Album by various artists documenting life in the Confederacy during the Civil War. In Popular music, a concept album is an Album which is "unified by a theme which can be instrumental compositional narrative or lyrical" What Goes Around Comes Around is an Album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1979.
In 1984, RCA issued this album on CD with all 11 tracks but in 1989, RCA/BMG issued an abridged version of this album, this version is currently available.
As of 2007, this album is 5x Platinum certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Track listing
1979 release
- "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" (Young) – 3:38
- From Lonesome, On'ry and Mean (1973)
- "Ladies Love Outlaws" (Clayton) – 2:32
- From Ladies Love Outlaws (1972)
- "I've Always Been Crazy" (Jennings) – 4:11
- From I've Always Been Crazy (1978)
- "I'm a Ramblin' Man" (Pennington) – 2:46
- From The Ramblin' Man (1974)
- "Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line" (Bryant) – 2:20
- From Only the Greatest (1968)
- "Amanda" (McDill) – 2:56
- New overdub of a song that had appeared on The Ramblin' Man (1974)
- "Honky Tonk Heroes" (Billy Joe Shaver) – 3:27
- From Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)
- "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys" (Bruce, Bruce) – 2:32
- With Willie Nelson
- From Waylon and Willie (1978)
- "Good Hearted Woman" (Jennings, Nelson) – 2:59
- With Willie Nelson
- From Wanted! The Outlaws (1976)
- "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (Emmons, Moman) – 3:19
- From Ol' Waylon (1977)
- "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" (Jennings) – 2:55
- From Dreaming My Dreams (1975)
1989 release
- "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" (Young) – 3:38
- "I've Always Been Crazy" (Jennings) – 4:11
- "Honky Tonk Heroes" (Billy Joe Shaver) – 3:27
- "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (Emmons, Moman) – 3:19
- "I'm a Ramblin' Man" (Pennington) – 2:46
- "Amanda" (McDill) – 2:56
- "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys" (Bruce, Bruce) – 2:32 (with Willie Nelson)
- "A Good Hearted Woman" (Jennings, Nelson) – 2:59
- "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" (Jennings) – 2:55
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