16 Biggest Hits

Performer: Waylon Jennings
Producer: Rob Santos (Compilation)
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel: Waylon Jennings (vocals, guitar); Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar). Waylon Jennings's thoughtful, folk-influenced lyrics, "outlaw" attitude, and a spare, muscular, rock-&-roll-meets-honky-tonk sound made the ex-Buddy Holly sideman a country music superstar. 16 BIGGEST HITS includes a fine selection of his classic 1970s and '80s RCA recordings, including his stomping signature tune, "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way," the tender "Amanda" (which was later also a hit for Don Williams), and the theme from the television series DUKES OF HAZZARD, "Good Old Boys."

Texan country singer Waylon Jennings was always a bit of a rocker. Early on, he played bass with Buddy Holly, and his first solo records included Beatles covers, highly unusual for a country artist at the time. Jennings was one of the key figures of the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, rejecting the lush countrypolitan sound in favor of a raw, electrified approach that owed more to the Rolling Stones than to Billy Sherrill. With a small band and simple arrangements, Jennings introduced contemporary rock-oriented grooves into his hard-hitting country sound, adding some funky grit to common-man poetics on tunes about the tougher side of life. He inspired a subsequent generation of country iconoclasts, and spurred on contemporaries like Willie Nelson and Tompall Glaser.

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