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Waylon Jennings

Reviews:

Singles

“Walk of Life”

Industry Honors:

Country Music Hall of Fame, 2001

ACM Pioneer Award, 2007

Grammy Awards

• Best Country Vocal Peformance  by a Duo or Group: “MacArthur Park”, 1970
• Best Country Vocal Peformance  by a Duo or Group: “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys”, 1979

Country Music Association Awards

• Album: Wanted! The Outlaws, 1976
• Male Vocalist: 1975
• Single: “Good Hearted Woman” (with Willie Nelson), 1976
• Vocal Duo: Waylon & Willie, 1976

Academy of Country Music Awards

• Single: “Highwayman”, 1986

RIAA Certifications:

Albums

5x Platinum

• Greatest Hits, 1979

2x Platinum

• Wanted! The Outlaws, 1976
• Waylon & Willie, 1978

Platinum

• Ol’ Waylon, 1977
• The Highwaymen, 1985

Gold

• Dreaming My Dreams, 1975
• Are You Ready For the Country, 1976
• Waylon Live, 1976
• I’ve Always Been Crazy, 1978
• What Goes Around Comes Around, 1979
• Music Man, 1980
• Leather and Lace (with Jessi Colter), 1981
• WWII (with Willie Nelson), 1982
• Take it to the Limit (with Willie Nelson), 1983

Singles

Platinum

• Theme From “The Dukes of Hazzard” (Good Ol’ Boys), 1980

Writers

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