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Waylon Jennings

Highest Rated: 92% Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985)

Lowest Rated: 68% Maverick (1994)

Birthday: Jun 15, 1937

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Birthplace: Littlefield, Texas, USA

One of country music's biggest stars in the 1970s and 1980s, singer-songwriter Waylon Jennings was a key figure in the outlaw country movement, which sought to break away from the polished Nashville sound to embrace a free-wheeling, counterculture sound that influenced generations of country and rock musicians. He began his career in the early 1950s, befriending fellow Texan Buddy Holly and narrowly missing the airplane crash that claimed the rock pioneer's life in 1959. Jennings struggled to gain a foothold in music during the 1960s, but gradually built his career on the strength of country-pop singles like "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line." He broke free of the restrictive Nashville scene in the early '70s, adopting the hard rocking, hard-partying outlaw country sound personified by Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser, and Jennings' wife, Jessi Colter. He enjoyed his greatest success in the ensuing decade, scoring No. 1 hits with "This Time" "I'm a Ramblin' Man" and the compilation album Wanted! The Outlaws, which reached the top of the pop album charts in 1976. Jennings' fiery songs and spirit inspired dozens of equally independent-minded musicians, from Dwight Yoakam and Travis Tritt to Kid Rock and his own son, Shooter Jennings. In doing so, he confirmed his status as one of country's greatest figures.

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Highest rated movies

92% 72% Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird
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68% 71% Maverick
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42% Stagecoach
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57% Moonrunners
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Willie Nelson's 4th of July Celebration
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Nashville Rebel
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80% MacKintosh and T.J.
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57% Outlaw Justice
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69% Tom Sawyer
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The Highwaymen: Live - American Outlaws
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Highwaymen: Live - American Outlaws Unknown (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 69% Tom Sawyer Judge Thatcher (Voice) - 2000
No Score Yet 57% Outlaw Justice Tobey Naylor (Character) - 1998
68% 71% Maverick Man with Concealed Guns (Character) $101.5M 1994
No Score Yet 42% Stagecoach Hatfield (Character) - 1986
92% 72% Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird Truck Driver (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Willie Nelson's 4th of July Celebration Self - 1979
No Score Yet 80% MacKintosh and T.J. Original Music - 1975
No Score Yet 57% Moonrunners The Balladeer (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nashville Rebel Arlin Grove (Character) - 1966

TV

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No Score Yet 64% Family Guy Himself (Guest Voice) 1999 2001
No Score Yet 96% Married ... With Children Ironhead Haynes (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dukes of Hazzard The Balladeer (Guest Star),
Unknown (Voice)
1979-1985