16 Biggest Hits (Waylon Jennings album)

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16 Biggest Hits
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ReleasedMarch 22, 2005 (2005-03-22)
Genre Country
Label Legacy
Waylon Jennings chronology
The Complete MCA Recordings
(2004)
16 Biggest Hits
(2005)
Live from Austin, TX
(2006)
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16 Biggest Hits is a 2005 Waylon Jennings compilation album. It is part of a series of similar 16 Biggest Hits albums released by Legacy Recordings. It has sold 747,000 copies in the US as of May 2013. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Time"Waylon Jennings2:26
2."I'm a Ramblin' Man" Ray Pennington 2:48
3."Rainy Day Woman"Jennings2:31
4."Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"Jennings2:55
5."Good Hearted Woman" (Duet with Willie Nelson)Jennings, Willie Nelson 2:59
6."Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"Bobby Emmons, Chips Moman 3:20
7."The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)"Emmons, Moman2:09
8."Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" (Duet with Willie Nelson) Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce 2:33
9."I've Always Been Crazy"Jennings4:15
10."Amanda" Bob McDill 2:59
11."Come with Me"Chuck Howard3:02
12."I Ain't Living Long Like This" Rodney Crowell 4:47
13."Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)"Jennings2:08
14."Just to Satisfy You" (Duet with Willie Nelson)Don Bowman, Jennings2:50
15."Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)"Al Collins, Little Richard 3:27
16."Drinkin' and Dreamin'"Naomi Martin, Jimmy Payne3:00

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References

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  2. Paul Grein (May 8, 2013). "Week Ending May 5, 2013. Albums: Kenny Closes In On Garth". Yahoo Music (Chart Watch). Retrieved May 16, 2013.
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