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Waylon Jennings

1937 - 2002

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Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is considered one of the pioneers of the outlaw movement in country music. Jennings started playing guitar at age eight and performed at fourteen on KVOW radio, after which he formed his first band, the Texas Longhorns. Jennings left high school at age sixteen, determined to become a musician, and worked as a performer and DJ on KVOW, KDAV, KYTI, KLLL, in Coolidge, Arizona, and Phoenix. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Waylon Jennings is the 570th most popular singer (down from 470th in 2019), the 3,540th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,689th in 2019) and the 183rd most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Waylon Jennings ranks 570 out of 4,381. Before him are Cristina Deutekom, J. Cole, John Wetton, Carlo Bergonzi, René Jacobs, and Adolphe Nourrit. After him are Tito Schipa, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Alexander Rybak, Paul Robeson, Rebbie Jackson, and Stephen Stills.

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Among people born in 1937, Waylon Jennings ranks 161. Before him are Igor Volk, Suzanne Pleshette, Alberto Spencer, Trini Lopez, John Hume, and Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria. After him are Monkey Punch, Sofiko Chiaureli, Rudi Altig, Gundula Janowitz, Marie Dubois, and Carlos Westendorp. Among people deceased in 2002, Waylon Jennings ranks 107. Before him are Daniel Gélin, Dee Dee Ramone, Lionel Hampton, Michel Henry, Nikolai Amosov, and Inge Morath. After him are Andre DeToth, Brad Dexter, Eugenio Coșeriu, Joseph Bonanno, Jacques Massu, and Jim "Bad News" Barnes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Waylon Jennings ranks 3,540 out of 20,380. Before him are Ron Kovic (1946), William Hoyt (1875), Richard Kuklinski (1935), Kelly Bishop (1944), Cynthia Nixon (1966), and Forrest J Ackerman (1916). After him are Michael Parks (1940), Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898), Laurie Anderson (1947), Philip Sheridan (1831), Charles Napier (1936), and Andrew Garfield (1983).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Waylon Jennings ranks 183. Before him are Tracy Chapman (1964), Neil Sedaka (1939), Michael Bolton (1953), Don McLean (1945), Trini Lopez (1937), and Solomon Burke (1936). After him are Paul Robeson (1898), Rebbie Jackson (1950), Stephen Stills (1945), David Lee Roth (1954), Barbara Hendricks (1948), and Eric Carmen (1949).

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