Country music legend Waylon Jennings died on Feb. 12 ... "Rose in Paradise" was Jennings' debut single from Hangin' Tough. The song, which became Jennings 12th No. 1 hit, was inspired by ...

In January of 1987, Waylon Jennings released the song as the first single from his Hangin' Tough album, and it became his final No. 1 hit; the tune stayed at No. 1 for one week and spent a total ...

4. “Rose in Paradise” from Hangin’ Tough (1987) Penned by Jim McBride and Stewart Harris, “Rose in Paradise” was Waylon Jennings’ final No. 1 single. He released in 1987 as the lead ...

Waylon cut that song. I think it was the first song he cut with Jimmy Bowen, and it was a single. It was his last No. 1 song.” Released in January 1987 on Jennings album Hangin’ Tough ...

Waylon Jennings died 2002, at the age of 64, one year after being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Throughout his career, however, he remained an honest artist fighting to record the ...

A stalwart of the outlaw country movement in the 1970s, Waylon Jennings bucked the conventions of Nashville with a tough sound and attitude. He died in 2002, but his son Shooter, now an outlaw ...

Alongside his close friend and frequent collaborator Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings was at the forefront of the 1970s outlaw country movement that sought to upset the apple cart of Nashville norms.

Country music great Waylon Jennings, who rode an outlaw ... a long battle with diabetes-related illnesses. He was 64. Jennings was a tough-minded maverick whose independent streak was legend.