European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The outlaw w Waylon Jennings tells All unmasked top of the charts top pop singles 1 the time of my life Dill Medley & Jen Nilor Warnos 2 heaven is a place on Earth Belinda Carlisle 3 Mony Mony Billy idol 4 should be known better Richard Man 5 Faith George Michael 6 Brilliant disguise Bruce Springsteen 7 i think we re alone now 6 Well be together Sling 9 i be been in love before culling Cre 10 shake your love Debbie Gibson top pop up s 1 dirty dancing soundtrack 2 bad Michael Jackson 3 Tunnel of love Bruce Springsteen 4 Whitesnake 5 a momentary lapse of reason Pink Floyd 6 hysteria Del Leonard 7 the lonesome Jubilee Jonn Cougar Mellencamp 8 Whitney Whitney Houston 9 nothing like the Sun Sling 10 the Joshua tree u2 top country singles 1 Lynda Steve Wanner 2 somebody lied Rocky Van Shellon 3 the last one to know Reba Mcenrue 4 Only when i love Holly Dunn 5 one for the Money t g Sheppard b t Granam Brown 7 do a k t of in 8 those memories of you Dolly parian Linda Ronstadt. Emmylou Harris 9 somewhere tonight 101 10 Bonnie Jean Davd Lynn Jones top Black singles 1 skeletons Slev wonder 2 system of survival Earth who afro 3 i wonder who she s seeing now the Tepla mrs 4 i want to be your Man a Jer 5 Angel Angela 6 criticize Alexander 0 Neal 7 can you dance1 Shanice Wilson b Don t go Marlon Jackson 9 let s Start love Over Milos Jaye 10 my forever love Loverl by Joe Edwards associated press r exclusive rebel Waylon Jennings country music Star who has guarded his privacy As fiercely Asho Tough Lor his Independence is Baring his Hie with a autobiographical album the new album a Man called Hoss. In Jennings 55th up ii races his Youthful Days in West Texas to his cocaine habit Al the Highl of his career in the mid 1970s when he and Willie Nelson teamed up the record seems ironic from a performer who has rarely discussed his drug use in Public and who has kept one 01 the lowest profiles in country music during his 24 year career i m taking a Chance because this is so personal i Don t think anything like this has Ever been done before said Jennings who is doing a Broadway style one Man show to perform songs on help the album Cut i m living Prool there s Lite alter you is about his 21 years of drug abuse drugs is a love affair just like it would be Wilh another person it s like a woman can become the most important thing in your he said. I had a bad habit 2t years solid As bad As anyone ii was $1.500 a Day Lor cocaine i thought i could handle it. I was Down to 170 pounds and having diz7y spells i was on the Edge " he leased a Home in Arizona in 1984 where he went and kicked the habit you go through pain and it messes up your sleeping he said about the recovery id Wake up at 2 or 3 in the morning when my mind cleared i saw the effect it was having on Jessi Coller his wife you Don l have the right to destroy others. And i was dying before her eyes my boy s Allenton Span he was 4 Ihen was longer than mine " his one Man show began with a four Day run Al Duke University in North Carolina in september ii is co produced by former m a s h Star a no Rogers some people May not care but i think some people will relate to it Jennings said about the songs on the album which he performs during the show people like to he on the inside a few years ago 4 million people wanted to hear me sing " wednesday. November 25. 1987 for the 50 year old Jennings. 1987 has become a year to reflect on a career that includes 16 no 1 country records and his years As narrator on the hit to series. The Dukes of hazzard his greatest hits album in 1979 sold 4 million copies alter to cultivated a Well defined outlaw image through an up of Hal name Jennings also was involved in Well disputes Wilh record producers and record companies Over his insistence to do songs his Way rather than heeding advice from of hrs he lists the High Point in his career As Selling nil Hie records music my i and of Waylon and when Willie Nelson and i were hot " he talked about iwo of his Best known mils Holh duels with Nelson in a recent interview mammas Don i id your babies Crow up to be cowboys Allol us Are cowboys Al heart Chr y Are the lasting american hero he signifies the Marlboro Man and the ladies Man he s Gol it All " Luckenbach ill be honest i never liked it but i knew it was a hit song ii was about Back to the basics i be never been to Luckenbach a Small Lown in Texas " he and Nelson have always been close he s my brother of the Jennings said however further duets Are unlikely because they record Lor competing labels and in the past their sessions were always Spur of the moment. His recording of the theme song from the Dukes of Hazzar was a million seller and he misses doing the show it was a lot of fun and it gave me a whole different thing to do he said i aimed the narration Al children and it made it work the show would have been the Flop of the Century if it had been aimed Al adults Jennings career could have been Cul Short by tragedy in 1959 he was scheduled to be on the Light plane that crashed and killed buddy Holly. Ritchie Valens and j p no big bopper Richardson he gave up his Seal on the plane because the big bopper was ill and wanted Lolly rather than travel by bus those left behind the incident is recounted in the hit movie. Bemba. About Valens Lile. Though Jennings is not mentioned Ritchie was a Good Halle Rock n roller. Jennings said he was a quiet Guy and a Good person and he was a dynamic entertainer the stars and stripes Page 17
