Editing Waylon Jennings (section)

== Legacy ==
Between 1965 and 1991, ninety-six Jennings singles appeared on ''Billboard's'' Hot Country Singles chart and sixteen topped it. Between 1966 and 1995 fifty-four of his albums charted on ''Billboard's'' Top Country Albums, with 11 reaching Number 1.{{sfn|Jessen, Wade|Evans, Deborah|Stark, Phyllis|2002|p=8}}

In October 2001, Jennings was inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]], but he was unable to attend the ceremony due to the pain caused by his diabetes.{{sfn|Birk|2005|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=db7uwE2_lJ8C&dq=Cowboys%2C%20Sisters%2C%20Rascals%20and%20Dirt%20waylon%20jennings&pg=PA72 72]}} On July 6, 2006, Jennings was inducted to [[Guitar Center]]'s RockWalk in Hollywood, California. Jessi Colter attended the ceremony along with Kris Kristofferson, who was inducted on the same day.{{sfn|AP staff|2006|p=2}} On June 20, 2007, Jennings was posthumously awarded the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award by the [[Academy of Country Music]]. During the ceremony, [[Ray Scott (singer)|Ray Scott]] sang "Rainy Day Woman" and the award was accepted by Buddy Jennings.{{sfn|Keel, Beverly|2007|p=4-B}}

Jennings's music had an influence on numerous artists,<ref name="AM" /> including [[Hank Williams Jr.]],{{sfn|Guralnick|p=203|1989}} [[the Marshall Tucker Band]],{{sfn|Browne|Browne|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=U3rJxPYT32MC&dq=hank%20williams%20jr%20influence%20waylon%20jennings&pg=PA515 515]|2001}} [[Travis Tritt]], [[Steve Earle]], [[Waylon (singer)|Waylon]], [[Eric Church]], [[Cody Jinks]], [[Jamey Johnson]], [[John Anderson (musician)|John Anderson]],{{sfn|Jennings|Kaye|1996|p=333}} his son Shooter Jennings, [[Sturgill Simpson]], and [[Hank Williams III]].{{sfn|Fox|Ching|2008|p=10}}

[[File:Waylon Jennings Boulevard, Littlefield, TX IMG 4796.JPG|right|thumb|150px|Waylon Jennings Boulevard sign in Littlefield, Texas]]
[[Littlefield, Texas]], renamed one of its major roads, Tenth Street, to Waylon Jennings Boulevard.{{sfn|Goldberg, Jay|Huot, Alex|2018|p=172}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/texas/1940_ed_maps/littlefield-texas-census-enumeration_districts-1940-3.jpg|title=1940 Census – Enumeration District Maps – Texas (Littlefield)|work=City of Littlefield|publisher=The University of Texas (Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection)|access-date=May 5, 2021}}</ref>
He was inducted to the [[Texas Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 1999.{{sfn|Jasinski|2012|p=831}}

In 2008, the posthumous album ''[[Waylon Forever]]'' was released, which consisted of songs recorded with his then-16-year-old son, Shooter. In 2012, the three-volume ''Waylon: The Music Inside'' was released, featuring covers of Jennings's songs by different artists. Also released the same year was ''[[Goin' Down Rockin': The Last Recordings]]'', a set of 12 songs recorded by Jennings and bassist [[Robby Turner]] before Jennings's death in 2002.  The songs initially featured only Jennings's guitar and vocals, with Turner on bass; further accompaniment was to be added later. Turner completed the recordings in 2012 with the help of former Waylors. The Jennings family approved the release. Meanwhile, it launched a new business focused on his estate. Shooter Jennings arranged deals for a clothing line, launched a renewed website, and started talks with different producers on a biographical film.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/new-music-on-the-way-from_0_n_1272779.html|title=New Music on the Way From Late Waylon Jennings|author=Talbott, Chris|work=Huffington Post|date=February 13, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420023351/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/new-music-on-the-way-from_0_n_1272779.html |archive-date=April 20, 2014 |access-date=April 18, 2014}}</ref> George Jones' 1985 single "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" references Waylon Jennings with the line, "Like the outlaw who walks through Jessi's dream". In early 2024 his son Shooter along with Jessi announced another posthumous album would be released in 2025, this time with unearthed material from the 1970s through the 1980s that had yet to be released.