Billboard Country Year End Chart - The Top 50 Singles of 1978

#1 Country Album of 1977

"Ol' Waylon"

released April 1977

13 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard country album chart.

Contains the #1 single "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)", which spent 6 consecutive weeks at the top of Billboard's country songs chart.

The Year in Billboard #1 Country Songs - 1976

February 21st - March 6th 1976

Good Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson

(3 consecutive weeks at #1)

"Waylon and Willie" Goes Platinum

April 11th 1978

The album "Waylon and Willie" by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson is certified platinum for sales of 1 million copies.  The album released in January of 1978, spent 10 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Country chart and peaked at #12 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

The single "Mommas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" spent 4 weeks in March at #1 on the Billboard country chart and reached only #42 on the Hot 100 in 1978.

The duo also won the Grammy in 1979 for "Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals" 

Track listing

Side one[edit]

1. "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" (Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce) – 2:34
2. "The Year 2003 Minus 25" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:04
3. "Pick Up the Tempo" (Willie Nelson) – 2:32
4. "If You Can Touch Her at All" (Lee Clayton) – 3:04
5. "Lookin' for a Feeling" (Waylon Jennings) – 2:38
6. "It's Not Supposed to Be That Way" (Nelson) – 3:20

Side two[edit]

1. "I Can Get Off on You" (Jennings, Nelson) – 2:24
2. "Don't Cuss the Fiddle" (Kristofferson) – 3:04
3. "Gold Dust Woman" (Stevie Nicks) – 4:00
4. "A Couple More Years" (Dennis Locorriere, Shel Silverstein) – 4:02
5. "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)" (Bobby Emmons, Chips Moman) – 2:08

Top 10 Country Songs of All Time

The Year in Billboard #1 Country Hits - 1979

November 17th 1979

Come With Me - Waylon Jennings
(2 consecutive weeks at #1)

The Year in Billboard County #1 Hits - 1979

June 30th 1979
Amanda - Waylon Jennings
(3 consecutive weeks at #1)

Top 50 Billboard Country Singles 07/29/1978