Hangin' Tough is an album

Album

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 by Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...

, released on MCA Records

MCA Records

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 in 1987. The second release of his two-year tenure at the label, it contained several songs, none of which were original compositions by Jennings. Among the tracks included is Sammy Johns

Sammy Johns

Sammy Johns is an American country singer-songwriter, best known for his million selling 1975 hit single, "Chevy Van".-Career:...

' "Chevy Van" and two top ten country singles – "Rose in Paradise" and "Fallin' Out", which peaked at #1 and #8, respectively. The former was Jennings' final #1 single, though two more would ultimately reach the top ten. Hangin' Tough reached #19 on the country charts.

Track listing

1. "Baker Street
   Baker Street (song)
   "Baker Street" is a ballad written and first recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. Released as a single in 1978, it reached #1 in Canada, #2 in the US, #3 in the UK, #1 in Australia and #9 in the Netherlands...
   
   " (Gerry Rafferty
   Gerry Rafferty
   Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty was a Scottish singer songwriter best known for his solo hits "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line", "Days Gone Down", "Night Owl", "Get It Right Next Time", and with the band Stealers Wheel, "Stuck in the Middle with You". Rafferty was born into a working-class family in...
   
   ) – 4:33
2. "I Can't Help the Way I Don't Feel About You" (Chris Waters
   Chris Waters
   Christopher Waters Dunn is an American country music singer and songwriter, known professionally as Chris Waters. The brother of singer Holly Dunn, Waters has co-written singles for other artists, including Number Ones for Tim McGraw and Cyndi Thomson.-Biography:Christopher Waters Dunn was born in...
   
   , Michael Garvin, Tom Shapiro
   Tom Shapiro
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   ) – 4:21
3. "Rose in Paradise
   Rose in Paradise
   "Rose in Paradise" is a 1987 single written by Stewart Harris and Jim McBride and recorded by Waylon Jennings. "Rose in Paradise" was Waylon Jennings' twelfth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of nineteen weeks on the country chart...
   
   " (Jim McBride, Stewart Harris) – 3:42
4. "Crying Don't Even Come Close" (Steve Gillette, Charles J. Cuarto) – 2:28
5. "Chevy Van" (Sammy Johns
   Sammy Johns
   Sammy Johns is an American country singer-songwriter, best known for his million selling 1975 hit single, "Chevy Van".-Career:...
   
   ) – 3:06
6. "Fallin' Out
   Fallin' Out
   "Fallin' Out" is a single by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. Released in 1987, it was the second single from the album Hangin' Tough. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
   
   " (Denny Lile) – 3:35
7. "Deep in the West" (Shake Russell) – 3:58
8. "Between Fathers and Sons" (Gary Nicholson, John B. Jarvis) – 3:18
9. "The Crown Prince" (Roger Murrah
   Roger Murrah
   Roger Murrah is a songwriter and music publisher who has written hits for artists including Waylon Jennings, Alan Jackson, Al Jarreau, and Alabama....
   
   , Jim McBride) – 4:08
10. "Defying Gravity (Executioner's Song)" (Jesse Winchester
    Jesse Winchester
    Jesse Winchester is a musician and songwriter who was born and raised in the southern United States. To avoid the Vietnam War draft he moved to Canada in 1967, which is where and when he began his career as a solo artist. His highest charting recordings were of his own tunes, "Yankee Lady" in 1970...
    
    ) – 3:31

Personnel

• Richard Bennett - acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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• Matt Betton - drums
• Jerry Bridges - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Larry Byrom - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• John Jarvis - piano
  Piano
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  , synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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• Waylon Jennings - lead and background vocals
• Ralph Mooney - steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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• Mark O'Connor
  Mark O'Connor
  Mark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition...
  
   - mandola
  Mandola
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  , mandolin
  Mandolin
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• Steve Schaffer - synclavier
  Synclavier
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• Gary Scruggs - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young - background vocals
• Reggie Young - electric guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	19