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Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958)
is an American country music singer and songwriter, who became one of
the best-selling country musicians of the 1990s.
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Birth name Alan Eugene Jackson
Born October 17, 1958
Origin Newnan, Georgia
Genre(s) Country
Occupation(s) Country music singer and
songwriter
Years active 1989 – Present
Label(s) Arista
Website www.alanjackson.com
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Biography
Jackson is originally from Newnan, Georgia.
He previously worked in The Nashville Network's mailroom. Jackson's wife
Denise got him connected to Glen Campbell, who helped him jumpstart his
career.
His first album, 1989's Here in the Real
World, was a major hit, as was his second (1991) album, Don't Rock The
Jukebox. His 1992 release, A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love)
was a smash success, spawning five major singles with "Chattahoochee"
being the most enduring and successful. After a few more hit albums,
Jackson again rocketed to fame with "Where Were You (When the World
Stopped Turning)," a song about the September 11, 2001 attacks, which
became a hit single and briefly propelled him into the mainstream
spotlight.
Although Jackson has been characterized as
a commercialized "hat act", his influences go deep into the roots of
country music and his songs have been recorded by some of the greats
like Charley Pride, who recorded "Here In The Real World". He has sung
with George Jones on the award-winning "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair"
and "A Good Year for the Roses." His sense of humor comes through in
"Gone Country" with the satirical description of the wannabes who
cynically jumped on the country music bandwagon in the 1990s:
"Everybody's gone country/Yeah we've gone country/The whole world's gone
country." He has been credited for popularizing a Neotraditional Country
sound. After country music changed towards pop music in the 2000s, he
and George Strait criticized the state of country music on the song
Murder on Music Row.
Jackson married his high-school sweetheart
Denise on December 15, 1979. He is the father of three daughters: Mattie
Denise (born June 19, 1990), Alexandra Jane (born August 23, 1993), and
Dani Grace (born August 28, 1997). Jackson and his family live in
Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee.
Discography
Albums
Here in the Real World (1989): #4
(Country), #57 (Billboard 200)
Don't Rock The Jukebox (1991) #2 (Country),
#17 (Billboard 200)
A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout
Love) (1992) #1 (Country), #13 (Billboard 200)
Honky Tonk Christmas (1993) #7 (Country),
#42 (Billboard 200)
Who I Am (1994) #1 (Country), #5 (Billboard
200)
The Greatest Hits Collection (1995) #1
(Country), #5 (Billboard 200)
Everything I Love (1996) #1 (Country), #12
(Billboard 200)
High Mileage (1998) #1 (Country), #4
(Billboard 200)
Under the Influence (1999) #2 (Country), #9
(Billboard 200)
Super Hits (1999) #44 (Country)
When Somebody Loves You (2000) #1
(Country), #15 (Billboard 200)
Drive (2002) #1 (Country), #1 (Billboard
200)
Let It Be Christmas (2002) #6 (Country),
#27 (Billboard 200)
Greatest Hits Volume II And Some Other
Stuff (2003) #1 (Country), #1 (Billboard 200)
What I Do (2004) #1 (Country), #1
(Billboard 200)
Precious Memories (2006) #1 (Gospel) #1
Country, #4 (Billboard 200)
Like Red On A Rose (2006) #1(Country)
#4(Billboard 200)
Singles
Year Title Chart Positions Album
US Hot 100 US Country
1990 "Blue Blooded Woman" - #45 Here in the
Real World
1990 "Here in the Real World" - #3 Here in
the Real World
1990 "Wanted" - #3 Here in the Real World
1990 "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" - #2 Here
in the Real World
1991 "I'd Love You All Over Again" - #1 (2
weeks) Here in the Real World
1991 "Don't Rock the Jukebox" - #1 (3
weeks) Don't Rock the Jukebox
1991 "Someday" - #1 (1 week) Don't Rock the
Jukebox
1992 "Dallas" - #1 (1 week) Don't Rock the
Jukebox
1992 "Midnight in Montgomery" - #3 Don't
Rock the Jukebox
1992 "Love's Got a Hold on You" - #1 (2
weeks) Don't Rock the Jukebox
1992 "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the
Blues)" - #1 (1 week) A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love)
1993 "Tonight I Climbed the Wall" - #4 A
Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love)
1993 "Chattahoochee" #46 #1 (4 weeks) A Lot
About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love)
1993 "Mercury Blues" - #2 A Lot About
Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love)
1993 "(Who Says) You Can't Have It All" -
#4 A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love)
1993 "Tropical Depression" - #75 A Lot
About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love)
1993 "Honky Tonk Christmas" - #53 Honky
Tonk Christmas
1993 "I Only Want You for Christmas" - #41
Honky Tonk Christmas
1993 "The Angels Cried" - - Honky Tonk
Christmas
1993 "A Holly Jolly Christmas" - #51 Honky
Tonk Christmas
1994 "Summertime Blues" - #1 (2 weeks) Who
I Am
1994 "Livin' on Love" - #1 (2 weeks) Who I
Am
1994 "Gone Country" - #1 (1 week) Who I Am
1995 "Song for the Life" - #6 Who I Am
1995 "I Don't Even Know Your Name" - #1 (1
week) Who I Am
1995 "Tall, Tall Trees" - #1 (2 weeks) The
Greatest Hits Collection
1996 "I'll Try" - #1 (1 week) The Greatest
Hits Collection
1996 "Home" - #3 The Greatest Hits
Collection
1996 "Little Bitty" #58 #1 (3 weeks)
Everything I Love
1996 "Everything I Love" - #9 Everything I
Love
1997 "Who's Cheating Who" - #2 Everything I
Love
1997 "There Goes" - #1 (1 week) Everything
I Love
1997 "Between the Devil and Me" - #2
Everything I Love
1997 "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" -
#56
1998 "A House With No Curtains" - #18
Everything I Love
1998 "I'll Go on Loving You" - #3 High
Mileage
1998 "Right on the Money" #43 #1 (1 week)
High Mileage
1999 "Gone Crazy" #43 #4 High Mileage
1999 "Little Man" #39 #3 High Mileage
1999 "She Just Started Liking Cheatin'
Songs" - #72 Under the Influence
1999 "My Own Kind Of Hat" - #71 Under the
Influence
1999 "Margaritaville" - #63 Under the
Influence
1999 "Pop a Top" #43 #6 Under the Influence
2000 "The Blues Man" - #37 Under the
Influence
2000 "Murder on Music Row" (with George
Strait) - #38 Latest Greatest Straitest Hits
2000 "It Must Be Love" #37 #1 (1 week)
Under the Influence
2000 "Three Minute Positive Not Too Country
Up-Tempo Love Song" - #72 When Somebody Loves You
2000 "www.memory" #45 #6 When Somebody
Loves You
2001 "When Somebody Loves You" #52 #5 When
Somebody Loves You
2001 "Where I Come From" #34 #1 (3 weeks)
When Somebody Loves You
2001 "It's Alright to Be a Redneck" - #53
When Somebody Loves You
2001 "Where Were You (When the World
Stopped Turning)" #28 #1 (5 weeks) Drive
2002 "Designated Drinker" (with George
Strait) - #44 Drive
2002 "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" #28 #1 (4
weeks) Drive
2002 "Work in Progress" #35 #3 Drive
2002 "Let It Be Christmas" - #37 Let It Be
Christmas
2002 "Jingle Bells" - #58 Let It Be
Christmas
2003 "That'd Be Alright" #29 #2 Drive
2003 "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (with
Jimmy Buffett) #17 #1 (8 weeks) Greatest Hits Volume II And Some Other
Stuff
2003 "Remember When" #29 #1 (2 weeks)
Greatest Hits Volume II And Some Other Stuff
2003 "Just Put A Ribbon In Your Hair" - #51
A Very Special Acoustic Christmas
2004 "Too Much of a Good Thing" #46 #5 What
I Do
2004 "Monday Morning Church" #54 #5 What I
Do
2005 "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" #99
#18 What I Do
2005 "USA Today" - #18 What I Do
2006 "Like Red On A Rose" - #18 Like Red On
A Rose
Awards
ASCAP
Country Song of the Year, "Don't Rock The
Jukebox" 1992
Country Songwriter of the Year 1993
Academy of Country Music
Top New Male Vocalist 1990
Single Record of the Year, "Don't Rock The
Jukebox" 1991
Album of the Year, Don't Rock The Jukebox
1991
Single Record of the Year, "Chattahoochee"
1993; "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" 2002
Album of the Year, A Lot About Livin' (And
A Little 'Bout Love) 1993
Male Vocalist of the Year 1994 and 1995
All time winner: Single of the Year 2005
Country Music Association
Triple Play Award 1990, 1991, 1992
Music Video of the Year, Midnight In
Montgomery (about Hank Williams) 1992
Single of the Year, "Chattahoochee" 1993
Music Video of the Year, "Chattahoochee"
1993
Vocal Event of the Year, "I Don't Need Your
Rockin' Chair" (with George Jones) 1993
Song of the Year, "Chattahoochee" 1994
Album of the Year, Common Threads: The
Songs of the Eagles 1994
Entertainer of the Year 1995, 2002, 2003
Grammy
Best Country Song "Where Were You (When The
World Stopped Turning)" 2002
Also, Alan Jackson has something to do with
Ford, since his song Mercury Blues is obviously the basis for the Ford
commercial: "I'm gonna buy me a Mercury (or Ford truck) and cruise it up
and down the road".
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