Alan Jackson Biography

Name
Alan Jackson

Profession
Singer

Birth Details
born October 17, 1958

Alan Jackson Detailed Biography

Alan 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.

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, 1990'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 terrorist attacks, which became a hit single and briefly propelled him into the mainstream spotlight; the song was even the subject of parody on the popular animated series South Park, in the episode A Ladder To Heaven. Alan Jackson Although Jackson has been characterized as a "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". 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.

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) Singles Year Title Chart Positions Album US Hot 100 US Country 1989 "Blue Blooded Woman" - #45 Here in the Real World Album Lyrics 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 Here in the Real World 1991 "Don't Rock the Jukebox" - #1 Don't Rock the Jukebox Album Lyrics 1991 "Someday" - #1 Don't Rock the Jukebox 1991 "Love's Got a Hold on You" - #1 Don't Rock the Jukebox 1992 "Dallas" - #1 Don't Rock the Jukebox 1992 "Midnight in Montgomery" - #3 Don't Rock the Jukebox 1992 "She's Got the Rhythm (And I've Got the Blues)" - #1 A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love) Album Lyrics 1993 "Tonight I Climbed the Wall" - #4 A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love) 1993 "Chattahoochee" #46 #1 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 Album Lyrics 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 Who I Am Album Lyrics 1995 "Song for the Life" - #6 Who I Am 1995 "I Don't Even Know Your Name" - #1 Who I Am 1995 "Tall, Tall Trees" - #1 The Greatest Hits Collection 1996 "I'll Try" - #1 The Greatest Hits Collection 1996 "Home" - #3 The Greatest Hits Collection 1996 "Little Bitty" #58 #1 Everything I Love Album Lyrics 1996 "Everything I Love" - #9 Everything I Love 1997 "Who's Cheating Who" - #2 Everything I Love 1997 "There Goes" - #1 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 Album Lyrics 1998 "Right on the Money" #43 #1 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 Album Lyrics 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) Lyrics - #38 Latest Greatest Straitest Hits 2000 "It Must Be Love" #37 #1 Under the Influence 2000 "Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up-Tempo Love Song" - #72 When Somebody Loves You Album Lyrics 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)" Lyrics #28 #1 (5 weeks) Drive Album Lyrics 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 (7 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 "Hey, Good Looking" (with Jimmy Buffett, &c) #63 #8 License to Chill 2004 "Too Much of a Good Thing" #46 #5 What I Do Album Lyrics 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

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