Question:
What are your favorite Alan Jackson songs?
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2008-05-06 19:00:05 UTC
What are your favorite Alan Jackson songs?
Fifteen answers:
2008-05-06 20:27:00 UTC
*Don't rock the jukebox



*Chattahoochie



*Gone Country
2008-05-07 03:37:27 UTC
Personally, I like all the songs I've heard of Alan Jackson's. Some that stand out in my mind are as follows:



"Designated Drinker," duet with George Strait

"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"

"Out in the Parkin' Lot," duet with Brad Paisley (on Paisley's album, TIME WELL WASTED)

"Mercury Blues"

"If Love Was a River"

"The Talkin' Song Repair Blues"

"Burnin' the Honky Tonks Down"





So, yeah--I'd say that basically all of Alan Jacksons' songs are my favorite by him.
♥ Jamie lee ♥
2008-05-07 17:21:45 UTC
Small Town Southern Man

Midnight in Montgomery

Gone Country

Chattahoochie

A Woman's Love

Livin' On Love

Summertime Blues...
sedona
2008-05-07 09:44:34 UTC
Hard one, there being so many I like, but

If Dallas Was In Tennessee

Job Description

The Blues Man

Here In The Real World

and he did a fine job on Gene Watsons Farewell Party
Awesome Bill Fan
2008-05-07 23:27:37 UTC
It's hard to pick, but my top five would probably be Chattahoochee, Chasin' that Neon Rainbow, Don't Rock the Jukebox, Gone Country, and Midnight in Montgomery. But, then again, I like all his songs. Even all of them from his 'Like Red on a Rose' bluegrass album.
2008-05-07 02:10:54 UTC
Drive - Favorite

Midnight in Montgomery

Don't Rock the Jukebox
Busy Being Fabulous
2008-05-07 04:38:15 UTC
All of them! But actually Some of my favorite songs by him were never released on the radio and are only songs on his albums. Tropical Depression is one of my favorites like that.
Missa
2008-05-07 16:33:38 UTC
Where I come From

Drive

Remake of The Blues Man
Cindy Lee
2008-05-07 03:32:39 UTC
My favorite is Home. I like most all his songs, but Home is my favorite because of the true story behind it.
Adios Amigo's
2008-05-07 02:59:40 UTC
His whole good time album is good. along with "murder on music row" "it's 5 o clock somwhere" "Don't rock the jukebox" "Tall tall trees" The whole "Precious memories " album is good. "Remember when" "A womans love" "A little bluer than that" "Burning the honky tonks down" Too many too list.
princess margi
2008-05-07 03:15:18 UTC
Where were you when the world stopped turning.

Livin on Love

Don't rock the jukebox.

I'll go on loving you.

Gone Country.
irishchild
2008-05-07 03:28:57 UTC
Let's see....



"Where I come From"

"Chattahoochie"

"Pop A Top"

"I Don't Even Know Your Name"



Just to name a few.
JASON BABB
2008-05-07 06:19:51 UTC
As the first artist signed to Arista Records' country division, Alan Jackson's first single, "Blue Blooded Woman," peaked at a dismal No. 45 on the country charts in 1989. Clearly, things improved substantially with the next single -- the title



track from his debut album, Here in the Real World -- and the hits haven't stopped yet. Fifteen years into his career, the superstar has sold more than 40 million albums and scored more than 30 No. 1 singles -- 21 of which he either wrote or co-wrote.







Jackson was born Oct. 17, 1958, in Newnan, Ga., to a blue-collar family. Jackson's father was an automobile mechanic. Caring for a household of seven, his mother helped instill a sense of integrity and small town values. While in high school, Jackson met his future wife, Denise, at a Dairy Queen, and their lasting marriage has produced three daughters.







Playing in country bands in Georgia, Jackson worked as a mechanic, used car salesman and forklift operator to pay the bills while writing songs. He and Denise moved to Nashville in 1985, but his first impressions of Music City were a tiny basement apartment and a genre whose radio prerequisites had almost nothing to do with his own songwriting. That same year, Denise met Glen Campbell in an airport when she was working as a flight attendant. She told Campbell about her husband and gave him a tape. Campbell gave her his business card and suggested that Alan should call his publishing company. Soon after, Jackson became a staff songwriter at Campbell's music publishing company.







Jackson hit No. 1 three times in 1991, with "I'd Love You All Over Again," "Don't Rock the Jukebox" and "Someday." In 1992, he released the spooky video for "Midnight in Montgomery," which won a CMA Award. That same year, he returned to No. 1 with "Love's Got a Hold on You" and "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)." In 1993, he spent four weeks at the top with "Chattahoochee," which propelled the corresponding album A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love) to sales of more than 6 million copies. "Chattahoochee" won a CMA award for single of the year in 1993 and song of the year in 1994. Jackson took his first CMA entertainer trophy in 1995, coinciding almost exactly with The Greatest Hits Collection.







Following several novelty hits, like "I Don't Even Know Your Name," Roger Miller's "Tall, Tall Trees" and Tom T. Hall's "Itty Bitty," Jackson then found inspiration (and chart success) in more challenging material, such as Harley Allen and Carson Chamberlain's "Between the Devil and Me" and Kieran Kane's "I'll Go On Loving You."









Although Jackson's albums emphasize his original material, he frequently tips his hat to the sounds that molded his music. Prime examples include "Summertime Blues" (a country version of Eddie Cochran's 1958 rockabilly smash) and "Who's Cheatin' Who" (a remake of Charly McClain's 1981 hit). He took an additional step with the 1991 album, Under the Influence, offering his versions of songs made famous by Merle Haggard, Charley Pride, Conway Twitty, Don Williams, Gene Watson, Mel McDaniel and others. The album netted Jackson another Top 10 single with "Pop a Top," a Nat Stuckey song that was a major hit for Jim Ed Brown in 1967. Other highlights included Jackson's take on Hank Williams Jr.'s "The Blues Man."







Others have had major hits with Jackson's compositions as well. Among his credits are Randy Travis' "Forever Together" and "Better Class of Losers," Clay Walker's "If I Could Make a Livin'" and Faith Hill's "I Can't Do That Anymore."







Already one of country's most respected songwriters, Jackson ascended to yet a higher level at the 2001 CMA Awards show when he debuted "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)." His song about the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City stunned the awards show audience and ultimately proved to be the most honest, heartfelt song written about the tragedy.







In 2002, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" won Jackson his first Grammy, as best country song. At the 2002 CMA Awards, the song netted Jackson song of the year and single of the year honors. That same year, Jackson received the CMA's album of the year award for Drive while being named male vocalist and entertainer of the year. He tied Johnny Cash for the most CMA wins in a year. Drive went on to sell 4 million copies, and the title track spent several weeks at No. 1 as well.







Jackson remains a favorite of the Nashville business community, but he has occasionally commented on the country music industry in songs such as the No. 1 hit "Gone Country" (co-written with Bob McDill), "Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up-Tempo Love Song" and his CMA award-winning collaboration with George Strait on "Murder on Music Row." By then accustomed to sold-out concerts at huge arenas throughout the U.S., Jackson gained rave reviews from the big city media in 2002 when he took his show to the tiny confines of New York City's premiere punk club, CBGB.







By 2003, Jackson had achieved enough chart success to warrant the release of another retrospective of his recording career. It was released in two versions -- the two-CD Greatest Hits Volume II and Some Other Stuff and the single disc Greatest Hits Volume II. The album's first single, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," was a duet with Jimmy Buffett. The No. 1 hit was named vocal event of the year at the 2003 CMA Awards and gave Buffett his first chart-topping single -- and his first major music award. That same year, Jackson won his second male vocalist CMA award and his third CMA entertainer trophy.







In 2004, he hit No. 1 with "Remember When" (from the album What I Do and toured arenas with Martina McBride. He offered Precious Memories, a gospel album originally recorded as a gift to his mother and mother-in-law, in early 2006. Later that year, he offered the critically acclaimed Like Red on a Rose, produced by Alison Krauss.
2008-05-07 02:16:59 UTC
"Remember When," "Like Red On a Rose," "A Woman's Love," "Where I Come From," and "It Must Be Love."
blakree
2008-05-07 03:23:47 UTC
"It's 5 O'clock Somewhere"


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