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Music video by Alan Jackson performing Are You Washed In The Blood / I'll Fly Away. (C) 2006 ACR Records
He has recorded 14 studio albums, three Greatest Hits albums, two Christmas albums, one Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista Nashville label.
More than 50 of his singles have appeared on Billboard's list of the "Top 30 Country Songs".
Of Jackson's entries, 35 were number-one hits, with 50 in the Top 10. He is the recipient of 2 Grammys, 16 CMA Awards, 17 ACM Awards and nominee of multiple other awards.
He is a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Jackson has sold more than 60 million records worldwide.[1]
| Alan Jackson | |
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 Jackson in April 2010 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Alan Eugene Jackson |
| Born | October 17, 1958 |
| Origin | Newnan, Georgia USA |
| Genres | Country, Neotraditional country |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Arista Nashville EMI Nashville/Alan's Country Records |
| Associated acts | Keith Stegall, George Strait, The Wrights, Zac Brown Band, Jeff Foxworthy, The Bellamy Brothers, George Jones |
| Website | www.alanjackson.com |
Early life
Jackson was born to Joseph Eugene Jackson and Ruth Musick in Newnan, Georgia, and has four older siblings. Jackson is of English descent.[2][3]As a youth, Jackson listened primarily to gospel music.
Otherwise he was not a major music fan. However, a friend of his introduced him to the music of Gene Watson, John Anderson and Hank Williams Jr.
Jackson attended the local Elm Street Elementary and Newnan High School, starting a band after high school.
After a time, he and his wife of six years, Denise Jackson, moved from Newnan to Nashville where Jackson hoped to pursue music full-time.[4]
Jackson sang in church as a child.
He, his father, mother, and four sisters lived in a small home. At one point, his bed was in the hallway for lack of room.
His mother lives in the home to this day. His first job, at 12, was in a shoe store. He wrote his first song in 1983.
Career
In Tennessee, Jackson got a job in The Nashville Network's mailroom.[4] Denise connected him with Glen Campbell, who helped jumpstart his career.[5]Jackson eventually signed with Arista.[4] By 1989, he became the first signee to the newly-formed Arista Nashville branch of Arista Records.[6]
Arista released Jackson's debut single, "Blue Blooded Woman", in late 1989. Although the song failed to reach top 40 on Hot Country Songs, he reached number three by early 1990 with "Here in the Real World".[7]
This song served as the title track to his debut album, Here in the Real World, which also included two more top five hits ("Wanted" and "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow") and his first number one, "I'd Love You All Over Again".[7]
Don't Rock the Jukebox was the title of Jackson's second album. Released in 1991, it included four number-one singles: the title track, "Someday", "Dallas" and "Love's Got a Hold on You", and the number three "Midnight in Montgomery".[7]
Jackson also co-wrote several songs on Randy Travis' 1992 album High Lonesome.[6]
A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love), his third album, accounted for the number one hits "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)" (which Travis co-wrote) and "Chattahoochee", plus the top five hits "Tonight I Climbed the Wall", "Mercury Blues" and "(Who Says) You Can't Have It All".
"Chattahoochee" also won him the 1994 Country Music Association (CMA) awards for Single and Song of the Year.
In 1994 Jackson left his management company, Ten Ten Management, which had overseen his career up to that point, and switched to Gary Overton.[8]
His fourth album was titled Who I Am, and it contained four number one hits: a cover of the Eddie Cochran standard "Summertime Blues", followed by "Livin' on Love", "Gone Country" and "I Don't Even Know Your Name".
An additional track from the album, a cover of Rodney Crowell's "Song for the Life", made number six.
In late 1994, Clay Walker reached number one with "If I Could Make a Living", which Jackson co-wrote.[9]
Alan also appeared on an episode of Home Improvement, singing his hit song Mercury Blues in 1996, appearing on Tool Time to sing about his 1950 Mercury.
Mid-late 1990s
"The Greatest Hits Collection" was released on October 24, 1995. The disc contained 17 hits, two newly-recorded songs ("I'll Try" and "Tall, Tall Trees"), and the song "Home" from "Here in the Real World" that had never been released as a single.[10]These first two songs both made number one.
Everything I Love followed in 1996. Its first single was a cover of Tom T. Hall's "Little Bitty", which Jackson took to the top of the charts in late 1996.
The album also included the number one hit "There Goes" and a number two cover of Charly McClain's 1980 single "Who's Cheatin' Who".
The album's fifth single was "A House with No Curtains", which became his first release since 1989 to miss the top 10.[7]
High Mileage was led off by the number four "I'll Go On Loving You". After it came the album's only number one hit, "Right on the Money", co-written by Phil Vassar.
With Jackson's release of Under the Influence in 1999, he took the double risk on an album of covers of country classics while retaining a traditional sound when a rock- and pop-tinged sound dominated country radio.[11]
When the Country Music Association (CMA) asked George Jones to trim his act to 90 seconds for the 1999 CMA awards, Jones decided to boycott the event. In solidarity, Jackson interrupted his own song and launched into Jones's song "Choices" and then walked offstage.[12]
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