34 Number Ones

Content

The release includes all of Jackson's number-one hits on various trade charts, from his first, "Here in the Real World", to his (at the time) latest, "Country Boy". Newly included in the release are his cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" and Jackson's late-2010 contribution with Zac Brown Band, "As She's Walking Away". "Look at Me", a song which was initially recorded for the soundtrack to Billy: The Early Years, was previously unreleased on a Jackson album.

''The Essential Alan Jackson''

34 Number Ones was re-released and re-packaged on April 17, 2012, as The Essential Alan Jackson. Both albums have an identical track listing.

The Essential peaked at number 20 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It also reached number 145 on the main Billboard albums chart.

Track listing

Personnel on new tracks

Adapted from liner notes.

• Eddie Bayers – drums on "Ring of Fire" & "Look at Me"
• Coy Bowles – Hammond B-3 organ on "As She's Walking Away"
• Zac Brown – acoustic guitar and lead vocals on "As She's Walking Away"
• Clay Cook – electric guitar and background vocals on "As She's Walking Away"
• Jimmy De Martini – fiddle and background vocals on "As She's Walking Away"
• Larry Franklin – fiddle on "Ring of Fire"
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar on "Ring of Fire"
• Chris Fryar – drums on "As She's Walking Away"
• John Driskell Hopkins – bass guitar and background vocals on "As She's Walking Away"
• Alan Jackson – lead vocals
• Brent Mason – acoustic guitar on "Look at Me", electric guitar on "Ring of Fire"
• Gary Prim – piano on "Ring of Fire" & "Look at Me"
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals on "Ring of Fire"
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar on "Look at Me"
• Rafe Van Hoy – acoustic guitar on "Look at Me"
• John Willis – acoustic guitar on "Ring of Fire"
• Lee Ann Womack – background vocals on "Ring of Fire"
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar on "Ring of Fire"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

References

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