A new ranking names Alan Jackson’s 1993 summer anthem as the gold standard for opening riffs.

Thirty-five years ago today, Alan Jackson released a song about a night in a small bar that turned into a major chart hit.

Alan Jackson has written or co-written plenty of his own songs. It’s Jackson who is the writer on songs like “Here in the Real World”, “Chattahoochee“, “Drive (For Daddy Gene)”, and more. “Gone ...

Alan Jackson has had more impact on country music than just about any other artist of his generation, but he was just a young Nashville newcomer taking a chance on traditional country music when he ...

On this day (December 9) in 1995, Alan Jackson reached the top of the Hot Country Songs chart with “Tall, Tall Trees.” The song spent two weeks at the top of the chart. After he finished recording the ...

Alan Jackson is a gifted singer, but he’s also a gifted songwriter. Jackson writes most of his hits, and has since his debut Here In The Real World album came out in 1990. While Jackson has written ...

As a songwriter, Alan Jackson has never shied away from sharing his feelings with his audience. However, Drive sees him at his most vulnerable. The songs on the LP came together after he had ...

On this day (January 7) in 1991, Alan Jackson released “I’d Love You All Over Again” as the fifth and final single from his debut album, Here in the Real World. Later that year, it spent two weeks at ...

Jackson is among a handful of artists who kept the neotraditional country sound popular in the 1990s alive, with any level of success. Unlike many of his ’90s country contemporaries, he was still ...

A Lot About Livin’ (And a Little ‘bout Love) produced multiple hits for Jackson. “She’s Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)” topped the country chart. “Tonight I Climbed the Wall” and “Mercury Blues” ...

Blending traditional country with “the blues,” Jackson and Travis initially planned to pitch the song to blues legend B.B. King. Instead, Jackson opted to record it as the lead single off his third ...