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Twenty-one Number One Hits: The Ultimate Collection

21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection is an album by Buck Owens and his Buckaroos, released in 2006. Released shortly after his death, it is a single-disc compilation containing all of Owens' number one chart hits.

21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection
Greatest hits album by
Buck Owens
ReleasedAugust 1, 2006
RecordedFeb 12, 1963-Apr 4, 1988
GenreCountry
Length49:57
LabelRhino
ProducerKen Nelson, Pete Anderson
Buck Owens chronology
Remembering
(2006) 		21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection
(2006) 		Down on the Corner of Love
(2006)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [1]

In his Allmusic review, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote "...there is no other single-disc Buck CD that comes as close to offering as much of his best in one disc as 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection, and it's nice to finally have such a collection in his catalog after such a long wait."[1]

Track listing edit

All songs by Buck Owens unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Act Naturally" (Voni Morrison, Johnny Russell) – 2:22
  2. "Love's Gonna Live Here" – 2:02
  3. "Streets of Bakersfield" [Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens] (Homer Joy) – 2:49
  4. "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" (Harlan Howard, Owens) – 2:15
  5. "My Heart Skips a Beat" – 2:27
  6. "Together Again" – 2:27
  7. "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" – 2:10
  8. "Before You Go" (Owens, Don Rich) – 2:11
  9. "Only You (Can Break My Heart)" – 2:21
  10. "Buckaroo" (Bob Morris) – 2:00
  11. "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" (Owens, Rich, Nat Stuckey) – 2:19
  12. "Think of Me" (Estella Olson, Rich) – 2:17
  13. "Open Up Your Heart" – 2:29
  14. "Where Does the Good Times Go" – 2:20
  15. "Sam's Place" (Owens, Red Simpson) – 2:00
  16. "Your Tender Loving Care" – 2:46
  17. "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone" – 2:14
  18. "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" – 2:23
  19. "Tall Dark Stranger" – 3:00
  20. "Made in Japan" (Bob Morris, Faye Morris) – 2:42
  21. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) – 2:23

Personnel edit

  • Buck Owens – guitar, vocals, harmony vocals
  • Don Rich – guitar, fiddle, harmony vocals
  • Doyle Holly – guitar, bass, background vocals
  • Flaco Jiménez – accordion
  • The Jordanaires – background vocals
  • Pete Anderson – guitar
  • Albert "Al Bruno" Bruneau – guitar
  • James Burton – guitar
  • Willie Cantu – drums, tambourine
  • Mel King – drums
  • Doyle Curtsinger – bass
  • Jeff Donavan – drums
  • Skip Edwards – piano
  • Donald Frost – bass
  • Tom Brumley – pedal steel guitar
  • Jay Dee Maness – pedal steel guitar
  • Jay McDonald – pedal steel guitar
  • Bob Morris – bass
  • Kenny Pierce – bass
  • Ken Presley – drums
  • Taras Prodaniuk – bass
  • Don Reed – fiddle
  • Jelly Sanders – guitar
  • Jim Shaw – organ
  • Red Simpson – guitar
  • Mel Taylor – drums
  • Jerry Wiggins – drums
  • Dwight Yoakam – guitar, vocals

Production notes

  • Ken Nelson – producer
  • Pete Anderson – producer
  • Jim Shaw – executive producer
  • James Austin – project Supervisor
  • Dave Schultz – remastering
  • Mathieu Bitton – art direction, design
  • Patrick Mulligan – discographical annotation
  • Gary Peterson – discographical annotation
  • Rich Kienzle – liner notes
  • Sheryl Farber – editorial supervision
  • Alan Fletcher – project supervisor
  • Mimi Miraflor – project assistant
  • Steve Woolard – project assistant
  • Becky Wagner – project assistant

Chart performance edit

Chart (2006) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 55

References edit

  1. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Twenty-one Number One Hits: The Ultimate Collection > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
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