Alan Jackson

Birth Name:

Alan Eugene Jackson

Birth Place:

Newnan, Georgia, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor

Won the 1994 Country Music Association song of the year award for "Chattahoochee․"
Joined Glen Campbell's songwriting company in 1986 after his wife, Denise, met the country music legend at an airport and asked him for advice about her husband's career
Started out working in the mailroom of The Nashville Network
Quote: "Most of my initial hunger probably came just because I grew up with nothing․ It was either just be a working man and get by, or take a chance on the music business․"
Quote: "[on his 9/11 ballad "Where Were You"] "Everybody wanted to put me up on a pedestal after that․ A lot of people were emotionally affected by that song․ But I'm still playing the same old kind of honky tonk songs I played 20 years ago in the bars․""
Country music singer-songwriter whose hit songs include "Remember When" and "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)․"
In 2006, he released a gospel music album titled "Precious Memories," which was recorded as a gift for his mother
Was the first music artist signed to the Arista Nashville record company
In 1991, he was invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry

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