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21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedAugust 1, 2006
RecordedFeb 12, 1963–Apr 4, 1988
Genre Country
Length49:57
Label Rhino
Producer Ken Nelson, Pete Anderson
Buck Owens chronology
Remembering
(2006)
21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection
(2006)
Down on the Corner of Love
(2006)

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.

Reception

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

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

  • 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 Brumleypedal 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

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

References

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