| 16 Biggest Hits | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | July 14, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 50:46 | |||
| Label | Legacy Recordings | |||
| Merle Haggard chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
16 Biggest Hits is a 1998 Merle Haggard compilation album. It is part of a series of similar 16 Biggest Hits albums released by Legacy Recordings.
All songs except "Big City", "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" and "Going Where the Lonely Go" are re-recordings from October 1994.
The album was certified Gold in 2002 by the RIAA.[2] It has sold 955,000 copies in the US as of May 2013.[3]
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Track listing
- "Swinging Doors" (Merle Haggard) – 2:50
- "The Bottle Let Me Down" (Haggard) – 2:42
- "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" (Casey Anderson, Liz Anderson) – 3:09
- "Branded Man" (Haggard) – 3:09
- "Sing Me Back Home" (Haggard) – 2:50
- "Mama Tried" (Haggard) – 2:10
- "Hungry Eyes" (Haggard) – 3:37
- "Workin' Man Blues" (Haggard) – 2:41
- "Okie from Muskogee" (Roy Edward Burris, Haggard) – 2:41
- "The Fightin' Side of Me" (Haggard) – 2:52
- "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" (Haggard) – 3:39
- "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" (Haggard) – 3:40
- "Big City" (Haggard, Dean Holloway) – 3:00
- "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" (Haggard) – 4:14
- "Going Where the Lonely Go" (Haggard, Holloway) – 4:50
- "Silver Wings" (Haggard) – 2:47
Personnel
- Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
- Roy Nichols – lead guitar
- Norman Hamlet – steel guitar
- Tiny Moore – mandolin, fiddle
- Eldon Shamblin– guitar
- Ralph Mooney – steel guitar
- Gene Price – bass
- Gordon Terry - fiddle
- Ronnie Reno – guitar
- Bobby Wayne – guitar
- Marcia Nichols – guitar
- Clint Strong – guitar
- Mark Yeary – piano
- George French – piano
- Dennis Hromek – bass
- James Tittle – bass
- Johnny Meeks - bass
- Jerry Ward – bass
- Wayne Durham – bass
- Biff Adam – drums
- Eddie Burris – drums
- Don Markham – saxophone
- Jimmy Belkin – fiddle
- Gary Church – horns
Chart performance
16 Biggest Hits peaked at number 55 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 1999.[4]
| Chart (1998–1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Top Country Albums | 55 |
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
| US Billboard 200[5] | 167 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA)[2] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r366311
- ^ a b "American album certifications – Merle Haggard – 16 Biggest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Paul Grein (May 8, 2013). "Week Ending May 5, 2013. Albums: Kenny Closes In On Garth". Yahoo Music (Chart Watch). Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ "Chart listing for 16 Biggest Hits". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ "Merle Haggard Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
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