Country Pop Bites: Alan Jackson – January 28

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 1995 Alan Jackson's "Gone Country" occupied the top spot on the Billboard country chart?

It’s true! It floated a Bob Dylan reference in the process. Check out the video!

Here are 5 interesting facts about Alan Jackson.

• He started his first job, working in a shoe-repair shop, at the age of 12; later worked as a forklift driver at Kmart and in the mail room of cable network TNN.
• He got his first guitar at the age of 16.
• His big break came in 1985, when his wife, then a flight attendant, gave his demo tape to country singer Glen Campbell at an Atlanta airport.
• He released his debut album, the platinum-selling Here in the Real World, in 1989.
• His wife, Denise, wrote a best-selling book in 2007 titled It's All About Him, detailing the couple's separation and reconciliation.