Country Pop Bites: Alan Jackson – March 4

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 2008 Arista released Alan Jackson's album "Good Time"?

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Here are 5 facts about Alan Jackson that you may not have known.

• Alan Eugene Jackson was born the youngest of five children into a blue-collar family on October 17, 1958 in the small Georgia town of Newnan, which is less than an hour southwest of Atlanta.
• His father, Joseph, worked as a car mechanic to support his family. Alan would eventually follow in his father’s footsteps by working as a mechanic for a while before music paid the bills.
• He also worked as a car salesman and a forklift operator.
• He attended elementary school and high school in Newnan, and it was while attending Newnan High School that he met his future wife, Denise, at the Dairy Queen where she worked.
• In 1985, Jackson and Denise moved to Nashville so he could pursue his dream of a career in music. He found a job working in the mailroom at the now defunct television network, The Nashville Network (TNN).