16 Biggest Hits

by Ricky Skaggs

Overview

Does 16 Biggest Hits really contain Ricky Skaggs' 16 biggest hits as measured in the country singles charts? No, it doesn't. It contains his 13 biggest hits, plus three other songs that have special significance for the artist and his audience. Among his top 16 singles are "You Make Me Feel Like a Man," "Love's Gonna Get You Someday," and "Let It Be You," none of which are included here. In their place are "Don't Get Above Your Raising," Skaggs' first Epic single and first significant hit; "You May See Me Walkin'," his first Top Ten hit; and "Wheel Hoss," an album track from his Country Boy album written by his mentor, Bill Monroe. It's hard to argue with such substitutions, except to note that they rob the album's title of strict accuracy. The music contained here helped define the new traditionalist movement in country music in the '80s. Skaggs, a top instrumentalist steeped in bluegrass, found a formula at the start of that decade which combined a heavy emphasis on traditional playing with a fresh approach that didn't violate the old-time sound so much as extend it. Trends come and go, and after Skaggs' style passed from mass popularity he predictably returned to the traditional style from which he had emerged, but not before he had reinvigorated country music with the hits heard on this album, which stands as an excellent introduction to his most popular work. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	09/12/2000
Label:	Legacy / Epic/Legacy
UPC:	0074646164020
Rank:	27844

Tracks

1. Don't Get Above Your Raising
2. You May See Me Walkin'
3. Crying My Heart Out over You
4. I Don't Care
5. Heartbroke
6. I Wouldn't Change You If I Could
7. Highway 40 Blues
8. You've Got a Lover
9. Don't Cheat in Our Hometown
10. Honey (Open That Door)
11. Uncle Pen
12. Something in My Heart
13. Country Boy
14. Wheel Hoss
15. Cajun Moon
16. Lovin' Only Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ricky Skaggs   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Ricky Skaggs   Compilation Producer,Producer
Bill Monroe   Composer
J.J. Cale   Composer
Larry Cordle   Composer
Cindy Walker   Composer
Shake Russell   Composer
Even Stevens   Composer
Earl Scruggs   Composer
Carl Butler   Composer
Webb Pierce   Composer
Wayland Patton   Composer
Gladys Stacey Flatt   Composer
Lester Flatt   Composer
Louise Certain   Composer
Jim Eanes   Composer
Roy Marcum   Composer
Mel Tillis   Composer
Ray Pennington   Composer
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith   Composer
Albert Lee   Composer
Guy Clark   Composer
Margie Hunt   Executive Producer
Hillary Kanter   Composer
Tom Uhr   Composer
Marijohn Wilkin   Composer
Jim Rushing   Composer
Ray Smith   Composer
Arthur Q. Smith   Composer
Tony Colton   Composer
Paul Jones   Composer