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.

21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection
Greatest hits album by Buck Owens
Released	August 1, 2006
Recorded	Feb 12, 1963-Apr 4, 1988
Genre	Country
Length	49:57
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)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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 Brumley – pedal 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

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