Greatest Hits Plus

Greatest Hits Plus
Greatest hits album by Ricky Van Shelton
Released	August 11, 1992
Recorded	1986–1992
Genre	Country
Length	42:36
Label	Columbia Nashville/TriStar
Producer	Steve Buckingham
Ricky Van Shelton chronology
Don't Overlook Salvation (1992) Greatest Hits Plus (1992) A Bridge I Didn't Burn (1993)
Singles from Greatest Hits Plus
"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" Released: July 1992 "Wild Man" Released: October 24, 1992 "Just as I Am" Released: March 13, 1993

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Greatest Hits Plus is the first Greatest Hits compilation by country music artist Ricky Van Shelton. It contains the hit singles from his first four studio albums, not including his gospel and holiday album.

Three new tracks on the album, including a cover of Elvis Presley's "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" originally featured on the Honeymoon in Vegas soundtrack, were released as singles and had some chart success.

Track listing

1. "Just as I Am" (Larry Boone, Paul Nelson) – 3:08
   • previously unreleased
2. "Wild Man" (Rick Giles. Susan Longacre) – 3:17
   • previously unreleased
3. "Somebody Lied" (Joe Chambers, Larry Jenkins) – 3:21
4. "I've Cried My Last Tear for You" (Tony King, Chris Waters) – 2:29
5. "I'll Leave This World Loving You" (Wayne Kemp) – 3:06
6. "Statue of a Fool" (Jan Crutchfield) – 3:04
7. "I Am a Simple Man" (Walt Aldridge) – 3:26
8. "Life Turned Her That Way" (Harlan Howard) – 3:23
9. "Keep It Between the Lines" (Russell Smith, Kathy Louvin) – 3:49
10. "Rockin' Years" (Floyd Parton) – 3:25
    • duet with Dolly Parton
11. "From a Jack to a King" (Ned Miller) – 2:21
12. "Living Proof" (Steve Clark, Johnny MacRae) – 3:22
13. "Don't We All Have the Right" (Roger Miller) – 2:36
14. "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" (Bert Carroll, Moody Russell) – 2:11
    • previously unreleased on a studio album

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers - drums
• Steve Buckingham - acoustic guitar
• Gary Burr - background vocals
• Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
• Richard Dennison - background vocals
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar, pedabro
• Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
• Steve Gibson - bass guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle
• Tommy Hannum - steel guitar
• Hoot Hester - fiddle
• Roy Husky Jr. - upright bass
• Carl Jackson - background vocals
• Bill Lloyd - electric guitar
• Patty Loveless - background vocals
• Randy McCormick - piano
• Terry McMillan - harmonica
• Jimmy Mattingly - fiddle
• Joey Miskulin - accordion
• Farrell Morris - percussion, vibraphone
• Louis Dean Nunley - background vocals
• Jennifer O'Brien - background vocals
• Mark O'Connor - fiddle
• Dolly Parton - duet vocals on "Rockin' Years"
• Don Potter - acoustic guitar
• Tom Robb - bass guitar
• Matt Rollings - piano
• John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
• Ricky Van Shelton - acoustic guitar, lead vocals
• Gary Smith - piano
• Howard Smith - background vocals
• Harry Stinson - background vocals
• Steve Turner - drums
• Paul Uhrig - bass guitar
• Bruce Watkins - acoustic guitar
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
• Tommy Wells - drums
• Bergen White - background vocals
• Dennis Wilson - background vocals
• Curtis Young - background vocals

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	9
U.S. Billboard 200	50

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1992	"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"	26	29
	"Wild Man"	5	4
1993	"Just as I Am"	26	28