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Latest Greatest Straitest Hits

Latest Greatest Straitest Hits is the fifth compilation album by American country music artist George Strait. It was released on March 7, 2000 by MCA Records. The album represents his greatest hits since the release of his 1995 box set Strait Out of the Box. The set contains two newly recorded tracks. "The Best Day" was released as a single and hit #1 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks. Although not a single, "Murder on Music Row" (a duet with Alan Jackson) also charted in the Top 40 from unsolicited airplay.

Latest Greatest Straitest Hits

March 7, 2000

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Tony Brown
George Strait

The album does not include any singles from his 1999 album Always Never the Same. Another notable omission is "I Just Want to Dance with You", a #1 hit from 1998.


In March 2003 the album was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA.[5]

drums

Eddie Bayers

fiddle

Stuart Duncan

steel guitar

Paul Franklin

Steve Gibson –

acoustic guitar

Wes Hightower – background vocals on "The Best Day"

– lead vocals and background vocals on "Murder on Music Row"

Alan Jackson

Liana Manis – background vocals on "The Best Day"

electric guitar

Brent Mason

Steve Nathan –

keyboards

– lead vocals, background vocals on "Murder on Music Row"

George Strait

– background vocals on "Murder on Music Row"

Lee Ann Womack

bass guitar

Glenn Worf

Tracks 1 and 2