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| Released | February 21, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Legacy Recordings | |||
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16 Biggest Hits is a 2006 Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash compilation album. It is part of a series of similar 16 Biggest Hits albums released by Legacy Recordings. It has sold 333,000 copies in the US as of May 2013. [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "It Ain't Me Babe" | Bob Dylan | 3:04 |
| 2. | "Jackson" | Jerry Leiber, Billy Edd Wheeler | 2:46 |
| 3. | "Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man" | Marshall Grant | 2:35 |
| 4. | "Oh, What a Good Thing We Had" | June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash | 2:44 |
| 5. | "Darlin' Companion" | John Sebastian | 2:15 |
| 6. | "If I Were a Carpenter" | Tim Hardin | 3:01 |
| 7. | "'Cause I Love You" | Cash | 2:33 |
| 8. | "The Loving Gift" | Kris Kristofferson | 2:15 |
| 9. | "Help Me Make It Through the Night" | Kristofferson | 2:58 |
| 10. | "The Pine Tree" | Wheeler | 2:55 |
| 11. | "No Need to Worry" | J.S. Cooper, G.P. White | 2:51 |
| 12. | "Old Time Feeling" | Tom Jans, Will Jennings | 2:50 |
| 13. | "One Way Rider" | Rodney Crowell | 3:18 |
| 14. | "Brand New Dance" | Paul Kennerley | 3:26 |
| 15. | "Far Side Banks of Jordan" | Terry Smith | 2:42 |
| 16. | "It Takes One to Know Me" | Carlene Carter | 3:35 |
16 Biggest Hits peaked at #26 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 2006 and #126 on the Billboard 200. [3]
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 26 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 126 |
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