The album is made up mostly of tracks by little-known artists, though some better known ones, such as Garbage and Alison Krauss, are also featured.
Alison Krauss released a song written by Julie Lee and John Pennell about the story entitled "Jacob's Dream".
Alison Krauss | Alison Williamson | Alison Moyet | Clemens Krauss | Alison Limerick | Alison Bechdel | Michael E. Krauss | Alison Weir | Alison Steadman | Alison Balsom | Viktor Krauss | Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell | Krauss | Alison Redford | Alison Arngrim | Lawrence M. Krauss | Alison Uttley | Alison Mosshart | Alison Lohman | Alison Gopnik | Alison Faith Levy | Alison Bruce (field hockey) | Alison Bruce | Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet | Krauss-Maffei | George Krauss | Diezani Alison-Madueke | Alison Whitney | Alison Tyler | Alison Skipworth |
"Buy Me a Rose" was not only his first Number One single since 1987's "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (a duet with Ronnie Milsap), but also the only Number One for both Alison Krauss and Billy Dean, both of whom received chart credit for performing background vocals on the song.
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It is also the only Number One single for Billy Dean and Alison Krauss, both of whom received chart credit for their backing vocals.
Since opening its doors in January 1992 with three sold-out performances of Cats, the Phillips Center has hosted performers as diverse as Tony Bennett, Itzhak Perlman, Riverdance, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Ray Charles, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Alison Krauss, Stomp, Yo-Yo Ma, David Sedaris, Bolshoi Ballet, Wynton Marsalis, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and Capitol Steps.
His songs have been recorded by more than 150 artists, including Pete Seeger, Alison Krauss, John Denver, Arlo Guthrie, Emmylou Harris, Peter, Paul & Mary, Bok, Trickett, Muir, and Liam Clancy among others.
Other artists who have recorded his material include Alison Krauss ("Ghost in this House"), Collin Raye ("On the Verge"), Shenandoah ("Ghost in This House"), Highway 101 ("Bing Bang Boom"), Barbara Mandrell ("Where are the Pieces of My Heart"), and Trisha Yearwood ("The Song Remembers When", for which he won an Emmy in 1994).
"Rich Woman" was co-written by Millet with Dorothy LaBostrie, and was later recorded by Canned Heat, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, for whom it won the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
He also co-wrote "When You Say Nothing at All" which was a Number One hit at the end of 1988 for Keith Whitley, and later a Top Five hit in 1995 for Alison Krauss, and revived later in 1999 by Ronan Keating of Boyzone.
These tours culminated in performances before the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) in Owensboro, Kentucky, alongside Emmylou Harris, Bill Monroe, Alison Krauss, Ralph Stanley, Doyle Lawson, Hot Rize, Peter Rowan, and others.
In 2008, he joined Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on the tour for their critically acclaimed album Raising Sand.
The Cox Family can be heard on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, and their 1994 collaboration with Alison Krauss (I Know Who Holds Tomorrow) won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album.
In addition to rejuvenating Parton's then-lagging career, the album, along with the O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack and the work of Alison Krauss, is credited with making bluegrass a hugely popular musical genre during the early 2000s.