Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), known also as "Mr. Guitar" and "The Country Gentleman", was an American musician who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, helped create the Nashville sound, the country music style which expanded its appeal to adult pop music fans. He was primarily a guitarist, but he also played the mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and ukulele, and occasionally sang. Atkins's signature picking style was inspired by Merle Travis. Other major guitar influences were Django Reinhardt, George Barnes, Les Paul, and, later, Jerry Reed. His distinctive picking style and musicianship brought him admirers inside and outside the country scene, both in the United States and abroad. Atkins spent most of his career at RCA Victor and produced records for the Browns, Hank Snow, Porter Wagoner, Norma Jean, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, Perry Como, Floyd Cramer, Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis, Waylon Jennings, Roger Whittaker, Ann-Margret and many others. Rolling Stone credited Atkins with inventing the "popwise 'Nashville sound' that rescued country music from a commercial slump" and ranked him number 21 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Among many other honors, Atkins received 14 Grammy Awards and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He also received nine Country Music Association awards for Instrumentalist of the Year. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. George Harrison was also inspired by Chet Atkins; early Beatles songs such as "All My Loving" show the influence. |
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Recordings (Results 76-100 of 266 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | D7VB-1948 | 10" | 10/29/1947 | Lost deep in the bottom of the sea | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-1949 | 10-in. | 10/29/1947 | In the pines (the longest train I ever saw) | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-1950 | 10-in. | 10/29/1947 | The letter I'm mailing to you | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2000 | 10-in. | 11/6/1947 | Never trust a man | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2001 | 10-in. | 11/6/1947 | Wide, rollin' plains | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2002 | 10-in. | 11/6/1947 | The ding dong polka | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | String band, with female vocal solo, yodeling, drums and accordion | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2003 | 10-in. | 11/6/1947 | Take it back and change it for a boy | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2029 | 10-in. | 11/11/1947 | My guitar is my sweetheart | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Victor | D7VB-2030 | 10-in. | 11/11/1947 | I'm pickin' the blues | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, songwriter | |
Victor | D7VB-2032 | 10-in. | 11/11/1947 | Barnyard shuffle | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | String band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
Victor | D7VB-2206 | 10-in. | 11/19/1947 | Save your money | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, songwriter | |
Victor | D7VB-2207 | 10-in. | 11/19/1947 | (I may be color blind but) I know when I'm blue | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, vocalist | |
Victor | D7VB-2208 | 10-in. | 11/19/1947 | I've been working on the guitar | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | String band, with solos | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, arranger | |
Victor | D7VB-2209 | 10-in. | 11/19/1947 | Dizzy strings | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | String band, with solos | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
Victor | D7VB-2249 | 10-in. | 11/21/1947 | Signed, sealed and delivered | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2250 | 10-in. | 11/21/1947 | When I was young and handsome | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2251 | 10-in. | 11/21/1947 | Tears today and blues tomorrow | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2252 | 10-in. | 11/21/1947 | Mountain Rosalie | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2263 | 10-in. | 11/24/1947 | I met the cutest fellow in Pocatello | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, electric guitar, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2264 | 10-in. | 11/24/1947 | He taught me how to yodel | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2265 | 10-in. | 11/24/1947 | You ain't where you come from now | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2266 | 10-in. | 11/24/1947 | I wasn't born yesterday | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2669 | 10-in. | 12/12/1947 | Easy payment blues | Zeke Manners ; Singing Lariateers ; Zeke Manners Band | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2671 | 10-in. | 12/12/1947 | I'm a tired cowboy | Zeke Manners ; Singing Lariateers ; Zeke Manners Band | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2688 | 10-in. | 12/15/1947 | Twin trouble | Zeke Manners ; Singing Lariateers ; Zeke Manners Band | Male vocal solo, with vocal ensemble and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Atkins, Chet," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103333.
Atkins, Chet. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103333.
"Atkins, Chet." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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