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 101-125 of 266 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | D7VB-2689 | 10-in. | 12/15/1947 | Run for the roundhouse Nellie | Zeke Manners ; Singing Lariateers ; Zeke Manners Band | Male vocal solo, with vocal ensemble and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2690 | 10-in. | 12/15/1947 | They're out to trap ya | Zeke Manners ; Singing Lariateers ; Zeke Manners Band | Male vocal solo, with vocal ensemble and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2691 | 10-in. | 12/15/1947 | Cigars, cigarettes, souvenirs | Zeke Manners ; Singing Lariateers ; Zeke Manners Band | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2850 | 10-in. | 12/18/1947 | He lived in Texas (and she lived in Arkansas) | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders ; Billy Williams | Female-male vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2851 | 10-in. | 12/18/1947 | Whoa sailor | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders ; Billy Williams | Female-male vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2852 | 10-in. | 12/18/1947 | I'd rather be a cowgirl | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2853 | 10-in. | 12/18/1947 | Aha! San Antone | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2862 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | Sundown in my heart | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | String band, with male vocal solo and accordion | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2863 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | Our Anniversary | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | String band, with male vocal solo and accordion | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2864 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | Sad heart | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | String band, with male vocal solo and accordion | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2865 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | Somebody loses, somebody wins | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | String band, with male vocal solo and accordion | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2876 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | My dreamboat in sinking | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | String band, with male vocal solo and accordion | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2880 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | Television | Zeke Manners ; Singing Lariateers ; Zeke Manners Band | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2881 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | Grouchy gaucho | Singing Lariateers ; Zeke Manners Band | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2882 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | Ever since Eve | Zeke Manners ; Singing Lariateers ; Zeke Manners Band | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-2883 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | The strangest family | Zeke Manners ; Singing Lariateers ; Zeke Manners Band | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D9VB-0828 | 10-in. | 2/1/1949 | Just one more waltz (for old time's sake) | Jones Sisters | Female vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D9VB-0829 | 10-in. | 2/1/1949 | Wind of the sea | Jones Sisters | Female vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D9VB-0830 | 10-in. | 2/1/1949 | Each flower that blooms must die | Jones Sisters | Female vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D9VB-0835 | 10-in. | 2/1/1949 | The fatal wedding | Jones Sisters | Female vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D9VB-0844 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | (This is) someone's last day | Carter Sisters ; Maybelle Carter | Female vocal solo, with vocal harmonies and string band | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |
Victor | D9VB-0845 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | The kneeling drunkard's plea | Carter Sisters ; Maybelle Carter | Female vocal solo, with vocal harmonies and string band | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |
Victor | D9VB-0846 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | Why do you weep, dear willow? | Carter Sisters ; Maybelle Carter | Female vocal solo, with vocal harmonies and string band | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |
Victor | D9VB-0847 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | Walk a little closer | Carter Sisters ; Maybelle Carter | Female vocal solo, with vocal harmonies and string band | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |
Victor | D9VB-0848 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | My darling's home at last | Carter Sisters ; Maybelle Carter | Female vocal solo, with vocal harmonies and string band | instrumentalist, electric 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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