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Aliases
Chet Atkins, C.G.P.
Chet Atkins and His Colorado Mountain Boys
Chet Atkins and His Galloping Guitar
Chet Atkins and His Guitar
Chet Atkins and His Guitar Pickers
Chet Atkins and His Other Guitar
Real name
Chester Burton Atkins
Born
June 20, 1924
Died
June 30, 2001
Country
United States
IPI
00001533049 9 works
00001533147 11 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Influential guitarist, occasional vocalist and record producer for many big stars such as Elvis Presley. Atkins was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's sideman category in 2002.
Member of
The Nashville String Band
Country All-Stars
The Rhythm Rockers featuring Chet Atkins
The Atkins String Co.
Family
Meagan Taylor Great-niece
Jim Atkins Half-Brother
John Burns [US] Nephew
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Title Performer Release date Covered by
i January 1964 (2 artists)
i 1974 (2 artists)
i October 1967 (3 artists)
i April 1973 (3 artists)
i August 1959 The Atlantics [AU]
i May 1953 (3 artists)
October 1976 (17 artists)
October 1983 (2 artists)
i February 1965 Tommy Emmanuel
i October 21, 1980 The Krüger Brothers
February 1976 (2 artists)
i August 1972 (6 artists)
i May 1950 (2 artists)
i April 1962 (3 artists)
i August 1965 The Tremeloes
i August 1972 Tommy Emmanuel with Richard Smith
October 31, 1990 František Nedvěd
Sittin’ on Top of the World Chet Atkins June 1968 Unverified
i August 1970 Øystein Sunde
i December 1959 (3 artists)
i August 1972 Southern Rail
i May 1959 (6 artists)
October 31, 1990 Johnny Hansen
i January 1957 (5 artists)
i October 1976 Tommy Emmanuel with Richard Smith
November 1983 Jud Franks & The Interstate 5
i May 16, 1961 (21 artists)

Covers by Chet Atkins

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i May 1953 W. Arlington
i Abilene Chet Atkins 1983 Unverified
i May 1966 Jim Reeves [US]
i 1972 J.J. Cale
June 28, 1994 Campbell and Burr
i December 1954 (unknown)
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1957 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
listen on Internet Archive i 1966 Arthur West
i December 1954 Collins and Harlan
i May 1966 Collins and Harlan
i   1966 Luciano Tajoli con la grande orchestra diretta da Enzo Ceragioli REL, Betty Curtis PRF
i   1963 Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
i   May 1953 Edith Day PRF, Helen Clark REC
1963 Ray Sanders with The Anita Kerr Singers
i April 1967 Frankie Randall
i July 1963 Bent Fabricius-Bjerre med rytme
i August 1972 Ray Charles
April 25, 1995 The Beatles
i   August 1965 Bill Darnel REL, Hank Williams and His Guitar REC
i January 1975 Nicole Croisille – Pierre Barouh
i October 1962 (unknown)
i Amos Moses Chet Atkins 1983 Unverified
i 1966 The Beatles
i And I Love You So Chet Atkins 1983 Unverified
i Anna (El Negro Zumbon) Chet Atkins 1967 Unverified
i 1972 Three Dog Night
i 1958 Alberto Ribeiro e Seu Conjunto
i   1969 Warren Burton and Company PRF, The Company [Hair, Original Cast] REC,REL
i 1974 (unknown)
i 1956 (unknown)
i May 1959 The Music of David Seville
listen on Internet Archive i 1966 Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
1959 (unknown)
i   February 1967 Billy Dee Williams PRF, Bobby Scott REC,REL
1964 Erika Brüning u.d. Schöneberger Sängerknaben
i   February 1968 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i February 11, 1976 Emilio De Marchi
i 1954 Emilio De Marchi
i October 1983 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
i 1958 Duo Gardel - Razzano
i 1981 Luiz Bonfá
i   April 1963 (unknown), Doretta Morrow, Richard Oneto & Chorus PRF, Peggy Lee REC
August 1959 Arthur Smith Trio
i August 1964 (unknown)
i 1954 Prince's Orchestra
i   1960 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
June 1968 Boots Randolph
August 1959 Arthur Collins
August 1959 (unknown)
i February 11, 1976 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
i 1969 The Beatles
i September 1952 Curley Fox
i   August 1965 Bob Dylan REC, The Chad Mitchell Trio REL
i November 1961 Doye O'Dell
June 1968 (unknown)
i May 1964 Toots Thielemans
  1956 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
1995 Jiřina Salačová a Máša Allanová - R. A. Dvorský se svým orchestrem, Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks with The Marlin Sisters
i August 1964 Leroy Anderson and His "Pops" Concert Orchestra
i 1997 Claude Bolling
i   1969 Judy Collins REL, Joni Mitchell REC
i 1957 (unknown)
i   August 1964 Marie Louise Dustmann-Meyer and Clara Schumann PRF, Laura Hilgermann REL
i   June 15, 1978 Francisco Alves com Radamés Gnattali e sua Orquestra REC,REL, Araci Cortes PRF
i August 1970 Simon and Garfunkel
i 1970 The Mills Brothers
July 1963 Ann-Margret with Johnny Green and Orch.
i July 1969 Johnny Rivers
i 1974 George Hamilton IV
i August 1970 Merle Travis
i 1966 The Beatles
i December 1954 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i February 11, 1976 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 1979 Jas. P. Johnson
i 2005 W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith
i February 1967 Vince Guaraldi Trio
i August 1965 Donovan
i June 1968 Tex Owens
i 1981 Tex Owens
i June 1956 Harmony Dance Orch. (Ben Selvin)
i January 1975 Henry Mancini and His Orchestra with Chorus
February 1967 The Coasters
i   February 1968 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
i 1970 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
i 1955 André Claveau avec Jo Boyer et son orchestre
i February 1968 Some of Chet's Friends
i August 1952 Grace Kerns and J. B. Wells
i 1974 Steve Goodman
i 1986 Mason Williams
August 1959 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i May 1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i 1975 (unknown)
January 1960 Fleetwoods
i July 1962 Patrício Teixeira
January 1964 (unknown)
i December 1954 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
i May 1966 Chet Atkins and His Galloping Guitar
i 1959 Bing Crosby with The Calico Kids and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
i February 1957 Merle Travis
i 1980 Orleans
i August 1964 Bonnie Guitar
i 1955 Patrick et son orchestre de danse avec refrain chanté par Hildegarde
i 2005 William Tuson
i 1988 The Lovin' Spoonful
i November 1961 (unknown)
i February 11, 1976 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
i 1960 Waldyr Azevedo e seu conjunto
i   July 1969 P.J. Proby REC, Tom Jones REL
i Detroit City Chet Atkins 1983 Unverified
i October 21, 1980 Guido Deiro
i March 1961 Guido Deiro
i August 1974 Zez Confrey and His Orchestra
i August 1959 Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France [1940s]
October 21, 1980 Karl and Harty
i October 1983 Harry Simeone Chorale
December 1952 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra
i 1966 (unknown)
i 1963 Sonny Thompson - Vocal by Lula Reed
i   May 1961 Tom Coakley and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
i   February 1971 (unknown), Orquesta del Zoológico REL, (unknown performer) PRF
i 1957 Marga Llergo & Antonio Escobar
i 1960 (unknown)
i January 1975 Julie Andrews
i May 1959 Carmen García Cornejo con piano por Miguel Lerdo de Tejada
i February 1967 Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard
1959 Webb Pierce
i December 1969 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
i January 1975 Fred Neil
i April 1963 Ernest Gold conducting the Sinfonia of London Orchestra
i May 1966 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i 1974 (unknown)
1992 (unknown), William McEwan
i August 1971 American Quartet
i April 1973 (unknown), Ernest V. Stoneman and Emmet Lundy
2005 Samantha Bumgarner
i August 1972 Hank Locklin
October 1967 (unknown), Carter Family
i 1969 Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
1987 Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger and The Rainbow Ranch Boys
i February 1967 The Beatles
i February 1971 Bill Nash
i   December 1954 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
i July 1969 Don Ho
2011 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i February 1968 The Seekers
June 15, 1978 (unknown)
i February 1957 Cäcilie Carola, Emma Malkowsky & Kathi Herold
i God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Chet Atkins, C.G.P. October 1983 Unverified
i 1981 Anton Seidl
i January 1964 Smokey Rogers and The Western Caravan Orchestra
i February 1968 Roy Hogsed, Teresa Brewer with Orchestra directed by Ray Bloch
  August 1959 Lead Belly REL, Leadbelly REC
i October 21, 1980 Leake County Revelers
i December 1960 Wayne King and His Orchestra
i 1970 (unknown), The Weavers
i   May 1964 The Oscar Peterson Trio REC, Herb Ellis REL
i November 1968 Hugh Masekela
i May 1959 (unknown)
December 1952 Al Dexter and His Troopers, Frankie Marvin
i Half as Much Chet Atkins 1990 Unverified
i   November 1961 Waltham Abbey Choir PRF, Columbia Male Quartet REL
i November 1968 Bobbi Martin
i December 1954 Gene Arnold
i   March 1969 Helen Desha Beamer and Samuel Kapu REL, Charles E. King PRF
i February 1957 Jacques Renard & His Orchestra
i 1963 Elvis Presley
i 1992 Elvis Presley
2005 Curly Gribbs and His Texas Ranchers
i May 27, 1981 Blondie
i October 1959 Original Dixie Rag Pickers
i May 1953 Arthur Collins
i Here, There and Everywhere Chet Atkins 1969 Unverified
i 1969 The Beatles
listen on Internet Archive April 29, 1955 The Sunnysiders
i May 1961 Dinah Shore with Frank De Vol's Orchestra and Chorus
i December 1969 Johnny Nash
i December 1955 (unknown)
i December 1954 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i December 1960 John Yorke Atlee
i January 1960 Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra
i June 15, 1978 Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra
i   1970 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
i August 1965 The Beaver Valley Sweethearts
i 2005 Mischa Elman
2005 Norfolk Jubilee Quartet
2005 Zeke Manners and His Gang
July 18, 1980 Osborne Brothers
i August 1964 Don Gibson
i 1972 Susan Shirley - Arranged & Conducted by Lew Warburton
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1974 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
i March 1969 Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
i July 1963 Southern Tones
i October 1962 (unknown), Bing Crosby with The Ken Darby Singers and Orchestra directed by Buddy Cole
October 1947 Red Murrell and His Ozark Playboys
i   October 1959 Beatrice Lillie PRF, Sam Lanin and His Orchestra REC
October 1983 Bing Crosby
  1963 Charles Harrison [US] REC, Campbell and Burr REL
i 1966 The Beatles
i May 1966 Rev. J.M. Gates
i 1966 The Beatles
i   1969 Jerry Orbach and Jill O'Hara PRF,REL
October 31, 1990 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
i 1987 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
i 1974 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
i July 1963 The Paris Sisters
i   1966 Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
i 1988 John Lennon
1987 John Lennon
i January 1962 Norfolk Jubilee Quartet
i   October 1959 Nell Carrington PRF, Campbell and Burr REC
i May 1966 Vernon Dalhart
i December 1960 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i August 1964 (unknown)
  1959 Charles Harrison [US] REC, Campbell and Burr REL
i December 1954 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i   August 1964 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, Mary Ellis and Dennis King PRF
i   February 1951 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, Mary Ellis and Dennis King PRF
i August 1971 Lou Gold and His Orchestra
i 1970 Ferde Grofé & His Orch. – Vocal Refrain by the Rhythm Boys
i 1958 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen
i October 1962 Mrs. Wm. Asher - Homer Rodeheaver
August 1959 (unknown)
October 18, 1994 Whistler acc. by His Jug Band, Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
i November 1951 Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (Wingy Manone), Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra
2005 "Dock" Walsh
i May 1966 (unknown), "Dock" Walsh, Carter Family, George Reneau
i   May 1964 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly REC, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i   August 1972 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys REC, Clyde Grubb and His Tennessee Valley Boys - Vocal refrain by Leonard Dabney and Clarence Harrell REL
i   December 1969 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys REC, Clyde Grubb and His Tennessee Valley Boys - Vocal refrain by Leonard Dabney and Clarence Harrell REL
October 18, 1994 Johnny Cash
i   May 1961 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
i February 1965 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i June 15, 1978 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i February 11, 1976 The Ambassadors [US2]
i February 11, 1976 Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
i 2005 Wilfred Glenn and Shannon Quartet
i   June 15, 1978 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i December 1969 (unknown), Harry Belafonte
i 1964 Tousan
i Java Chet Atkins 1983 Unverified
i 1969 The Suntones
i December 1955 Edith Piaf
November 1961 Bobby Helms
i November 23, 1955 Edison Male Quartette
August 1959 Fiddlin' John Carson
1975 Fiddlin' John Carson
i May 1966 Fiddlin' John Carson, John Yorke Atlee
i 1957 (unknown)
November 1961 (unknown)
i May 1964 Duke Jordan Trio
i February 1965 Wayne King and His Orchestra
i July 1962 Los Indios Tabajaras
i 1958 Conchita Bañuls de Álvarez
i   August 1971 Paul McCartney REL, The Beatles REC
i October 1962 (unknown)
i October 1962 (unknown)
i February 1971 Don Gibson
October 31, 1990 Don Gibson
October 1967 Stewart Family
i January 1964 Karl & Harty
i April 1963 Nino Rota
i November 1968 The Beatles
i December 1960 Lupino Lane, Teddie St. Denis and Company
i February 1967 Maurice Jarre
i June 15, 1978 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i May 27, 1981 Wings
i May 1959 Gilbert Bécaud
October 1983 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Vaughn Monroe and The Norton Sisters
i   May 1965 May C. Hyers REL, Hattie Nevada REC
October 11, 1994 Champ Butler - Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Johnny Mandel
i August 1972 (unknown)
i November 1968 The Doors
i December 1969 The Champs
i August 1972 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i June 15, 1978 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i May 1959 Charlie Chaplin
2005 Carter Family
i November 1961 The Trapp Family Singers
i May 1959 Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly
i 1956 Joe Sullivan [US1]
i   February 1957 Sammy Fain REC, Nick Lucas and Ruby Keeler BRD
i 1956 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i 1966 Gene Austin
i October 1962 The Jenkins Family
i July 13, 1977 (unknown)
i   May 1964 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
i   February 11, 1976 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i   September 1952 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i 1969 Nino Rota
i 1972 Nino Rota
i December 1960 George Shearing Quintet
i 1957 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
August 1970 Richard Harris [IE]
  October 1967 Timi Yuro REL, Ray Price REC
i February 1957 (unknown)
i   May 16, 1961 The Shadows [GB] REL, Francis Chagrin BRD
i 1960 Olive Kline–Elsie Baker
i 1960 Hermanos Castilla
i December 1960 The Troubadours - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James
i April 1973 Roger Miller [US-OK]
i 1972 Paul Simon
July 13, 1977 James Taylor
i June 15, 1978 Isaura Garcia
i November 1961 (unknown), Meister Glee Singers
i May 1959 (unknown)
i February 1968 "Cannonball" Adderley
i 1966 The Beatles
October 26, 1952 Red Foley
February 1949 Stubby and The Buccaneers
i August 24, 2009 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
i February 11, 1976 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF, George Duning conducting The Columbia Pictures Orchestra
i February 1965 (unknown performer)
i July 1962 Roy Smeck and His Serenaders – Vocal Chorus by Clark Ross
i   1974 Jerry Jeff Walker REL,REC
i December 1954 Vaughn Monroe with Orchestra
i November 1968 Simon and Garfunkel
August 1959 Etienne Paree featuring Eddie "Piano" Miller
i   February 1968 Al (He's the King) Hirt REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
i April 1963 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i 1974 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i May 1961 Johnny Smith with Orch. conducted by Irwin Kostal
i   1959 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i   August 1964 The Dolly Sisters PRF, Charles Harrison [US] REC
  March 1951 Eddie Dean REL, Stuart Hamblen REC
i May 1961 Orchester Georges Boulanger
i June 1987 Keith Jarrett with Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson, Jon Christensen
i August 1972 Little Junior's Blue Flames
i 1969 Claude François
i 1958 Ipana Troubadours (Sam Lanin)
i February 1967 Teddy Reno
i January 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Jimmy Forrest and All Star Combo
i January 1964 Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters (The Hill Billies [US])
i September 1952 Isham Jones and His Orchestra
2006 The Chuck Wagon Gang
i 1956 (unknown)
i November 1961 (unknown)
i July 1969 Bobbie Gentry
i October 1967 The Four Knights with Orchestra
i May 1953 (unknown)
January 1960 Don Gibson
October 1967 Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans
i   December 1954 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
  August 1970 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
December 1959 The Clovers
i February 1965 João Gilberto
October 21, 1980 Bo Weavil Jackson, The Carter Family
i May 27, 1981 Willie Nelson
i   May 1966 Russel Wise and Mr. White, Walter Hurdt and His Singing Cowboys REL, Roy Hall and His Blue Ridge Entertainers REC
2011 Nanci Griffith
1959 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i February 11, 1976 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
1963 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i January 1975 Judy Garland
i June 15, 1978 Judy Garland
i April 1973 (unknown)
i   1954 The Troubadours [Nathaniel Shilkret] – Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn REC,REL, Ramon Novarro BRD
i 1960 Rita Montaner
2005 Milt Herth Trio, "Dock" Walsh
i 1960 (unknown), David Rose and His Orchestra
December 1969 Johnnie and Jack and Their Tennessee Mountain Boys
i 1981 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i 1957 Jacqueline François
i May 27, 1981 Crystal Gayle
i March 1969 (unknown)
i December 1954 (unknown), (unknown)
October 1967 Eddie Miller and His Oklahomans
i 1974 Jerry Reed
October 11, 1994 Harry Reser and His Orchestra, The Chipmunks - With the Music of David Seville, Brenda Lee, Chet Atkins, C.G.P.
i 1970 Osborne Brothers
i March 1973 Cousin Emmy and Her Kinfolk
i June 1987 Orleans
i 1997 Julian Lennon
i August 1954 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i May 1959 (unknown)
i May 1964 Art Van Damme Quartet with Johnny Smith on Guitar
i 1958 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orch. – Vocal Refrain by Pedro Berrios & Chorus
i July 1969 (unknown), Gordon Heath and Lee Payant, Simon and Garfunkel
i November 1968 The Four Voices [US1]
i August 1972 (unknown)
i   1957 Dick Powell REC,REL, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Chorus BRD
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1966 The Beatles
i August 1955 Miss Walton and Mr. Macdonough
i 2005 (unknown)
i October 1959 New Princes' Toronto Band
i   1960 Orquesta de Bienvenido Hernández REL, Rita Montaner REC,PRF
November 1961 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber
listen on Internet Archive i   November 1954 Stanley and Burr REL, Peerless Quartet REC
i   November 1961 Bing Crosby and Carol Richards REL, Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell REC
June 1968 Mississippi Sheiks
i December 1960 Waring's Pennsylvanians
i November 1968 Mia Farrow
i January 1960 Santo & Johnny
i November 1968 Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
i April 1973 Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman
i January 1971 Anne Murray
i January 1975 Scott Joplin
i 1981 Terri Gibbs
i August 1955 Ted Weems and His Orchestra
i   1979 Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
i February 11, 1976 Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
August 1970 The Beatles
2011 The Beatles
i 1972 Neil Diamond
i   August 1964 Al Jolson REC,BRD
i 1969 Dusty Springfield
i 1958 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i May 1964 Carl Ravell (The Singing Maestro) and His Orchestra
October 18, 1994 Elton John
i So Soft, Your Goodbye Chet Atkins / Mark Knopfler October 31, 1990 Unverified
i December 1954 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
March 1, 1994 Allen Toussaint
i 1969 Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
i April 1952 Frank Hutchison
i 1963 Ben E. King - Orch. arr. & Cond. by Stan Applebaum
i July 1969 Ben E. King - Orch. arr. & Cond. by Stan Applebaum
i   May 1961 Lanny Ross BRD, Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra REC,REL
i January 1962 Sylvester Weaver, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i September 1952 Prince's Band
i November 1968 Laura Nyro
i May 27, 1981 Jessi Colter
i 1966 Mr. Acker Bilk with The Leon Young String Chorale
1963 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
i January 1964 Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen, Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland
i February 1965 Kyu Sakamoto
i   May 1964 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i   1992 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
  2011 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1954 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra
i   July 1963 Dale Hawkins REC,REL
1959 Len Spencer
1963 Len Spencer
i February 1957 (unknown)
  November 1951 Mc Michen's Melody Men REC, Mc Michen's Home Town Band REL
i 1972 Neil Diamond
i 1974 Don Gibson
i October 31, 1990 Don Gibson
June 1968 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i October 1976 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i 2005 Standard Quartette, "Dock" Walsh
i January 1960 The Everly Brothers
i April 1973 The Dave Brubeck Quartet
2005 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
i October 1962 (unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
i 1981 Ethel Waters
i   December 1960 Debbie Reynolds REL,BRD
i   December 1969 Debbie Reynolds REL,BRD
i 1957 The MGM Studio Orchestra
i October 31, 1990 Quintette of The Hot Club of France
i July 1962 Bing Crosby with Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra
i 1956 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i 1981 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
August 1970 Jimmie Driftwood
  August 1959 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
i   May 1966 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
i October 21, 1980 (unknown), (unknown)
i September 1952 Anton Karas
i July 1962 Edric Connor and The Caribbeans, Harry Belafonte
i July 1962 (unknown), Côro Misto com Conjunto
i July 1969 Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen, Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland, Arkansas Barefoot Boys
i May 1953 Mr. Herbert Payne (Ernest Pike)
i November 1950 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
i August 1971 Simon & Garfunkel
i   October 1983 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
i April 1973 Jerry Reed
i 1992 Jerry Reed
i August 1964 Vernon Dalhart
1997 Trout Fishing in America, Dave Pomeroy
i July 1962 The Islanders [US]
i August 1974 Scott Joplin
i November 1961 Tally-Ho!
i   January 1962 Dolly Dawn and Her Dawn Patrol REC, John Payne, Johnnie "Scat" Davis, Jerry Colonna, Joe Venuti and His Swing Cats BRD, Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra REL
i December 1969 (unknown performer)
i June 1951 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i 1987 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
1986 Roger Whittaker
i August 1965 Rex Griffin
June 1968 Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd, Tom Paxton
i July 1969 Engelbert Humperdinck
The Little Drummer Boy Chet Atkins, C.G.P. October 1983 Unverified
i   March 1969 Dusty Springfield REL, Stan Getz REC
i December 1960 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
i   July 1962 Bobby Darin & His Orchestra REL, Billy Vaughn REC
i February 1971 Francis Lai & His Orchestra
i May 1959 George Duning conducting The Columbia Pictures Orchestra
i February 1969 Mikis Theodorakis Popular Orchestra
i The Memphis Blues [Instrumental] Chet Atkins 1961 Unverified
i October 1962 Mrs. William Asher - Homer Rodeheaver
listen on Internet Archive i November 1954 Ray Noble and His Orchestra
August 1959 Vernon Dalhart
2005 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
October 31, 1990 Ethel Waters and The Jazz Masters
i 1966 (unknown)
i November 1968 Simon and Garfunkel
1987 The Carter Family
i 1960 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
i May 1959 Edith Piaf & Les compagnons de la chanson
i The Three Bells Chet Atkins 1983 Unverified
i 1955 The Royals
i April 1963 Edward Allen
i 1966 The Beatles
i   1981 Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
i July 1969 Danny Williams [ZA]
October 18, 1994 Pat Donohue
i 1981 Ezio Pinza
1980 Will Tura
i February 1969 Alexander Vertinsky
i   February 1968 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
  2011 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i October 1953 Richard Bold and Rosalind Fuller
i 1957 Original Dixieland Jass Band
  January 1960 Meredith Willson and His Orchestra and Eileen Wilson, Barbara Cook and Robert Preston PRF, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra with Sue Raney REC,REL
1987 Burr and Campbell
i 1956 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
i   February 1971 George Hamilton IV REL, Connie Smith and Nat Stuckey REC
i October 1967 Cliff Bruner and His Boys
February 1971 (unknown)
i January 1962 Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
i 1955 LaVern Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra
October 18, 1994 Deborah Allen
i 1960 Sara Jaary
i   August 1964 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
listen on Internet Archive i   April 29, 1955 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
i August 1965 Johnny Cash
i March 1969 Buffy Sainte-Marie
i May 1961 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
i January 1964 Anita O'Day - Orchestra conducted by Larry Russell
i August 1964 Anita O'Day - Orchestra conducted by Larry Russell
i   February 1971 Fiorello Giraud PRF, Enrico Caruso REC
i 1958 Mizzi Günther
i 1972 Don McLean
i April 1963 Domenico Modugno with Fonit Orchestra
i August 1971 Isham Jones Orchestra
October 1967 (unknown), Hugh Cross
i 1957 Johnny Smith
i February 1971 The Everly Brothers
July 1963 Cannon's Jug Stompers
i October 1962 (unknown)
i February 1967 Ray Charles
i   December 1960 Doris Day with Frank DeVol & His Orch. REC, Eddy Howard REL, Doris Day BRD
i April 1963 The String-A-Longs
i December 1969 The String-A-Longs
1959 Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber
2005 The Carter Family
i 2005 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
i October 1962 Imperial Quartet
i 2005 Miss Morgan & Mr. Stanley
i February 1968 Cliff Edwards with Victor Young and His Orchestra - And The Ken Darby Singers
i   December 1960 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra REL, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys REC
  November 1961 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
  October 11, 1994 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
i White Christmas Chet Atkins, C.G.P. October 1983 Unverified
January 1960 Dave Gardner
i 1974 Bob Thompson [US1]
i June 1987 Dire Straits
i February 1954 (unknown), Carter Family
i October 1962 William McEwan
i July 1969 Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds
i May 1966 Chet Atkins
November 1961 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
i   August 1970 The Weavers REL, Cleveland Simmons Group REC
i May 1965 Randy Randolph
October 31, 1990 Randy Randolph
Covered by David Furtado [PT]
i July 1962 (unknown), Katherine Dunham and Ensemble, The Norman Luboff Choir
i 1966 The Beatles
i   1957 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   July 13, 1977 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
i 1996 William Gaxton & Genevieve Tobin
You're Always Brand New Chet Atkins March 1951 Unverified
i   1958 Ethel Merman & Dick Haymes - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Ethel Merman and Russell Nype PRF
listen on Internet Archive i 1960 Tito Schipa
i   1959 Hal LeRoy & Eunice Healy PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC

Web Covers by Chet Atkins

Songs written by Chet Atkins

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Baby's Coming Home Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed Chet Atkins 1974 Covered by (2 artists)
Bandera Chet Atkins Chet Atkins October 1967 Covered by (3 artists)
Country Gentleman Chet Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant Chet Atkins and His Galloping Guitar March 20, 1953 Covered by (3 artists)
East Tennessee Christmas Chet Atkins, John Knowles Chet Atkins, C.G.P. July 1983 Covered by (2 artists)
El Vaquero Chet Atkins, Wayne Moss [1] Chet Atkins February 1965 Covered by Tommy Emmanuel
Flatt Did It Chet Atkins Chet Atkins and Doc Watson September 1980 Covered by The Krüger Brothers
How's the World Treating You Chet Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant The Beaver Valley Sweethearts May 1952 Covered by (39 artists)
Main Street Breakdown Chet Atkins Chet Atkins and His Guitar Pickers October 13, 1949 Covered by (2 artists)
Midnight Chet Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant Red Foley September 26, 1951 Covered by (15 artists)
Midnight Train Chet Atkins, Jethro Burns Country All-Stars October 15, 1952 Covered by The Honky Tonk Playboys
My Town Chet Atkins Chet Atkins April 26, 1965 Covered by The Tremeloes
Nashtown Ville Chet Atkins Jerry Reed & Chet Atkins August 1972 Covered by Tommy Emmanuel with Richard Smith
Sally Trash Chet Atkins, Curly Putman Tammy Wynette June 23, 1970 Covered by Norma Jean - Vocal Accompaniment by The Jordanaires
Sittin’ on Top of the World Chet Atkins Chet Atkins June 1968 Unverified
Trambone Chet Atkins Chet Atkins November 29, 1956 Covered by (5 artists)
Would Jesus Wear a Rolex? Chet Atkins, Margaret Archer Ray Stevens March 1987 Covered by (2 artists)

Adapted songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Almost Alone Chet Atkins, C.G.P. 1996 Columbia [US]
Alone Chet Atkins April 1973 RCA Victor
A Session with Chet Atkins Chet Atkins December 1954 RCA Victor
Best of Chet on the Road Chet Atkins 1980 RCA Victor
Caribbean Guitar Chet Atkins July 1962 RCA Victor
Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle with Chet Atkins [1950] Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle with Chet Atkins 2005 Country Routes
C.B. Atkins and C.E. Snow by Special Request Chet Atkins and Hank Snow December 1969 RCA Victor
C.G.P. Chet Atkins 1988 Columbia [US]
Chester and Lester Chet Atkins and Les Paul February 11, 1976 RCA Victor
Chet Chet Atkins October 1967 RCA Camden
Chet Atkins and His Guitar Chet Atkins March 1961 RCA Camden
Chet Atkins at Home Chet Atkins 1958 RCA Victor
Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar Chet Atkins September 1952 RCA Victor
Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies Chet Atkins January 1975 RCA Victor
Chet Atkins in Hollywood Chet Atkins - Orchestra conducted by Dennis Farnon May 1959 RCA Victor
Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions Chet Atkins 1956 RCA Victor
Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed Chet Atkins 1974 RCA Victor
Chet Atkins Picks on The Beatles Chet Atkins 1966 RCA Victor
Chet Atkins Picks the Best Chet Atkins April 1967 RCA Victor
Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns Chet Atkins October 1962 RCA Victor
Chet Atkins' Teensville Chet Atkins January 1960 RCA Victor
Chet Atkins with The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle - 1949 Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle with Chet Atkins 2006 Country Routes
Chet Atkins' Workshop Chet Atkins December 1960 RCA Victor
Chet Picks on the Pops Chet Atkins, Guitarist - Boston Pops Orchestra - Arthur Fiedler, Conductor July 1969 RCA Red Seal
Christmas with Chet Atkins Chet Atkins November 1961 RCA Victor
Country - After All These Years Chet Atkins May 27, 1981 RCA Victor
Down Home Chet Atkins January 1962 RCA Victor
East Tennessee Christmas Chet Atkins, C.G.P. October 1983 Columbia [US]
Finger-Style Guitar Chet Atkins February 1957 RCA Victor
For the Good Times and Other Country Moods Chet Atkins February 1971 RCA Victor
From Nashville with Love Chet Atkins 1966 RCA Victor
Guitar Country Chet Atkins January 1964 RCA Victor
Guitar Monsters - Chester & Lester Chet Atkins & Les Paul June 15, 1978 RCA Victor
Hi-Fi in Focus Chet Atkins 1957 RCA Victor
Hometown Guitar Chet Atkins June 1968 RCA Victor
Hum and Strum Along with Chet Atkins Chet Atkins August 1959 RCA Victor
It's a Guitar World Chet Atkins February 1967 RCA Victor
Jim Reeves, Floyd Cramer, Chet Atkins in Suid-Afrika Jim Reeves, Floyd Cramer, Chet Atkins 1962 RCA Victor
Live in Nashville Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed & Suzy Bogguss 2011 Country Stars
Lover's Guitar Chet Atkins March 1969 RCA Victor
Me and Chet Jerry Reed & Chet Atkins August 1972 RCA Victor
Me and Jerry Jerry Reed & Chet Atkins August 1970 RCA Victor
Me and My Guitar Chet Atkins July 13, 1977 RCA Victor
Mister Guitar Chet Atkins October 1959 RCA Victor
More of That Guitar Country Chet Atkins August 1965 RCA Victor
Music from Nashville My Home Town Chet Atkins 1966 RCA Camden
My Brother Sings Chet Atkins 1959 RCA Victor
My Favorite Guitars Chet Atkins February 1965 RCA Victor
Neck and Neck Chet Atkins / Mark Knopfler October 31, 1990 Columbia [US]
Our Man in Nashville Chet Atkins 1963 RCA Victor
Pickin' My Way Chet Atkins August 1971 RCA Victor
Picks on the Hits Chet Atkins 1972 RCA Victor
Progressive Pickin' Chet Atkins May 1964 RCA Victor
Read My Licks Chet Atkins, C.G.P. June 28, 1994 Columbia [US]
Reflections Chet Atkins and Doc Watson October 21, 1980 RCA Victor
Reminiscing Chet Atkins and Hank Snow August 1964 RCA Victor
Sails Chet Atkins June 1987 Columbia [US]
Simpatico Suzy Bogguss & Chet Atkins October 18, 1994 Liberty
Sneakin' Around Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed 1992 Columbia [US]
Solid Gold '68 Chet Atkins November 1968 RCA Victor
Solid Gold '69 Chet Atkins 1969 RCA Victor
Solo Flights Chet Atkins February 1968 RCA Victor
Standard Brands Lenny Breau and Chet Atkins 1981 RCA Victor
Street Dreams Chet Atkins 1986 Columbia [US]
Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins Chet Atkins and His Galloping Guitar May 1953 RCA Victor
Superpickers Chet Atkins 1974 RCA Victor
Teen Scene Chet Atkins July 1963 RCA Victor
The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show Chet Atkins and Merle Travis 1974 RCA Victor
The Best of Chet Atkins and Friends Chet Atkins October 1976 RCA Victor
The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World Chet Atkins with Tommy Emmanuel 1997 Columbia [US]
The First Nashville Guitar Quartet Chet Atkins 1979 RCA Victor
The Guitar Genius Chet Atkins 1963 RCA Camden
The Most Popular Guitar Chet Atkins May 1961 RCA Victor
The Other Chet Atkins Chet Atkins 1960 RCA Victor
The "Pops" Goes Country Chet Atkins, Guitarist - Boston Pops Orchestra - Arthur Fiedler, Conductor May 1966 RCA Victor Red Seal
Travelin' Chet Atkins April 1963 RCA Victor
Yestergroovin' Chet Atkins 1970 RCA Victor

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Boo Boo Stick Beat Chet Atkins August 1959 RCA Victor
Cecilia Chet Atkins June 1956 RCA Victor
Christmas Carols Chet Atkins and His Guitar November 23, 1955 RCA Victor
Dizzy Fingers Chet Atkins August 1974 RCA Victor
Down Home [Single] Chet Atkins April 1962 RCA Victor
Frog Kissin' Chet Atkins February 1976 RCA Victor
Guitar Polka (Old Monterey) Chet Atkins and Rosalie Allen December 1952 RCA Victor
Hey, Mr. Guitar Chet Atkins and His Guitar April 29, 1955 RCA Victor
I Can Hear Kentucky Calling Me Chet Atkins July 18, 1980 RCA
(I Know My Baby Loves Me) In Her Own Peculiar Way Chet Atkins and His Colorado Mountain Boys October 1947 RCA Victor
Indian Love Call Chet Atkins and His Guitar Pickers February 1951 RCA Victor
In the Mood Chet Atkins and His Galloping Guitar November 1951 RCA Victor
Jean's Song Chet Atkins December 1955 RCA Victor
Jingle Bell Rock Chet Atkins November 1961 RCA Victor
Main Street Breakdown Chet Atkins and His Guitar Pickers May 1950 RCA Victor
Man of Mystery Chet Atkins May 16, 1961 RCA Victor
Meet Mister Callaghan Chet Atkins and His Galloping Guitar August 1952 RCA Victor
Midnight Chet Atkins and His Galloping Guitar October 26, 1952 RCA Victor
Money, Marbles and Chalk Chet Atkins and His Guitar Pickers February 1949 RCA Victor
Mr. Sandman Chet Atkins and His Gallopin' Guitar December 1954 RCA Victor
My Life with You Annie Lou and Danny and The Carter Sisters with Chet Atkins and His Guitar Pickers March 1951 RCA Victor
Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man Chet Atkins March 1973 RCA Victor
San Antonio Rose Chet Atkins and His Gallopin' Guitar August 1954 RCA Victor
Silver Bell Hank Snow and Chet Atkins November 1954 RCA Victor
Snowbird Chet Atkins January 1971 RCA Victor
Somebody Stole My Gal Chet Atkins and His Other Guitar August 1955 RCA Victor
Teensville Chet Atkins December 1959 RCA Victor
The Bells of St. Mary's Chet Atkins and His Galloping Guitar May 1953 RCA Victor
The Birth of the Blues Chet Atkins and His Guitar Pickers November 1950 RCA Victor
The Jitterbug Waltz Chet Atkins June 1951 RCA Victor
Theme from "Zorba the Greek" Chet Atkins February 1969 RCA Victor
Three O'Clock in the Morning Chet Atkins and His Galloping Guitar October 1953 RCA Victor
Trambone Chet Atkins January 1957 RCA Victor
We Didn't See a Thing Ray Charles & George Jones (featuring Chet Atkins) November 1983 Columbia [US]
What'd I Say Chet Atkins February 1967 RCA Victor
Wildwood Flower Chet Atkins and His Gallopin' Guitar February 1954 RCA Victor
Yakety Axe Chet Atkins May 1965 RCA Victor
Your Mean Little Heart Chet Atkins and His Galloping Guitar April 1952 RCA Victor

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