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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 Originally by
  March 1951 Eddie Dean REL, Stuart Hamblen REC
2005 Samantha Bumgarner
2005 Curly Gribbs and His Texas Ranchers
2005 Norfolk Jubilee Quartet
2005 Zeke Manners and His Gang
2005 "Dock" Walsh
2005 Carter Family
2006 The Chuck Wagon Gang
2005 Milt Herth Trio, "Dock" Walsh
2005 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
2005 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
2005 The Carter Family
i October 1976 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i Abilene Chet Atkins 1983 Unverified
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   1966 Luciano Tajoli con la grande orchestra diretta da Enzo Ceragioli REL, Betty Curtis PRF
i   1963 Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
1963 Ray Sanders with The Anita Kerr Singers
i April 1967 Frankie Randall
i July 1963 Bent Fabricius-Bjerre med rytme
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)
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
i   February 1968 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i 1958 Duo Gardel - Razzano
i   April 1963 (unknown), Doretta Morrow, Richard Oneto & Chorus PRF, Peggy Lee REC
August 1959 Arthur Smith Trio
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 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
i   1969 Judy Collins REL, Joni Mitchell REC
i 1957 (unknown)
i 1970 The Mills Brothers
July 1963 Ann-Margret with Johnny Green and Orch.
i 1974 George Hamilton IV
i 1966 The Beatles
i December 1954 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 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 1974 Steve Goodman
i 1986 Mason Williams
August 1959 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
January 1960 Fleetwoods
i July 1962 Patrício Teixeira
January 1964 (unknown)
i December 1954 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
i 1959 Bing Crosby with The Calico Kids and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
i February 1957 Merle Travis
i 1980 Orleans
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 1960 Waldyr Azevedo e seu conjunto
i Detroit City Chet Atkins 1983 Unverified
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]
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 February 1967 Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard
1959 Webb Pierce
i January 1975 Fred Neil
i April 1963 Ernest Gold conducting the Sinfonia of London Orchestra
i 1974 (unknown)
i August 1971 American Quartet
i April 1973 (unknown), Ernest V. Stoneman and Emmet Lundy
October 1967 (unknown), Carter Family
i 1969 Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
i February 1967 The Beatles
i February 1971 Bill Nash
i   December 1954 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
i February 1968 The Seekers
i February 1957 Cäcilie Carola, Emma Malkowsky & Kathi Herold
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 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 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 May 27, 1981 Blondie
i October 1959 Original Dixie Rag Pickers
i Here, There and Everywhere Chet Atkins 1969 Unverified
i 1969 The Beatles
i May 1961 Dinah Shore with Frank De Vol's Orchestra and Chorus
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   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
July 18, 1980 Osborne Brothers
i 1972 Susan Shirley - Arranged & Conducted by Lew Warburton
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1966 The Beatles
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
i   October 1959 Beatrice Lillie PRF, Sam Lanin and His Orchestra REC
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1966 The Beatles
i   1969 Jerry Orbach and Jill O'Hara PRF,REL
i July 1963 The Paris Sisters
i   1966 Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
i 1988 John Lennon
i January 1962 Norfolk Jubilee Quartet
i   October 1959 Nell Carrington PRF, Campbell and Burr REC
i December 1960 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
  1959 Charles Harrison [US] REC, Campbell and Burr REL
i December 1954 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
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)
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   May 1961 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
i February 1965 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 2005 Wilfred Glenn and Shannon Quartet
i Java Chet Atkins 1983 Unverified
i 1969 The Suntones
i December 1955 Edith Piaf
November 1961 Bobby Helms
August 1959 Fiddlin' John Carson
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 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 May 27, 1981 Wings
i   May 1965 May C. Hyers REL, Hattie Nevada REC
i November 1968 The Doors
i November 1961 The Trapp Family Singers
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   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
  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 November 1961 (unknown), Meister Glee Singers
i February 1968 "Cannonball" Adderley
i 1966 The Beatles
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 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 May 1961 Johnny Smith with Orch. conducted by Irwin Kostal
i   1959 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i May 1961 Orchester Georges Boulanger
i June 1987 Keith Jarrett with Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson, Jon Christensen
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
i 1956 (unknown)
i November 1961 (unknown)
i October 1967 The Four Knights with Orchestra
January 1960 Don Gibson
October 1967 Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans
i   December 1954 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
December 1959 The Clovers
i February 1965 João Gilberto
i May 27, 1981 Willie Nelson
1959 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i January 1975 Judy Garland
i April 1973 (unknown)
i 1960 Rita Montaner
i 1960 (unknown), David Rose and His Orchestra
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
i 1970 Osborne Brothers
i March 1973 Cousin Emmy and Her Kinfolk
i June 1987 Orleans
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 November 1968 The Four Voices [US1]
i   1957 Dick Powell REC,REL, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Chorus BRD
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1966 The Beatles
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
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   1979 Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
i 1972 Neil Diamond
i 1969 Dusty Springfield
i 1958 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i May 1964 Carl Ravell (The Singing Maestro) and His Orchestra
i December 1954 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1969 Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
i 1963 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   July 1963 Dale Hawkins REC,REL
1959 Len Spencer
i February 1957 (unknown)
i 1972 Neil Diamond
i 1974 Don Gibson
June 1968 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
i October 1962 (unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
i   December 1960 Debbie Reynolds REL,BRD
i 1957 The MGM Studio Orchestra
i July 1962 Bing Crosby with Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra
i 1956 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
  August 1959 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
i September 1952 Anton Karas
i July 1962 Edric Connor and The Caribbeans, Harry Belafonte
i July 1962 (unknown), Côro Misto com Conjunto
i August 1971 Simon & Garfunkel
i April 1973 Jerry Reed
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 June 1951 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
1986 Roger Whittaker
i August 1965 Rex Griffin
June 1968 Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd, Tom Paxton
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 February 1969 Mikis Theodorakis Popular Orchestra
i The Memphis Blues [Instrumental] Chet Atkins 1961 Unverified
i October 1962 Mrs. William Asher - Homer Rodeheaver
August 1959 Vernon Dalhart
i 1966 (unknown)
i November 1968 Simon and Garfunkel
i 1960 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
i The Three Bells Chet Atkins 1983 Unverified
i 1955 The Royals
i April 1963 Edward Allen
i 1966 The Beatles
1980 Will Tura
i February 1969 Alexander Vertinsky
i   February 1968 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
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
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
i 1960 Sara Jaary
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   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
1959 Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber
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
January 1960 Dave Gardner
i June 1987 Dire Straits
i October 1962 William McEwan
November 1961 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
i May 1965 Randy Randolph
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
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
March 1, 1994 Allen Toussaint
i October 21, 1980 Guido Deiro
October 21, 1980 Karl and Harty
i October 21, 1980 Leake County Revelers
October 21, 1980 Bo Weavil Jackson, The Carter Family
i October 21, 1980 (unknown), (unknown)
i August 1964 (unknown)
i August 1964 Leroy Anderson and His "Pops" Concert Orchestra
i   August 1964 Marie Louise Dustmann-Meyer and Clara Schumann PRF, Laura Hilgermann REL
i August 1964 Bonnie Guitar
i December 1969 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
i December 1969 Johnny Nash
i August 1964 Don Gibson
i August 1964 (unknown)
i   August 1964 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, Mary Ellis and Dennis King PRF
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
i December 1969 (unknown), Harry Belafonte
i December 1969 The Champs
i   August 1964 The Dolly Sisters PRF, Charles Harrison [US] REC
December 1969 Johnnie and Jack and Their Tennessee Mountain Boys
i   August 1964 Al Jolson REC,BRD
i   December 1969 Debbie Reynolds REL,BRD
i August 1964 Vernon Dalhart
i December 1969 (unknown performer)
listen on Internet Archive i November 1954 Ray Noble and His Orchestra
i   August 1964 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
i August 1964 Anita O'Day - Orchestra conducted by Larry Russell
i December 1969 The String-A-Longs
October 1947 Red Murrell and His Ozark Playboys
i May 1953 W. Arlington
i   May 1953 Edith Day PRF, Helen Clark REC
i August 1952 Grace Kerns and J. B. Wells
i May 1953 Arthur Collins
i November 1951 Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (Wingy Manone), Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra
i May 1953 (unknown)
i April 1952 Frank Hutchison
i May 1953 Mr. Herbert Payne (Ernest Pike)
i October 1953 Richard Bold and Rosalind Fuller
October 26, 1952 Red Foley
  November 1951 Mc Michen's Melody Men REC, Mc Michen's Home Town Band REL
i 1954 Emilio De Marchi
i 1954 Prince's Orchestra
i December 1954 Vaughn Monroe with Orchestra
i   1954 The Troubadours [Nathaniel Shilkret] – Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn REC,REL, Ramon Novarro BRD
i August 1954 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i 1954 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra
i February 1954 (unknown), Carter Family
i November 23, 1955 Edison Male Quartette
listen on Internet Archive i   April 29, 1955 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
i   February 1951 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, Mary Ellis and Dennis King PRF
February 1949 Stubby and The Buccaneers
i November 1950 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive April 29, 1955 The Sunnysiders
i August 1955 Miss Walton and Mr. Macdonough
i August 1955 Ted Weems and His Orchestra
i 1975 (unknown)
1975 Fiddlin' John Carson
i   1992 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1992 Jerry Reed
i February 11, 1976 Emilio De Marchi
i February 11, 1976 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
i February 11, 1976 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i February 11, 1976 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
i February 11, 1976 The Ambassadors [US2]
i February 11, 1976 Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
i   February 11, 1976 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
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 11, 1976 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i February 11, 1976 Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
i 1974 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
i 1974 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
i 1974 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i 1974 Bob Thompson [US1]
December 1952 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra
December 1952 Al Dexter and His Troopers, Frankie Marvin
1964 Erika Brüning u.d. Schöneberger Sängerknaben
i October 1983 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
i October 1983 Harry Simeone Chorale
i God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Chet Atkins, C.G.P. October 1983 Unverified
October 1983 Bing Crosby
October 1983 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Vaughn Monroe and The Norton Sisters
i   October 1983 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
The Little Drummer Boy Chet Atkins, C.G.P. October 1983 Unverified
i White Christmas Chet Atkins, C.G.P. October 1983 Unverified
i 1996 William Gaxton & Genevieve Tobin
i May 1966 Jim Reeves [US]
i May 1966 Collins and Harlan
i July 1969 Johnny Rivers
i May 1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i May 1966 Chet Atkins and His Galloping Guitar
i   July 1969 P.J. Proby REC, Tom Jones REL
i May 1966 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i July 1969 Don Ho
i May 1966 Rev. J.M. Gates
i May 1966 Vernon Dalhart
i May 1966 (unknown), "Dock" Walsh, Carter Family, George Reneau
i May 1966 Fiddlin' John Carson, John Yorke Atlee
i July 1969 Bobbie Gentry
i   May 1966 Russel Wise and Mr. White, Walter Hurdt and His Singing Cowboys REL, Roy Hall and His Blue Ridge Entertainers REC
i July 1969 (unknown), Gordon Heath and Lee Payant, Simon and Garfunkel
i July 1969 Ben E. King - Orch. arr. & Cond. by Stan Applebaum
i   May 1966 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
i July 1969 Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen, Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland, Arkansas Barefoot Boys
i July 1969 Engelbert Humperdinck
i July 1969 Danny Williams [ZA]
i July 1969 Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds
i May 1966 Chet Atkins
2011 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
2011 Nanci Griffith
2011 The Beatles
  2011 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
  2011 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
  1963 Charles Harrison [US] REC, Campbell and Burr REL
1963 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
1963 Len Spencer
i   June 15, 1978 Francisco Alves com Radamés Gnattali e sua Orquestra REC,REL, Araci Cortes PRF
June 15, 1978 (unknown)
i June 15, 1978 Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra
i June 15, 1978 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   June 15, 1978 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i June 15, 1978 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i June 15, 1978 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i June 15, 1978 Isaura Garcia
i June 15, 1978 Judy Garland
October 31, 1990 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
October 31, 1990 Don Gibson
i So Soft, Your Goodbye Chet Atkins / Mark Knopfler October 31, 1990 Unverified
i October 31, 1990 Don Gibson
i October 31, 1990 Quintette of The Hot Club of France
October 31, 1990 Ethel Waters and The Jazz Masters
i May 1959 The Music of David Seville
i May 1959 Carmen García Cornejo con piano por Miguel Lerdo de Tejada
i May 1959 (unknown)
i May 1959 Gilbert Bécaud
i May 1959 Charlie Chaplin
i May 1959 Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly
i May 1959 (unknown)
i May 1959 (unknown)
i May 1959 George Duning conducting The Columbia Pictures Orchestra
i May 1959 Edith Piaf & Les compagnons de la chanson
  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 1964 Tousan
i 1997 Claude Bolling
i 1997 Julian Lennon
1997 Trout Fishing in America, Dave Pomeroy
1995 Jiřina Salačová a Máša Allanová - R. A. Dvorský se svým orchestrem, Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks with The Marlin Sisters
1987 Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger and The Rainbow Ranch Boys
i 1987 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
i 1987 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
1987 The Carter Family
1987 Burr and Campbell
listen on Internet Archive i   November 1954 Stanley and Burr REL, Peerless Quartet REC
i August 1972 Ray Charles
i August 1970 Simon and Garfunkel
i August 1970 Merle Travis
i August 1972 Hank Locklin
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 August 1972 (unknown)
i August 1972 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
August 1970 Richard Harris [IE]
i August 1972 Little Junior's Blue Flames
  August 1970 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i August 1972 (unknown)
August 1970 The Beatles
August 1970 Jimmie Driftwood
i   August 1970 The Weavers REL, Cleveland Simmons Group REC
i 1981 Luiz Bonfá
i 1981 Tex Owens
i 1981 Anton Seidl
i 1981 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i 1981 Terri Gibbs
i 1981 Ethel Waters
i 1981 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
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 1981 Ezio Pinza
1987 John Lennon
October 31, 1990 Randy Randolph
Covered by David Furtado [PT]
i August 24, 2009 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
April 25, 1995 The Beatles
October 18, 1994 Whistler acc. by His Jug Band, Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
October 18, 1994 Johnny Cash
October 18, 1994 Elton John
October 18, 1994 Pat Donohue
October 18, 1994 Deborah Allen
i 1992 Elvis Presley
1992 (unknown), William McEwan
October 11, 1994 Champ Butler - Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Johnny Mandel
October 11, 1994 Harry Reser and His Orchestra, The Chipmunks - With the Music of David Seville, Brenda Lee, Chet Atkins, C.G.P.

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