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Chet Atkins (I) (1924–2001)

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Chet Atkins was an A&R (artist and repertoire) executive for RCA Victor Records from 1958 until 1974, producing recordings for such artists as Elvis Presley, Bobby Bare, Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, Skeeter Davis, Waylon Jennings, Duane Eddy, The Browns, Charley Pride, Hank Snow and The Everly Brothers... See full bio »

Born:

Chester Burton Atkins
in Luttrell, Tennessee, USA

Died:

(age 77) in Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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2010 Halloween Season (short) (performer: "Mr. Sandman")
 
2010 Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 (video) (performer: "Winter Walking")
 
2008 Recipes for Disaster (documentary) (performer: "Mr.Sandman")
 
2007 Opry Video Classics: The Hall of Fame (video) (performer: "Yakety Axe")
 
2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
– Les Paul: Chasing Sound (2007) ("Deed I Do", "Avalon")
 
2006 Best of Country Live! (video) (performer: "Poor People of Paris")
 
2004 Surviving Christmas (performer: "Jingle Bell Rock")
 
2004 Cold Case (TV series)
– The Boy in the Box (2004) (writer: "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" - uncredited)
 
1996 Michael (writer: "Young Thing" 1994 / performer: "Young Thing" 1994, "Ave Maria, Op.52 No.6" 1825, "Sweet Dreams" 1955, "Dream" 1944 / producer: "Young Thing" 1994, "Ave Maria, Op.52 No.6" 1825, "Dream" 1944 / arranger: "Ave Maria, Op.52 No.6" 1825)
 
1996 Fly Away Home (performer: "Yakety Axe")
 
1996 Neil Diamond: Under a Tennessee Moon (TV special documentary) ("Blue Highway")
 
1996 Grand Ole Opry 70th Anniversary (TV special) (performer: "Oh, Lonesome Me")
 
1994 Ralph Emery on the Record (TV series)
– Dolly (1994) (performer: "Longer Than Always")
 
1993 Josh and S.A.M. (performer: "Hot Mocking Bird")
 
1988 Dolly (TV series)
– Nashville Memories (1988) (performer: "Long Journey Home/Foggy Mountain Top")
 
1977 Stroszek (writer: "On the Way Down to Phoenix" / performer: "On the Way Down to Phoenix")
 
1975 In Concert (TV series)
– Episode dated 10 May 1975 (1975) (performer: "Chaplin in New Shoes", "The Entertainer Theme from the motion picture THE STING", "Colonel Bogey", "John Henry")
 
1973-1974 The Porter Wagoner Show (TV series)
– Chet Atkins (1974) (performer: "Lara's Theme" guitar instrumental, "Blowing in the Wind/I Want You/Don't Think Twice/Nine Pound Hammer Medley" instrumental)
– Chet Atkins (1973) (performer: "Muscat Ramble", "Mr. Bojangles", "Poison Love partial")
 
1973 The Partridge Family (TV series)
– Maid in San Pueblo (1973) (music: "Workin' On A Groovy Thing" / lyrics: "Workin' On A Groovy Thing")
 
1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.30 (1970) (performer: "Back Home in Indiana", "Country Gentleman", "Mister Sandman", "Wildwood Flower", "Freight Train")
 
1969 Mondo Trasho ("Oh Lonesome Me")
 
1968 The Best on Record (TV movie) (performer: "Battle Hymn Of The Republic")
 
1959 Country Style, U.S.A. (TV series short)
– Episode #3.1 (1959) (performer: "Black Mountain Rag")
– Episode #3.6 (1959) (writer: "Oh Lonesome Me")
 
1956 Grand Ole Opry (TV series)
– Episode dated 28 April 1956 (1956) (performer: "The Poor People of Paris" / "Wild Card" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1995 Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story (TV movie)
 
1991 Guitar (video)
Chet Atkins
 
1977 Nashville 99 (TV series)
– The Fallen Idol (1977)
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
2006 About Us (TV series documentary)
– 3 Feet Under: Digging Deep for the Geoduck Clam (2006)
 
1977 Stroszek
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2011 Mark Knopfler: A Life in Songs (TV documentary) (archive - as Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player)
 
Show ShowSelf (52 titles)
2000 Chet Atkins: A Life in Music (TV movie)
Himself
 
1999 In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Genius of Lenny Breau (documentary)
 
1997 Elvis: His Life and Times (TV special)
 
1996 America's Music: The Roots of Country (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The Grand Ole Opry Musical Salute to Minnie Pearl (TV movie)
Himself
 
1996 An Evening of Country Greats: A Hall of Fame Celebration (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 Neil Diamond: Under a Tennessee Moon (TV special documentary)
Himself - Guest Artist (also archive footage)
 
1996 Grand Ole Opry 70th Anniversary (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 George Winston: Seasons in Concert (video)
Himself
 
1995 Lost in Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Out of Country (1995) … Himself
 
1994 Elvis: The Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
1994 Ralph Emery on the Record (TV series)
Himself
– Dolly (1994) … Himself
 
1994 The Roots of Country: Nashville Celebrates the Ryman (TV special)
Himself
 
1993 Austin City Limits (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Garrison Keillor & the Hopeful Gospel Quartet with Special Guests Chet Atkins & Johnny Gimble (1993) … Himself
 
1991 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
1991 Grand Ole Opry 65th Anniversary (TV special)
Himself
 
1991 Webb Pierce and Chet Atkins (video documentary)
Himself
 
1988 A Prairie Home Companion: The Second Annual Farewell Performance (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 Dolly (TV series)
Himself
– Nashville Memories (1988) … Himself
 
1987 The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Grand Ole Opry 60th Anniversary (TV movie)
Himself
 
1985 Elvis: Memories (video documentary)
 
1982 Country Comes Home (TV special)
 
1982 Roy Acuff... 50 Years the King of Country Music (TV special)
Himself
 
1957-1978 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 July 1978 (1978) … Himself
– Episode dated 5 November 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1978 50 Years of Country Music (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 The Val Doonican Music Show (TV series)
Himself
– Val Doonican's Old Year Music Show (1977) … Himself
 
1977 Spotlight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 December 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 That's Country
Himself
 
1977 Ann-Margret... Rhinestone Cowgirl (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 The 19th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1976 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.88 (1976) … Himself
 
1975 Numéro 1 (TV series)
Himself
– Eddy Mitchell (1975) … Himself
 
1975 In Concert (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 May 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1974 Hee Haw (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #6.13 (1974) … Himself - Guest
 
1973-1974 The Porter Wagoner Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Chet Atkins (1974) … Himself - Guest
– Chet Atkins (1973) … Himself - Guest
 
1971-1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 July 1973 (1973) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 May 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.22 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #3.187 (1971) … Himself
 
1969-1971 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guitarist
– History of Country Music: Part 2 (1971) … Himself
– The History of Country Music: Part 1 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #1.30 (1970) … Himself - Guitarist
– Episode #1.11 (1969) … Himself
 
1970 Evening at Pops (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 August 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself - Guitarist
– Episode #23.20 (1970) … Himself - Guitarist
 
1969 This Is Tom Jones (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.72 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
– 2nd Annual Country Music Association Awards (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Best on Record (TV movie)
Himself
 
1965 Middle West Show (TV movie)
Himself
 
1964 The Jimmy Dean Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 November 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1959 Country Style, U.S.A. (TV series short)
Himself - Guitarist
– Episode #3.1 (1959) … Himself - Guitarist
 
1956 Grand Ole Opry (TV series)
Himself - Guitarist
– Episode dated 28 April 1956 (1956) … Himself - Guitarist
 
1954 Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour (TV series)
Himself
 
1952 The Eddy Arnold Show (TV series)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2011 Mark Knopfler: A Life in Songs (TV documentary)
Himself - Guitar
 
2010 Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 (video)
Himself
 
2009 Crook & Chase (TV series)
 
2007 Opry Video Classics: The Hall of Fame (video)
Himself
 
2007 Impact: Songs That Changed the World - Elvis Presley: Heartbreak Hotel (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Best of Country Live! (video)
Himself
 
2005 Grand Ole Opry's Vintage Classics (TV movie)
Himself
 
2001 The Porter Wagoner Show: Collectors Series, Vol. 1 (video)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

CD: "Pickin' the Hits" (BSP) See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 1 Print Biography  | 2 Interviews  | 1 Article  | See more »

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on producing records with Jim Reeves, aka "Gentleman Jim", who joined RCA in 1955 after recording several years for Abbott Records] When I first met and started working with him, he was singing too high. He was a great baritone, but he wasn't a very good tenor. I always tried to keep him down in a low key... See more »

Trivia:

Won 14 Grammys, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993. See more »

Nickname:

Mr. Guitar See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini