Atkins, Chet

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
אטקינס, צ'ט
Name (Latin)
Atkins, Chet
Other forms of name
Atkins, Chester Burton
Date of birth
1924-06-20
Date of death
2001-06-30
Place of birth
Luttrell, Tenn.
Place of death
Nashville (Tenn.)
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Country musicians
Guitarists
Sound recording executives and producers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 14957432
Wikidata: Q72096
Library of congress: n 81126809
Sources of Information
  • Hillbilly. Volume one, 1948-1950, 2005:container (Chet Atkins and his Guitar Pickers)
  • LCCN 91-752306: Country All Stars. Jazz from the hills, p1989:label (Country All Stars) insert (as RCA Victor recording artist, record producer, and executive, Chet Atkins assembled several instrumental recording groups; the first was created in 1952 with the Country All Stars; built around a nucleus of Chet, Homer, and Jethro and included a number of other musicians depending on who was available)
  • Hum and strum with Chet Atkins. [Phonodisc] 1959.
  • New Grove dict. of Amer. mus.(Atkins, Chet (Chester Burton); b. June 20, 1924, nr. Luttrell, TN; country-music guitarist and recording company executive)
  • New York Times, July 2, 2001(Chet Atkins, 77, guitarist, record producer; d. June 30, 2001, Nashville)