LC control no. | n 81126809 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML419.A83 Biography |
Personal name heading | Atkins, Chet |
Variant(s) | Atkins, Chester Burton |
See also | Founded corporate body of person: Country All Stars Corporate body: Guitar Pickers (Musical group) |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1924-06-20 |
Death date | 2001-06-30 |
Place of birth | Luttrell (Tenn.) |
Place of death | Nashville (Tenn.) |
Profession or occupation | Country musicians Guitarists Sound recording executives and producers |
Found in | 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) 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) Hillbilly. Volume one, 1948-1950, 2005: container (Chet Atkins and his Guitar Pickers) |