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Born: June 20, 1924 in Luttrell, TN
Years Active: 40 's, 50 's, 60 's, 70 's, 80 's, 90 's, 00's
Died: June 30, 2001 in Nashville, TN
Genre: Country

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Without Chet Atkins, country music may never have crossed over into the pop charts in the '50s and '60s. Although he recorded hundreds of solo records, Atkins' largest influence came as a session musician and a record producer. During the '50s and '60s, he helped create the Nashville sound, a style of country music that owed nearly as much to pop a... Continue Bio >>

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Discography:
2002 Discover Japan
1997 Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
1996 Almost Alone
1994 Read My Licks
1991 Sneakin' Around
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Filmography:
2007 The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show, 1969-1971
2001 Chet Atkins: Rare Performances 1976-1995
2001 All Star Jam
2000 Chet Atkins: A Life in Music
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Member Of: Country All Stars The Nashville String Band More >> Similar Artists: Speedy West The Everly Brothers Roy Clark James Burton Jim Reeves More >>

Influenced By: Merle Travis Les Paul Django Reinhardt Mother Maybelle Carter The Carter Family More >> Followers: Eugene Chadbourne Junior Brown Philip Degruy The Notting Hillbillies Will Ackerman More >>

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