The Essential Chet Atkins

~ Release by Chet Atkins (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Boo Boo Stick Beat
Chet Atkins2:10
2Hot Mocking Bird
Chet Atkins2:13
3The Slop
Chet Atkins2:18
4Man of Mystery
Chet Atkins2:06
5Wheels
recording of:
Wheels
lyricist and composer:
Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins2:31
6Teen Scene
recording of:
Teen Scene
writer:
Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed
Chet Atkins2:01
7Freight Train
Chet Atkins2:05
8Satan's Doll
Chet Atkins3:52
9Yakety Axe
recording of:
Yakety Axe (guitar version of Yakety Sax) (in 1972)
composer:
Chet Atkins, Boots Randolph and James Rich (Country songwriter / guitarist)
is based on:
Yakety Sax
recording of:
Yakety Axe
lyricist:
Merle Travis
composer:
Boots Randolph and James Rich (Country songwriter / guitarist)
version of:
Yakety Sax
Chet Atkins2.452:06
10A Taste of Honey
recording of:
A Taste of Honey
lyricist:
Ric Marlow (in 1960)
composer:
Bobby Scott (vocals, piano, US musician & producer) (in 1960)
publisher:
Ambassador Music Ltd. and Songfest Music Corp.
Chet Atkins2:42
11Drive In
Chet Atkins2:20
12Get on With It
Chet Atkins2:11
13Cannonball Rag
cover recording of:
Cannonball Rag
composer:
Merle Travis
Chet Atkins2:15
14Take Five
Chet Atkins2:45
15Is Anything Better Than This
Chet Atkins feat. Merle Travis2:30
16It's Been a Long, Long Time
recording of:
It’s Been a Long, Long Time
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd.
Chet Atkins feat. Les Paul3:33
17Polka Dots and Moonbeams
recording of:
Polka Dots and Moonbeams
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
ABC Music Co. (799 Sevenih Avenue, New York 1930s-1940s), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Dorsey Brothers Music, Marke Music Publishing Co., Inc., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), My Dad’s Songs, Inc., Pocketful of Dreams Music Publisher and Reganesque Music Company
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Chet Atkins feat. Lenny Breau5:52
18Poor Boy Blues
producer:
Mark Knopfler
mixer:
Bill Schnee
bass:
Guy Fletcher (keyboardist)
guitar family:
Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
membranophone:
Larrie Londin
steel guitar:
Paul Franklin (steel guitarist)
vocals:
Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
performer:
Mark Knopfler
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1990)
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Poor Boy Blues
lyricist and composer:
Paul Kennerley (English singer-songwriter, musician, record producer)
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
Chet Atkins feat. Mark Knopfler2.64:05
19Sneakin' Around
producer:
Chet Atkins, Darryl Dybka and Jerry Reed
bass:
David Hungate
guitar family:
Chet Atkins, Pat Bergeson and Jerry Reed
harmonica:
Terry McMillan
keyboard:
Darryl Dybka
membranophone and percussion:
Larrie Londin
recording of:
Sneakin' Around
composer:
R. L. Kass
publisher:
Farm Use Only Music and Sixteen Stars Music (BMI-affiliated)
Chet Atkins feat. Jerry Reed4:28
20Big Foot
Chet Atkins1:41