Released May 1961 Label TP4 Music | Length 34:05 Release date May 1961 Place recorded Nashville | |
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The Most Popular Guitar is a recording by guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1961. It is an example of his highly orchestrated, smooth sound with lush strings and vocal choruses. While it did not top the chart action of his previous release Chet Atkins' Workshop, it spent ten weeks on the Billboard LP chart.
Contents
Reissues
Side one
- "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:43
- "My Dear Little Sweetheart" (Johnny Smith, George David Weiss) – 2:48
- "Stay as Sweet as You Are" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 3:38
- "Monte Carlo Melody" (Maurice Shapiro) – 2:30
- "When Day Is Done" (Buddy DeSylva, Robert Katscher) – 2:20
- "My Prayer" (Georges Boulanger, Jimmy Kennedy) – 2:22
Side two
- "Rock-A-Bye-Bye" (Mann Curtis, Guy Wood) – 2:40
- "Vanessa" (Bernie Wayne) – 3:57
- "Intermezzo" (Robert Henning, Heinz Provost) – 3:04
- "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" (Bronislau Kaper, Helen Deutsch) – 2:40
- "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 2:28
- "Goin' Home" (Atkins) – 2:53
Personnel
Songs
1It Ain't Necessarily So2:46
2My Dear Little Sweetheart2:55
3Stay as Sweet as You Are3:42
References
The Most Popular Guitar Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA