Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies
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Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies is an album by guitarist Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...

, released in 1976.

Chet won the 1976 Best Country Instrumental Performance Grammy for "The Entertainer". He and Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, innovative guitarist, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films...

 were also nominated that year for their performance of "Colonel Bogey".

Side one

  1. "Paramount on Parade" (Janis, King) – 0:19
  2. "My Own True Love" – 3:00
  3. "Everybody's Talkin'
    Fred Neil (album)
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    " (Fred Neil
    Fred Neil
    Fred Neil was an American folk singer-songwriter in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a performer, and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material – particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after being...

    ) – 2:56
  4. "Terry Theme from Limelight" (Chaplin) – 2:50
  5. "Emily
    Emily (Johnny Mandel and Johnny Mercer song)
    "Emily" is a popular song composed by Johnny Mandel, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was the title song to the 1964 film The Americanization of Emily, where it was introduced by Julie Andrews. It has since been recorded by numerous artists, notably Bill Evans and Tony Bennett...

    " (Johnny Mandel
    Johnny Mandel
    Johnny Mandel is an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. Among the musicians he has worked with are Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, and Shirley Horn.-Life:...

    , Johnny Mercer
    Johnny Mercer
    John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...

    ) – 2:28
  6. "Charade" (Henry Mancini
    Henry Mancini
    Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor and arranger, best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards , plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995...

    , Johnny Mercer) – 3:46
  7. "Paramount on Parade" (Janis, King) – 2:25

Side two

  1. "Solace" – 2:49
  2. "The Entertainer
    The Entertainer (rag)
    "The Entertainer" is sub-titled "A rag time two step", which was a form of dance popular until about 1911, and a style which was common among rags written at the time.Its structure is: Intro AA BB A CC Intro2 DD....

    " (Scott Joplin
    Scott Joplin
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    ) – 2:17
  3. "Over the Rainbow
    Over the Rainbow
    "Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...

    " (Harold Arlen
    Harold Arlen
    Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music, having written over 500 songs, a number of which have become known the world over. In addition to composing the songs for The Wizard of Oz, including the classic 1938 song, "Over the Rainbow,” Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the...

    , E.Y. Harburg) – 2:55
  4. "Somewhere, My Love
    Lara's Theme
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    " (Maurice Jarre
    Maurice Jarre
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    , Paul Francis Webster
    Paul Francis Webster
    Paul Francis Webster was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award.-Biography:...

    ) – 2:33
  5. "A Man and a Woman" – 2:41
  6. "Merrily We Roll Along" – 0:26

Personnel

  • Chet Atkins - guitar, banjo, violin, viola
  • Paul Yandell – guitar, high-strung guitar
  • Boyce Hawkins – organ
  • Larrie Londin
    Larrie Londin
    Ralph Gallant, better known by his stage name Larrie Londin , was an American drummer and session musician. Londin played with a wide range of artists including Journey and Steve Perry....

     – drums
  • John Christopher – guitar
  • Terry McMillan – harmonica
  • Bobby Wood – piano
  • Beegie Cruser – piano
  • Mike Leach – bass
  • Tommy Cogbill
    Tommy Cogbill
    Thomas Clark Cogbill, and known as Tommy Cogbill was an American bassist and record producer.Tommy Cogbill was born in Johnson Grove, Tennessee. He was a highly sought-after session and studio musician who appeared on many now-classic recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, especially those recorded in...

     – drums
  • Billy Sanford – guitar
  • Hayward Bishop – drums
  • Ray Stevens – ARP

Production notes
  • Produced by Chet Atkins, Bob Ferguson
  • Chuck Seitz – engineer
  • Bubba Campbell – recording technician
  • Roy Shockley – recording technician
  • Ray Butts – recording technician
  • John Knowles – arranger ("A Man and a Woman", "Merrily We Roll Along", "Solace", "The Entertainer")
  • Lenny Breau
    Lenny Breau
    Leonard Harold "Lenny" Breau was a musician, guitar player, and music educator. He was known for blending many styles of music including: jazz, country, classical and flamenco guitar...

    – arranger ("Emily")
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