Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins
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Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins is a recording by American
guitarist Chet Atkins
. This is a country-themed "listener participation" album in the vein of the "Sing Along With Mitch" series of albums by Mitch Miller
. It came packaged in a gatefold with a lyric and guitar chord booklet. It was re-issued on LP in 1961.
United States
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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...
. This is a country-themed "listener participation" album in the vein of the "Sing Along With Mitch" series of albums by Mitch Miller
Mitch Miller
Mitchell William "Mitch" Miller was an American musician, singer, conductor, record producer, A&R man and record company executive...
. It came packaged in a gatefold with a lyric and guitar chord booklet. It was re-issued on LP in 1961.
Side one
- "In the Good Old Summer TimeIn the Good Old Summer Time"In the Good Old Summer Time" is an American Tin Pan Alley song first published in 1902 with music by George Evans and lyrics by Ren Shields.Shields and Evans were at first unsuccessfully trying to sell the song to one of New York's big sheet music publishers. The publishers thought the topic of...
" (George Evans, Ren ShieldsRen ShieldsRen Shields was an American folk musician born in 1868 in Chicago, Illinois. He died on 25 October 1913 in Massapequa, New York. He co-wrote the song "In the Good Old Summer Time"....
) – 2:08 - "Beautiful Brown Eyes" (Alton Delmore, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith) – 2:43
- "The Prisoner's Song" (Guy Massey) – 2:19
- "Titanic" (Dean Hudson) – 2:20
- "Tennessee Waltz" (Pee Wee KingPee Wee KingJulius Frank Anthony Kuczynski , known professionally as Pee Wee King, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist best known for co-writing "The Tennessee Waltz"....
, Redd StewartRedd StewartHenry Ellis Stewart , better known as Redd Stewart, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist who co-wrote "The Tennessee Waltz" with Pee Wee King in 1948.-Biography:...
) – 2:03 - "Sweet Bunch of Daisies" (Atkins, Boudleaux BryantFelice and Boudleaux BryantFelice Bryant and Boudleaux Bryant were an American husband-and-wife country music and pop songwriting team best known for songs such as "Rocky Top," "Love Hurts" and numerous Everly Brothers hits, including "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Bye Bye Love".-Beginnings:Boudleaux was born Diadorius...
) – 2:12
Side two
- "John Henry" (Traditional) – 2:23
- "Birmingham Jail" (Traditional) – 2:56
- "Music! Music! Music!" (Bernie Baum, Stephen Weiss) – 1:55
- "Cold, Cold Heart" (Hank Williams) – 2:29
- "Bill BaileyWon't You Come Home Bill Bailey" Bill Bailey", originally titled "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" is a popular song published in 1902. It is commonly referred to as simply "Bill Bailey"....
" (Hughie Cannon) – 2:15 - "Goodnight Irene" (Lead Belly, Alan LomaxAlan LomaxAlan Lomax was an American folklorist and ethnomusicologist. He was one of the great field collectors of folk music of the 20th century, recording thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, the Caribbean, Italy, and Spain.In his later career, Lomax advanced his theories of...
) – 2:35