The Most Popular Guitar
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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.
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 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.
Reissues
- In 1995, The Most Popular Guitar was re-released on CD by One Way Records along with Down HomeDown Home (Chet Atkins album)Down Home is a recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins.After releasing the smooth pop and easy listening albums Chet Atkins' Workshop and The Most Popular Guitar, Chet returned to his roots with Down Home. The album peaked at No. 31 and returned Atkins to the Top 40...
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Side one
- "It Ain't Necessarily SoIt Ain't Necessarily So"It Ain't Necessarily So" is a popular song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song comes from the Gershwins' opera Porgy and Bess where it is sung by the character Sportin' Life, a drug dealer, who expresses his doubt about several statements in the Bible.The role of...
" (George GershwinGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
, Ira GershwinIra GershwinIra Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
) – 2:43 - "My Dear Little Sweetheart" (Johnny Smith, George 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 BoulangerGeorges Boulanger (violinist)Georges Boulanger was a Romani-Romanian violinist, conductor and composer.-Biography:Georges Boulanger was born in Tulcea, Romania from a Romani Romanian family with a very long tradition in music . His father's name was Vasile Pantazi. He was known as the typical Romanian Romani virtuoso...
, Jimmy Kennedy) – 2:22
Side two
- "Rock-A-Bye-Bye" (Curtis, Wood) – 2:40
- "Vanessa" (Wayne) – 3:57
- "Intermezzo" (Robert Henning, Heinz Provost) – 3:04
- "Hi-Lili, Hi-LoHi-Lili, Hi-Lo"Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" is a popular song with music by Bronislau Kaper, and lyrics by Helen Deutsch. The song was published in 1952. The song was featured in the movie Lili which starred Leslie Caron.-Recorded versions:...
" ( Bronislau Kaper, Helen DeutschHelen DeutschHelen Deutsch was an American screenwriter, journalist and songwriter.Deutsch was born in New York City and graduated from Barnard College. She began her career by managing the Provincetown Players...
) – 2:40 - "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)"East of the Sun " is a popular song written by Brooks Bowman, an undergraduate member of Princeton University's Class of 1936, for the 1934 production of the Princeton Triangle Club's production of Stags at Bay...
" (Brooks BowmanBrooks BowmanBrooks Bowman composed the song "East of the Sun " which has become a jazz standard....
) – 2:28 - "Goin' Home" (Atkins) – 2:53