When country music really exploded in America in the early parts of the 20th century, two acts emerged as its first real stars: The Carter Family and Chet ... songs? These 100 top our list From ...

Few people have left a larger mark on the face of American music in general and country music in particular than Chet Atkins ... a multitude of genres. The list includes names like Ricky Skaggs ...

But every year, the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society packs a Nashville hotel. This year's gathering was the 27th. "I saw the list of countries this year, and it's like New Zealand, Japan ...

Chet Atkins ... By the late 1940s, Atkins had signed a contract with RCA, beginning an association that would last into the 1980s. He received some early attention for such songs as “Canned ...

In Nashville, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, studio producers on Music Row like Owen Bradley and Chet Atkins began experimenting ... out singing Hank Williams songs). With songs like ...

Here he is in 1988, performing his song, "Waltz for the Lonely." (Playing "Waltz for the Lonely" ) Chet Atkins had battled cancer for a number of years. He died at his home in Nashville.

It was a guitar made for Chet Atkins, and it reflected him perfectly ... I'd take out the steel guitar and the fiddle, which branded a song as strictly country. I tried to make songs for both ...