The Most Popular Guitar

1961 studio album by Chet Atkins

The Most Popular Guitar

Studio album by

Chet Atkins

Released| May 1961
Recorded| Nashville, TN
Genre| Country, pop, jazz
Length| 34:05
Label| RCA Victor LSP-2346 (Stereo)
Chet Atkins chronology
| Chet Atkins' Workshop
(1960)  | The Most Popular Guitar
(1961)  | Christmas with Chet Atkins
(1961)

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The Most Popular Guitar is the fifteenth studio album 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.

## Reissues

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* In 1995, The Most Popular Guitar was re-released on CD by One Way Records along with Down Home.[2]

## Track listing

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### Side one

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1. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:43
2. "My Dear Little Sweetheart" (Johnny Smith, George David Weiss) – 2:48
3. "Stay as Sweet as You Are" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 3:38
4. "Monte Carlo Melody" (Maurice Shapiro) – 2:30
5. "When Day Is Done" (Buddy DeSylva, Robert Katscher [de]) – 2:20
6. "My Prayer" (Georges Boulanger, Jimmy Kennedy) – 2:22

### Side two

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1. "Rock-A-Bye-Bye" (Mann Curtis, Guy Wood) – 2:40
2. "Vanessa" (Bernie Wayne) – 3:57
3. "Intermezzo" (Robert Henning, Heinz Provost) – 3:04
4. "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" (Bronislau Kaper, Helen Deutsch) – 2:40
5. "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 2:28
6. "Goin' Home" (Atkins) – 2:53

## Personnel

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* Chet Atkins – guitar

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ AllMusic entry for reissue of Down Home and The Most Popular Guitar.

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Chet Atkins

Studio albums|

* Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar
* Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins
* A Session with Chet Atkins
* Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (LP version)
* Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions
* Finger Style Guitar
* Chet Atkins at Home
* Hi-Fi in Focus
* Chet Atkins in Hollywood
* Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins
* Mister Guitar
* Teensville
* The Other Chet Atkins
* Chet Atkins' Workshop
* Christmas with Chet Atkins
* The Most Popular Guitar
* Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns
* Caribbean Guitar
* Down Home
* Our Man in Nashville
* Teen Scene
* The Guitar Genius
* Travelin'
* Guitar Country
* Progressive Pickin'
* My Favorite Guitars
* More of That Guitar Country
* Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles
* From Nashville with Love
* Music from Nashville, My Home Town
* It's a Guitar World
* Chet
* Picks the Best
* Class Guitar
* Hometown Guitar
* Solid Gold 68
* Solo Flights
* Lover's Guitar
* Solid Gold 69
* Yestergroovin'
* Solid Gold 70
* Pickin' My Way
* For the Good Times
* Picks on the Hits
* Alone
* The Night Atlanta Burned
* Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies
* Teen Scene
* Me and My Guitar
* Country After All These Years
* East Tennessee Christmas
* Work It Out with Chet Atkins C.G.P.
* Stay Tuned
* Street Dreams
* Sails
* Chet Atkins, C.G.P.
* Read My Licks
* Almost Alone
* Solo Sessions
* Chet Atkins and His Guitar

Collaborations|

| Hank Snow|

* Reminiscing
* C. B. Atkins & C. E. Snow by Special Request

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Boston Pops|

* The Pops Goes Country
* Chet Atkins Picks on the Pops
* American Salute

Jerry Reed|

* Me & Jerry
* Me & Chet
* Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed
* Sneakin' Around

Country All-Stars|

* String Dustin'
* Jazz from the Hills

Nashville String Band|

* The Nashville String Band
* Down Home
* Strung Up
* Identified!
* The Bandit
* World's Greatest Melodies

Les Paul|

* Chester and Lester
* Guitar Monsters

Others|

* Chet, Floyd & Boots
* Superpickers
* The Atkins–Travis Traveling Show
* Chet, Floyd & Danny
* First Nashville Guitar Quartet
* Reflections
* Standard Brands
* Neck and Neck
* The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat
* Simpatico
* The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World

Live albums|

* After the Riot at Newport
* In Concert
* And Then Came Chet Atkins
* The Best of Chet on the Road — Live

Selected
compilations|

* The Best of Chet Atkins
* The Best of Chet Atkins, Vol. 2
* The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends
* Galloping Guitar: The Early Years
* Guitar Legend: The RCA Years
* Chet Picks on the Grammys
* The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years
* The Essential Chet Atkins
* Eclectic Guitar
* The Early Years 1946–1957

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* Discography
* Gretsch 6120

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