Chet Atkins in Hollywood

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Chet Atkins in Hollywood
Chet Atkins In Hollywood.jpg
Cover of the original 1959 LP
Studio album by
Chet Atkins
ReleasedJuly 1959
RecordedOctober 23, 1958 in Hollywood, CA
Genre Country, pop
Length35:47
Label RCA Victor LSP-1993
Producer Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins chronology
Hi Fi in Focus
(1957)		Chet Atkins in Hollywood
(1959)		 Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins
(1959)
Alternative Cover
In Hollywood2.jpg
The 1961 LP re-issue and CD cover of re-issue of Chet Atkins in Hollywood. The photo is the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, Hollywood [2]

Chet Atkins in Hollywood is the ninth studio album recorded by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1959. The title takes its name from the fact that Atkins recorded it in Hollywood. The lush string arrangements are by Dennis Farnon. Atkins later (in 1961) re-recorded this album in his home studio, using the orchestra tapes from the Hollywood session. The original LP lists Atkins as the producer, the 1961 reissue lists "... with Dennis Farnon and his orchestra" and also lists Dick Peirce as producer.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic music critic Richard S. Ginell specifically praised "Theme from Picnic" and "Jitterbug Waltz" and wrote of the album; "For some, this record might fall under the category of guilty pleasures, but a pleasure it is, one of the great make-out records of its time." [3]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Armen's Theme" (Ross Bagdasarian) – 2:12
  2. "Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë) – 3:22
  3. "Theme from Picnic" (George Duning) – 3:24
  4. "Theme from a Dream" (Boudleaux Bryant) – 3:58
  5. "Estrellita" (Manuel Ponce) – 2:51
  6. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Richard Maltby, Fats Waller) – 3:00

Side two

  1. "Little Old Lady" (Stanley Adams, Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:20
  2. "Terry Theme from Limelight" (Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons) – 3:16
  3. "The Three Bells" (Bert Reisfeld, Jean Villard Gilles) – 3:06
  4. "Santa Lucia" (Don Titman) – 2:50
  5. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 3:05
  6. "Meet Mister Callaghan" (Eric Spear) – 2:23

Personnel

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References

  1. "Musical Maps".
  2. ↑ "Musical Maps".
  3. 1 2 Ginell, Richard S. "Chet Atkins in Hollywood > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
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