Chet Atkins

Chester Burton Atkins, also known as "Mr. Guitar" and "The Country Gentleman", was an American musician who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, helped create the Nashville sound, the country music style which expanded its appeal to adult pop music fans. He was primarily a guitarist, but he also played the mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and ukulele, and occasionally sang.

20 June 1924

Born on the same birth date (20 June 1924): Fritz Koenig

Born on the same birth day (20 June): Anne Weale • Asmir Begović • Audie Murphy • Carol Zhao • Claire Tomalin • Doris Hart • Edgar Bronfman Sr. • Frank Lampard • Hans Niemann • Isaak August Dorner • Jacques Saly • James Tolkan • Jean-Jacques Lartigue • John Waine • Joseph Autran • Josephine Johnson • Juliano Belletti • Lloyd Hall • Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso • Philip M. Parker • Rick ten Voorde • Sam Bennett (ice hockey) • Tokugawa Ieharu • Vasili Berezutski • Wilhelm Zaisser

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