World's Greatest Melodies
World's Greatest Melodies | ||||
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Studio album by The Nashville String Band | ||||
Released | 1972 | |||
Recorded | RCA Victor Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Chet Atkins, Ronny Light | |||
Chet Atkins chronology | ||||
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World's Greatest Melodies is an album by The Nashville String Band. The band consisted of Chet Atkins and Homer and Jethro.
Track listing
Side one
- "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (Julia Ward Howe; arranged by Chet Atkins and Kenneth Burns)
- "Steel Guitar Rag" (Leon McAuliffe, Cliffie Stone, Merle Travis)
- "Fascination" (Dick Manning, Fermo Dante Marchetti)
- "Third Man Theme" (Anton Karas)
- "Medley: I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes/Wabash Cannonball/Hawaiian Wedding Song" (A.P. Carter/A.P. Carter/Al Hoffman, Charles E. King, Dick Manning)
Side two
- "Lara's Theme" (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster)
- "La Paloma" (Sebastián de Yradier; arranged by Chet Atkins and Kenneth Burns)
- "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy)
- "Beer Barrel Polka" (Jaromír Vejvoda, Lew Brown, Václav Zeman, Wladimir Timm)
- "Dixie" (Daniel Decatur Emmett; arranged by Chet Atkins and Kenneth Burns)
Personnel
- Chet Atkins - guitar
- Henry "Homer" Haynes - guita
- Kenneth "Jethro" Burns - mandolin
with:
- Jerry Shook, Jimmy Capps, Pete Wade, Ray Edenton - guitar
- Henry Strzelecki - upright bass
- Jerry Byrd - steel guitar
- Johnny Gimble - mandolin
- Floyd Cramer - piano
- Jimmy Isbell, Kenny Buttrey - drums
- Farrell Morris - percussion
- Byron Bach, Martha McCrory - cello
- Albert Coleman, Jo Lennon Parker, Samuel Terranova, Sheldon Kurland, Steven Smith, Zina Schiff - violin
- Gary Van Osdale, Marvin Chantry - viola
- Billy Puett - woodwind
- The Jordanaires - vocal accompaniment
- Arranged by Bill McElhiney
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- 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
Hank Snow | |
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Boston Pops | |
Jerry Reed | |
Country All-Stars | |
Nashville String Band |
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Les Paul | |
Others |
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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