Chet Atkins (Chester Burton Atkins) was born on Friday, June 20, 1924 in Luttrell and he was a famous country musician from United States.

Life in Brief:

- Being born on Jun 20, Chet was a Gemini.
- his ethnicity: White.
- his mother's name: Ida Sharp.
- his father's name: James Arly Atkins.
- Brothers : James Atkins, Lowell Atkins.
- Sister : Billie Rose Shockley.

Chet dated Leona Pearl Johnson (wife).

He died on Saturday, June 30, 2001, in Nashville; cause of death: cancer - unspecified.

Famous Why : Prominent country picker.



Chet Atkins Lists

	American classical guitarists
	American country singers
	American country guitarists
	American folk guitarists
	American jazz guitarists
	Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
	Fingerstyle guitarists
	American music industry executives
	Deaths from colorectal cancer
	Musicians from Tennessee
	People from Knoxville, Tennessee
	American record producers
	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees
	Grammy Award winners
	Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners
	RCA Victor Records artists
	1924 births
	2001 deaths
	Cancer deaths in Tennessee
	Amateur radio people
	20th-century musicians
	20th-century American people

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Chet Atkins Pictures

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Tags: country musician, gemini, luttrell, 1924

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Category: Others  - ( Others Archive)

Date Added: 17 January '11

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