''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.
Reception
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."
Track listing
Side one
# "Armen's Theme" (
Ross Bagdasarian) – 2:12
# "
Let It Be Me" (
Gilbert Bécaud,
Mann Curtis,
Pierre Delanoë) – 3:22
# "
Theme from ''Picnic''" (
George Duning) – 3:24
# "Theme from a Dream" (
Boudleaux Bryant) – 3:58
# "Estrellita" (
Manuel Ponce) – 2:51
# "Jitterbug Waltz" (Richard Maltby,
Fats Waller
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) – 3:00
Side two
# "Little Old Lady" (Stanley Adams,
Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:20
# "Terry Theme from ''Limelight''" (
Charlie Chaplin
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,
Geoffrey Parsons) – 3:16
# "
The Three Bells" (
Bert Reisfeld,
Jean Villard
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) – 3:06
# "
Santa Lucia
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" (Don Titman) – 2:50
# "
Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 3:05
# "
Meet Mister Callaghan" (
Eric Spear
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) – 2:23
Personnel
*Chet Atkins –
guitar
*
Jethro Burns -
mandolin
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*Clifford Hils - bass
*
Howard Roberts - guitar
*
George Callender - bass
*Jim Carney - drums
*Dennis Farnon -orchestrations
*Sam Albert - violin
*Leonard Atkins - violin
*
Israel Baker - violin
*Jacques Gasselin - violin
*James Getzoff - violin
*Murray Kellner - violin
*Carl LaMagna - violin
*Marvin Limonick - violin
*Alfred Lustgarten - violin
*Amerigo Marino - violin
*Eudice Shapiro - violin
*Jack Shulman - violin
*Henry Sugar - violin
*Robert Sushel - violin
*Gerald Vinci - violin
*Victor Gottlieb - cello
*Edgar Lustgarten - cello
*Virginia Majewski - viola
*Joseph DiFiore - viola
*Milton Thomas - viola
*Kathyrine Julye - harp
*John Cave - horn
References
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1959 albums
Chet Atkins albums
Albums produced by Chet Atkins
RCA Victor albums