''Pickin' My Way'' is the forty-first studio album by guitarist Chet Atkins. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Country charts. The liner notes are by

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Reissues

* In 1989, RCA/Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs re-released ''Pickin' My Way'', '' Chet Atkins in Hollywood'' and ''

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'' in a double CD set.

Track listing

Side one

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Lover, Come Back to Me "Lover, Come Back to Me" is a popular song composed by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the Broadway show ''The New Moon'', where the song was introduced by Evelyn Herbert and Robert Halliday (as Robert Misson). The song was ...

" ( Sigmund Romberg,

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The Boxer "The Boxer" is a song written by Paul Simon and recorded by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fifth studio album, '' Bridge over Troubled Water'' (1970). Produced by the duo and Roy Halee, it was released as a standalone sing ...

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) – 3:46 # "Hellacious" – 2:44 # "I Never Knew" – 2:13 # "Wabash Blues" – 3:02

Side two

# "Black Mountain Rag" – 2:40 # " Junk" (

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

) – 2:13 # " When You Wish upon a Star" (

Ned Washington Ned Washington (born Edward Michael Washington, August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American lyricist born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Life and career Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. He won the Bes ...

Leigh Harline Leigh Adrian Harline (March 26, 1907 – December 10, 1969) was an American film composer and songwriter. He was known for his "musical sophistication that was uniquely 'Harline-esque' by weaving rich tapestries of mood-setting underscores and ...

) – 3:09 # "Floatin' Down to Cotton Town" (Harold G. Frost, Henri F. Kickman) – 2:22 # "Pickin' My Way" (

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)– 2:18

Personnel

*Chet Atkins – guitar Production notes *Produced by Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed *Bill Vandervort – engineer *Tom Pick – engineer *Mike Shockley – recording technician *Ray Butts – recording technician *Dick Cobb – cover photo

External links

Chet Atkins Official Site discography
{{Authority control 1970 albums Chet Atkins albums Albums produced by Chet Atkins RCA Victor albums