Chet Atkins' Teensville

by Chet Atkins

Chet Atkins' Teensville cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1960
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.4/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Attempting to bridge the gap between his sophisticated country picking and the booming youth market, the influential guitarist and producer injects mild rock and roll backbeats into his repertoire. The instrumental session perfectly exemplifies the slick, polished 'Nashville Sound' he was concurrently developing to rescue country music's commercial viability.

Genres

Descriptors: Lounge, rhythmic, party

Tracklist

  1. White Silver Sands
  2. Boo Boo Stick Beat
  3. Oh, Lonesome Me
  4. One Mint Julep
  5. Take A Message To Mary
  6. Teensville
  7. Night Train
  8. Come Softly To Me
  9. Sleep Walk
  10. Django's Castle (Manoir De Mes Reves)
  11. Till There Was You
  12. Hot Toddy

Credits

  • Charles Matthews - written-by
  • John D. Loudermilk - written-by
  • Murrey Harman - written-by
  • Denis Gibson - written-by
  • Rudolph Toombs - written-by
  • Boudleaux & Felice Bryant - written-by
  • Wayne Cogswell - written-by
  • Jimmy Forrest - written-by

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