A 1973 diagnosis of colon cancer, however, led Atkins to redefine his role at RCA, to allow others to handle administration while he went back to his first love, the guitar, often recording with Reed or even Homer & Jethro's Jethro Burns ( Atkins's brother-in-law ) after Homer died in 1971.

* The Million Dollar Band: This was a jam-session segment, airing from 1980 through 1988, composed of legendary Nashville musicians Chet Atkins, Boots Randolph, Roy Clark, Floyd Cramer, Charlie McCoy, Danny Davis, Jethro Burns, and Johnny Gimble.

Atkins was married to Burns ' wife's sister.

The title character, Homer Atkins, is introduced late in the book.

The title is actually a double entendre, referring both to the physically unattractive hero, Homer Atkins, and to the ugly behavior of the American government employees.

After the book had gained wide readership, the term " Ugly American " came to be used to refer to the " loud and ostentatious " type of visitor in another country, rather than the " plain looking folks, who are not afraid to ' get their hands dirty ' like Homer Atkins " to whom the book itself referred.

" Atkins, a man of uncertain background whom she had met in Chicago and married on September 4, 1959.

He had married, in 1823, Catherine Frances Atkins ( d. 1852 ).

She divorced Hobbs and married artist Albert Henry Atkins ( 1880 – 1951 ).

She was married on September 9, 1981 to Donald Lee Laisure, a Texan claiming to be a multi-millionaire who would use his resources to help secure her freedom, but Atkins had the marriage annulled in 1982 when it was revealed that many of his claims were false.

She married a second time, in 1987, to a man 15 years her junior, James W. Whitehouse, who earned a degree from Harvard Law School and represented Atkins at her 2000 and 2005 parole hearings.

White married model Liz Atkins on 13 August 1997 at Studley Priory Hotel, Oxfordshire.

Atkins was married to Julian Glover in 1957 ; they divorced in 1966.

In September 2009, Atkins married Jaime Mendez, whom she met through the online dating service Match. com.

In 2001, he married his girlfriend Kinter Atkins.

In the 20th century, Looe island was owned ( and inhabited ) by two sisters, Babs and Evelyn Atkins, who wrote two books: We Bought An Island ( 1976, ISBN 0-245-52940-3 ) and its sequel Tales From Our Cornish Island ( 1986, ISBN 0-245-54265-5 ).

Leona Atkins outlived Atkins by eight years, dying in 2009 at the age of 85.

Vaughan was incapable of having children, so, in 1961, she and Atkins adopted a daughter, Debra Lois.

Johnson started learning the guitar at age 11 and rapidly began progressing through the music that would heavily influence his future style, including ALEXI LAIHO, Mike Bloomfield, Chet Atkins, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Wes Montgomery, Jerry Reed, Bob Dylan and Django Reinhardt, among others.

#" You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven " ( Jim Atkins, Cash, Hoyt Johnson ) – 2: 40

Along with Holliday, who had performed ably while Wilson and Walker were out, the club promoted Garrett Atkins, Brad Hawpe, Clint Barmes, and J. D.

Chester Burton " Chet " Atkins ( June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001 ) was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.

" Forced to relocate to Fortson, Georgia, to live with his father because of a critical asthma condition, Atkins was a sensitive youth who made music his obsession.

Traveling to Chicago, Atkins auditioned for Red Foley, who was leaving his star position on WLS-AM's National Barn Dance to join the Grand Ole Opry.

In addition to recording, Atkins became a design consultant for Gretsch, who manufactured a popular Chet Atkins line of electric guitars from 1955 – 1980.

He took a considerable risk during the mid-1960s, when the Civil Rights Movement sparked violence throughout the South by signing country music's first African-American singer Charley Pride, who sang rawer country than the smoother music Atkins had pioneered.

Orbison attempted to sell to RCA Victor songs he recorded that were written by other writers as well, working with and being completely in awe of Chet Atkins who had played guitar with Presley.

The Nashville Sound was developed by producers Atkins, Owen Bradley — who worked closely with Patsy Cline — Sam Phillips, and Fred Foster.

The Supreme Court declared executing the mentally handicapped in Atkins v. Virginia,, and executing people who were under age 18 at the time the crime was committed in Roper v. Simmons,, to be violations of the Eighth Amendment, regardless of the crime.

Singer Bobby Bare, who covered Jennings ' songs " Four Strong Winds " and " Just To Satisfy You ", recommended him to producer Chet Atkins, who signed Jennings to RCA Victor in 1965.

After a month, Jennings presented the master tape to Chet Atkins who decided to release it.

Sascha Petrosevitch ( Steven Seagal ) is a car thief who's brought in by criminal Nick Frazier ( Jeffrey " Ja Rule " Atkins ) to work for crime boss Sonny Eckvall ( Richard Bremmer ), who apparently shot and killed Sascha's wife.

Charlotte Jean Scott Atkins ( born 24 September 1950 ) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Staffordshire Moorlands from 1997 until 2010.

This integrationist policy was hastily abandoned by Humphrey Atkins, who became Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the role Neave had shadowed.

Perhaps most notable among these immigrants was Paul Reiss, a merchant who spoke English well and assisted the other Germans in acclimating to their new home. In November 1894, George L. Parker established the Atkins Chronicle, a weekly newspaper.

On the afternoon of February 5, 2008, an EF4 tornado ripped a path a quarter of a mile wide through the southern and eastern edges of Atkins, killing five residents of Atkins, as well as two more in Conway County who had ties to Atkins, and injuring approximately twenty in Atkins.

The city has been called the birthplace of techno music, namely having been home to Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, commonly known as the Belleville Three, who were instrumental in its creation.

Fontana, Presley was joined by established RCA musicians Chet Atkins ( who also helped Sholes produce the session ) on guitar, and Floyd Cramer on piano.

English sang the role of Hector, and the cast included John Parr as Paris, Sheila Parker as Helen, Terence Donovan as Priam, Sheryl Parker as Cassandra, Doc Neeson as Achilles, John Waters as Agamemnon, Philip Quast as Patroclus, Joe Fagin as Menelaus, as well as Demis Roussos, David Atkins and Barry Humphries, backed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic Choir.

He also has produced: LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill, Michael McDonald, Natalie Cole, Patti LaBelle, Amy Holland ( he sang a duet with her called " I Still Run To You " which was on Amy's second album On Your Every Word ), Trisha Yearwood, Selena, All-4-One, Bette Midler ( and also sang a duet with her, " I Know You by Heart ," on the Beaches film soundtrack ), Brian Setzer, TLC, Brian McKnight, Little Richard, Patti Austin, Linda Ronstadt, James Ingram, The Pointer Sisters, Mavis Staples, Andrae Crouch, David Benoit, Take 6, Bruce Hornsby, Branford Marsalis, Chick Corea, Steve Vai, Tevin Campbell, The Jerky Boys, Paul Rodriguez, Yakov Smirnoff, Def Jeff, Amy Grant, Chet Atkins, Olivia Newton-John, DC Talk, recent Academy Award – winner Jennifer Hudson and CeCe Winans.

Non-big-band renditions were recorded by the Andrews Sisters, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chet Atkins, Bill Haley & His Comets, Bad Manners, and the Puppini Sisters.

At Davis ' suggestion, Atkins frequently multi-tracked Davis ' voice for harmony vocals to resemble the sound of the Davis Sisters.

There are numerous recorded versions of the song including versions by Chet Atkins, Mocedades, Blue Diamonds, Marvin Gaye, Gob, Jose Melis, The Chipmunks, The Supremes, The Andrews Sisters, The Puppini Sisters, Linda McCartney, and The Fleetwoods.