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.

During three recording sessions in 1958 and 1959, Orbison and Melson recorded seven songs at RCA Nashville, with Atkins producing, but only two songs were judged worthy of release by RCA ; Wesley Rose maneuvered Orbison into the sights of producer Fred Foster at Monument Records.

Part of the original personnel of the 1956 recording released their own versions, Chet Atkins recorded it for the 1963 album The Guitar Genius, and also, Presley's lead guitarist Scotty Moore recorded the song for his 1964 album The Guitar that Changed the world.

Atkins stayed on through a live album ( one of the first digital live albums ever recorded ), Live in Tokyo ( 1983 ) – in which PiL consisted of him, Lydon, and a band of session musicians — and left in 1985, following the release of This Is What You Want ...

At the age of 16 he obtained a Chet Atkins model Gretsch guitar, and formed a duo, Jimmy and Duane, with his friend Jimmy Delbridge ( who later recorded as Jimmy Dell ).

" Writer Colin Escott proclaims Jim Reeves ' " Four Walls ", recorded February 1957, to be the " first ' Nashville sound ' record ", and Chet Atkins, the RCA-based producer and guitarist most often credited with being the sound's primary artistic brainchild, pointed to his production of Don Gibson's " Oh Lonesome Me " late that same year.

This was recorded at Paul Atkins ’ VHF Studios, near Rugby.

In a rare occurrence, both sides of the single separately reached the Billboard Top 20 in the U. S. During these sessions, Wings ( with guest musicians Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer ) also recorded a single that was attributed to The Country Hams entitled " Walking in the Park with Eloise ," a song written years before by Paul's father James.

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.

Michael Karoli recorded a reggae album with Polly Eltes before his passing, and Irmin Schmidt has begun working with the acclaimed drummer Martin Atkins, producing a remix for the industrial band The Damage Manual, and a cover of " Banging the Door " for a Public Image Ltd tribute album, both released on Atkins ' label, Invisible Records.

Originally, " Distant Drums " had been recorded merely as a " demo " for its composer, Cindy Walker, believing it was for her personal use and had been deemed " unsuitable " for general release by Chet Atkins and RCA Victor.

Although the two had never recorded together during their tragically short lives, producers Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley lifted their isolated vocal performances off their original stereo tapes, resynchronized them and re-recorded new digital backing tracks for them.

Atkins ' first live show with PiL was recorded and released as a live album Paris au Printemps and his first year with the band included appearances on The John Peel Sessions for the BBC, American Bandstand and the BBC's live Old Grey Whistle Test.

After leaving Public Image Ltd, Atkins revived his Brian Brain project and recorded an EP at Planet Sound Studios in New York for his own, short-lived label Plaid Records, which was released in July 1985.

During his stay, Atkins recorded and signed a handful of Chinese bands to Invisible and recorded material for a new Pigface album.

", recorded by Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra, Gene Rodemich, Marion Harris, George Wettling, and Erroll Garner ; " The Lonesome Road ", written with Nat Shilkret, recorded by Bing Crosby, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Mildred Bailey, Les Paul, Judy Garland, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dick Dale, The Fendermen, Frank Sinatra, Chet Atkins, Bobby Darin, Duane Eddy, Paul Robeson, Jerry Vale, Muggsy Spanier, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, Frankie Laine and Ted Lewis ; " Riding Around in the Rain ", written with Carmen Lombardo and " The Voice of the Southland ".

Early in his career, at the behest of noted Nashville saxophonist Boots Randolph, Burton moved to Nashville and recorded with several notable Nashville musicians including guitarist Hank Garland, pianist Floyd Cramer and guitarist Chet Atkins.

According to Black, the first recorded appearance of the Scottish surname Aiken ( and its variations: Aitken, Aitkin, Aitkins, Atkin, Atkins ) occurs in the year 1405, in the court records of a Scottish sea merchant named " John of Akyne ", who sought restitution for having been illegally detained for eight weeks by " Laurence Tuttebury of Hulle ".

Some of these Linn recordings are solo ( Artistry and Portraits which featured Chet Atkins ) and some recorded as a modern jazz quartet ( Don ’ t Fret ).

Dadi often recorded tunes dedicated to his friends, such as " Roger Chesterfield ," dedicated to Roger C. Field with whom he first went to Nashville in 1975 to visit Chet Atkins.

* Mind Garage recorded by Elvis Presley's sound engineer Tom Pick and Recording technician Roy Shockley in RCA's " Nashville Sound " studio, under the management of Chet Atkins.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney offered Susan Atkins a deal that guaranteed they would not seek the death penalty against her for any of the current charges in exchange for her grand jury and trial testimony.

Atkins testified before the grand jury that she had been unable to stab Sharon Tate and that she was killed by Watson, a contradiction of statements she had made prior to her arrest.

In his book Will You Die For Me, Charles Watson later confessed to the murder saying Atkins didn't even touch her.

During the penalty phase of the trial, Atkins was again questioned about her attitude to Tate and her role in Tate's death.

The part was given to her Evening co-star Eileen Atkins.

Atkins was largely loyal to the Labour government during her time in Parliament and rarely rebelled.

Atkins lost her seat at the 2010 general election to Karen Bradley of the Conservative Party.

Notable resident Nicole Atkins ' first full-length record, released on Columbia Records, was titled " Neptune City " and is a direct reference to her childhood in the borough.

She made Atkins her personal manager, although she was still feeling the sting of the problems she had with Treadwell, and initially kept a slightly closer eye on Atkins.

Vera Atkins, who also worked in the SOE, recalls her as " a real Australian bombshell.

Other candidates for Moneypenny's inspiration include Vera Atkins of Special Operations Executive ; Paddy Ridsdale, a Naval Intelligence secretary ; and Joan Bright Astley, whom Fleming dated during World War II, and who was noted for giving a warm and friendly reception to senior officers who visited her office to view confidential papers.

The film starred Kate Beckinsale as Flora, Joanna Lumley ( also famed from her role as Patsy in the British TV comedy " Absolutely Fabulous ") as her friend and mentor Mary Smiling, Rufus Sewell as Seth, Ian McKellen as Amos Starkadder, Eileen Atkins as Judith, Stephen Fry as Mybug, Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Beetle, and Angela Thorne as Mrs Hawk-Monitor.

She played Mona Thorne, an insecure, twenty-something music industry executive in San Francisco who worked on strengthening her self-esteem and her relationship with her paternal half-sister, played by Atkins.

The actor-manager Robert Atkins, who worked closely with Baylis on her Shakespearean productions, recalled, " Opera, on Thursday and Saturday nights, played to bulging houses.

When Diane Lane was fifteen years old, she declared her independence from her father and ran away to Los Angeles for a week with actor and friend Christopher Atkins.

Evidence collected immediately after the war by Squadron Officer Vera Atkins and Major Bill Barkworth of the SAS War Crimes investigation team ( included in the Justice-SAS Style program in the television series Nazi Hunters ), indicates that Borrel regained consciousness before being placed in the cremation oven and fought to save her life, facially scarring the camp executioner who was placing her in the oven.

The surname ' Atkins ' was her South African-born mother's maiden name, which she adopted as her own.

Atkins did not have a strong style of his own until 1939 when ( while still living in Georgia ) he heard Merle Travis picking over WLW radio.

Atkins made his own records, which usually visited pop standards and jazz, in a sophisticated home studio, often recording the rhythm tracks at RCA but adding his solo parts at home, refining the tracks until the results satisfied him.

Franks narrowly defeated Atkins in the primary, along with five other Republicans, after contributing more than $ 300, 000 of his own money to his campaign, then won the November 2002 general election with 60 percent of the vote.

Brian Brain released six singles and one LP on Secret Records, and continued to release singles and LPs on Atkins ' own Plaid Records throughout the 1980s.

Atkins has announced plans to take his lecturing further by eventually opening a school of his own.

Throughout the trial, Atkins and her co-defendants attempted to disrupt proceedings and were noted for both their lack of remorse for their victims and lack of concern for their own fate.

Formed in 1981, Cybotron first singles were " Alleys of Your Mind " and " Cosmic Cars ," released as 7-inch disks on Atkins ' own label Deep Space Records.

Atkins also continued DJing under his own name.

They released two recordings in 2000, the One EP in April followed by a self-titled album that September, both on Atkins ' own Invisible Records label.

Beausoleil, Atkins, and Brunner then held him captive in his own home in an attempt to convince him to refund the money.

Unsatisfied with the $ 60 they found in his wallet, Atkins and Jones drove Nesbitt in his own vehicle to a nearby ATM and forced him to withdraw a further $ 200.

As noted above, the Atkins Park neighborhood, while having its own neighborhoods association, participates in the VaHi association much as if it were part of VaHi.

Atkins used information from the study to resolve his own weight problem.