Matt Holliday hit 34 homers and was named to the All-Star Game ; Garrett Atkins batted. 329 and hit 29 homers.

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.

Among many honors, Atkins received 14 Grammy Awards as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, nine Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year awards, was inducted into both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Chet Atkins was born on June 20, 1924, in Luttrell, Tennessee, near Clinch Mountain.

" 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.

Atkins became an accomplished guitarist while he was in high school.

Chet Atkins was a Ham Radio General class licensee.

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.

He had a solo spot on the Opry ; but when that was cut, Atkins moved on to KWTO-AM in Springfield, Missouri.

Siman had been encouraging Steve Sholes to sign Atkins, as his style ( with the success of Merle Travis as a hit recording artist ) was suddenly in vogue.

This became known as the Nashville sound which Atkins said was a label created by the media attached to a style of recording done during that period to keep country ( and their jobs ) viable.

In later years, when Bradley asked how he achieved his sound, Atkins told him " it was Porter.

" Porter described Atkins as respectful of musicians when recording — if someone was out of tune he would not single that person out by name.

When Porter left RCA in late 1964, Atkins said, " the sound was never the same, never as great.

Atkins was buried at Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens in Nashville.

In 2002, Atkins was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The song was written by Nashville songwriter Cy Coben, a friend of Atkins.

* 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.

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 ).

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.

A recent biography of Vera Atkins, the intelligence officer for the French section of SOE, notes that that there was a great deal of confusion about what happened to Szabo-the story was revised four times-and states that the Sten gun incident " was probably a fabrication ".

Atkins made his first appearance at the Opry in 1946 as a member of Foley's band.

Atkins became a member of The Opry in the 1950s.

A member of the Manson family, Susan Atkins attended Los Banos High School, before joining the family.

William B. Atkins, a former member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature ( 1980 – 1988 ), is from Jonesville.

He was born in London, the son of Sir William Wentworth, of Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, a member of an old Yorkshire family, and of Ally, daughter of Sir Robert Atkins of Stowell, Gloucestershire.

* Al Atkins Founder member of Judas Priest, and still lives in West Bromwich.

Atkins is also an honorary board member of the Chicago based nonprofit organization Rock For Kids.

Following the death of fellow Manson gang member, Susan Atkins, Krenwinkel is now the longest-incarcerated female inmate in the California penal system.

After fellow Family member Charles " Tex " Watson shot and killed teenager Steven Parent in his car in the estates ' driveway, Watson, Susan Atkins, and Krenwinkel entered the house, surprising all inside.

Susan Atkins, another Manson Family member was transferred to Central California Women's Facility in May 2008.

Susan Denise Atkins ( May 7, 1948 – September 24, 2009 ) was a convicted American murderer who was a member of the " Manson family ", led by Charles Manson.

Just after this arrest, another member of the group implicated Atkins in the Hinman murder and she was charged with that crime.

Pendergrass had been a former member of Philadelphia R & B group The Cadillacs ( not the New York group that had hits in the late 1950s ) and was promoted to lead singer when John Atkins quit the same year.

Instead, he continued to sit in the Senate as a member of a five-person Progressive Conservative caucus consisting of himself, Norman Atkins, Lowell Murray, Elaine McCoy and Nancy Ruth.

* George Atkins, ( 1934 ) founder, Developing Countries Farm Radio Network ; member, Order of Canada

While at Northwestern in 1996, Atkins was initiated as a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity ( Theta Chapter ).

Danny Rumour ( aka Daniel John Atkins ) was a member of punk rock bands Blackrunner, Urban Guerrillas, Friction, Ugly Mirrors and Bedhogs in Sydney from the mid-1970s to 1980.

With the help of Robert Atkins, an incorporator and member of the Trust, of undeveloped, rough, and swampy land was purchased in March 1923 and Belmont Hill ’ s first Headmaster, Reginald Heber Howe, was appointed.

Atkins is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

* Thomas I. Atkins ( 1939 – 2008 ), Boston City Council member and General Counsel of the NAACP

The false Comptroller Atkins was portrayed by series regular cast member Harry Shearer, while the real Atkins was voiced by Hank Azaria, who is also a regular cast member for the series.