1961 Recordings

Chronology*

Recorded Date**

Song

Composer

Initial Issue

Format / Year / Label / ID

Learning Resources

Re-Issued / Transcribed / Article

1961-1

January, 1961

The Slop

Wayne Cogswell

Single

45 / 1961 / RCA Victor / 47-7847		-- / -- / --

1961-2

January, 1961

It Ain't Necessarily So

George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin

Most Popular Guitar

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2346		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-3

January, 1961

My Dear Little Sweetheart

Johnny Smith & George Weiss

Most Popular Guitar

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2346		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-4

January, 1961

Stay As Sweet As You Are

Mack Gordon & Harry Revel

Most Popular Guitar

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2346		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-5

January, 1961

Monte Carlo Medley

Maurice Shapiro

Most Popular Guitar

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2346		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-6

January, 1961

When Day Is Done

Buddy DeSylva & Robert Katscher

Most Popular Guitar

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2346		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-7

January, 1961

My Prayer

Georges Boulanger & Jimmy Kennedy

Most Popular Guitar

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2346		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-8

January, 1961

Rock-A-Bye-Bay

Curtis & Wood

Most Popular Guitar

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2346		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-9

January, 1961

Vanessa

Bernie Wayne

Most Popular Guitar

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2346		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-10

January, 1961

Intermezzo

Robert Henning & Heinz Provost

Most Popular Guitar

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2346		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-11

January, 1961

Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo

Bronislau Kaper & Helen Deutsch

Most Popular Guitar

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2346		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-12

January, 1961

East Of The Sun

Brooks Bowman

Most Popular Guitar

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2346		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-13

January, 1961

Goin' Home

Traditional

Most Popular Guitar

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2346		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-14

April, 1961

Windy And Warm

John D. Loudermilk

Down Home

LP / 1962 / RCA Victor / LSP-2450		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-15

April, 1961

Man Of Mystery

Michael Carr

Single

45 / 1961 / RCA Victor / 47-7891		-- / -- / --

1961-16

May, 1961

Jingle Bell Rock

Joe Beal & Jim Boothe

Christmas With Chet Atkins

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2423		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-17

May, 1961

Winter Wonderland

Felix Bernard & Richard B. Smith

Christmas With Chet Atkins

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2423		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-18

May, 1961

Jolly Old St. Nicholas

Traditional

Christmas With Chet Atkins

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2423		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-19

May, 1961

White Christmas

Irving Berlin

Christmas With Chet Atkins

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2423		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-20

May, 1961

Blue Christmas

Billy Hayes & Jay Johnson

Christmas With Chet Atkins

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2423		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-21

May, 1961

Jingle Bells

James Lord Pierpont

Christmas With Chet Atkins

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2423		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-22

May, 1961

Silver Bells

Edward Madden & Percy Wenrich

Christmas With Chet Atkins

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2423		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-23

May, 1961

The Little Drummer Boy

Katherine K. Davis

Christmas With Chet Atkins

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2423		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-24

May, 1961

The Coventry Carol / God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

Traditional / Traditional

Christmas With Chet Atkins

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2423		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-25

May, 1961

The First Noel

William B. Sandys

Christmas With Chet Atkins

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2423		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-26

May, 1961

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Felix Mendelssohn & Charles Wesley

Christmas With Chet Atkins

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2423		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-27

May, 1961

O Come, All Ye Faithful

John Francis Wade & Frederick Oakeley

Christmas With Chet Atkins

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2423		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-28

May, 1961

Deck The Halls

Traditional

Christmas With Chet Atkins

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2423		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-29

May, 1961

Silent Night

Josef Mohr & Franz Xaver Gruber

Christmas With Chet Atkins

LP / 1961 / RCA Victor / LSP-2423		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-30

September, 1961

Salty Dog Rag

Edward Crows & John Gordy

Down Home

LP / 1962 / RCA Victor / LSP-2450		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-31

September, 1961

I'm A Pilgrim

Merle Travis

Down Home

LP / 1962 / RCA Victor / LSP-2450		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-32

September, 1961

Trambone

Chet Atkins

Down Home

LP / 1962 / RCA Victor / LSP-2450		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-33

September, 1961

Steel Guitar Rag

Leon McAuliffe & Cliffie Stone & Merle Travis

Down Home

LP / 1962 / RCA Victor / LSP-2450		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-34

September, 1961

Little Feet

Traditional

Down Home

LP / 1962 / RCA Victor / LSP-2450		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-35

September, 1961

Blue Steel Blues

Ted Daffan

Down Home

LP / 1962 / RCA Victor / LSP-2450		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-36

September, 1961

I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow

Chet Atkins & Charlie Louvin

Down Home

LP / 1962 / RCA Victor / LSP-2450		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-37

September, 1961

Never On Sunday

Manos Hadjidakis & Billy Towne

Down Home

LP / 1962 / RCA Victor / LSP-2450		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-38

September, 1961

The Girl Friend Of The Whirling Dervish

Al Dubin & Johnny Mercer & Harry Warren

Down Home

LP / 1962 / RCA Victor / LSP-2450		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-39

September, 1961

Give The World A Smile

Otis Deaton & M. L. Yandell

Down Home

LP / 1962 / RCA Victor / LSP-2450		-- / -- / BASIC INFO

1961-40

September, 1961

Tuxedo Junction

Buddy Feyne & Erskine Hawkins

Down Home

LP / 1962 / RCA Victor / LSP-2450		-- / -- / BASIC INFO
 

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