Chet Atkins' discography is large and diverse. Not only did he release principal studio albums as a solo artist, he was a prolific and much sought-after collaborator. He also played as a sideman on many more. His major collaborations were with Hank Snow, Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra, The Country All-Stars, The Nashville String Band, Jerry Reed, Merle Travis, Doc Watson, Lenny Breau, Les Paul, Mark Knopfler, Suzy Bogguss, Floyd Cramer, Johnny Gimble, and Tommy Emmanuel. He frequently guested on a track or two with other friends. Several of his recordings won or were nominated for Grammy Awards.
The majority of his releases were on the RCA Victor label with many releases on their budget label RCA Camden, in addition to many compilations and anthologies. He left RCA in 1982 after 36 years and signed with Columbia Records.
His discography as a producer encompasses many albums and singles for a wide range of artists. Atkins produced records for Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis, Connie Smith, Waylon Jennings, Ann-Margret and many others.Atkins, Chet and Neely, Bill. (1974). "Country Gentleman". Chicago. Harry Regnery Company. .Atkins, Chet and Cochran, Russ. (2003). "Me and My Guitars". Milwaukee. Hal Leonard Corporation. .
Studio albums
1950s Title Details Peak positions US Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar Release date: 1953 Label: RCA Victor — Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins Release date: 1953 Label: RCA Victor — A Session with Chet Atkins Release date: December 1954 Label: RCA Victor — Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins Release date: 1955 Label: RCA Victor — Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions Release date: 1955 Label: RCA Victor — Finger Style Guitar Release date: 1956 Label: RCA Victor — Chet Atkins at Home Release date: 1957 Label: RCA Victor 21 Hi-Fi in Focus Release date: October 1957 Label: RCA Victor — Chet Atkins in Hollywood Release date: July 1959 Label: RCA Victor — Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins Release date: August 1959 Label: RCA Victor — Mister Guitar Release date: October 1959 Label: RCA Victor — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1960s Title Details Peak chartpositions US Country US US CB After the Riot at Newport Release date: 1960 Label: RCA Victor — — Teensville Release date: 1960 Label: RCA Victor 16 16 The Other Chet Atkins Release date: September 1960 Label: RCA Victor — — Chet Atkins' Workshop Release date: December 1960 Label: RCA Victor 7 — The Most Popular Guitar Release date: May 1961 Label: RCA Victor 119 — Christmas with Chet Atkins Release date: November 1961 Label: RCA Victor 12 — Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns Release date: 1962 Label: RCA Victor — — Caribbean Guitar Release date: July 1962 Label: RCA Victor 33 27 Down Home Release date: 1962 Label: RCA Victor 31 — Our Man in Nashville Release date: December 1962 Label: RCA Victor 135 70 Teen Scene Release date: 1963 Label: RCA Victor 93 68 The Guitar Genius Release date: 1963 Label: RCA Camden — — Travelin' Release date: 1963 Label: RCA Victor — — Guitar Country Release date: 1964 Label: RCA Victor 1 64 — Progressive Pickin' Release date: 1964 Label: RCA Victor — — — My Favorite Guitars Release date: 1964 Label: RCA Victor — — — More of That Guitar Country Release date: 1965 Label: RCA Victor 4 — — Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles Release date: March 1966 Label: RCA Victor 6 112 63 From Nashville with Love Release date: 1966 Label: RCA Victor 26 140 — Music from Nashville, My Home Town Release date: 1966 Label: RCA Camden — — — It's a Guitar World Release date: 1967 Label: RCA Victor — 148 — Picks the Best Release date: 1967 Label: RCA Victor — — — Class Guitar Release date: 1967 Label: RCA Victor 26 189 — Hometown Guitar Release date: 1968 Label: RCA Victor 17 — — Solid Gold 68 Release date: 1968 Label: RCA Victor 18 — — Solo Flights Release date: 1968 Label: RCA Victor — 184 — Lover's Guitar Release date: 1969 Label: RCA Victor — — — Solid Gold 69 Release date: 1969 Label: RCA Victor 33 150 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1970s {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:22em;"| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details ! colspan="2"| Peak chartpositions |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="45"| US Country ! width="45"| US |- ! scope="row"| Yestergroovin''' | Release date: 1970 Label: RCA Victor | — | 139 |- ! scope="row"| Pickin' My Way| Release date: 1970 Label: RCA Victor | 30 | — |- ! scope="row"| For the Good Times| Release date: 1971 Label: RCA Victor | 17 | — |- ! scope="row"| Picks on the Hits| Release date: 1972 Label: RCA Victor | 38 | — |- ! scope="row"| Alone| Release date: 1973 Label: RCA Victor | 42 | — |- ! scope="row"| Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed | Release date: 1974 Label: RCA Victor | — | — |- ! scope="row"| The Night Atlanta Burned| Release date: 1975 Label: RCA Victor | 30 | — |- ! scope="row"| Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies | Release date: 1975 Label: RCA Victor | 43 | — |- ! scope="row"| Me and My Guitar | Release date: 1977 Label: RCA Victor | 50 | — |- | colspan="4" style="font-size: 8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s–2000s Title Details Peak chartpositions US Country US Country After All These Years Release date: 1981 Label: RCA Victor — — Work It Out with Chet Atkins C.G.P. Release date: 1983 Label: Columbia Records 64 — East Tennessee Christmas Release date: 1983 Label: Columbia Records — — Stay Tuned[A] Release date: 1985 Label: Columbia Records — 145 Street Dreams Release date: 1986 Label: Columbia Records — — Sails Release date: 1987 Label: Columbia Records — — Chet Atkins, C.G.P. Release date: 1988 Label: Columbia Records — — Read My Licks Release date: 1994 Label: Columbia Records — — Almost Alone Release date: May 1996 Label: Columbia Records 74 — Solo Sessions Release date: 2003 Label: CGP Records — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Collaborations Title Details Peak chart positions US Country US CAN Reminiscing(with Hank Snow) Release date: August 1964 Label: RCA Records — — — The Pops Goes Country(with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops) Release date: 1966 Label: RCA Records 36 62 — Chet Atkins Picks on the Pops(with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops) Release date: 1969 Label: RCA Records — 160 — Me and Jerry(with Jerry Reed) Release date: 1970 Label: RCA Records 13 — — C.B. Atkins & C.E. Snow by Special Request(with C.E. (Hank) Snow) Release date: 1970 Label: RCA Records — — — Me and Chet(with Jerry Reed) Release date: 1971 Label: RCA Records 24 — — Chet, Floyd & Boots(with Floyd Cramer and Boots Randolph) Release date: 1972 Label: RCA Camden — — — American Salute(with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops) Release date: 1972 Label: RCA Records — — — Superpickers Release date: 1974 Label: RCA Victor — — — The Atkins – Travis Traveling Show(with Merle Travis) Release date: 1974 Label: RCA Records 30 — — Chester & Lester(with Les Paul) Release date: 1976 Label: RCA Victor 11 172 — Chet, Floyd & Danny(with Floyd Cramer and Danny Davis) Release date: 1977 Label: RCA Victor 46 — — Guitar Monsters(with Les Paul) Release date: 1978 Label: RCA Records 27 — — First Nashville Guitar Quartet(with Liona Boyd, John Knowles and John Pell) Release date: 1979 Label: RCA Records — — — Reflections(with Doc Watson) Release date: 1980 Label: RCA Records — — — Standard Brands(with Lenny Breau) Release date: 1981 Label: RCA Records — — — Neck and Neck(with Mark Knopfler) Release date: 1990 Label: Columbia Records 27 127 71 Sneakin' Around(with Jerry Reed) Release date: 1992 Label: Columbia Records 68 — — The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat(with Amy Grant) Release date: 1993 Label: Madacy Entertainment — — — Simpatico(with Suzy Bogguss) Release date: October 18, 1994 Label: Liberty Records 55 — — The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World(with Tommy Emmanuel) Release date: March 11, 1997 Label: Sony Music Entertainment — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Live albums Title Details Peak positions US Country In Concert Release date: 1975 Label: RCA Victor — And Then Came Chet Atkins Release date: 1979 Label: RCA Victor — The Best of Chet on the Road — Live Release date: 1980 Label: RCA Victor 43 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
With The Country All-Stars Title Details String Dustin' Release date: 1953 Label: RCA Victor Jazz from the Hills Release date: June 28, 1994 Label: Bear Family Records
With The Nashville String Band Title Details The Nashville String Band Release date: 1969 Label: RCA Victor Down Home Release date: 1970 Label: RCA Victor Strung Up Release date: 1971 Label: RCA Victor Identified! Release date: 1971 Label: RCA Victor The Bandit Release date: 1972 Label: RCA Victor World's Greatest Melodies Release date: 1972 Label: RCA Victor
Instructional Title Details Play Guitar with Chet Atkins Release date: 1968 Label: Dolton Records Chet Atkins Guitar Method Volume 1 & 2 Release date: 1971 Label: F.A.M.E.
Compilation albums Title Details Peak positions US Country Chet Atkins Plays Great Movie Themes Release date: 1961 Label: RCA Victor — The Guitar Genius Release date: 1963 Label: RCA Camden — The Best of Chet Atkins Release date: 1964 Label: RCA Victor — The Early Years of Chet Atkins & His Guitar Release date: 1964 Label: RCA Camden — The Best of Chet Atkins, Vol. 2 Release date: 1966 Label: RCA Victor — Chet Release date: 1967 Label: RCA Camden — Chet All the Way Release date: 1968 Label: RCA Victor — Relaxin' with Chet Release date: 1969 Label: RCA Camden — Country Pickin' Release date: 1971 Label: Pickwick Records — Mr. Atkins - Guitar Picker Release date: 1971 Label: RCA Camden — This Is Chet Atkins Release date: 1971 Label: RCA Victor 30 Now and... Then Release date: 1972 Label: RCA Victor 40 Finger Pickin' Good Release date: 1972 Label: RCA Camden — Nashville Gold Release date: 1972 Label: RCA Victor — Discover Japan Release date: 1973 Label: RCA Victor — Famous Country Music Makers Release date: 1975 Label: RCA Victor — The Golden Guitar of Chet Atkins Release date: 1975 Label: RCA Victor — The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends Release date: 1976 Label: RCA Victor 25 Love Letters Release date: 1977 Label: RCA Camden — A Legendary Performer Release date: 1977 Label: RCA Victor — Country Music Release date: 1981 Label: Time Life — Solid Gold Guitar Release date: 1982 Label: RCA Victor — Guitar Pickin' Man Release date: 1983 Label: Cambra Records — Great Hits of the Past Release date: 1983 Label: RCA Victor — Tennessee Guitar Man Release date: 1984 Label: Pair Records — A Man & His Guitar Release date: 1984 Label: RCA Victor — Collectors Series Release date: 1985 Label: RCA Victor — Guitar for All Seasons Release date: 1985 Label: Pair Records — 20 of the Best Release date: 1986 Label: RCA Victor — Pickin' on Country Release date: 1988 Label: Pair Records — Masters of the Guitar: Together(with Les Paul) Release date: 1989 Label: Pair Records — Pickin' the Hits Release date: 1989 Label: Pair Records — The Magic of Chet Atkins Release date: 1990 Label: Heartland Music — Country Gems Release date: 1990 Label: Pair Records — The Romantic Guitar Release date: 1991 Label: RCA Special Products — The RCA Years Release date: 1992 Label: RCA Victor — Galloping Guitar: The Early Years Release date: 1993 Label: Bear Family Records — The Essential Chet Atkins Release date: 1996 Label: RCA Victor — Masters Release date: 1998 Label: Eagle Records — Super Hits Release date: 1998 Label: RCA Victor — The Guitar Genius/Relaxin' with Chet/Nashville Gold Release date: 2000