Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Chet Atkins across 5 places, from 1924 to 2001.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), nicknamed "Mister Guitar" and "the Country Gentleman", was a fingerpicking guitar player, arranger and producer who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, created the Nashville sound, the country music style which expanded its appeal to adult pop music fans.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Chet Atkins is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Chet Atkins was documented, and when
20 June 1924exact date
Luttrell, Tennesseeattested“Atkins was born on June 20, 1924, in Luttrell, Tennessee, near Clinch Mountain.”source: Wikipedia: Chet Atkins
20 June 1924exact date
Clinch Mountainattested“Atkins was born on June 20, 1924, in Luttrell, Tennessee, near Clinch Mountain.”source: Wikipedia: Chet Atkins
1939year
Georgia (U.S. state)attested“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.”source: Wikipedia: Chet Atkins
1949year
WNOXattested“In 1949, he left WNOX to join June Carter with Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters on KWTO.”source: Wikipedia: Chet Atkins
30 June 2001exact date
Nashville, Tennesseeattested“He died on June 30, 2001, at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 77.”source: Wikipedia: Chet Atkins
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1942year
WNML (AM)mentioned“After dropping out of high school in 1942, Atkins landed a job at WNOX (AM) (now WNML) radio in Knoxville, where he played fiddle and guitar with the singer Bill Carlisle and the comic Archie Campbell and became a member of the station's…”source: Wikipedia: Chet Atkins
1942year
Knoxville, Tennesseementioned“After dropping out of high school in 1942, Atkins landed a job at WNOX (AM) (now WNML) radio in Knoxville, where he played fiddle and guitar with the singer Bill Carlisle and the comic Archie Campbell and became a member of the station's…”source: Wikipedia: Chet Atkins
1942year
WNOXmentioned“After dropping out of high school in 1942, Atkins landed a job at WNOX (AM) (now WNML) radio in Knoxville, where he played fiddle and guitar with the singer Bill Carlisle and the comic Archie Campbell and became a member of the station's…”source: Wikipedia: Chet Atkins
1947year
Chicagomentioned“He made his first RCA Victor recordings in Chicago in 1947, but they did not sell.”source: Wikipedia: Chet Atkins
1960year
Newport Jazz Festivalmentioned“He enjoyed jamming with fellow studio musicians, and they were asked to perform at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960.”source: Wikipedia: Chet Atkins
2002year
Rock and Roll Hall of Famementioned“In 2002, Atkins was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”source: Wikipedia: Chet Atkins
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