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    • Jul 4, 1960
    Country music is featured for the first time at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, as Chet Atkins hosts "Nashville Night"
    May 13, 1961
    The Louvin Brothers record the Chet Atkins-penned "How's The World Treating You." The song eventually is remade by Alison Krauss and James Taylor, who earn a Grammy nomination for their performance
    May 19, 1961
    Chet Atkins performs for president John F. Kennedy at the annual White House news photographer dinner at a Washington, D.C., hotel. With Atkins are bassist Bob Moore, pianist Bill Purcell and drummer Buddy Harman
    Jul 11, 1961
    Chet Atkins plays a concert in the rain in Nashville's Centennial Park without telling the audience of 10,000 that every time he touches the guitar, he gets shocked. The closest he comes to letting on is to announce "I'm real brave tonight"
    Feb 26, 1962
    Trumpeter Al Hirt records his instrumental pop hit "Java" at RCA Studio B in Nashville, with Chet Atkins and Steve Sholes producing
    Apr 24, 1962
    Floyd Cramer records "Java" under the direction of producer Chet Atkins. It appears 15 years later on the Grammy-nominated album "Chet, Floyd & Danny"
    Aug 16, 1962
    Jim Reeves leaves Nashville for the first-ever country tour of South Africa, with Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and comedian Dick O'Shaunessy
    Aug 18, 1962
    Jim Reeves arrives in Johannesburg for the first-ever country tour of South Africa. Three thousand people are waiting at the airport to greet him. Also with him are Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and comedian Dick O'Shaunessy
    Oct 1, 1963
    Chet Atkins records "Freight Train" for the album "Guitar Country." The project earns him a Grammy nomination
    Jan 9, 1964
    Chet Atkins guests on the ABC-TV series "The Jimmy Dean Show." He backs the host on "He'll Have To Go," supports Homer & Jethro on "(How Much Is) That Hound Dog In The Window" and plays behind Molly Bee on "The End Of The World"
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