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    • Mar 28, 1969
    It's not unusual: Chet Atkins and Jerry Lee Lewis appear on ABC-TV's variety show "This Is Tom Jones." The Killer's set list includes "Great Balls Of Fire" and "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On"
    Aug 23, 1969
    Lulu guests on "The Johnny Cash Show," singing "Games People Play" with the ABC show's host. Guests also include Chet Atkins and John Hartford, while Cash taps regulars The Statler Brothers for a romp on "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms"
    Oct 15, 1969
    Guitarist Chet Atkins makes it a three-peat when he's named Instrumentalist of the Year during the Country Music Association's third annual awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium
    Nov 14, 1969
    Apollo 12 launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Astronaut Pete Conrad brings a tape featuring Charley Pride, Elvis Presley, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Don Gibson, Buck Owens, Faron Young and Bob Wills' "New San Antonio Rose"
    Jan 22, 1970
    Chet Atkins records "Cherokee," "How High The Moon" and "Inka Dinka Doo" at RCA Studio B in Nashville on his first session for the album "Yestergroovin'." The LP earns a Grammy nomination
    Jan 26, 1970
    Chet Atkins holds the final session for his album "Yestergroovin'," a future Grammy nominee, at Nashville's RCA Studio B
    Feb 8, 1970
    Bobby Goldsboro sings "Everybody's Talkin'" on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show." Boots Randolph, Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer also deliver a Hank Williams medley: "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)," "Jambalaya" and "I Saw The Light"
    Feb 11, 1970
    Pop singer Cass Elliott, of The Mamas & The Papas, holds a recording session at Nashville's RCA Studio B. Among the musicians backing her are Jerry Reed, Floyd Cramer and Chet Atkins
    Apr 29, 1970
    Loretta Lynn performs "I Know How" on "The Johnny Cash Show." The ABC telecast also features Kris Kristofferson and Chet Atkins. Cash performs "Orange Blossom Special" and "No One Will Ever Know," joins Doug Kershaw and Rick Nelson on "Louisiana Man," and sings "It Ain't Me, Babe" with June Carter Cash
    May 7, 1970
    Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed record the Grammy-nominated album "Me And Jerry" in a single day at Nashville's RCA Studio B. Among the songs: "MacArthur Park," "Tennessee Stud," "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Something"
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