Chet Atkins

Chet Atkins

male, deceased (2001)
Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins (June 20, 1924 - June 30, 2001) was an influential guitarist and record producer. His picking style, inspired by Merle...
Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline

female, deceased (1963)
Patsy Cline was an American country music singer, who enjoyed pop music cross-over success during the era of the Nashville Sound in the early...
Floyd Cramer

Floyd Cramer

male, deceased (1997)
Floyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville Sound." Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Cramer...
Don Gibson

Don Gibson

male, deceased (2003)
Donald Eugene Gibson was an American songwriter and country musician. Gibson was born in Shelby, North Carolina, into a poor working-class family,...
Owen Bradley

Owen Bradley

male, deceased (1998)
Owen Bradley (c. October 21, 1915 - January 7 1998) was an influential American record producer, who, along with Chet Atkins and Bob Ferguson, was...
Boots Randolph

Boots Randolph

male, deceased (2007)
Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III (June 3, 1927 - July 3, 2007) was an American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone hit, "Yakety Sax", which...
Sandy Posey

Sandy Posey

female, 65 years old
Sandy Posey (born June 18, 1944)) is an American popular singer, who enjoyed success in the 1960s with singles such as her 1966 recording of Martha...

Steve Sholes

male, deceased (1968)
Steve Sholes (February 12 1911 in Washington, D.C. - April 22 1968 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an American record producer. He was one of the most...
Tommy Overstreet

Tommy Overstreet

male
Tommy Overstreet (born September 10, 1937 in Oklahoma City, OK, is a "Nashville Sound"-style country music singer whose popularity peaked in the...

Bill Porter

male
Bill Porter is an American sound engineer who recorded such stars as Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison through the 1960s and 1970s. He also did concert...