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Born on this day, June 20: Chet Atkins (1924) and Brian Wilson (1942)
Thu Jun 20, 2019: Happy Birthday, Brian Wilson and Chet Atkins.
Mine too, but never mind that. Brian Wilson was born on June 20, 1942. Chet Atkins was born on June 20, 1924.
From 2015:
June 20: Happy Birthday, Brian Wilson and Chet Atkins.
Some of those links have gone bad. I'll have to fix that.
Brian Wilson went through some personal ordeals, but he does get out into public and perform from time to time. Surely the biggest omission in my record collection is "Pet Sounds." Here are Brian Wilson and the rest of the Beach Boys, in three different versions of a lovely song from that 1966 album:
Bad link:
Try this:
On to Chet Atkins, CGP:
This one pretty much owns the Internet. Bad link though:
Try this instead:
I wasn't expecting this:
Bonus 70s fashion show. Bad link though:
Try this instead:
And I could never leave this out:
