C. B. Atkins & C. E. Snow by Special Request, (also known as simply by Special Request), is the title of a recording by Chet Atkins

Chet Atkins

Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...

 and Hank Snow

Hank Snow

Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow was a Canadian-American country music artist. He charted more than 70 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980...

, released in 1969.

Atkins and Snow had a history of collaborations—their first single was "Reminiscing" and they had a hit single in 1955, a guitar duet called "Silver Bell."

Snow was a regular at the Grand Ole Opry

Grand Ole Opry

The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM-AM...

 and had a long and illustrious entertainment career. Atkins rose from radio and session work to become not only a performing and recording artist and producer, but also an executive of RCA.

Atkins and Snow's previous release Reminiscing

Reminiscing (Chet Atkins and Hank Snow album)

-Side one:# "Indian Love Call" – 3:20# "I Can't Stop Loving You" – 2:26# "Beautiful Dreamer" – 2:54# "Vaya con Dios" – 2:54...

and by Special Request are both out of print and have not been re-issued on CD.

Side one

1. "Limbo Rock" (John Sheldon, Billy Strange
   Billy Strange
   William E. "Billy" Strange is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor.-Recordings and songwriting:...
   
   ) – 2:33
2. "Tammy" (Jay Livingston
   Jay Livingston
   Jay Livingston was an American composer and singer best known as half of a songwriting duo with Ray Evans that specialized in songs composed for films. Livingston wrote the music and Evans the lyrics....
   
   , Roy Evans) – 2:50
3. "Wheels" (Norman Petty
   Norman Petty
   Norman Petty was an American musician, songwriter, and pioneer record producer who helped shape modern popular music, including pop and rock....
   
   ) – 2:28
4. "Everybody Does It In Hawaii" (Jimmie Rodgers
   Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)
   James Charles Rodgers , known as Jimmie Rodgers, was an American country singer in the early 20th century known most widely for his rhythmic yodeling...
   
   , Elsie McWilliams) – 2:33
5. "Tiptoeing" (Hank Snow, Chet Atkins) – 2:16
6. "Poison Love" (Elmer Laird) – 3:07

Side two

1. "Hold Me Tight" – 2:39
2. "Jamaican Farewell" (Irving Burgie
   Lord Burgess
   Irving Louis Burgie, better known as Lord Burgess, is a songwriter, born in Brooklyn, New York in 1926, or possibly on July 28, 1924. His mother was from Barbados and his father was from Virginia....
   
   ) – 2:19
3. "I Saw the Light" (Hank Williams) – 2:01
4. "The Green Leaves of Summer" (Dimitri Tiomkin
   Dimitri Tiomkin
   Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin was a Russian-born Hollywood film score composer and conductor. He is considered "one of the giants of Hollywood movie music." Musically trained in Russia, he is best known for his westerns, "where his expansive, muscular style had its greatest impact." Tiomkin...
   
   ) – 2:32
5. "Difficult" – 2:19

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar, vocals
• Hank Snow – guitar, vocals

Production notes

• Produced by Chet Atkins and Ronnie Light
• Arranged by Bill Walker
• Engineer – Tom Pick
• Recording technician – Leslie Ladd
• Cover photo by Jimmy Moore and Bill Grime