World's Greatest Melodies

World's Greatest Melodies is an album by The Nashville String Band. The band consisted of Chet Atkins and Homer and Jethro.

Side one

 * 1) "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (Julia Ward Howe; arranged by Chet Atkins and Kenneth Burns)
 * 2) "Steel Guitar Rag" (Leon McAuliffe, Cliffie Stone, Merle Travis)
 * 3) "Fascination" (Dick Manning, Fermo Dante Marchetti)
 * 4) "Third Man Theme" (Anton Karas)
 * 5) "Medley: I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes/Wabash Cannonball/Hawaiian Wedding Song" (A.P. Carter/A.P. Carter/Al Hoffman, Charles E. King, Dick Manning)

Side two

 * 1) "Lara's Theme" (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster)
 * 2) "La Paloma" (Sebastián de Yradier; arranged by Chet Atkins and Kenneth Burns)
 * 3) "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy)
 * 4) "Beer Barrel Polka" (Jaromír Vejvoda, Lew Brown, Václav Zeman, Wladimir Timm)
 * 5) "Dixie" (Daniel Decatur Emmett; arranged by Chet Atkins and Kenneth Burns)

Personnel
with:
 * Chet Atkins - guitar
 * Henry "Homer" Haynes - guita
 * Kenneth "Jethro" Burns - mandolin
 * Jerry Shook, Jimmy Capps, Pete Wade, Ray Edenton - guitar
 * Henry Strzelecki - upright bass
 * Jerry Byrd - steel guitar
 * Johnny Gimble - mandolin
 * Floyd Cramer - piano
 * Jimmy Isbell, Kenny Buttrey - drums
 * Farrell Morris - percussion
 * Byron Bach, Martha McCrory - cello
 * Albert Coleman, Jo Lennon Parker, Samuel Terranova, Sheldon Kurland, Steven Smith, Zina Schiff - violin
 * Gary Van Osdale, Marvin Chantry - viola
 * Billy Puett - woodwind
 * The Jordanaires - vocal accompaniment
 * Arranged by Bill McElhiney