RCA Studio B
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| Alternative names | RCA Victor Studios Little Victor Home of a Thousand Hits |
| General information | |
| Address | 1611 Roy Acuff Place |
| Town or city | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36°09′00″N 86°47′34″W / 36.1500°N 86.7928°W |
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| https://studiob.org | |
RCA Studio B was a music recording studio built in 1956 in
The studio is located centrally in the Nashville's historic
Early history
After years of using portable equipment to record projects in various recording facilities around Nashville, in 1954
Studio
With Atkins and Sholes establishing RCA Victor's Nashville operations, the company sought to build a recording studio. The company's chief engineer and recording manager Bill Milttenburg drew building plans on a dinner napkin and Dan Maddox, a local businessman, offered to construct the building as an investment. Four months later, in November 1957, the pastel cinderblock building located at 1611 Hawkins Street (later re-named Roy Acuff Place) was completed at a cost of $37,515,[1] and Maddox leased it to RCA for the next twenty years.[5]
Business offices resided in the single-story front of the building, with studio facilities in the rear. The studio measured 40.5 by 26.25 feet (12.34 by 8.00 m), with a 13 feet (4.0 m) high ceiling. A
In March, 1959,
Porter also preferred the luminous echo of the studio's EMT 140 plate reverb rather than its echo chamber, keeping the plates chilled in the air conditioned room to brighten their sound.[1]
In 1960 and 1961, an addition was built to provide office space and rooms for tape mastering and a lacquer mastering lab.
Nashville painter and singer/songwriter Gil Veda—introduced to the Grand Ole Opry crowd as "The Spanish Hank Williams" in 1962—was the first Hispanic singer to record at RCA's Studio B.[9]
In her 1994 memoir, My Life And Other Unfinished Business,
Production style
Historic landmark
In 1977, the studio was made available to the
In 2012, the National Park Service listed RCA Studio B on the National Register of Historic Places.[13] The same year, operation shifted solely to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, which offers daily scheduled tours of the studio.
List of notable artists recorded
More than 47,000 songs were recorded at RCA Studio B,[14] many by legendary music artists. Elvis Presley is known to have recorded more than two hundred songs at this location.[15]
Following is a list of some notable artists who recorded songs at Studio B.
- Eddy Arnold[16]
- Chet Atkins[16][17]
- Bobby Bare[16]
- David Bowie[18]
- Harold Bradley[17]
- The Browns[16]
- Jerry Byrd[16]
- Floyd Cramer[16]
- Skeeter Davis[16]
- Dottsy[16]
- Ronnie Dove
- The Everly Brothers[16]
- Donna Fargo[16]
- Connie Francis[19]
- Hank Garland[17]
- Don Gibson[16]
- Mickey Gilley[16]
- Bobby Goldsboro[16]
- Billy Grammer[16]
- Buddy Harman[17]
- John Hartford[16]
- Al Hirt[19]
- Homer and Jethro[16]
- Norma Jean[16]
- Waylon Jennings[16]
- Jack Jersey
- Grandpa Jones[16]
- The Jordanaires[20]
- Anita Kerr Singers[17]
- Hank Locklin[16]
- John D. Loudermilk[20]
- Bob Luman[19]
- Charlie McCoy[17]
- Roger Miller[16]
- The Monkees[21]
- Bob Moore[19]
- Willie Nelson[16]
- Notre Dame High School (Elmira, New York)[16]
- Roy Orbison[16]
- Dolly Parton[16]
- Elvis Presley[16]
- Charley Pride[16]
- Boots Randolph[16]
- Jim Reeves[16]
- Tommy Roe[19]
- Ronny & the Daytonas[19]
- Samuelsons
- Connie Smith[16]
- Hank Snow[16]
- Gary Stewart[16]
- The Strokes[16]
- Nat Stuckey[16]
- Sue Thompson[19]
- Johnny Tillotson[16]
- Ernest Tubb[20]
- The Velvets[16]
- Porter Wagoner[16]
- Gillian Welch[16]
- Dottie West[16]
- Country Johnny Mathis
References
- ^ ISBN 0-8118-3394-1.
- ^ "RCA Victor – 1525 McGavock St". Scotty Moore: The Official Website. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ^ "Historic Studio Site Being Demolished in Nashville". CMT News. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ^ "'Heartbreak' Studio Demolished for Parking Lost". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ^ "About the Historic RCA Studio B". countrymusichalloffacme.org. Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-615-52430-6.
- ^ Fremer, Michael (May 1, 2009). "Mr. Natural: Recording Engineer Bill Porter Part I". MusicAngle.com. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
- ^ Rumble, John W. (1996). "Behind the Board with Bill Porter: Part One". The Journal of Country Music. 18 (1): 33.
- ^ "Music and art mesh in Veda's storied life". www.tnledger.com. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ISBN 0-06-017720-9
- ^ "HowStuffWorks "Suggested Itineraries for Visiting Nashville"". September 27, 2008. Archived from the original on September 27, 2008.
- ^ "Belmont University Recording Studio Facilities". Archived from the original on 2006-08-20.
- ^ "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 7/09/12 through 7/13/12". National Park Service. July 20, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-615-52430-6.
- ^ "Studio B Celebrates 60th". StudioB.org. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am "The Artists". Historic RCA Studio B. Nashville, Tennessee: Country Music Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 9, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ^ ISBN 0-7866-5877-0.
- ISBN 978-0-95520-177-6.
- ^ a b c d e f g Blakely, Larry (August–September 1982). "Bill Porter: Engineering Elvis" (PDF). Mix. 6 (8–9). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Artists Recorded at RCA Studio B". Mike Curb Family Foundation. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ^ "Monkees Rhino Instant Replay Box Set RHM2 528791". Monkee45s.net. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
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