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The Nashville sound was pioneered by staff at RCA Victor, Columbia Records and Decca Records in Nashville, Tennessee.RCA Victor manager, producer and musician Chet Atkins, and producers Steve Sholes, Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, and recording engineer Bill Porter invented the form by replacing elements of the popular honky tonk style (fiddles, steel guitar, nasal lead vocals) with "smooth ...
RCA Studio B was a music recording studio in Nashville, Tennessee established in 1957 by Steve Sholes and Chet Atkins for RCA Victor.Originally known simply as the RCA Victor Studio, in 1965 the studio was designated as Studio B after RCA Victor built the newer, larger Studio A in an adjacent building.
Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), also known as "Mister Guitar" and "the Country Gentleman", was an American musician who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, helped create the Nashville sound, the country music style which expanded its appeal to adult pop music fans. He was primarily a guitarist, but he also played ...
This is the third in an eight-part series exploring the 1989 murder of Kevin Hughes, a country music chart director who knew too much.. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The bullet lodged permanently in Sammy ...
The 1901 Nashville Baseball Club of the Southern Association. Nashville has been home to Minor League Baseball teams since the late 19th century. The city's professional baseball history dates back to 1884 with the formation of the Nashville Americans, who were charter members of the original Southern League from 1885 to 1886 and played their home games at Sulphur Spring Park, later renamed ...
Guitar Center's RockWalk induction: Guitar Center [135] 2007: Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award: Academy of Country Music [136] 2007: Lifetime Achievement Award: Nashville Songwriters' Festival [149] 2017: 100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time, Rank No. 7: Rolling Stone [150]
With its live room measuring 75 x 45 feet with 25 foot high ceiling, [4] it was the largest studio room in Nashville when it opened. [5] [6] The studio was based on the ideas of Chet Atkins, Owen Bradley and Harold Bradley. [7] Studios A and B were collectively referred to as the RCA Victor Nashville Sound Studios. [7]
Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones.