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The Legends in the Studio-- Database

The Legends in the Studio-- Database

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If you are interested in knowing who the engineers were that recorded the greatest hit songs and albums in the history of popular music, then you should check out this database which takes an analysis of the Billboard Hot-100 singles, Billboard Hot-200 albums, the Country and R&B charts from 1958-2003, and highlights each of the engineers who it can be documented that have recorded either six number-one hit singles or three number-one albums. In the future, an analysis of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart will be added to the database. 

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Engineer
Artist or Group
Songs
Albums
Year
Tom Dowd
Aretha Franklin
“Baby I Love You”
1967
Bill Porter
The Browns
“The Three Bells”
1959
Bill Porter
The Everly Brothers
“Cathy’s Clown”
1960
Bill Porter
Elvis Presley
“Are You Lonesome Tonight”
1960
Bill Porter
Elvis Presley
“It’s Now or Never”
1961
Bill Porter
Roy Orbison
“Oh, Pretty Woman”
1964
Bill Porter
Elvis Presley
“Suspicious Minds”
1969
Bill Putnam Sr.
Technical Achievements
Technical Achievements
Technical Achievements
1958
Bruce Swedien
Gene Chandler
“Duke of Earl”
1962
Bruce Swedien
The Four Seasons
“Sherry”
1962
Bruce Swedien
The Four Seasons
“Big Girls Don’t Cry”
1962
Bruce Swedien
The Four Seasons
“Walk Like a Man”
1963

The Historic Recording Studio-- Database

The Historic Recording Studio-- Database 

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If you are interested in knowing where an iconic artist or group recorded the greatest hit songs and albums in the history of popular music, then you should check out our database which takes an analysis of the Billboard Hot-100 singles, Billboard Hot-200 albums, the Country and R&B charts from 1958-2003, and highlights each of the recording studios where it can be documented that have recorded either six number-one hit singles or three number-one albums. In the future, an analysis of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart will be added to the database.

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Recording Studio
Location
Decade
Artists or Groups
Magnolia Sound Studios
Hollywood, California
Eighties
Rosanne Cash
Concorde Recording Center
Los Angeles, California
Eighties
Kenny Rogers
Devonshire Recording Studios
Burbank, California
Eighties
Kenny Rogers
Sound Stage Recording Studios
Nashville, Tennessee
Eighties
Hank Williams Jr., Steve Wariner, Crystle Gayle, Reba McEntire, Anne Murray, George Strait, Steve Wariner, John Schneider, Randy Travis, Restless Heart, Lee Greenwood, Waylon Jennings, Earl Thomas Conley, Clint Black, Patty Loveless
Britannia Studios
Hollywood, California
Eighties
Merle Haggard
Total Experience Recording Studios
Hollywood, California
Eighties
The Gap Band, Yarbrough & Peoples
Studio Sound Recorders
Hollywood, California
Eighties
Smokey Robinson
The Record Plant
Sausalito, California
Eighties
Rick James, Huey Lewis and the News, Starship, Heart, Aretha Franklin
ARC/George Massenburg Studio
Los Angeles, California
Eighties
Earth, Wind & Fire
Alan Zentz Recording Studios
Los Angeles, California
Seventies
Michael Jackson
Alpha Studios
Burbank, California
Seventies
Prince
Whitney Recording Studios
Glendale, California
Seventies
Nick Gilder

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I am a former assistant recording studio engineer and professional educator. During my stint in the professional recording industry, I was blessed to be able to work with both Grammy-award winning artists and engineers in recording studio facilities in Austin, Los Angeles, and the Nashville metro area. Since that time, I became an award-winning professional educator who developed programs in the social studies, sciences, athletics, and multimedia. I am now the face behind the Recording Session Vault.com-- an educational website project that is dedicated to telling the stories of the engineers, recording studio facilities, and the technologies behind the recording of the popular music that we have come to love and cherish since the end of the Second World War.

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