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RCA operated the studio until January 1977, when the Nashville offices were closed and their properties located on Music Row were sold. [74] Since 1992, the historic RCA Studio B in Nashville has been under the ownership of the Country Music Hall of Fame , which offers scheduled tours of the facilities.
Music Row includes historic sites such as RCA's famed Studio B and Studio A, where hundreds of notable and famous musicians have recorded. Country music entertainers Roy Acuff and Chet Atkins have streets named in their honor within the area. [11] [12] The Country Music Association (CMA) opened its
Located centrally in what would become Nashville's Music Row, the RCA Victor Studios were an essential factor to the development of the musical production style and sound engineering technique known as the Nashville Sound. In the two decades the studio was in operation, RCA Studio B produced 60 percent of the Billboard magazine's Country chart ...
Kevin Hughes, 23, the chart director for Cash Box magazine, was shot to death on March 9, 1989, after coming out of a recording studio. The murder is known as "Murder on Music Row."
The efforts to save RCA Studio A led to a more consolidated, dedicated and collaborative effort to preserve the musical history and promote creativity within Music Row and the Nashville area. It also led to the establishment of grassroots preservationist organizations such as the Music Industry Coalition .
Kyle Hughes, brother of "Murder on Music Row" victim Kevin Hughes, looks through old letters and photos during an interview at his home, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, in Palm City, Fla. Kevin, 23, the ...