点评:Memphis has Sun Studio. Nashville has RCA Studio B. Both are shrines to the development of country music in this country. In these recording studios, thousands of songs were recorded by legendary music artists. Located at 1611 Roy Acuff Place in Nashville, RCA Studio B was established in 1957 by Chet Atkins and Steve Sholes for RCA Victor. Originally known as the RCA Victor Studio, it was designated as Studio B in 1965 after RCA Victor built the newer, larger Studio A in an adjacent building. Located centrally in what would become known internationally as Nashville's Music Row, the RCA studios were an essential factor in the development of the musical production style and sound engineering technique known as the Nashville sound. In the two decades before it closed in 1977, RCA Studio B produced 60 percent of Billboard magazine's country music hits. In RCA Studio B, in 1956, Atkins and Sholes produced a session with an unknown singer from Tupelo, Mississippi, Elvis Presley. during which he recorded Heartbreak Hotel, his first gold record and the biggest selling record of 1956. In 1967, Dolly Parton was in such haste to be on time for her first recording session at RCA Studio B that she drove her car through the side wall of the building. The spot where her car smashed into the building is still visible. Other famed musicians who recorded at RCA Studio B include Eddy Arnold, David Bowie, The Everly Brothers, Connie Francis, Waylon Jennings, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, Porter Wagoner and Dottie West. The studio, which measured 40.5 feet by 26.25 feet with a 13-foot high ceiling with a grand piano in the corner, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
翻译:孟菲斯有太阳录音室(Sun Studio),纳什维尔有RCA B录音室。这两座录音室都是美国乡村音乐发展史上的圣地。无数传奇音乐艺术家在这两座录音室录制了数千首歌曲。RCA B录音室位于纳什维尔罗伊·阿库夫广场1611号,由切特·阿特金斯和史蒂夫·肖尔斯于1957年为RCA Victor唱片公司创立。最初名为RCA Victor录音室,1965年RCA Victor在隔壁建筑中建造了更新、更大的A录音室后,该录音室更名为B录音室。RCA录音室地处后来享誉国际的纳什维尔音乐街中心地带,对纳什维尔之声——一种独特的音乐制作风格和录音技术的发展起到了至关重要的作用。在1977年关闭前的二十年间,RCA B录音室制作了《公告牌》杂志60%的乡村音乐热门歌曲。 1956年,在RCA B录音棚,阿特金斯和肖尔斯为一位来自密西西比州图珀洛的无名歌手——埃尔维斯·普雷斯利——制作了一场录音。普雷斯利正是在这场录音中录制了《伤心旅馆》(Heartbreak Hotel),这首歌不仅是他的第一张金唱片,也是1956年最畅销的唱片。1967年,多莉·帕顿为了赶在RCA B录音棚的首次录音时间前到达,匆忙之中驾车撞穿了建筑物的侧墙。至今,她汽车撞击建筑物的痕迹依然清晰可见。其他曾在RCA B录音棚录音的著名音乐家包括艾迪·阿诺德、大卫·鲍伊、埃弗利兄弟、康妮·弗朗西斯、韦伦·詹宁斯、罗伊·奥比森、威利·纳尔逊、波特·瓦格纳和多蒂·韦斯特。这座录音棚长40.5英尺,宽26.25英尺,天花板高13英尺,角落里摆放着一架三角钢琴。2012年,该录音棚被列入国家史迹名录。