Random selection from around 5,900 Facts
Click to filter results
Studio
Les Paul
And Mary Ford record How High The Moon for Capitol Records in
Les Paul's home studio in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, USA.
The track is a revolutionary breakthrough, introducing the concept
of multi-track recording.
Little Jimmy Dickens records Out Behind The Barn at Castle Studio [founded by Paul Cohen] in The Tulane Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
George Shearing spends the first of two days recording with Wes Montgomery at United Recording studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, for the album George Shearing With The Montgomery Brothers.
Jazz pianist Cecil Taylor records Mixed for Impulse! Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Duane Eddy records The Twist, Let's Twist Again, The Peppermint Twist and Miss Twist, at RCA Victor Studio 2, 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. His band includes guitarists Barney Kessel and Bill Pitman, bassist Red Callender, drummer Earl Palmer, pianist Larry Knechtel and saxophonists Jim Horn and Plas Johnson. Production duties are handled by Duane Eddy and Lee Hazlewood.
Etta Jones is recording material in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for her Prestige Records LP Love Shout.
Jazz trumpeter Bobby Hackett records Consider Yourself, Food Glorious Food and other tracks for his Columbia Records album Jazz Impressions Of Lionel Bart's Oliver, at Columbia's 30th Street studio in New York City, USA.
Bill Anderson records Easy Come, Easy Go, Five Little Fingers and Me, for Decca Records at Owen Bradley's Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Wayne Shorter Quintet records Night Dreamer, Armageddon, Virgo and other tracks for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Manfred Mann record the Ben E. King composition Groovin' at Studio 3, Abbey Road Studios, London, UK.
Charlie Louvin records I Just Don't Understand, I Think I'll Live and Something To Think About, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Johnny Cash records the Bob Dylan composition It Ain't Me Babe, at Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Sessioneers include Charlie McCoy on harmonica and Norman Blake on guitar, with The Carter Family supplying harmony vocals.
Read More
Brenda Lee, with producer Owen Bradley, records Let It Be Me, Love Letters, Don't Blame Me and Thanks A Lot in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Ray Peterson records I'm Only Human, When I Stop Dreaming and I Wish I Could Say No To You, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Beach Boys are in Western Recorders studios in Los Angeles, California, USA, working on Good To My Baby and the single version of Help Me Rhonda.
Cliff Richard has a session at Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, during which he records the songs Long Ago, I'll Walk Alone, A Summer Place and My Foolish Heart.
Just one month after the Elvis Presley film Tickle Me opened nationally in the USA, the studio claims in a Variety advertisement that 5,210 play dates have already been booked. A month later an article in the same publication will imply that Tickle Me has actually saved Allied Artists from going under financially. By the end of the year, the movie will finished at No30 on Variety's list of Big Rental Pictures of 1965 with $3.4m of projected sales.
Sonny And Cher record 500 Miles, Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love, Then He Kissed Me and Unchained Melody at Gold Star Recording Studios, 6252 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, California, USA. Sonny Bono acts as producer, and the band includes guitarists Barney Kessel, Don Peake, Howard Roberts, Monte Dunn and Steve Mann, with bassists Cliff Hils and Lyle Ritz, drummers Earl Palmer, Frank Capp and Hal Blaine, harpsichordist Mike Rubini and pianists Don Randi and Harold Battiste.
Johnny Cash overdubs German language vocals onto the songs Kleine Rosemarie and Besser So Jenny-Jo in Columbia Recording Studio A, 799 7th Avenue, New York City, USA.
Sonny James records Tonight I Found My True Love, Shackles And Chains and I Truly Do, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Bob Luman records Freedom Of Living, Love Worked A Miracle, Poor Boy Blues and Five Miles From Home with producer Wesley Rose in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Musicians on the session are guitarists Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton and Billy Sanford, steel guitarist Pete Drake, pianist Floyd Cramer, bassist Bobby Dyson, drummer Buddy Harman, harmonica player Charlie McCoy [harmonica] and The Anita Kerr Singers.
Jazz vibraphonist Dave Pike records tracks for a new album, Jazz For The Jet Set, in the first of two studio sessions in New York City, USA for Atlantic Records. Herbie Hancock plays organ throughout the album.
Dolly Parton records Control Yourself, Don't Drop Out and I've Known You All My Life for Monument Records in Fred Foster Sound Studio, 319 17th Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
While the Rolling Stones are in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Berry Gordy invites the group to watch a recording session at Motown Records studio. In the evening, they play at Detroit's Cobo Hall.
Peter And Gordon, with producer Ken Nelson, record My Heart Skips A Beat, Memphis and Lonely Street in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Wes Montgomery records Golden Earrings, Twisted Blues and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey for Verve Records.
Gary Lewis and the Playboys record I Don't Wanna Say Goodnight at Western Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. They also record Face In A Crowd which will peak at No 47 in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA.
The Kinks spend the second of two days recording Sittin' On My Sofa, in Pye Studios, London, UK.
The Zombies record live sessions for The Jimmy Young Show and The Pete Brady Show at BBC Studio 4, Maida Vale, London, UK.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra undertake a recording session at Fine Studios, New York City, USA.
Jimi Hendrix is in Sound Center, 247 West 46th St, New York City, USA, recording 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be), Somewhere, Moon Turn The Tides. Later, Jimi jams with The Hollies at The Scene Club.
Read More
The Rolling Stones spend the eighth of seventeen days of recording at Olympic Sound Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd have a recording session in Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on Corporal Clegg and Nick's Boogie.
Jerry Butler records Hey, Western Union Man and Can't Forget About You, Baby, at Cameo-Parkway Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, with production duo Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.
Fleetwood Mac are in CBS Studios, New Bond Street, London, England, UK, Europe, recording tracks for Blue Horizon records.
Crosby Stills and Nash start work on their debut album at Wally Heider's Studio, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.The Rolling Stones are in Olympic Studios, London, UK, working on tracks for the album Let It Bleed.
The Beatles are in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, working on Polythene Pam, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Come Together, Sun King and Mean Mr Mustard.
George Harrison of The Beatles finishes work on his songs Here Comes The Sun and Something, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Bob Dylan has a recording session for the album New Morning at Columbia Studios, New York City, USA. George Harrison drops by and participates in the session.
The Rolling Stones, along with their mobile recording studio, move into guitarist Keith Richards’ villa in Cap Ferrat, France, Europe, and start work on songs which will be used on the album Exile On Main Street.
Paul McCartney and Wings record Give Ireland Back To The Irish at Island Studios, London, UK.
Paul McCartney spends the second of five days re-mixing at AIR Studios, London, England, UK, on the Wings' album, Band On The Run.
Jeff Beck continues working on a new album, There And Back, in Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe.The Police finish recording their fourth album, Ghost In the Machine, at producer George Martin's studios on the Caribbean island of Montserrat.
R.E.M. spend the fifth of seven days of recording in Reflections Sound Studio, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Alison Goldfrapp, vocalist of British band Goldfrapp, spends the day at home in Somerset, England, UK. Some of the day is spent with Will, her partner in Goldfrapp, working in their home studio on a re-mix of a Depeche Mode track.
Kid Ink releases his second studio album, My Own Lane, on Tha Alumni Music Group, 88 Classic and RCA Records, in the USA.
As part of the advance promotion for their upcoming Global Spirit Tour, Depeche Mode play a live concert at the 6Music Festival in Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
1951 |
2017 |