Nod to The Legend · The producers · 1950s
Owen Bradley and Chet Atkins
The Nashville Sound
Bradley's Quonset Hut studio and Atkins at RCA Studio B smoothed country with strings, backing choirs and a polished rhythm section, on records like Patsy Cline's "Crazy".
Still heard: Country-pop crossover production starts in these rooms.
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