Fred Luther Foster
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Fred Luther Foster (born July 26, 1931) is an American songwriter, record producer, and founder of Monument Records.
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The British Invasion
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The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom, as well as other aspects of British culture, became popular in the United States, and significant to rising “counterculture” on both sides of the Atlantic. Pop and rock groups such as the Beatles, the...
Monument Records
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Monument Records was an American record label in Washington, D.C. named for the Washington Monument, founded in 1958 by Fred Foster and Buddy Deane (a prominent Baltimore disc jockey at WTTG). Buddy Deane soon left the company, and in the early 60’s bought KOTN in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where he retired until his death....
Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, known for his work with the E Street Band. Nicknamed “The Boss”, he is widely known for his brand of poetic lyrics, Americana, working class, sometimes political sentiments centered on his native New Jersey, his distinctive voice, and his lengthy and energetic stage...
RCA Studio B
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RCA Studio B is a recording studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Originally known simply as RCA Studios, it became famous in the 1960s for being a part of what many refer to as the Nashville Sound. RCA Studio B A sophisticated style characterized by background vocals and strings, the Nashville Sound both revived the popularity of...
Boots Randolph
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Homer Louis “Boots” Randolph III (June 3, 1927 – July 3, 2007) was an American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone hit “Yakety Sax” (which became Benny Hill’s signature tune). Randolph was a major part of the “Nashville sound” for most of his professional career.
Floyd Cramer
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Floyd Cramer (October 27, 1933 – December 31, 1997) was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the Nashville sound. He was known for his “slip note” piano style, in which an out-of-key note slides into the correct note.
Chet Atkins
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Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), known as “Mr. Guitar” and “The Country Gentleman”, was an American musician, occasional vocalist, songwriter, and record producer, who along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, among others, created the country music style that came to be known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country...