| Formerly | Music City Recordings, Bradley's Film & Recording Studios |
|---|---|
| Industry | Recording studio |
| Founded | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. (1955) |
| Founder | Owen Bradley, Harold Bradley |
| Defunct | 1982 |
| Fate | Closed |
| Successor | Columbia Recording Studios |
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee , U.S. |
Number of locations | 1 |
Quonset Hut Studio is the nickname given to Bradley Studios, an independent recording studio complex established in 1954 in Nashville, Tennessee by brothers Harold and Owen Bradley. The first commercial recording studio facility in what would later become known as Music Row,[1][2] the studio produced hundreds of hits by artists including Johnny Cash, Conway Twitty, Patsy Cline, Red Foley, Brenda Lee, Marty Robbins, Sonny James, and others.
The facility was purchased in 1962 by Columbia Records, who replaced the former residence and Studio A with a newer, larger recording studio, mastering and editing studios, and administrative offices, while keeping Studio B (the Quonset hut studio) intact. Columbia continued to host sessions for various record labels until 1965, when they began using the studios exclusively with Columbia artists. Between 1962 and 1982, hits by Johnny Cash, Bobby Vinton, Bob Dylan, Roger Miller, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Lynn Anderson, Ray Price, Merle Haggard, Charlie Rich and many others were produced at the studio. CBS closed the facility in 1982.
Philanthropist Mike Curb bought the structure in 2006 and restored it; it is now a recording classroom for Belmont University's Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business.