Ernest Tubb Record Shop. Decca Records. Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours.

Early in 1947, he opened the Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Nashville, which he promoted through the Midnight Jamboree, a radio program he designed to fill the post-Opry slot on the radio. Today Midnight Jamboree is still on the air and is the second-longest running US radio program. The store is still open too, 60 years later at:

2416 Music Valley Dr Ste 110

Nashville, TN 37214-1012

Phone: (615) 889-2474

Nothing about this legendary store is shiny or state-of-the-art–it’s strictly “old country.” The staff knows its stuff, too. If you remember a song from decades past, someone here will probably know it, too. The store stays open late on Saturday evenings for the Midnight Jamboree, a live radio show broadcast from the Texas Troubadour Theatre, a 500-seat performance space attached to the Record Shop and across from Opryland.

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“Soul Sauce” by The Idaly Sisters with the X-Periment. Another post from Asian Pop.

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Ray Charles et les Raylettes.   Ray left Ahmet Ertegun’s R&B label in 1959 to join ABC-Paramount.   Some feel his work was never as raw and rockin’ again.     This nice French picture sleeve was contributed by Fred Siebert who, like Ahmet, has discriminating taste and continues to discover and promote new artists (now through sites such as Channel Frederator.com)

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John Hammond produced this first lp by Aretha Franklin in 1961. Five years prior to her first landmark soul recordings for Atlantic, this first effort is jazz and pop standards, show tunes and blues. Reportedly, Aretha met Ray Bryant when John Hammond threw a party at the Village Vanguard in 1960 to introduce his newest find, a young singer from Detroit. The party went to the wee hours of the morning with Aretha and Ray performing together for the first time.

(19 votes, average: 4.95 out of 5)

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