According to the Commercial Appeal, Memphis recording studio Ardent Studios and home of music label Ardent Records is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Some of Ardent’s greatest hits include Isaac Hayes’ “Hot Buttered Soul,” B.B. King’s “Blues Summit,” and the soundtrack to “Hustle & Flow.”
8-Ball & MJG, Triple 6 Mafia, Juvenile, and Yo Gotti are just a short list of popular rappers which have recorded at the studio.
When John Fry first started 40 years ago, it’s was reported he was just trying to take a teenage fascination with music and recording and seeing if it could survive outside his family’s house.
“The home studio kind of came to an end in late ’65, early ’66,” he says, “because it was in my parents’ house and they made the decision to sell the house.”
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