Has he REALLY left the building???

I would argue... no. He's still IN the building!

I remember as a kid asking my parents, "Who INVENTED Rock & Roll?" Their answer, "Well I guess that would have had to be Elvis."

Saturday night I had the pleasure of going to RCA's Studio B. Elvis Presley Recorded MANY of his songs here during his time with RCA Records including "Its Now Or Never", "Are You Lonesome Tonight" and others. It was a pretty awesome feeling as I stood in the exact place in the studio where "The King" stood to record his music. He is still such an icon, still selling records, merchandise and more. It was a pretty cool thing imagining him walking through halls and standing in front of that mic!

This is the part of the studio where Elvis would stand while being able to see into the master control room to the right of the photo

An orginal piece of music left over from when he recorded "Are You Lonesome Tonight" COOL!

The master control room. The board was orginally set up in front of the window to the left that looked out into the studio where the singer and instruments would all be set up

Okay, so Elvis wasn't the ONLY one to record there... Dolly Parton recorded "I Will Always Love You" here... Charlie Pride recorded "Kiss An Angel Good Morning" here... The Everly Brothers, Waylon Jennings, Ronnie Milsap, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Charlie Pride and many more all recorded music here. Over 1,000 songs that were recorded here made it to the TOP 10 on the music charts. This place certainly has some magic.

It opened in November of 1957 and ceased to be an active recording studio in 1977. Now it's a place to tour and where students go to learn as they pursue a career in music recording.

Tonight... I caught a glimpse of ELVIS! :-)