As you all know, i have lived in Nashville all of my life. i grew up by repeatedly having music going on somehwere , around my house.
Small, big and indepedent recording studios located themselves in Nashville, beginning in the mid-fifties. some interesting songs came out of Nashville that made really big hits, like STAY. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. Record producers and recording artists began to see a trend in music recorded in Nashville. The recording sessions were cheap and the final recording usually made it into the top ten record charts. this was appealing to all musicians. RCA, Columbia, Fred Fosters Studios, Monument records headed south to build their studios in Nashville. you would be amazed at the number of number one hit songs that were recorded in Nashville. I guess that Elvis was the main money-maker for RCA in Nashville. Roy Orbison was close behind at Monument. remember Pretty Woman?
It may have been the location, it may have been Elvis, it may have been the studios, it may have been the recording engineers ability to create “the sound” that people of America were seeking.
In any event, Nashville holds the number one ranking as Music City. every type music imagineable has been recorded in Nashville. the city is like a magnet drawing in new talent each day. the streets are constantly loaded with men and women hauling their guitars from other cities, in hopes of making it big by being in Music City, USA.
Maybe, it was just destiny.