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82-474: RCA utilized the studio until January 1977, after which it was sold to Owen Bradley , who remodeled it and operated the studio as Music City Music Hall until the late 1980s. It was later operated as Javelina Recording Studios. Beginning in 2002, Ben Folds leased the building and operated it as Ben's Place and later Grand Victor Sound. In 2014, when a local developer planned to demolish the building in order to build condominiums, Folds gathered support to preserve

164-465: A Target ad campaign, performing songs off the album. When Heart in Motion was released in 1991, many fans were surprised that the album was of contemporary pop music. Grant's desire to widen her audience was frowned upon by the confines of the popular definitions of ministry at the time. The track " Baby Baby " written for Grant's newborn daughter Millie, of whom Grant wrote, her "six-week-old face

246-573: A "Christian" record. Years later Lead Me On would be chosen as the greatest Contemporary Christian album of all time by CCM Magazine . The mainstream song "Saved by Love" was a minor hit, receiving airplay on radio stations featuring the newly emerging Adult Contemporary format. The album's title song received some pop radio airplay and crossed over to No. 96 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "1974 (We Were Young)" and "Saved By Love" also charted as Adult Contemporary songs. In 1989, she appeared in

328-702: A Christmas album on October 21, 2016, Tennessee Christmas , which is a combination of classic Christmas songs and original material. It charted in the U.S. at No. 31 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 3 on the Billboard Top Holiday Albums chart. The single from the album, "To Be Together", reached No. 32 on the Hot Christian Songs chart and No. 19 on the Holiday Digital Song Sales chart. She supported

410-571: A Little Time " was a moderate hit single, the album failed to sell like the previous two albums, which had both gone multi-platinum. Behind The Eyes was eventually certified Gold by the RIAA . The video for "Takes a Little Time" was a new direction for Grant; with a blue light filter, acoustic guitar, the streets and characters of New York City, and a plot, Grant was re-cast as an adult light rocker. She followed up "Behind The Eyes" with A Christmas To Remember , her third Christmas album, in 1999. The album

492-606: A Vince Gill-influenced mix of bluegrass and pop and marked Grant's 25th anniversary in the music industry. Grant followed this up with Simple Things in 2003. The album did not have the success of her previous pop or gospel efforts. Soon after Simple Things , Grant and Interscope /A&M parted ways. The same year, Grant was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame by the Gospel Music Association , an industry trade organization of which she

574-399: A barn into a demo studio which he named Bradley's Barn. Within a few years, Bradley's Barn became a popular recording venue in country music circles. The Beau Brummels paid tribute to the studio, through titling their 1968 album Bradley's Barn . The studio burned to the ground in 1980, but Bradley rebuilt it within a few years in the same location. Owen Bradley was inducted in 1974 to

656-562: A few pictures." The book was released on October 16, 2007. In November, it debuted at No. 35 on the New York Times Best Seller list . In the same web chat, Grant noted that she is "anxious to get back in the studio after the book is finished, and reinvent myself as an almost-50 performing woman". 2007 was Grant's 30th year in music. She left Word/Warner, and contracted with EMI CMG who re-released her regular studio albums as remastered versions on August 14, 2007. Marking

738-580: A key role in their career successes. Bradley sold Bradley Studios to Columbia Records in 1962, and two years later established Bradley's Barn , a new recording studio that continued to attract a range of recording artists. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1974, reflecting his impact on the industry. Bradley's later years saw him working on selected projects, including k.d. lang 's " Shadowland " album. Bradley's contributions have been recognized with various honors, including

820-584: A laugh." The article which was based on that interview was constructed in such a manner so as to make it appear as though Grant condoned premarital sex. Later Grant reflected on how the article misrepresented her views, stating: "We probably talked for two hours about sexual purity, but when the interview finally came out he worded it in such a way that it sounded like I condoned premarital sex. So I picked up that article and thought, 'You've made me say something I've never said, and you've totally disregarded two hours of Bible put in one flippant comment that I made about

902-486: A new single titled "Welcome Yourself". In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month , proceeds of the single go to breast cancer research. On February 12, 2015, she announced a new compilation album titled Be Still and Know... Hymns & Faith , to be released. The album was released on April 14, 2015, and charted at No. 7 in the U.S. on the Billboard Christian Albums chart. . Grant released

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984-496: A recording studio, Bradley offered to build a new Nashville studio. In 1954, Bradley and his brother purchased a house at 804 16th Avenue South in Nashville for $ 7500 and remodeled it to create Music City Recording, the first recording studio in what would become Music Row . They bought an Army surplus Quonset hut and attached it to the back of the house to use as a sound stage for filming musical performances, and changed

1066-510: A situation, and they're like a big spotlight. What they do is reveal, by comparison, the painful dynamics that are already in existence. In June 2020, Grant had an open-heart surgery to repair partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR), a congenital heart condition. On July 27, 2022, Grant was injured and briefly hospitalized when she fell from her bicycle while riding near Nashville's Harpeth Hills Golf Course. She sustained cuts and abrasions. Along with praise for her contributions to

1148-598: A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006 for her contributions to the entertainment industry and in 2022, she was announced as a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors . Grant is the author of several books, including a memoir, Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far , and a book based on the popular Christmas song "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)" that she co-wrote. Born in Augusta, Georgia , Grant

1230-585: A subsidiary to his Bradley's Barn recording studio in nearby Mount Juliet . Artists recording at the studio in the Music City Music Hall era included Loretta Lynn , Gary Stewart , Sylvia , the Family Brown , and Earl Klugh . In 1981, George Strait recorded six of the ten songs on his debut studio album at the studio, and returned to the studio to record the followup album , which included his first two number one singles. By 1992

1312-455: Is a longstanding member, in her first year of eligibility. Grant released a sequel in 2005 titled Rock of Ages...Hymns and Faith . Grant joined the reality television phenomenon by hosting Three Wishes , a show in which she and a team of helpers make wishes come true for small-town residents. The show debuted on NBC in the fall of 2005 however it was canceled at the end of its first season due to high production costs. After Three Wishes

1394-518: Is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She began her music career in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before crossing over to pop music in the mid-1980s. Grant has been referred to as " The Queen of Christian Pop ". Grant made her debut as a teenager, gaining fame in Christian music during the 1980s with hits such as "Father's Eyes", " El Shaddai ", and " Angels ". In the mid-1980s, she began broadening her audience and soon became one of

1476-428: Is just for those songs to provide companionship, remind myself and whoever else is listening what's important. I feel like songs have the ability to connect us to ourselves and to each other, and to our faith, to the love of Jesus, in a way that conversation doesn't do. Songs kind of slip in and move you before you realize it." In September 2012, Grant took part in a campaign called "30 Songs / 30 Days" to support Half

1558-576: Is just more comfortable." 1982 saw the release of her breakthrough album Age to Age . The album contains the signature track, " El Shaddai " (written by Michael Card ) and the Grant-Chapman penned song, "In a Little While". "El Shaddai" was later awarded one of the " Songs of the Century " by the RIAA in 2001. Grant received her first Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Gospel Performance, as well as two GMA Dove Awards for Gospel Artist of

1640-593: Is the youngest of four sisters. Her family settled in Nashville in 1967. She is a great-granddaughter of Nashville philanthropist A. M. Burton (founder of Life and Casualty Insurance Company, eponym of Nashville's Life & Casualty Tower , WLAC Radio, and WLAC-TV ) and Lillie Burton. She has acknowledged the influence of the Burtons on her development as a musician, starting with their common membership in Nashville's Ashwood Church of Christ . According to

1722-671: The Adult Contemporary chart. She also scored No. 18 on Billboard AC in 1986 with " Stay for Awhile ". Grant scored her first Billboard No. 1 song in 1986 with " The Next Time I Fall ", a duet with former Chicago singer/bassist Peter Cetera . That year, she also recorded a duet with singer Randy Stonehill for his Love Beyond Reason album, titled "I Could Never Say Goodbye", and recorded The Animals' Christmas with Art Garfunkel . Lead Me On (1988) contained many songs which were about Christianity and love relationships, but some interpreted it as not being enough of

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1804-437: The Country Music Hall of Fame . He also achieved the distinction of having produced records for more fellow Hall of Fame members (six) than anyone else except Paul Cohen who produced nine. He retired from production in the early 1980s, but continued to work on selected projects. Canadian artist k.d. lang chose Bradley to produce her acclaimed 1988 album, Shadowland . At the time of his death, he and Harold were producing

1886-529: The National Register of Historic Places . The same year, Kacey Musgraves recorded her 2015 Grammy-nominated album Pageant Material at the studio. In early 2016, country music record producer Dave Cobb leased the building, which he uses for his Low Country Sound record label imprint. In October 2017, the completion of a $ 500,000 restoration of the studios was marked by the mounting of replicas of RCA Victor Recording Studios signage used for

1968-638: The biopics Coal Miner's Daughter and Sweet Dreams were filmed, Bradley was chosen to direct their soundtracks. In 1997, the Metro Parks Authority in Nashville dedicated a small public park between 16th Avenue South and Division Street to Owen Bradley, where his bronze likeness sits at a bronze piano. Owen Bradley Park is at the northern end of Music Row . Bradley also has a section of roadway named after him where Bradley's Barn once stood in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee , on Benders Ferry Road. Bradley

2050-527: The " Nashville Sound ". Country music had long been looked on as unsophisticated and folksy, and was largely confined to listeners in the less affluent small towns of the American South and Appalachia . In the late 1950s, Bradley's home base of Nashville was positioning itself to be a center of the recording industry, and not just the traditional home of the Grand Ole Opry . Developed with

2132-472: The "Queen of Christian Pop" Grant changed directions to widen her fan base. Her goal was to become the first Christian singer-songwriter who was also successful as a contemporary pop singer. Unguarded (1985) surprised some fans for its very mainstream sound. " Find a Way ", from Unguarded , became one of the few non-Christmas Christian songs to hit the Billboard Top 40 list, also reaching No. 7 on

2214-561: The 1980s, Grant was also a backup singer for Bill Gaither . Grant followed this album with the first of her Christmas albums, which would later be the basis for her holiday shows. In 1984, she released another pop-oriented Christian hit, Straight Ahead , earning Grant her first appearance at the Grammy Awards show in 1985. The head of NBC took notice of Grant's performance and called her manager to book her for her own Christmas special. Shortly after Grant established herself as

2296-462: The 83-piece Nashville Symphony and producer Elliot Scheiner . In 2014 the building’s existence was threatened with demolition by a local developer to make way for condominiums , and Ben Folds gathered regional and professional support in an effort to save the building. In late 2014, just prior to the building's demolition, Curb Records founder, Mike Curb , and local philanthropists Chuck Elcan and Aubrey Preston partnered to collectively purchase

2378-592: The Adult Contemporary chart, all five songs were top 10 hits, with two of the five ("Baby Baby" and "That's What Love Is For") reaching No. 1. Many Christian fans remained loyal, putting the album atop Billboard Contemporary Christian Chart for 32 weeks. Heart in Motion is Grant's best-selling album, having sold over five million copies according to the RIAA. Grant followed the album with her second Christmas album, Home For Christmas in 1992, which included

2460-672: The Eyes . Two singles were released from the album: "Don't Try So Hard" and "If I Could See", both of which charted on the US Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. On August 19, 2014, she released an album of hits remixed by well known engineers and DJs. The album was titled In Motion: The Remixes . It charted at 110 on the US Billboard 200 chart and at No. 5 on the US Dance chart. To promote

2542-536: The Gospel Music Channel, and The Hour of Power . In February 2008, Grant joined the writing team from Compassionart as a guest vocalist at the Abbey Road studios, London, to record a song called "Highly Favoured", which was included on the album CompassionArt . On June 24, 2008, Grant re-released her 1988 album, Lead Me On , in honor of its 20th anniversary. The two-disc release includes

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2624-546: The Rodeo . Grant and Gill have one daughter together, Corrina Grant Gill, born March 12, 2001. In the November 1999 CCM Magazine , Grant explained why she left Chapman and married Gill: I didn't get a divorce because 'I had a great marriage and then along came Vince Gill.' Gary and I had a rocky road from day one. I think what was so hard—and this is (what) one of our counselors said—sometimes an innocent party can come into

2706-604: The Ryman and embarked on another U.S. and Canada Christmas tour with Michael W. Smith and Jordan Smith. Grant has been a guest narrator for Disney's Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World in 2012, 2013, and 2015. On June 19, 1982, Grant married fellow Christian musician Gary Chapman . Their marriage produced three children. In March 1999 she filed for divorce from Chapman. On March 10, 2000, Grant married country singer-songwriter Vince Gill , who had been previously married to country singer Janis Oliver of Sweethearts of

2788-545: The Singing Carrots website, based on her recorded songs, Grant has a mezzo-soprano voice type, also able to perform in the soprano and contralto ranges. In 1976, Grant wrote her first song ("Mountain Top"), performed in public for the first time at Harpeth Hall School , the all-girls school she attended in Nashville. She recorded a demo tape for her parents with church youth-leader Brown Bannister . While Bannister

2870-530: The Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide , a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book. Grant's next album, How Mercy Looks from Here , was released on May 14, 2013, and was produced by Marshall Altman . The album reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it her highest-charting album since 1997's Behind

2952-413: The U.S. and produced her second no. 1 pop single " Baby Baby ", as well as another three top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: " That's What Love Is For ", " Every Heartbeat " and " Good for Me ". As of 2009, Grant had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, won six Grammy Awards , 22 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards , and had the first Christian album to go platinum . She was honored with

3034-630: The Year and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year. Age to Age became the first Christian album by a solo artist to be certified gold (1983) and the first Christian album to be certified platinum (1985). In the mid-1980s, Grant began touring and recording with young up-and-coming songwriter Michael W. Smith . Grant and Smith continue to have a strong friendship and creative relationship, often writing songs for or contributing vocals to each other's albums, and as of 2019, often touring together annually during November and December putting on Christmas concerts. During

3116-419: The album I've Got A Right To Cry for Mandy Barnett , who is best known for her portrayal of Patsy Cline in the original Nashville production of the stage play, Always... Patsy Cline . His production of Cline's hits such as " Crazy ", " I Fall to Pieces " and " Walkin' After Midnight " remain standards of the country music genre. It is his work with Cline and Loretta Lynn for which he is best known, and when

3198-476: The album becoming important to the development of the outlaw country subgenre. In 1977 as the result of an unresolved union dispute, RCA closed their Nashville studios. The label's management continued to occupy offices within the other half of the building until 1990. RCA Studio B was made available to the Country Music Hall of Fame for tours. Three months after its closure, Owen Bradley bought Studio A, re-opening it as Music City Music Hall and operating it as

3280-505: The album with a series of Christmas concerts with Vince Gill at the Ryman Auditorium . She also toured the U.S. and Canada with Christmas concerts accompanied by Michael W. Smith and season 9 winner of The Voice , Jordan Smith . In February 2017, she released a new song, "Say It With a Kiss", with accompanying video. During November and December 2017, Grant performed another series of Christmas concerts with Vince Gill at

3362-429: The album, several new remix EPs were released on iTunes the following month including " Find a Way , " Stay for Awhile ", " Baby Baby , " Every Heartbeat " and " That's What Love Is For ". Due to club play of the remixes of "Baby Baby" and "Every Heartbeat", they charted at No. 3 and 13, respectively on the U.S. Dance Chart . This marked her first appearance on that chart in 23 years. On September 30, 2014, Grant released

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3444-471: The blues and the Nashville sound complement each other surprisingly well. Also, he produced Bill Monroe in both bluegrass and decidedly non-bluegrass settings (Monroe's covers of Jimmie Rodgers ' "Caroline Sunshine Girl" and Moon Mullican's "Mighty Pretty Waltz", for example, feature a standard country band rather than bluegrass). Many older artists recognized they needed to change as they saw former pure honky tonk singer, Jim Reeves , blend his own style with

3526-551: The building for $ 5.6 million in order to preserve its historic significance. The efforts to save RCA Studio A led to a more consolidated, dedicated and collaborative effort to preserve the musical history and promote creativity within Music Row and the Nashville area. It also led to the establishment of grassroots preservationist organizations such as the Music Industry Coalition . Producer Dave Cobb , who

3608-678: The building was built as office space for the label's Nashville division, and the other half was a new recording studio. Officially opening on March 29, 1965, the new addition to RCA Victor's Nashville Sound Studios, which was newer and larger than RCA's adjacent studio built 9 years prior , was appropriately designated as Studio A, while the original studio became Studio B. Studio A was one of three similarly-designed large studios built by RCA in New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville specifically for recording large groups of musicians, such as choirs, string sections, or orchestras, playing together live, which

3690-510: The building, and Mike Curb and local philanthropists collectively purchased the building. The following year, RCA Studio A was added to the National Register of Historic Places . Since 2016, Dave Cobb has leased the studio and used it to operate his Low Country Sound record label imprint. Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley constructed a new 3-story building at the original address of 806 17th Avenue South (the street would be renamed Music Square West in 1975) to be leased by RCA Victor . Half of

3772-803: The center of what would become known as Music Row . Designed and built later than the Bradley Studios' Quonset Hut and RCA Studio B, Studio A's gym -sized room, large enough to house choirs, orchestras, string sections and a live band, was specifically designed by John E. Volkmann to more easily facilitate recording the large ensembles needed to create the Nashville Sound. Today, it is the last remaining of only three Volkmann-designed rooms of this size. Notable artists who have recorded in RCA Studio A include: Owen Bradley William Owen Bradley (October 21, 1915 – January 7, 1998)

3854-484: The clinky honky-tonk piano (ironically, one of the artists Bradley would record in the 1950s was honky tonk blues singer pianist, Moon Mullican - the Mullican sessions produced by Bradley were experimental in that they merged Moon's original blues style with the emerging Nashville Sound stylings). Lush string sections took the place of the mountain fiddle sound; steel guitars and smooth backing vocals rounded out

3936-476: The contemporary Christian genre, Grant has also generated controversy within the Christian community, from "complaints that she was too worldly and too sexy" to a "barrage of condemnation" following her divorce and remarriage. In an interview early in her career, Grant stated, "I have a healthy sense of right and wrong, but sometimes, for example, using foul, exclamation-point words among friends can be good for

4018-499: The contributions of Owen Bradley's crew of hand-picked musicians, including Harold Bradley , Grady Martin , Bob Moore , Hank Garland and Buddy Harman , known collectively as Nashville's " A-Team ". The success of Bradley and his contemporaries infused hokey melodies with more refined lyrics, and blended them with a refined pop music sensibility to create the "Nashville Sound", known later as "countrypolitan". Light, easy listening piano (as popularized by Floyd Cramer ) replaced

4100-549: The dedication of a public park and a bronze likeness in Nashville. His legacy in the music industry is marked by his role in shaping the Nashville sound and influence on several generations of musicians. Bradley was born in Westmoreland, Tennessee and grew up in Nashville, Tennessee . His father was Vernon Bradley, and his mother was Letha Maie Owen. By the time he was fifteen he had learned to play several instruments and

4182-507: The early 1950s, Owen and his brother Harold , seeking to capitalize on the rising popularity of television , experimented with assembling a production studio, eventually establishing a studio near 21st Avenue South in the Hillsborough Village area, where they produced industrial films for Genesco and others. When Cohen told Bradley that he was considering moving Decca's country headquarters to Dallas , where Jim Beck had

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4264-412: The end of 1978 she performed her first ticketed concert after beginning her first year at Furman University . In May 1979, while at the album-release party for her second album, My Father's Eyes , Grant met Gary Chapman , who had written the title track and would become her first husband. Grant and Chapman toured together in mid-1979. In late 1980, she transferred to Vanderbilt University where she

4346-500: The first CCM artists to cross over into mainstream pop on the heels of her successful albums Unguarded and Lead Me On . In 1986, she scored her first Billboard Hot 100 no. 1 song in a duet with Peter Cetera , " The Next Time I Fall ". In 1991, she released the album Heart in Motion , which became her best-selling album, topping the Billboard Christian album chart for 32 weeks. It sold five million copies in

4428-429: The first four years of the studio's operation on the building's exterior. Bradley Studios , RCA Studio B, and RCA Studio A were essential locations to the development of the "Nashville Sound", a style characterized by background vocals and strings. The Nashville Sound both revived the popularity of country music and helped establish Nashville's reputation as an international recording center, with these three studios at

4510-402: The help of Sharon Corbitt-House to re-open it to outside clients as a commercial studio under the name of Ben's Place and later Grand Victor Sound. Artists recording at the studio during this timeframe included Kacey Musgraves , Joe Bonamassa , John Hiatt , and Jewel . Folds himself recorded So There at the studio with the yMusic Ensemble , which included a piano concerto performed with

4592-774: The intervening decades, his work as a producer would far overshadow his career as a performer and band leader. In 1947, Bradley was hired by the head of Decca Records ' country music division , Paul Cohen . Bradley worked as a music arranger and songwriter during the Castle Studio recording sessions of some of the biggest talents of the day, including Ernest Tubb , Burl Ives , Red Foley and Kitty Wells . He produced both Foley's 1950 hit " Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy " and Wells' 1952 hit " It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels ", along with hits by Bill Monroe and Webb Pierce . Noting Bradley's studio skills, Cohen later utilized Bradley to open Decca's Nashville offices. In

4674-738: The mix. Regarding the Nashville sound, Bradley stated, "Now we've cut out the fiddle and steel guitar and added choruses to country music. But it can't stop there. It always has to keep developing to keep fresh." The singers Bradley produced made unprecedented headway into radio, and artists such as Kitty Wells , Patsy Cline , Brenda Lee , Loretta Lynn , Lenny Dee , and Conway Twitty became household names. Rock and Roll singers such as Buddy Holly and Gene Vincent also recorded with Bradley in his Nashville studio. Bradley often tried to reinvent older country hitmakers; as previously mentioned, he tried to update Moon Mullican's sound and produced one of Moon's best performances "Early Morning Blues" where

4756-473: The newer styles with great success. However, not everyone was as successful as Reeves or Patsy Cline in these transformations. In addition to his production, Bradley released a handful of instrumentals under his own name, including the minor 1958 hit "Big Guitar". Bradley sold The Quonset Hut Studio to Columbia Records and bought a farm outside of Nashville in Mount Juliet, Tennessee in 1961, converting

4838-666: The original album and a second disc with new acoustic recordings, live performances from 1989, and interviews with Amy. Grant recreated the Lead Me On tour in the fall of 2008. On June 27, 2008, at Creation Festival Northeast she performed "Lead Me On" and a few other songs backed by Hawk Nelson . At the end of the concert, Grant returned to the stage and sang "Thy Word". She appeared on the 2008 album Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends singing "Could I Have This Dance". On May 5, 2009, Grant released an EP containing two new songs, " She Colors My Day ", and "Unafraid", as well as

4920-508: The people 25 bucks just to see'em"). After she covered the 10cc song " The Things We Do for Love " for the Mr. Wrong soundtrack, Behind the Eyes was released in September 1997. The album struck a much darker note, leaning more towards downtempo, acoustic soft-rock songs, with more mature (yet still optimistic) lyrics. She called it her "razor blades and Prozac " album. Although " Takes

5002-662: The previously released songs " Baby Baby " and " Oh How the Years Go By ". The EP, exclusively through iTunes, benefited the Entertainment Industry Foundation's (EIF) Women's Cancer Research Fund. In 2010, Grant released Somewhere Down the Road , featuring the hit single " Better Than a Hallelujah ", which peaked at No. 8 on Billboard Top Christian Songs chart. When asked about the new album during an interview with CBN.com, Grant says, "... my hope

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5084-441: The song " Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) ", written by Chris Eaton and Grant, and would later be covered by many artists, including Donna Summer , Jessica Simpson (who acknowledged Grant as one of her favorite artists), Vince Gill , Sara Groves , Point of Grace , Gladys Knight , and Broadway star Barbara Cook . House of Love in 1994 continued in the same vein, containing pop songs mingled with spiritual lyrics. The album

5166-527: The start of Grant's new contract is a career-spanning greatest hits album, with all the songs digitally remastered. The album was released as both a single-disc CD edition, and a two-disc CD/DVD Special Edition, the DVD featuring music videos and interviews. Grant appeared with Gill on The Oprah Winfrey Show for a holiday special in December 2007. Grant has plans to appear on CMT , a Food Network special,

5248-487: The station's musical director. At the same time, Bradley led a dance band that enjoyed popularity in local society circles. In 1947, Bradley was hired by the head of Decca Records ' country music division , Paul Cohen , to assist with recording sessions and later establish the label's operations in Nashville. In 1954, Bradley established Bradley Studios , later commonly known as the Quonset Hut Studio, which

5330-588: The studio was run by producer Warren Peterson under the name Javelina Sound Studios. Artists recording at the studio in the Javelina era included Amy Grant , Glen Campbell , DC Talk , Jimmy Buffett , Tim McGraw , Beth Nielsen Chapman , Reba McEntire , Little Texas , Point of Grace , Martina McBride , Wynonna Judd , Mark Chesnutt , Sawyer Brown , Rebecca Lynn Howard , Steve Wariner , Alabama , Vince Gill , BeBe & CeCe Winans , Dan Seals . In 1997 Lee Ann Womack recorded her self-titled debut album at

5412-468: The studio, and returned to the studio for the recording of her next two studio albums. Ben Folds , a session drummer at the time, used the studio at night to work on his own original material that would become Ben Folds Five . Folds moved away and returned to Nashville in 2002, and leased the building for the next 12 years, initially for his own use. He also rented out parts of the building to other artists, such as Jamey Johnson . In 2009 Folds enlisted

5494-529: The studios' name to Bradleys' Film & Recording Studios in 1957, though it was commonly referred to as the "Quonset hut studio." The Bradleys produced several Country Style, USA film programs in the Quonset hut studio, but the demand for recording music in the Quonset hut (which was much larger than the house's basement studio) eventually overtook the Bradley's film production business, Bradley's studio

5576-573: Was a member of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta . Grant then made a few more albums before dropping out of college to pursue a career in music— Never Alone , followed by a pair of live albums in 1981 ( In Concert and In Concert Volume Two ), both backed by an augmented edition of the DeGarmo & Key band. It was during these early shows that Grant also established one of her concert trademarks: performing barefoot. Grant continues to take off her shoes midway through performances, as she has said, "it

5658-437: Was a multi-platinum success and produced the pop hit " Lucky One " (No. 18 pop and No. 2 AC; No. 1 on Radio & Records ) as well as the title track (a duet with country music star and future husband Vince Gill ) (No. 37 pop) and a cover of Joni Mitchell's frequently covered " Big Yellow Taxi " (No. 67 pop) (in which she changed the line "And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see'em" to "And then they charged

5740-414: Was an American musician, bandleader and record producer who, along with Chet Atkins , Bob Ferguson , Bill Porter , and Don Law , was a chief architect of the 1950s and 60s Nashville sound in country music and rockabilly . Bradley started with piano at a young age, and began performing professionally as a teenager. At age 20, he joined WSM (AM) as an arranger and musician, and by 1942 had become

5822-471: Was an instant success, recording hits by several Decca artists as well as hits for Capitol , Columbia , MGM , and other record labels. The studios' success spurred RCA Victor to build its RCA Studio B , and a handful of other record labels and music publishers soon followed, setting up shop on what would eventually become known as Music Row . In 1958, Bradley succeeded Cohen as head of Decca's Nashville division, and began pioneering what would become

5904-599: Was canceled, Grant won her 6th Grammy Award for Rock of Ages... Hymns & Faith . In a February 2006 webchat, Grant said she believes her "best music is still ahead". In April 2006, a live CD/DVD titled Time Again... Amy Grant Live was recorded in Fort Worth, Texas , at Bass Performance Hall . (Grant's first paid public performance was at the Will Rogers Auditorium in Fort Worth.) The concert

5986-432: Was certified gold in 2000. Following the 9/11 attacks Grant's " I Will Remember You " saw a resurgence in popularity as many radio DJs mixed a special tribute version of the song. In the same year Grant won $ 125,000 for charity on the "Rock Star Edition" of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Grant returned to Christian pop with the 2002 release of an album of hymns titled Legacy... Hymns and Faith . The album featured

6068-446: Was dubbing a copy of the tape, Chris Christian , the owner of the recording studio heard the demo and called Word Records . He played it over the phone and she was offered a recording contract, five weeks before her 16th birthday. In 1977, she recorded her first album, Amy Grant , produced by Brown Bannister , who would also produce her next 11 albums. It was released in early 1978, one month before her high-school graduation. Toward

6150-921: Was essential to the Nashville sound production style. With its live room measuring 75 x 45 feet with 25 foot high ceiling, it was the largest studio room in Nashville when it opened. The studio was based on the ideas of Chet Atkins , Owen Bradley and Harold Bradley . Studios A and B were collectively referred to as the RCA Victor Nashville Sound Studios. Between 1965 and 1977 the studio hosted artists including Perry Como , The Blackwood Brothers , Connie Smith , Charley Pride , Lynn Anderson , Dolly Parton , The Beach Boys , The Blackwood Brothers , George Beverly Shea , Nancy Sinatra , Eddy Arnold , Merle Haggard , Lee Hazlewood and Ann-Margret , and Dottie West . Waylon Jennings , who had recorded nearly all of his albums at Atkins' studio, recorded Honky Tonk Heroes there in 1973, with

6232-651: Was head of the Opryland Music Group during its return to prominence following Gaylord Entertainment's acquisition of the Acuff-Rose Music catalog. Jerry's wife, Connie Bradley, worked with ASCAP 's Nashville office for more than 30 years beginning in the mid-1970s, eventually as Senior Vice President. Jerry's son, Clay Bradley worked for BMI , as an executive for Sony Music Nashville , and operated his own independent music company. Amy Grant Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960)

6314-850: Was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum upon receiving the 2019 Producer Award. Owen Bradley is part of what is known as "The First Family of Music Row." His younger brother and business partner Harold Bradley became one of the world's most recorded session guitarists , and served as longtime president of the Nashville chapter of the American Federation of Musicians . Owen's daughter Patsy worked over 40 years with BMI , eventually as assistant vice president of writer/publisher administration. His son Jerry worked for his Forest Hills Music music publishing company before becoming head of RCA Records' Nashville office in 1973, succeeding Chet Atkins. In his later career, he

6396-550: Was my inspiration", became a pop hit (hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100), and Grant was established as a name in the mainstream music world. "Baby Baby" received Grammy nominations for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Record and Song of the Year (although it failed to win in any of those categories). Four other hits from the album made the Pop top 20: " Every Heartbeat " (No. 2), " That's What Love Is For " (No. 7), " Good for Me " (No. 8), and " I Will Remember You " (No. 20). On

6478-563: Was playing piano in local nightclubs and roadhouses . In 1935 at the age of 20, Bradley got a job at radio station WSM , home of the Grand Ole Opry , where he worked as a musician and arranger . In 1942, he became WSM's musical director, and was also the leader of a sought-after dance band that played society parties all over Nashville. That same year Bradley co-wrote Roy Acuff 's hit "Night Train to Memphis". His involvement with his dance band continued until 1964, though in

6560-478: Was released on September 26, 2006. In addition to receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , media appearances included write-ups in CCM Magazine , and a performance on The View . In a February 2007 web chat on her web site, Grant discussed a book she was working on titled Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far , saying, "It's not an autobiography, but more a collection of memories, song lyrics, poetry and

6642-436: Was slated to record an album with Chris Stapleton , originally intended to record the album at Sound Emporium Studios , but it was already booked. Having read reports of the impending demolition of the historic RCA Studio A building and its Grand Victor Sound studios, he decided to record Stapleton's debut studio album there, before the building and its recording studios were gone forever. In 2015, Studio A joined Studio B in

6724-472: Was the first music industry-related business in what is now known as Music Row , and helping establish Nashville as a recording industry center. In 1958, Bradley became vice president of Decca's Nashville division. This period marked the beginning of the Nashville sound , a movement that aimed to broaden country music's appeal by incorporating pop elements. Bradley's work extended to producing records for artists like Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn , playing

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