Gold Star Studios

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Gold Star Studios was a famed Los Angeles recording studio renowned for its distinctive acoustics and role in producing numerous influential pop and rock records in the mid-20th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gold Star Studios canonical 12
Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf recording studio ⓘ
associatedWith Los Angeles pop scene ⓘ
Phil Spector ⓘ
The Wrecking Crew ⓘ
Wall of Sound ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolvedOrDemolished 1984 ⓘ
era 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
foundedBy David S. Gold ⓘ
Stan Ross ⓘ
hasFacility custom-built echo chambers ⓘ
multiple recording rooms ⓘ
heritageStatus considered a legendary studio by music historians ⓘ
inception 1950 ⓘ
early 1950s ⓘ
influencedGenre R&B ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
rock music ⓘ
knownFor Wall of Sound recordings ⓘ
linked to: Wall of Sound

distinctive echo chamber sound ⓘ
innovative recording techniques ⓘ
location Los Angeles ⓘ
neighborhood Hollywood ⓘ
notableEngineer Larry Levine ⓘ
partOf history of American popular music ⓘ
reasonForDemolition fire damage ⓘ
recordedArtist Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans ⓘ
Buffalo Springfield ⓘ
Darlene Love ⓘ
Eddie Cochran ⓘ
Ike & Tina Turner ⓘ
Iron Butterfly ⓘ
Leon Russell ⓘ
Ricky Nelson ⓘ
Sonny & Cher ⓘ
linked to: Sonny and Cher

The Association ⓘ
The Beach Boys ⓘ
The Crystals ⓘ
The Monkees ⓘ
The Ramones ⓘ
linked to: Ramones

The Righteous Brothers ⓘ
The Ronettes ⓘ
recordedWork Be My Baby ⓘ
Da Doo Ron Ron ⓘ
Good Vibrations (vocal and overdub sessions) ⓘ
linked to: Good Vibrations

Heroes and Villains (sessions) ⓘ
linked to: Heroes and Villains

He’s a Rebel ⓘ
River Deep – Mountain High ⓘ
Then He Kissed Me ⓘ
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ ⓘ
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans version) ⓘ
linked to: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
soundCharacterizedAs dense and reverberant ⓘ
state California ⓘ
streetAddress 6252 Santa Monica Boulevard ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

End of the Century → recordedAt → Gold Star Studios ⓘ
"Be My Baby" → recordedAt → Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles ⓘ
linked to: Gold Star Studios
River Deep – Mountain High → recordedAt → Gold Star Studios ⓘ
Pet Sounds → recordedAt → Gold Star Studios ⓘ
Good Vibrations → recordedAt → Gold Star Studios ⓘ
The Wrecking Crew → operatedIn → Gold Star Studios ⓘ
Be My Baby → recordedAt → Gold Star Studios ⓘ
Da Doo Ron Ron → recordedIn → Gold Star Studios ⓘ
Then He Kissed Me → recordedAt → Gold Star Studios ⓘ
Wall of Sound → associatedWith → Gold Star Studios ⓘ
Tedesco and Pitman → recordingLocation → Gold Star Studios ⓘ
subject linked to: "Tedesco and Pitman"
Larry Levine → workLocation → Gold Star Studios ⓘ
Larry Levine → employer → Gold Star Studios ⓘ