The story
One of the world's oldest continuously operating recording studios, where Al Green's smooth soul classics were born in a converted 1915 movie theater.
Everything that was here
- 1957–present · still open
Royal Studios (Hi Records)Recording Studio
One of the world's oldest continuously operating recording studios, where Al Green's smooth soul classics were born in a converted 1915 movie theater.
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Nearby history
The Four Way Restaurant
998 Mississippi Boulevard · 1.1 km away
Soulsville's Four Way was one of a few Memphis restaurants where Black and white diners sat together in the early 1960s,
Stax Museum of American Soul Music (Former Stax Records)
926 East McLemore Avenue · 1.2 km away
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930 Mason Street · 1.3 km away
The Four Way (Four Way Grill)
998 Mississippi Boulevard, Memphis, TN 38126 · 1.6 km away
Soulsville's Four Way was one of a few Memphis restaurants where Black and white diners sat together in the early 1960s,
Justine's Restaurant (Anderson-Coward House)
919 Coward Place, Memphis, TN 38126 · 1.8 km away
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Bellevue Blvd & McLemore Ave, Memphis, TN (original site) · 2.4 km away
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