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Holiday Inn Express Nashville Downtown
Welcome to the Holiday Inn Express Nashville Downtown. Our great new look and perfect downtown location coupled with our famous southern hospitality gives you a perfect formula for a memorable stay. We are located in the heart of Music City USA, just a short walk... more.
Holiday Inn Select Nashville Vanderbilt
The Holiday Inn Select is located in Downtown Nashville across from Centennial Park / Parthenon Replica and Vanderbilt University, and approximately nine miles from the Nashville International Airport. An outdoor pool and fitness center is available for guest use... more.
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Holiday Inn Express Nashville Downtown
920 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203
Holiday Inn Select Vanderbilt
2613 West End Ave
Nashville, TN 37203
Embassy Suites Nashville
1811 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203 US
Hotel Indigo West End
1719 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203 US
West End Lodge
1800 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203 US
Comfort Inn Nashville
1501 Demonbreun Street
Nashville, TN 37203 US
Best Western Music Row
1407 Division Street
Nashville, TN 37203 US
Courtyard by Marriott Vanderbilt
1901 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203 US
Hampton Inn Nashville Vanderbilt
1919 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203 US
Guesthouse Inn & Suites Vandy
1909 Hayes Street
Nashville, TN 37203 US
Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Nashville
2100 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203 US
Hampton Inn & Suites Nashville
2330 Elliston Place
Nashville, TN 37203 US
Homewood Suites Nashville Downtown
706 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37203 US
Renaissance Nashville Hotel
611 Commerce Street
Nashville, TN 37203 US
Best Western Downtown
711 Union Street
Nashville, TN 37219 US
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About Music Row
Music Row in Nashville developed in the 1950s as a center of the recording industry. According to the BMI History Book, "Nashville was rapidly becoming one of the nation's major music centers. Business was so brisk that when WSM announcer David Cobb casually referred to Nashville as 'Music City U.S.A.' during a 1950 broadcast, the term stuck.
Furthermore, while it has become common to think of country music as antithetical to rock & roll, it is not only one of its main roots but mutually supportive of its development in many ways. Elvis's signing by RCA Victor was facilitated by Julian and Jean Aberbach, owners of the prestigious Hill & Range publishing firm, in exchange for the publishing rights. With his signing, RCA acknowledged the need for a branch office in the Southeast and chose Nashville as the natural location. It was there Elvis's first RCA recording sessions occurred. Nashville played an even more crucial role in the career of the Everly Brothers. Sons of country musicians Ike and Margaret Everly, they had come to the attention of Chet Atkins in 1955, and he, in turn, introduced them to Wesley Rose, who signed them as songwriters to Acuff-Rose. Rose's friend, Cadence Record owner Archie Bleyer, heard the duo and teamed them up with one of Acuff-Rose's foremost songwriting teams, Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.
The result was a string of classic hits, including "Bye Bye Love" (#2 on the pop charts in 1957), "All I Have To Do Is Dream," "Wake Up Little Susie," and "Bird Dog." Nashville's stature was clearly growing in the music industry, and any number of New York and Hollywood-based publishing companies set up offices in the city.
However, as rock & roll now dominated the airwaves, country sales dropped. Record executives realized that country must modify its format to compete in the marketplace and "cross over" onto the pop charts. Two of the chief architects of this transformation were Owen Bradley and Chet Atkins. Bradley, a former staff pianist and bandleader for WSM, was owner of one of the first recording studios on what was soon to be known as Music Row, Nashville's Sixteenth Avenue South. Atkins, a virtuoso guitarist, had been working part time as an A&R assistant for RCA since 1952 and was appointed to run its new Nashville studio in 1957. Each found a way to soften and sweeten country music, thereby facilitating its wider public acceptance. Mellow strings and vocal choruses were added, and the smooth, sophisticated result was eventually dubbed the Nashville Sound."