that deal on rca's sky was tom
parker -- side was tom parker, a
manager country singers in
nashville.
through parker, he took elvis --
artist in
history had been promoted or
marketed like that before, and
he became the first big
superstar because of that
marketing push that came behind
him.
here for 10 was
years.
he had a 10 year lease on the
building.
he never owned it.
he's the state 1950 -- eat least
1950,0, -- he leased it
and that he moved up the road to
a different studio.
openedmid-1980's, it was
.
it has always pretty much been
kind of a tourist destination,
tours during the day, and then
at night, recording.
it has been about recording ever
since then.
we get hundreds of people in
here a day come through to see