other studios like capitol, decca and rca victor followed, and in 1957 rca victor's nashville division, opened studio b, where elvis presley would record many of his most famous hits. ♪ ♪ a few years later, in 1963, studio a was built next door and between the two, the likes of willie nelson, waylon jennings, ♪ ♪ dolly parton, and many more ♪ ♪ recorded hit records. with the studios came the musicians, the publishers, the lawyers and others, a clustering that created a music industry. >> brown: carolyn brackett is a nashvillian with the national trust for historic preservation. >> so a lot of the work that we've done in the last couple of years has been to document the history of music row all the way up to the present. what's happening here today. >> brown: what's happening here today is that this history is being threatened by the rising demand for housing and office space in what is one of the nation's fastest growing cities and hottest markets in the country. >> we're being squeezed because >> brown: sharon corbitt-house, known as "music row mama" up and down these streets, has bee