A DOCUMENTARY FILM
A DOCUMENTARY FILM
Inside the little Hollywood studio that produced the biggest sound in pop music history.
Inside the little Hollywood studio that produced the biggest sound in pop music history.
Inside the little Hollywood studio that produced the biggest sound in pop music history.
A FILM BY DENNY TEDESCO · EDITED BY PAUL MATTHEW GORDON
A FILM BY DENNY TEDESCO · EDITED BY PAUL MATTHEW GORDON
A FILM BY DENNY TEDESCO · EDITED BY PAUL MATTHEW GORDON
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120+
BILLBOARD TOP 40 HITS
1950–1984
YEARS IN OPERATION
Santa Monica & Vine
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
#1
MOST-PLAYED SONG IN RADIO HISTORY
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6252 SANTA MONICA BLVD, HOLLYWOOD
THE FILM
One Little Room.
The Biggest Sound in Pop.
For 34 years, a tiny studio at Santa Monica & Vine turned out hit after hit. The Walls of Sound tells how, through the people who made them.
6252 SANTA MONICA BLVD, HOLLYWOOD
THE FILM
One Little Room.
The Biggest Sound in Pop.
For 34 years, a tiny studio at Santa Monica & Vine turned out hit after hit. The Walls of Sound tells how, through the people who made them.
6252 SANTA MONICA BLVD, HOLLYWOOD
THE FILM
One Little Room.
The Biggest Sound in Pop.
For 34 years, a tiny studio at Santa Monica & Vine turned out hit after hit. The Walls of Sound tells how, through the people who made them.
WHO RECORDED THERE
THE BEACH BOYS · THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS · THE RONETTES
THE BEACH BOYS · THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS · THE RONETTES
THE CRYSTALS · RITCHIE VALENS · SONNY & CHER · IKE & TINA TURNER · AND MANY MORE
THE CRYSTALS · RITCHIE VALENS · SONNY & CHER · IKE & TINA TURNER · AND MANY MORE
THE CRYSTALS · RITCHIE VALENS · SONNY & CHER · IKE & TINA TURNER · AND MANY MORE
WHO TELLS THE STORY
BRIAN WILSON
BRIAN WILSON
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
CHER
CHER
Sonny & Cher
Sonny & Cher
HERB ALPERT
HERB ALPERT
Tijuana Brass
Tijuana Brass
DARLENE LOVE
DARLENE LOVE
The Crystals
The Crystals
BILL MEDLEY
BILL MEDLEY
The Righteous Brothers
The Righteous Brothers
…and more than 65 other artists, session players, and engineers.
…and more than 65 other artists, session players, and engineers.
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The echo chamber, the underdogs, and the sound that changed pop music.
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120+ hits. One tiny studio. Hear the soundtrack of an era.
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