Bill Holford

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Occupation(s) Record producer Years active 1948-1982		Name Bill Holford

Died 22 March 1999 Houston, Texas Genres Cajun, country, hillbilly, rockabilly, R&B Associated acts Audio Company of America

"People with Hands" recorded live in 1991, Houston, Texas

Bill Holford (born William Dwight Holford, Sr.; 12 June 1919 Bartlesville, Oklahoma – 22 March 1999 Houston) was, for 50 years, an American recording engineer and record producer. For 44 of those years, from 1948 to 1982, he was the affiliated with ACA Studios (Audio Company of America) in Houston as an owner, partner, and audio engineer.

ACA Studios

ACA was one of the earliest multi-track analog recording studios in the country.

Addresses

1017 Westheimer Houston

8208 Westpark Dr. Houston

ACA recording artists

Juke Boy Bonner

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Jewel "Teasin'" Brown

Arnett Cobb

Johnny Copeland

Peppermint Harris

Lightnin' Hopkins

Ivory Joe Hunter

B.B. King

Willie Love

Webb Pierce

Really Red

Little Richard

Buster Pickens

Jimmy Swan

Mitchell Torok

Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours

Tag Williams

Sonny Boy Williamson (aka Alex Miller)

Johnny Winter

Justin Wilson

Labels that recorded at ACA

Starday Records

Mercury Records

Peacock Records

Bellaire Records

D Records

Sarg Records

Macy's Recordings

Filmography

Killing Fields (1984)

ACA audio engineers and staff

Hank Lam: 1968-1972; engineer

George Holsomback; born 1947, engineer from 1973 - 1974, chief engineer 1974-1978.

Andy Bradley (born Andrew M. Bradley; 1951), audio engineer

Sonny Ray Stolz (born Rae Roy Stolz; 1946), audio engineer and editor, among other things, helped Holford move from ACA's temporary location at Savoy Drive in Houston into the acquired defunct studios of Jimmy Duncan's Soundville at 8208 Westpark, Houston. Soundville Studios was a division of Jimmy Duncan Productions, Inc. Stolz worked for ACA from the summer of 1972 until early 1973.

References

Bill Holford Wikipedia

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