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Bill Holford

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Occupation(s)
  
Record producer

Years active
  
1948-1982

Name
  
Bill Holford


Bill Holford

Died
  
22 March 1999Houston, 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.

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ACA Studios

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

Addresses

1017 WestheimerHouston

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
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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