Fifty-five years ago today, Johnny Cash recorded a live album at the Ryman that helped launch Kris Kristofferson's career.

It’s songs of the summer time, as both the calendar and the thermometer make clear — we’re deep in the sticky season.

Producer Andrew Loog Oldham and the Rolling Stones recorded their monumental 1964-1966 albums at RCA with staff engineer Dave Hassinger. Brian Wilson produced the Beach Boys’ “Help Me, Rhonda” at RCA, ...