Opened as the Maida Vale roller skating palace and club. Demolished and rebuilt in 1933/34, It now comprises seven studios and is used for recording a large variety of music and other programmes for BBC radio.
June 2018: The BBC are to close the studios and move its live music base to Stratford, East London.
August 2023: BBC sells historic Maida Vale Studios in London.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Maida Vale Studios
Maida Vale Studios, home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Radiophonic Wo...
The Joe Meek Society (formerly Joe Meek Appreciation Society) was formed in the early nineties to remember and celebrate the music and life of legendary sixties record producer and song writer Joe ...
Musician and conductor. Born in London. Was initially an organist, at St. James' Church, Piccadilly. Married the heiress Gloria Vanderbilt (amongst others), had an affair with Greta Garbo. ...
Reggae musician. Saxophone and flute player. Played with Cliff And His Rhythm Ryders. Died London. No photos seem to be available so here's a record label instead.
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Known professionally as Devon Russell, he was a Jamaican rocksteady and reggae singer and record producer who recorded between the 1960s and the 1990s, both as a solo artist and as a member of The ...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
