Royal Theatre
1320 S. Lauderdale Street,
Memphis,
TN
38106
1320 S. Lauderdale Street,
Memphis,
TN
38106
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The Royal Theatre was located on South Lauderdale Street just south of East Trigg Avenue. Closed sometime in the late-1950’s.
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Here is how this theatre looks on 7/4/2007: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gspragin/723338364/ and here is the annex: View link
It seems to be freshly painted. The sign on the front says, “The Studio.”
The theater was converted into Hi/Royal Recording Studios in the late ‘50s. Among some of those who recorded here were the Memphis Horns and the Ike and Tina Turner Review, back when Memphis was the capitol of Soul.
http://www.jukenjamm.com/juke/photos/hi/hi.html
Here is a link to the studios' history that many will find of interest.
1983 photo of the Royal Theatre.
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Willie Mitchell’s Royal Studios' official web site at http://www.williemitchell.com/index.php indicates that the theater was built in 1915 and converted into a recording studio in 1957.