South Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

United Record Pressing

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 9, 2024

1. United Record Pressing Marker

Inscription. Bullet Records began in 1946 as one of Nashville's first independent record labels. Bullet Plastics opened in 1947, pressing records for the label. The ownership and name changed in the 1950s to Southern Plastics, and the company moved from Broadway to Franklin Road. In 1963, it moved to a larger facility on Chestnut Street that pressed 1 million records per month, including all of Motown's singles. The company became United Record Pressing in the 1970s.

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African American artists and music executives who could not find accommodations in Jim Crow-era Nashville stayed in a rear apartment called the "Motown Suite" or "United Hilton." Notable guests included Berry Gordy Jr., Smokey Robinson and the Supremes. In the 1990s United Record began manufacturing 10- and 12-inch records. In 2008 a distribution division was added in 2010 a record label - 453 Music - was launched. The company moved to a larger facility on Allied Drive in 2017.

Erected 2022 by the Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 245.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1946.

Location.

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36° 8.595′ N, 86° 46.205′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in South Nashville. It is at the intersection of Chestnut Street and Martin Street, on the right when traveling east on Chestnut Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 453 Chestnut St, Nashville TN 37203, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: May Hosiery Mills (within shouting distance of this marker); Merritt House (approx. 0.2 miles away); From Burying Ground to Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); A Birthplace of Freedom (approx. ¼ mile away); Andrew Johnson (approx. ¼ mile away); Captain James St. Clair Morton (approx. ¼ mile away); Union Major General Don Carlos Buell (approx. ¼ mile away); The Free and the Unfree (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 9, 2024

2. United Record Pressing Marker

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 9, 2024

3. United Record Pressing Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 9, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 433 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 10, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.