In the 1960s, Memphis became a recording industry Mecca because of producers like Chips Moman, who died this week at age 79. Moman notched more than 120 hit records on his belt, including Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline," B.J. Thomas's "Hooked on a Feeling," and Elvis Presley's mid-career comeback album that included "Suspicious Minds" and "Kentucky Rain."
Moman was inducted in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, and a historic marker at 827 Thomas Street remembers American Studios and Elvis' musical revival there.