8 to the Bar 8 to the Bar 8 to the Bar is a studio album released by Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons in 1941 on Victor 78rpm set P-69, record numbers 27504 through 27507. It was recorded in two sessions, May 7 and June 17, 1941. It was reissued by RCA Victor in 1952 as a 10-inch LP record as LPT-9. In the United Kingdom, this LP was released by the Gramophone Company as HMV DLP 1011. It was also released as a set of four 45rpm discs, WPT-14. The album peaked at number 2, in 1945, on Billboard's album chart. All titles
Gramophone Hall of Fame Wynton Marsalis Albrecht Mayer Anne-Sophie Mutter Emmanuel Pahud Jean-Pierre Rampal Jordi Savall Andrés Segovia John Williams Alban Berg Quartet Amadeus Quartet The King's Singers Tallis Scholars Bernard Coutaz Fred Gaisberg Klaus Heymann Goddard Lieberson Kenneth Wilkinson Gramophone Hall of Fame Launched by "Gramophone" magazine in late 2011, the Gramophone Hall of Fame is an annual listing of the men and women (artists, producers, engineers, A&R directors and label founders) who have contributed to the classical record industry. Fifty individuals and ensembles entered the Hall of Fame in its first year. A special edition of the magazine (May 2012 issue) celebrates