Cameo Parkway Studios

Formed in 1963 in Philadelphia to record artists for their label, originally located on the sixth floor of 1405 Locust Street, an office building across from the Philadelphia Academy of Music. Much of the label’s recording activity took place in a cramped makeshift studio within that office, although sessions could only take place on nights and weekends so as not to disturb neighboring businesses. By 1965, it had outgrown its Locust Street headquarters by the time of the sale and had since relocated to a larger facility with a more sophisticated recording studio at 309 S. Broad Street. By 1968 it became Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, and would be known as the headquarters for the Gamble & Huff studio productions.