Decca Studios, Hollywood

Recording studios, located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Operating from the 1930s until 1966. Then renamed to Studio 55, Los Angeles. Before 1940, the studio and transcription business located at 5505 Melrose Avenue was known as Recordings, Inc. and was used extensively by Decca from the very beginning of its recording history in 1934. When Recordings, Inc. went out of business in 1940, Decca took over the building at 5505 Melrose Avenue, installed all new equipment,and became Decca Studios, Hollywood.