SugarHill Recording Studios is a professional recording studio in Houston, Texas, at 5626 Brock Street in the East End. Founded in 1941, it is the oldest continuously operating recording studio in the United States, offering recording, mixing, mastering, ADR, voiceover, audiobook production, tape transfer and audio restoration.
- Name
- SugarHill Recording Studios
- Also Known As
- SugarHill Studios · Gold Star Studios · Quinn Recording
- Founded
- 1941
- Location
- 5626 Brock St, Houston, TX 77023
- Phone
- 713-926-4431
- Distinction
- Oldest continuously operating recording studio in the U.S.
- Services
- Recording, mixing, mastering, audiobooks, ADR, voiceover, tape transfer, restoration
- Recorded Here
- Lightnin' Hopkins, George Jones, Freddy Fender, Destiny's Child, Beyonce & many more
Eighty-five years of tape.
Bill Quinn opened a recording studio in a converted gas station on Telephone Road in Houston in 1941 and never closed it. That makes SugarHill the oldest continuously operating recording studio in the United States. The room earned its reputation one session at a time, and it is still earning it.
The label was Gold Star first. Harry Choates cut "Jolie Blon" here in 1946. Lightnin' Hopkins started the next year. Selena, Destiny's Child, Beyonce and Travis Scott followed decades later. Same floor, same tape machines warm in the corner.
Every kind of audio.
Tracking a live band, finishing a mix, mastering for release, or restoring a tape that has waited fifty years. Eight services, one room with eight decades behind it.
Recording
Full-band tracking, overdubs and vocals in the live room that built the Houston sound.
Explore 02Mixing
Turn raw multitrack into a finished, balanced record that translates everywhere.
Explore 03Mastering
The final polish and the loudness, format and consistency a release needs.
Explore 04Audio Books
Long-form narration recorded, edited and delivered to retailer spec.
Explore 05ADR
Automated dialogue replacement, looped and synced clean to picture.
Explore 06Voiceover
Spots, narration, e-learning and game voice in a treated, quiet booth.
Explore 07Tape Transfer
Legacy reels, cassettes and DAT digitized and preserved at archival quality.
Explore 08Audio Restoration
Noise, clicks and damage cleaned out of old or troubled recordings.
ExploreBook the room itself.
Three rooms and a set of live echo chambers, each with its own console and character. Not a recreation. The same brick that pulled eighty years of records out of Houston.
A new chapter is coming.
New ownership is opening a new chapter for SugarHill in 2026. The mission is simple. Protect what makes this room the oldest working studio in the country, and give the next generation of artists a reason to drive to Houston to record.
Come cut a record.
Tell us what you are making and when you want the room. We come back with availability, rates and a room that fits the session.