From James Brown in 1965 to Lil Wayne in 2008, one address in North Miami and one name from New York account for an implausible share of the American songbook. A documentary in development — executive produced by Sir Michael Fomkin and VIP Ignite Live with Abundance Studios — sets out to tell how.
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It started in 1969 as one room rented by a New York songwriter. Half a century later the name sat on a building in North Miami where Layla, Hotel California and the Bee Gees' 1978 were made. The history of The Hit Factory — and of Criteria, the studio it bought.