Ralph Peer

Ralph Sylvester Peer (May 22, 1892 – January 19, 1960) was an American talent scout, recording engineer, record producer and music publisher in the 1920s and 1930s. Peer pioneered field recording of music when in June 1923 he took remote recording equipment south to Atlanta, Georgia, to record regional music outside the recording studio in such places as hotel rooms, ballrooms, or empty warehouses. Peer also designed the modern day arrangement where artists get a share of the royalties from the copyright of their songs as well as the record sales. He has been inducted into Hall of Fames for country music as well as for the blues.