Criteria Studios is a music studio in Miami, Florida started in 1958 by Mack Emerman. Artists such as the Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, Derek and the Dominos, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Aerosmith, David Bowie, Bob Marley, 2 Live Crew, The Eagles, Dr.Dre, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, John Cougar Mellencamp, 10,000 Maniacs, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan, and R. Kelly have recorded singles and albums here. Downtown Miami as seen from Watson Island City nickname: The Magic City, The American Riviera, The Sixth Borough Official website: http://www. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bee Gees were a British band, formed in Australia. ... Eric Patrick Slowhand Clapton Eric Patrick “Slowhand” Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945) is a Grammy Award winning British composer, singer and guitarist who became one of the most respected and influential artists of the rock era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... The Dominos Original Lineup: Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Jim Gordon and Carl Radle. ... Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an iconic American gospel, soul and R&B singer born in Memphis, Tennessee, but raised in Detroit, Michigan. ... James Brown, known variously as: Soul Brother Number One, the Godfather of Soul, Mr. ... Aerosmith is a long-running classic rock band, originally forming in Boston, Massachusetts in the early 1970s. ... David Bowie David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947 in London) is an English rock musician and actor. ... Robert Nesta Marley, OM, (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) better known as Bob Marley, was a Jamaican singer, guitarist, songwriter and activist. ... 2 Live Crew is one of the most controversial rap groups ever, largely due to the sexual themes of one album, As Nasty As They Wanna Be (1989). ... The Eagles are an American rock music group that originally came together in Los Angeles, California in the early 1970s. ... Dr. Dre (born Andre Young on February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California) is an African-American record producer, rapper, and record executive, one of the most successful and well-known producers in the field of hip hop music. ... Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970 in Huntington, New York, United States) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. ... Lenny Kravitz, 2005 (José Cruz/ABr) Lenny Kravitz (born Leonard Albert Kravitz on May 26, 1964 in New York) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and guitarist whose retro-style amalgam of rock, pop, funk, and even techno is inspired by such music icons as Jimi Hendrix and John... John Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is an American singer and songwriter, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s hits, including Jack and Diane, and by his role in the Farm Aid charity event. ... 10,000 Maniacs is a US rock band, formed in 1981 and active with various line-ups since that time. ... Fleetwood Mac during their 1970s commercial heyday. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on 24 May 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet. ... R.Kelly Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois), who goes by the stage name of R. Kelly, is a successful R&B singer-songwriter and record producer who came to dominate the R&B music scene throughout the 1990s and in the current decade. ...