Tom Pick graduated from Remsen (Iowa) St. Mary's High School and then DeVry Technical Institute in Chicago, where he studied recording, television, and electronics. Following graduation, he was employed at the Boulevard Recording Studio in Chicago for 6 months, then moved to RCA in Chicago. He moved from Chicago to Nashville in 1968, and lived there for the rest of his life.
Tom was a master recording engineer/producer for RCA Records in Nashville until the studio there closed in 1975. He then worked for Fireside and then Merit, where he built a new studio in 1985. Since 1982 he owned his own company, Goldust Productions, Inc.
Called “legendary” by others in the music industry, Tom won countless Platinum and Gold Records and 8 Grammy Awards for his recording engineer work. Gold Records for singles are especially hard to win, and Tom has 3: for Jerry Reed’s Amos Moses, Charlie Pride’s Kiss an Angel Good Morning, and Donna Fargo’s Happiest Girl in the Whole USA. Tom recorded more than 50 number-one records or albums during his illustrious 52-year career. His 1976 album Wanted! The Outlaws, featuring Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser, was an incredible Triple Platinum long-time best seller. Besides these three singers, Tom also worked with Elvis Presley, Perry Como, Chet Atkins, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, Floyd Cramer, polka musician Jimmy Sturr, and many, many other stars.
In 2015 Tom was honored at the Country Music Hall of Fame with the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Nashville Chapter Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of the recording industry of Nashville "for improving the quality of music recording through a lifetime of engineering and technical excellence."
Tom’s hobbies and interests included cruising and music concerts. He also liked NASCAR auto racing and fishing.
Tom and his wife of 54 years, Sue (Mulvaney), have two daughters, Diane and Linda, and six grandchildren.
Tom Pick graduated from Remsen (Iowa) St. Mary's High School and then DeVry Technical Institute in Chicago, where he studied recording, television, and electronics. Following graduation, he was employed at the Boulevard Recording Studio in Chicago for 6 months, then moved to RCA in Chicago. He moved from Chicago to Nashville in 1968, and lived there for the rest of his life.
Tom was a master recording engineer/producer for RCA Records in Nashville until the studio there closed in 1975. He then worked for Fireside and then Merit, where he built a new studio in 1985. Since 1982 he owned his own company, Goldust Productions, Inc.
Called “legendary” by others in the music industry, Tom won countless Platinum and Gold Records and 8 Grammy Awards for his recording engineer work. Gold Records for singles are especially hard to win, and Tom has 3: for Jerry Reed’s Amos Moses, Charlie Pride’s Kiss an Angel Good Morning, and Donna Fargo’s Happiest Girl in the Whole USA. Tom recorded more than 50 number-one records or albums during his illustrious 52-year career. His 1976 album Wanted! The Outlaws, featuring Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser, was an incredible Triple Platinum long-time best seller. Besides these three singers, Tom also worked with Elvis Presley, Perry Como, Chet Atkins, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, Floyd Cramer, polka musician Jimmy Sturr, and many, many other stars.
In 2015 Tom was honored at the Country Music Hall of Fame with the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Nashville Chapter Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of the recording industry of Nashville "for improving the quality of music recording through a lifetime of engineering and technical excellence."
Tom’s hobbies and interests included cruising and music concerts. He also liked NASCAR auto racing and fishing.
Tom and his wife of 54 years, Sue (Mulvaney), have two daughters, Diane and Linda, and six grandchildren.
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