Once the 1950’s came along Webster Hall’s music presence was progressing and changing with the times, hosting very famous latin performers such as Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez along with many folk singers like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. In 1953, RCA Records purchased Webster Hall, recognizing the acoustical brilliance that the Grand Ballroom had to offer and launched “The Webster Hall Studios” as their main east coast recording studio for 15 years. In the RCA years of Webster Hall many superstar artists of the time such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, Ray Charles, Carol Channing and Elvis Presley recorded legendary songs within the walls of The Grand Ballroom. On February 2, 1962 Bob Dylan was recorded playing harmonica on the title track of Harry Belafonte’s Midnight Special album, marking Dylan’s recording debut. By 1970 Webster Hall was bought by Unity Gallega (“Unity Gallega/Casa Galicia is a cultural organization representing people from Galicia, Spain in promoting and preserving their cultural ties”) and remains owned by them to this day.