Ralph Peer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ralph Peer

Talent scout, recording engineer and record producer

Date of Birth: 22-May-1892

Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 19-Jan-1960

Profession: composer, engineer, audio engineer, record producer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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.