Music in real places

The Château d’Hérouville

Rue Paul Bagnard, Hérouville-en-Vexin, Val-d’Oise

Explore the places

Markers identify buildings or documented location references. They do not mark an exact recording room, stage position or camera angle.

The Château d’Hérouville — Map source

Music happened here

Honky Château at Hérouville

The writers and band move into the château

January 1972

Elton John, Bernie Taupin and the band prepared Honky Château at Château d’Hérouville in January 1972; Taupin left lyrics on Elton’s piano and the band set up in the dining room.

Honky Château anniversary

Stayin’ Alive: a groove carried between studios

The Bee Gees work on Stayin’ Alive at Hérouville

1977

The Bee Gees worked on Stayin’ Alive at Le Chateau Studios in Hérouville, France, where Karl Richardson and Albhy Galuten developed its looped drum foundation from Night Fever.

Reading the place today

The château is a historical working-site reference. This edition does not establish a public interior tour; consult the property’s operator before arranging access.