RODNEY HALL Rodney Hall is co-owner and president of FAME Publishing and House of Fame music in Muscle Shoals Alabama. 1 refers to the album being recorded at the Studio. The title of Chris Stapleton’s 2017 release, From ARoom: Vol. Some of the best-selling hits of the past 70 years have been recorded in this studio - simply put, it is music magic. The studio is the sister studio next door to RCA Studio B which opened in 1956. The shortened acronym, FAME, undoubtedly fits the studio’s impact on the music industry. That year, Rick Hall, Billy Sherrill and Tom Stafford founded the Florence Alabama Music Enterprises above the City Drug Store in downtown Florence. Let’s travel back to where it all started: 1959. Many words have been used to describe the Muscle Shoals sound.” -Fame Recording Studios Website “Any discussion about American Music that doesn’t involve Muscle Shoals, Alabama isn’t really a discussion at all. Heart-pounding. Passionate music lovers want to see and feel why Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones referred to Muscle Shoals and 3614 as Rock and Roll Heaven.

The Origin of Fame Recording Studios & Why it’s still Popular Today Rick Hall standing in front of his legacy–FAME Recording Studios Photo Via MusicTrail Even though Muscle Shoals is fairly small, there’s no mistaking the huge impact Fame Recording Studio had on not only Muscle Shoals, but the entire music industry. Picking the 20 best songs ever recorded in the Muscle Shoals area, at now-iconic studios such as Fame and Muscle Shoals Sound, is a daunting task. On top of that, Fame Studios is one of the longest-running recording studios, churning out hit after hit records since the 1950s. The studio is the reason Muscle Shoals carries that name, and why the city is well known for music. Photo via Nathan Watson for The Bama Buzzĭid you know that Muscle Shoals has been called, “ The Hit Recording Capital of the World”? Even if you haven’t visited the city, you’ve definitely heard its sound, thanks to the little recording studio called FAME. Facebook 27 Tweet LinkedIn Shares 27 FAME Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

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