Today’s Alabama Album: Bobbie Gentry’s “Fancy” some of which was recorded at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals tinyurl.com/y328mcdk Produced by Rick Hall. Tara Murtha’s essay about the title song is at tinyurl.com/y6rwzl7y #alabama #bobbiegentry #famestudios
FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
In 1963, The Tams landed at ABC-Paramount. Their first single there was “What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am),” written by Ray Whitley. The single was recorded at the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals with that tight, no-nonsense house-band energy. #FAMEStudios #TheTams #OneHitWondered
#Interestingly In 1965, the band drove up to Muscle Shoals and cut a demo at the now-legendary FAME Studios, with owner Rick Hall producing. After hearing it, Leonard & Marshall Chess bought the rights to release “Searching for My Love” for their Checker imprint. #FAMEStudios #OneHitWondered
#Interestingly Backing both Alexander & Hughes was the Original Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section of Norbert Putnam, David Briggs, & Jerry Carrigan… helping to create hits that put the lil’ Alabama studio on the map. #NorbertPutnam #DavidBriggs #JerryCarrigan #FAMEStudios #OneHitWondered
Jimmy Hughes publicity headshot photo
Rick Hall book cover
#Interestingly Rick Hall, the Father of Muscle Shoals Music, took the money from Alexander’s hit to build the current FAME Studios facility... and in 1963, he recorded & produced the first hit in that building, Jimmy Hughes's "Steal Away" #RickHall #JimmyHughes #FAMEStudios #OneHitWondered
#Interestingly A quick sidenote… Arthur Alexander earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1962 with “You Better Move On.” Covered by the Stones, loved by Lennon. #ArthurAlexander #FAMEStudios #OneHitWondered
#Interestingly Before Muscle Shoals became holy ground, there was a US #OneHitWonder honoree named Arthur Alexander… He walked into a tiny lil’ studio above a drug store in Florence, Alabama, and recorded a song that launched the Muscle Shoals sound. #FAMEStudios #ArthurAlexander #OneHitWondered
Today's Substack: Wilson Pickett, Drive-By Truckers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rolling Stones, the Swampers, and a drunk guy in a lime-green El Camino. Read, share, subscribe (it's free!) #muscleshoals #muscleshoalssound #famestudios #DriveByTruckers #rollingstones #smallbatchfiction #southernfiction
The Dead Daisies to release blues album “Lookin’ for Trouble” on May 30
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FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, is legendary for producing some of the most iconic recordings in music history
Standout tracks that came out of those halls
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