HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – Muscle Shoals holds an outsized place in the history of American music. Known for two legendary recording studios – Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and FAME Studios – the town has ...

The Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama was home to many famous recordings. These four standout albums were just a few.

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Three years ago, somewhere between a string of shows across Alabama, Nashville, and Mississippi, this writer did what musicians have been doing for decades: we pointed the car toward Muscle Shoals.

When 22-year-old Cherilyn Sarkisian arrived at Muscle Shoals Sound in April 1969, the owners and musicians there didn’t recognize her. Sarkisian, better known as Cher, was one of the most famous ...

Little Muscle Shoals, Alabama boasts a giant legacy as the birthplace of blues, "Brown Sugar" and miraculous American icons. Helen Keller, W.C. Handy and Sam Phillips were each born along this sleepy ...

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SHEFFIELD, Ala. (WAFF) - Leaders in the Shoals are trying to attract musicians of all kinds to help keep the area “The Recording Capital of the World.” Two years ago they started an incentive program ...

Most people of a certain age recall Boz Scaggs for his 1976 breakthrough album, Silk Degrees. With hits like “Georgia,” “Lido Shuffle” and — the number three hit — “Lowdown,” it was a must-own album ...

“In Muscle Shoals, American music crossed lines that weren’t supposed to be breached...Black and white sounds, R&B, blues, soul and country met between the banks.” In fact, eagle-eyed (eared?) ...

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville is turning its attention to a little Alabama town that quietly shaped the soundtrack of generations. On November 14, 2025, the museum will open ...