fame studios: The Sound of the Shoals - Part 3 - The Birth of Rock and Roll and Rhythm and Blues
- 11/16/09 08:57 AM
The Sound of the Shoals - Part 3 - The Birth of Rock and Roll and Rhythm and BluesPart Three of our series that explains why Muscle Shoals, Alabama is considered the "Hit Recording Capital of the World." The next generation of Shoals area music began when the legendary Sam Phillips began working as a broadcast engineer at WLAY radio in Muscle Shoals. He eventually relocated to Memphis, and on July 5, 1954, Phillips discovered a talent that could only be explained as "a white man who could sing with a black man's soul." Elvis Presley auditioned for Sam Phillips one … (0 comments)
fame studios: The Sound of the Shoals - Part 2 - Beginnings
- 11/12/09 03:53 AM
The Sound of the Shoals - Part 2 - BeginningsOn the banks of the Tennessee River in the northwest corner of Alabama, four small, thriving cities are joined together by a history that many of its own citizens have never explored. Many of the people in the area are completely unaware of the internation significance that this area, known as the Shoals Area, has had in the music industry throughout the world. Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the second largest of the four, has a unique place in music history that earned this nearly forgotten part of the country the title of "Hit … (1 comments)
The Sound of the Shoals - Part 3 - The Birth of Rock and Roll and Rhythm and BluesPart Three of our series that explains why Muscle Shoals, Alabama is considered the "Hit Recording Capital of the World."
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