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The likes of the Allman Brothers Band, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, the Staples Singers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Wilson Pickett and others were drawn to the Alabama town that producer Rick Hall’s FAME Studio and Muscle Shoals Recording Studios called home. Director Greg “Freddy” Camalier brings the rich history of the “Muscle Shoals sound” to life in his documentary feature entry at Sundance...

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Muscle Shoals Sound Studio

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Original studios at 3614 Jackson Highway, Sheffield
Location:	3614 Jackson Hwy., Sheffield, Alabama
Coordinates:	34°46′4″N 87°40′26″WCoordinates: 34°46′4″N 87°40′26″W
Architectural style:	Early Commercial
Governing body:	Private

New facilities for Muscle Shoals Sound off Alabama Avenue in Sheffield, Alabama.

The new facilities are now home to Cypress Moon Studios.

The Muscle Shoals Sound Studio was formed in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in 1969 when musicians Barry Beckett (keyboards), Roger Hawkins (drums), Jimmy Johnson (guitar) and David Hood (bass) (called The Swampers) left FAME Studios to create their own studio. The Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section, as they became known, was the first rhythm section to own its own studio and, eventually, its own publishing and production companies. The distinctive accompaniment and arrangements have been heard on a tremendous number of legendary recordings, including those from Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, and the Staple Singers amongst others. Many artists have recorded hit songs and complete albums at the studio.
The original rhythm section that broke away to create these studios first formed in 1967 and initially played sessions in New York and Nashville as well as on the famous FAME recordings. The initial successes led to the arrival of more mainstream rock and pop performers among them The Rolling Stones, Traffic, Elton John, Boz Scaggs, Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Dr. Hook, Elkie Brooks, Millie Jackson and Julian Lennon.
Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, along with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, moved to new facilities off Alabama Avenue in Sheffield in the late 1970s.
The Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section, who owned the original Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, are referred to as "the Swampers" in the lyrics of Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
The original Muscle Shoals Sound Studios building is located at 3614 Jackson Highway and is listed on The National Register of Historic Places.^[1]
Although the original Muscle Shoals Sound Studios relocated from 3614 Jackson Highway to an updated and larger facility on Alabama Avenue in Sheffield, the building (now owned by Noel Webster) still sees occasional use as a recording studio. The Black Keys album Brothers, recorded there in 2009 achieved Grammy Award success in 2011 in the building formerly occupied by Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.

Selected recordings

Song	Artist	Date	Charting on US Pop chart [2]	Notes
3614 Jackson Highway	Cher	1969
Boz Scaggs (album)	Boz Scaggs	1969
"Take a Letter, Maria"	R.B. Greaves	August 19, 1969	#2
Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty	Herbie Mann	(Released 1970)
"Brown Sugar"	The Rolling Stones	December 2-4 1969 (Released 1971)	#1
"Wild Horses"	The Rolling Stones	December 2-4 1969 (Released 1971)	#28
"I'll Take You There"	The Staple Singers	1972	#1
Kodachrome	Paul Simon	1973	#2
"Loves Me Like a Rock"	Paul Simon	1973	#2
One More River to Cross	Canned Heat	1973
Atlantic Crossing	Rod Stewart	1974-1975 (Released 1975)
Breakaway	Art Garfunkel	1975
"Katmandu"	Bob Seger	1975	#43
"Night Moves"	Bob Seger	1976	#8
"Mainstreet"	Bob Seger	1976	#24 (in 1977)
izitso	Cat Stevens	1976	#7 (in 1977)
"Old Time Rock and Roll"	Bob Seger	1978	#28 (in 1979)
Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album	Lynyrd Skynyrd	1971-1972 (Released 1978)
Strikes	Blackfoot	1979
"Gotta Serve Somebody"	Bob Dylan	1979	#24	1980 Grammy winner
Pleasure And Pain	Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show	1978
Sometimes You Win	Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show	1979
Valotte	Julian Lennon	1984	#9
Brothers	The Black Keys	2009 (Released 2010)		2011 Grammy winner