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About Muscle Shoals, AL

Residents in Muscle Shoals created two studios that have worked with numerous artists to record many hit songs from the 1960s to today. These are FAME Studios, founded by Rick Hall, where Arthur Alexander, Percy Sledge, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and numerous others recorded; and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, founded by the musicians known as The Swampers. They worked with Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Rod Stewart, the Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers, and others. All four of the Quad Cities have contributed to what became known as the "Muscle Shoals Sound". [ citation needed ] In addition to the city being home to country music band Shenandoah, it has been a destination of numerous artists to write and record.