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    Rick Hall, the father of the Muscle Shoals sound, dies at 85

    by Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times Jan 03, 2018 4 minutes

    Bad blood between two key figures in 1960s R&B and soul music turned out to be good fortune for another, helping transform Rick Hall's tiny recording studio in out-of-the-way Muscle Shoals, Ala., into one of the most fertile musical breeding grounds in pop music history.

    Because of the falling out between esteemed Atlantic Records executive Jerry Wexler and Jim Stewart, the co-founder of Memphis' celebrated Stax Records label, Wexler took his business - and acclaimed artist roster - about 150 miles east to Fame Studios, owned by Hall, a veteran studio operator, producer and songwriter.

    Hall, who died Monday at age 85 after a battle with cancer, remained a musical force for decades.

    Aretha Franklin has cited her first experience working at Fame

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