The Fame Studios Story – 1961–1973

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistLength
1You Better Move On
Arthur Alexander2:45
2Laugh It Off
The Tams2:38
3Night Rumble
The Mark 51:50
4Everybody
Tommy Roe1:58
5I Hope They Get Their Eyes Full
Arthur Alexander2:37
6Steal Away
recorded at:
FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (in 1963)
recording of:
Steal Away (in 1963)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Hughes
Jimmy Hughes2:27
7Let Them Talk
Dan Penn2:06
8Hold What You’ve Got
recorded in:
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1964-11-06)
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd
producer:
Buddy Killen
baritone saxophone:
Mack Williams (on 1964-11-06)
bass:
Warren Jones (on 1964-11-06)
drums (drum set):
Clyde Williams (on 1964-11-06)
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Clarence Hadley (on 1964-11-06)
guitar:
Lee Royal Hadley (on 1964-11-06)
tenor saxophone:
Eddie Williams (on 1964-11-06)
vocals:
Joe Tex (on 1964-11-06)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1964 (number: 26)
recording of:
Hold What You’ve Got (from 1964 until 1964-11-06)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Tex
publisher:
Fort Knox Music Inc., Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Trio Music Company
Joe Tex3:06
9A Man Is a Mean, Mean Thing
recording of:
Man Is a Mean Thing
writer:
Charles Eldred and Helen Keep
Barbara Perry2:08
10Fortune Teller
The Del-Rays2:35
11Funny Style
Bobby Marchan2:14
12Almost Persuaded
June Conquest2:41
13Too Much
The Entertainers2:02
14Keep On Talking
recording of:
Keep on Talking
writer:
Dewey Oldham and Dan Penn
publisher:
Fame Publishing Company LLC and Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:
Warner Chappell Music France
James Barnett2:36
15Searching for My Love
Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces2:28
16Wish You Didn’t Have to Go
Spooner & The Spoons2:10
17Let’s Do It Over
recording of:
Let’s Do It Over
writer:
Spooner Oldham and Dan Penn
Joe Simon2:23
18Neighbor, Neighbor
Jimmy Hughes2:38
19Feed the Flame
Billy Young2:32
20I’m Your Puppet
Bobby & James Purify3:00
21I Can’t Stop (No, No, No)
Arthur Conley2:29
22Gonna Make You Say Yeah
Terry Woodford2:20
23Two in the Morning
Spooner's Crowd2:31
24Why Not Tonight
James Gilreath2:41
25Land of 1000 Dances
producer:
Jerry Wexler
baritone saxophone:
Floyd Newman (from 1966-05-08 until 1966-05-11)
bass guitar [bass]:
Tommy Cogbill (from 1966-05-08 until 1966-05-11)
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins (from 1966-05-08 until 1966-05-11)
guitar:
Jimmy Johnson (from 1966-05-08 until 1966-05-11) and Chips Moman (from 1966-05-08 until 1966-05-11)
piano:
Spooner Oldham (from 1966-05-08 until 1966-05-11)
tenor saxophone:
Charles Chalmers (from 1966-05-08 until 1966-05-11) and Andrew Love (from 1966-05-08 until 1966-05-11)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (from 1966-05-08 until 1966-05-11)
vocals:
Wilson Pickett (from 1966-05-08 until 1966-05-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc.
recorded at:
Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (from 1966-05-08 until 1966-05-11)
cover recording of:
Land of 1000 Dances (from 1966-05-08 until 1966-05-11)
lyricist and composer:
Chris Kenner
additional writer:
Antoine Domino
publisher:
Anatole, EMI Longitude Music, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. and Tune-Kel
recording of:
Land of 1000 Dances
lyricist and composer:
Chris Kenner
additional writer:
Antoine Domino
publisher:
Anatole, EMI Longitude Music, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. and Tune-Kel
Wilson Pickett2:24
2▼CD
#TitleArtistLength
1You Left the Water Running
recording of:
You Left the Water Running
writer:
Oscar Franck, Rick Hall and Dan Penn
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Otis Redding4:09
2A Shot of Rhythm & Blues
Clyde McPhatter2:23
3Slippin’ Around With You
Art Freeman2:57
4Without a Woman
Kip Anderson2:50
5Sweet Soul Music
engineer:
Jimmy Johnson
producer:
Otis Redding
guitar:
Moses Dillard (on 1967-01-20)
vocals:
Arthur Conley (on 1967-01-20)
recorded at:
FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1967-01-20)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 351)
recording of:
Sweet Soul Music (on 1967-01-20)
writer:
Arthur Conley, Sam Cooke and Otis Redding
publisher:
ABKCO Music and Rondor
is based on:
Yeah Man
Arthur Conley2:20
6Thread the Needle
Clarence & Calvin3:37
7I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)
recording engineer:
Rick Hall
producer:
Jerry Wexler
bass guitar:
Tommy Cogbill (on 1967-01-24)
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins (on 1967-01-24)
guitar:
Jimmy Johnson (on 1967-01-24) and Chips Moman (on 1967-01-24)
piano:
Aretha Franklin (on 1967-01-24) and Spooner Oldham (on 1967-01-24)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Arnold (on 1967-01-24) and Charles Chalmers (on 1967-01-24)
trombone:
David Hood (on 1967-01-24)
trumpet:
Ken Laxton (on 1967-01-24)
vocals:
Aretha Franklin (on 1967-01-24)
conductor:
Tom Dowd (on 1967-01-24)
horn arranger:
Charles Chalmers
arranger:
Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1967) and WEA International Inc. (in 1967)
recorded at:
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (on 1967-01-24)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 186)
recording of:
I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (on 1967-01-24)
lyricist and composer:
Ronnie Shannon
publisher:
14th Hour Music, EMI Songs Ltd., Fourteenth Hour Music, Inc., Mijac Music and Pronto Music
Aretha Franklin2:50
8Miss You So
Ted Taylor2:18
9You Put Something on Me
Don Covay & the Good Timers2:43
10Tell Mama
Etta James2:21
11Keep Your Cool
Terry & The Chain Reaction2:46
12Cheater Man
recording of:
Cheater Man
writer:
Spooner Oldham and Dan Penn
Irma Thomas2:30
13Don’t Make Me Hate Loving You
Jeanie Greene2:14
14Everytime
Linda Carr2:26
15I Stayed Away Too Long
The Wallace Brothers2:16
16As Long as I Got You
recording of:
As Long as I Got You
lyricist:
Laura Lee
composer:
Gene Barge
Laura Lee2:12
17Don’t Lose Your Good Thing
The Blues Busters2:49
18Slip Away
recording of:
Slip Away
writer:
William Armstrong, Marcus Daniel and Wilbur Terrell
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc.
Clarence Carter2:58
19Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
cover recording of:
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
writer:
Chips Moman and Dan Penn
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc., TRO Essex Music Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Otis Clay2:24
20Once in a While (Is Better Than Never at All)
Spencer Wiggins3:34
21Thief in the Night
Ben & Spence2:35
22Take Me Just as I Am
Mitty Collier2:50
23Why Don’t You Try Me
Maurice & Mac2:25
24Search Your Heart
George Jackson2:42
25Ten Miles High
David & the Giants2:30
3▼CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Lady in the Rain
Lowell Fulson2:46
2Hey Jude
engineer and producer:
Rick Hall
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins (on 1968-11-27)
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Jerry Jemmott (on 1968-11-27)
electric guitar:
Duane Allman (on 1968-11-27) and Jimmy Johnson (on 1968-11-27)
piano:
Barry Beckett (on 1968-11-27)
saxophone:
Floyd Newman (on 1968-11-27)
tenor saxophone:
Andrew Love (on 1968-11-27) and James Mitchell (on 1968-11-27)
trumpet:
Gene “Bowlegs” Miller (on 1968-11-27)
lead vocals:
Wilson Pickett (on 1968-11-27)
arranger:
Rick Hall
recorded at:
FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1968-11-27)
cover recording of:
Hey Jude (on 1968-11-27)
written in:
England, United Kingdom (in 1968-06)
writer:
John Lennon (in 1968-06) and Paul McCartney (in 1968-06)
publisher:
Maclen (Music) Ltd., Maclen Music, Inc., Music Corporation of America, Inc., Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
written at:
Cavendish Avenue in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (from 1968-06 until 1968-07-26)
Wilson Pickett4:06
3Another Man’s Woman, Another Woman’s Man
Unknown Female3:24
4Snatchin’ It Back
recording of:
Snatchin’ It Back
lyricist and composer:
Clarence George Carter (in 1969) and George Henry Jackson (in 1969)
writer:
Little Steven
publisher:
Fame Music and Screen Gems-EMI
Clarence Carter2:50
5I Got You Babe
Etta James2:27
6Wanted: Lover (No Experience Necessary)
James Govan2:59
7Find ’Em, Fool ’Em and Forget ’Em
recording of:
Find ’Em, Fool ’Em and Forget ’Em
writer:
Rick Hall and George Jones
George Jackson2:34
8I’m Just a Prisoner (of Your Good Lovin’)
recording of:
I’m Just a Prisoner
writer:
Edward Harris Jr and George Jackson
publisher:
Fame Publishing Co., Inc, Fame Publishing Company LLC and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc.
Candi Staton3:09
9Grits and Gravy
The Fame Gang2:41
10One Bad Apple
recording of:
One Bad Apple
lyricist and composer:
George Jackson
The Osmonds2:44
11I’d Rather Go Blind
Spencer Wiggins2:50
12Take Me Back
Brothers Unlimited2:10
13Walk a Mile in My Shoes
Willie Hightower3:20
14Patches
cover recording of:
Patches
writer:
Ronald Dunbar and Norman Johnson
Clarence Carter3:12
15Fancy
recording of:
Fancy (on 1969-08-08)
lyricist and composer:
Bobbie Gentry
Bobbie Gentry4:15
16Double Lovin’
George Jackson2:39
17Greenwood, Mississipp
recording of:
Greenwood, Mississippi
writer:
Albert Lowe Jr. and Travis Wammack
Little Richard3:30
18What Color Is Love
Roscoe Robinson3:57
19Bring It On Home to Me
Lou Rawls2:59
20I Can’t Let You Break My Heart
Bettye Swann3:29
21Back Road Into Town
Willie Hightower3:48
22The Thanks I Get for Lovin’ You
recording of:
The Thanks I Get for Loving You
writer:
C. Staton Sussewell
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc.
Candi Staton2:40
23Get Involved
George Soule3:23
24Put On Your Shoes and Walk
recording of:
Put On Your Shoes and Walk
writer:
J.R. Bailey and Ken Williams
Clarence Carter2:52
25You Better Move On
Travis Wammack3:10