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Rick Hall

Rick Hall is credited on 3,010 releases across 608 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,010

Pressings credited

608

Albums

8

Decades active

222

In collections

Biography

Roe Erister "Rick" Hall (January 31, 1932 – January 2, 2018) was an American record producer, songwriter, and musician who became known as the owner of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. As the "Father of Muscle Shoals Music", he was influential in recording and promoting both country and soul music, and in helping develop the careers of such musicians as Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Duane Allman and Etta James. Hall was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1985 and also received the John Herbert Orr Pioneer Award. In 2014, he won the Grammy Trustees Award in recognition of his lengthy career. Hall remained active in the music industry with FAME Studios, FAME Records, and FAME Publishing.

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Credited work

3,010 releases · 608 albums · active 1958–2025

  • Production · 2,705
  • Performance · 1,157
  • Engineering · 742
  • Other credits · 86
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Fame Recording Studios · Muscle Shoals Sound Studios · Independent Recorders · Atlantic Studios

Discography

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