She Came to Sing and She Left a Legend: The Women Who Defined Muscle Shoals
Long before the music industry started talking about representation, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio was quietly making space for some of the most powerful female voices in American music. From Aretha Franklin's earth-shaking debut to Dusty Springfield's smoky, aching soul recordings, the women who recorded in this small Alabama town deserve a much bigger place in the history books.