When You Think "Motown", Do You Think "Lionel Richie"?

[144man]

There most definitely was an identifiable Stax sound.

[Philles/Motown Gary]

There most definitely was an identifiable Stax sound.

Absolutely! As soon as you heard the horn section, you KNEW it was Stax! And not only that, Stax's Memphis Sound was Motown's biggest competitor. Also, certain Atlantic R&B artists [[especially Aretha & Wilson Pickett) recorded at Rick Hall's Fame studio, thus giving them the Muscle Shoals sound.