Lots of well-known names in rock and roll and country music have recorded at FAME. Artists who recorded there included Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Joe Tex, Duane Allman (who was a session musician there before starting the Allman Brothers Band,) The Allman Brothers Band, Clarence Carter, Candi Staton, Mac Davis, Paul Anka, Tom Jones, Etta James, Andy Williams, The Osmonds, Shenandoah, among others.