Fame (3)

American record label founded by Rick Hall, Billy Sherrill and Tom Stafford. FAME stood for Florence Alabama Music Enterprises. Rick Hall later took over as sole owner of FAME. This entry may also be used for "Published By" credits where it appears as such. Also credited as: - Fame Recording Co. For publishing please consider Fame Music (2), Fame Music Co., Fame Music Publishing, Fame Music Publishing Co., Fame Publishing, Fame Publishing Co., Fame Publishing, Inc., Fame Publishing Co., Inc., Fame Publishing Company LLC, if so credited. For all Unofficial / Bootleg Releases of this label please see Fame (11). For the studio, please see Fame Recording Studios. For other publishing entries, please see Fame Publishing Co., Inc., Fame Publishing or Fame Music Publishing. Early releases were distributed by Vee Jay Records. Later, Fame signed a distribution venture with Capitol Records, and then with United Artists Records, Inc.