Synopsis

Stars Fell On Alabama is a multi-part docu-series that chronicles the rise to fame of some of the greatest names in music history. W.C. Handy pioneered the blues. Big Mama Thornton, Lionel Hampton and Nat King Cole sang jazz with all their hearts. You aren't a beach bum if you don't know Jimmy Buffet songs, and you'll get nowhere on the dance floor without help from Lionel Richie. Motown wouldn't have been Motown without Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, The Temptations or The O'Jays; Rockabilly got a jump start from the Maddox Brothers and Rose; and the story of country music cannot be written without Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette, Emmy Lou Harris, The Oak Ridge Boys, and the group named for the state where all this talent hails from: Alabama. Florence native Sam Phillips isn't around to record how it all went down, so Stars Fell On Alabama will bring the story to life.