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History
of Henry Stone Music - Page 3 of 3
In addition
to being one of the more colorful characters in the biz, he's one of the
last independent label executives still standing who was totally in the
mix with many of the heavyweight labels owners and artists from the 40s,
50s and 60s (label heads including Syd Nathan, George Goldner, the Bihari
Brothers, Ewart Abner, the Erteguns, Jerry Wexler, Hy Weiss, Morris Levy,
etc...). What can I say? From blues to R&B, doo-wop, soul, funk, disco
and rap, this dude's been AROUND!
Stone began
his career in the music industry in 1948 (he's now 81) selling vinyl out
of the trunk of his car to jukebox operators and along the way worked
as a producer, promoter, talent scout, distributor and label owner.
In the early
70s, Stone was pivotal in launching the the disco sound via his T.K. and
Marlin labels. Over the years he also owned or had an interest in Alston,
Dade, Glades, Deep City, Saadia, Rockin', Chart, CAT, Deluxe, Deep City,
Reid's World and many more (much of this is well documented in the
excellent liners for the recent Soul Jazz "Miami Sound" comp).
Stone also
worked with James Brown, Hank Ballard, Sam & Dave, Ray Charles,
Lightnin' Hopkins, Gwen and George McCrae, Timmy Thomas, Betty Wright,
K.C. & The Sunshine Band, L'Trimm, The 2 Live Jews and tons more.
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Special
thanks to DJ
Monica Lynch - WFMU
91.1 FM Radio - NYC for writing the above text. She
conducted an interview with living legend, Henry Stone that aired Friday,
June 27th, Noon - 3pm. The show will be archived
for future internet listening.
http://www.wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=8019&archive=8015
- RealAudio stream
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"HEART
OF STONE"
THE
HENRY STONE STORY
DOUBLE
CD SET INCLUDING 32 ORIGINAL HIT TRACKS AND HISTORY BOOKLET WITH 36 FABULOUS
PHOTOS.
Only
a living legend like Henry Stone could bring so many different artists
together on a double CD set (32 hit tracks) and write a book to tell the
true "behind the scenes" stories.
You can listen to samples of each song and also order this excellent offer
for the low price of $10.95 plus $4.95 shipping and handling at:
http://www.henrystonemusic.com/music.html
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Henry
Stone's Interviews
Discotheque
Pioneers
Disco
Music.com
Disco
Style.com
Disco-Disco.com
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Henry
Stone is an Honorary Member of the Disco
DJ Hall of Fame™ and
a member of the Disco
Hall of Fame™.
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