Top 10 Hip Hop Samples of Producer Steve Alaimo
10. Beyonce feat Jay Z – “Upgrade U” Sample of – Betty Wright – “Girls Can’t Do What The Guys Do” 9. Cypress Hill – “Real Estate” Sample of All the People feat. Robert Moore – “Cramp Your Style” 8. Lupe Fiasco – “Hustlaz Song” Sample of Gwen McCrae – “Love […]
Top 10 Alston Records
10. Sam & Dave – Never, Never Label: Alston Records – 777 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Country: US Released: 1964 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Rhythm & Blues 9. J. P. Robinson – You Can Be A Lady / Love Is Not A Stranger Label: Alston Records – 4574 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 […]
T.K. Productions, The Independent’s Independent – Cash Box (1975)
T.K. Productions: Henry Stone set it up as the umbrella corporation for over 15 of his own labels that are still bought and sold all over the world. In 1975, Stone was building an unprecedented run on the pop charts that still holds records today. This Cash Box advertisement from 1975 thanks, “KC and The […]
Clarence Reid on Atco Records in Record World Magazine (1969)
Atco Records is a classic record label for over 6,000 recordings. The label started out as a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. As you can see from the above ad, Clarence Reid, Arthur Conley, and The Bee Gees had releases on Atco. Reid’s “Nobody But You Babe,” produced by Brad Shapiro and Steve Alaimo, was […]
Henry Stone’s Tone Distributors Starts TV Show, Expands Studio – BILLBOARD 1969
Tone Distributors in Billboard Magazine, 1969 – Click here for PDF
John Rootman Henry “Who Am I?” aka “Love Is Not A Stranger Anymore”
Henry Stone’s DIG Records was a little underground indie under his Marlin Productions company where a pair of Steve Alaimo, Willie Clarke, and Clarence Reid collaborations with John Rootman Henry were ultimately released after originally being recorded for James Brown and Henry Stone’s BrownStone Records label in 1972. John Rootman Henry was a Miami soul […]
Top 10 Cat Records Releases from The 1970s: Soul, Funk, and Funky Soul
10. Chocolateclay – Chocolateclay (album) George Chocolate Perry started his career as a 16 year old kid at the T.K. Productions studio as a bass player doing session work. His talent saw him rise from the million selling Gwen McCrae “Rockin’ Chair,” and underground smash Blowfly “Porno Freak,” to recording and touring […]
Clarence Reid – Funky Party Video
During the late 60s and through the 70s, Clarence Reid, singer, songwriter, talent scout, and producer for Henry Stone’s labels, was involved in just about every recording that came out of Stone’s Hialeah-based T.K. Studios. A book could and should be written about this gifted artist’s massive contribution to the Miami soul and dance scene. […]