Top 10 Henry Stone Drum Machine Records
You know his soul. You Know his funk. His gospel, and his blues. But what you may not know of Henry Stone is all the drum machines he’s used. From multi-million sellers to underground classics, Henry Stone encouraged every artist he worked with to be creative using every tool available to make hits. Here are […]
KC and The Sunshine Band – Part 3 (Gold Record for 1 Million Sales)
How many millions of copies did KC and The Sunshine Band’s Part 3 sell? Take a look at this million selling record, think about it for a while, and get back to us. Keep in mind, platinum records were not the designated award for a million seller until later. At the time this was presented, […]
Top 200 Florida Funk, Soul, and R&B Singles of 1976 (Part 1)
DADE 75. Freddie & The Kinfolk – Mashed Potato, Popcorn / First Take 74. Jimmie “Bo” Horne – I Can ‘t Speak/Street Corners 73. Benny Latimore – I’ll Be Good To You/Life ‘s Little Ups & Downs 72. Arnold Albury & Casuals – Funky Yolk / Thanks For Waiting 71. Arnold Albury & Casuals – […]
New “King Sporty” Documentary Features Betty Wright, Inner Circle, Sizzla and More
Woyo! The real story behind Bob Marley’s “Buffalo Soldier” is coming to the silver screen, in a new documentary on the life and music of the song’s original writer, Noel G. Williams aka “King Sporty.” So says a new article in the Jamaica Observer. From working with Robert Nesta in the smoke-filled Hialeah TK studios, […]
Florida Funk: Henry Stone and T.K. Records (1976)
ARTICLE BY – Steve Ditlea “It would be hard to imagine a more unlikely location for a major recording center than Hialeah, Florida. Nestled between Miami and The Everglades, a racetrack its best known cultural attraction, this sleepy tropical town of 100,000 is far removed from the New York-Los Angeles-Nashville axis around which the music […]
Joyce Straws T.K. Productions R&B Product Sales Manager
SUMMARY: Article on Joyce Straws ARTICLE TEXT: Linda Fine of TK/ Tone’s order dept with Joyce Straws (right) TK’s R&B product and sales manager. Joyce has been in the business for four years. She previously worked with Campus Distributors in orders and sales. At T.K. she is in constant contact with promo men and radio […]
Henry Stone Tells The Story Of Recording Ray Charles (VIDEO)
The year was 1951. Henry Stone owned a small distribution company with a warehouse on Flagler street. He got a call from Sam Cooke to come meet him at the Mary Elizabeth Hotel in Overtown. Stone had been distributing Cooke’s records since he was in traveling gospel group The Soul Stirrers and they had become […]
Bob Marley “Blowing Weed All Over The Diplomat Hotel,” Says Bob Perry
“Bluenote Bob” Perry. To this day one of his favorite memories is having Bob Marley and Skills Cole over to his house during a promotional run for the Uprising album, and playing records together until six in the morning. He also recalls watching Bob Marley perform at The Diplomat Hotel in Miami Beach for a […]