Henry Stone Music

Cookie Man Famous Amos Was Steve Alaimo’s First Agent

Henry Stone says, “When Steve Alaimo was in college he had a band called the Redcoats. Around that time, he started hangin’ around with me as a promotion man, sort of a hangaround guy, and I’d take him up to Ernie Busker’s place, the Palms Of Hallandale to see BB King and James Brown. I […]

How James Brown and Henry Stone Became Friends For Life

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“It was about 1955. I got a call from Syd Nathan, the president of King Records up in Cincinatti. He said, “Henry, there’s an artist up in Macon, Georgia named James Brown. You should check him out and sign him to DeLuxe Records. Then he called up Ralph Bass who also worked for him and […]

From the Archives: Henry Stone and James Brown Photo 1997

From the Archives: Henry Stone and James Brown An old shot of Henry and James Brown at the Hot offices in 1997. Henry met James way back when James was just starting out and gave him some valuable advice that helped launch his career. They became good friends for the rest of James’ life. They […]

James Brown and Larry King Rap About Henry Stone

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Henry Stone and James Brown through the years: “Me and James Brown were great friends since about 1954. At the time I was working with Syd Nathan of King Records on a label we had a 50-50% deal on called DeLuxe Records. I was working a record called “Hearts Of Stone” by Otis Williams and […]

Henry Stone On “The Story with Dick Gordon”

  “Last week I got a call from Carol, a producer for “The Story, With Dick Gordon,” a really great nationwide public radio show that wanted to interview me for a segment on The Miami Sound. So today, I drove up to the WLRN studio in Downtown Miami and got on the ISDN line with […]