The Legendary Henry Stone’s Hidden Treasures
Gold from Henry’s labels
from the 1950s-1980s
History of Henry Stone Music
History of Henry Stone Music Henry Stone, T.K. Office, Hialeah, Florida (1975) AMG Biography Born June 3, 1921, in the Bronx, NY, Henry Stone began playing the trumpet in his teens, inspired by jazz great Louis Armstrong. Later at a military camp in New Jersey, he played in bands. After being discharged in 1946, he […]
Top 10 DeLuxe Records
One day in 1955, Syd Nathan called Henry Stone in Miami and said, “Drive up to Macon and check on this guy with the “Please, Please, Please” and sign him to DeLuxe.” Nathan had called his other cronie Ralph Bass and told him the same thing, except Bass was in Alabama when he got the […]
Top 10 Chart Records
The year was 1955, and Henry Stone was in Cincinnati smashing his fists down on the desk in front of Syd Nathan, whose coke bottle glasses were trapping steam from his two coal burning pupils. Their fury at any copper penny rolling out from under his clutches shone greed. The DeLuxe label that Stone and […]
Top 10 Dade Records
Dade Records is a foundational label in the Soul Music category. Incorporated in the middle 1950’s, Henry Stone cut sides for Dade everywhere from Bobby Dukoff’s supermarket freezer turned studio to the earliest version of Criteria (now The Hit Factory). As the late 60’s came around and the powers of doo-wop receded, the listening public […]
A James Brown Personal Thank You Note
Here is an autographed thank you note James Brown sent to Henry Stone where you can practically feel the almighty funk of his spiritual dexterity as it’s jumping off the page with a foot kicked in the air before dropping to the splits and two stepping all over your psyche’s jukebox. Brown and Stone were […]
Sonny Thompson The Original Chart Collection
Smooth Jazz Piano Miami Style!
Alan Freed’s Favorite Chart Doo Wop
Great Doo Wop Selected by the master himself!
$19.99