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Little Sam Davis – Rockin’ Records – Cash Box (1953)

Posted at August 21, 2019 by Jacob Katel in Blog

Roy Gaines – “Loud Mouth Lucy” and “I’m Setting You Free” – Chart Records – Cash Box (1955)

Posted at July 8, 2019 by Jacob Katel in Blog ⋅ Media

Roy Gaines – Chart 606 “Loud Mouth Lucy” (2:57) [Chuck Willis] Roy Gaines sings a down home blues about his talkative pretty baby. Ok with sales potential strongest in the southern market. “I’m Setting You Free” (2:45) [Sherlyn BMI –…

Michael Bloomfield – Count Talent and The Originals – Cash Box (1978)

Posted at July 1, 2019 by Jacob Katel in Blog

COUNT TALENT AND THE ORIGINALS – Michael Bloomfield – Clouds 8805 – Producer : Norman Davron – List: 7.98 After nearly a decade of exile from the music scene which followed his halcyon days with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band,…

Count Talent and The Originals – Michael Bloomfield – Clouds Records (1978)

Posted at December 17, 2018 by Jacob Katel in Blog

COUNT TALENT AND THE ORIGINALS – Michael Bloomfield – Clouds 8805 – Producer: Norman Davron – List Price: $7.98 After nearly a decade of exile from the music scene which followed his halcyon days with The Paul Butterfield Blues…

Miami R&B Full Page Ad for Radio Station WMBM (1953)

Posted at September 10, 2018 by Jacob Katel in Blog ⋅ Media

Saturday, January 17, 1953. Miami Times. Miami, FL. Page Thirteen. The all new WMBM. 800 on every dial. Now featuring boogie, blues, spirituals, the nation’s top disc jockeys: Jockey Jack, Ed Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Swing, The Bronze Voice, and…

Before Ray Charles, There Was W.C. Baker, and He’s “Going Back Home”

Posted at January 2, 2018 by Jacob Katel in Blog

W.C. Baker’s “Rumors About My Baby” is the first known release on Henry Stone’s Rockin’ Records label from 1952, good old GR-170-1, a 78rpm slab of history worth double and triple digits at auction today. But his best song is…

The Origins of The Rockin’ and Glory 78rpm Record Labels

Posted at November 2, 2016 by Jacob Katel in Blog

Rockin’ and Glory are the first two Miami record labels founded by Henry Stone. These labels began operating as early as 1950 in limited runs; and officially releasing records with matrix numbers in 1952. The Rockin’ and Glory labels specialized…

Lemon City Rhythm Section is Miami’s Best New Instrumental Group

Posted at February 29, 2016 by Jacob Katel in Blog

South Florida has been a hotbed of musical talent since the first time thunder boomed over the wetlands and made all the pretty birds shake their tail feathers. Today, nature’s course has given way to the instrumental prowess of the Lemon City…