August 21, 2019
Roy Gaines – “Loud Mouth Lucy” and “I’m Setting You Free” – Chart Records – Cash Box (1955)
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)
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)
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)
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”
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
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
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…
HSM: The Best In Music
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Nat Kendrick & The Swans – “Do The Mashed Potatoes”
January 17, 2020
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Cayre Brothers Caytronics and Henry Stone’s Tone Distributors
January 15, 2020
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Jerome Smith from KC and The Sunshine Band R.I.P.
January 13, 2020
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James Brown, “T.K. Is The Last Bastion of Funk” (1976)
January 10, 2020
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Henry Stone’s Top 9 Gold and Platinum Records of the Early 70’s
January 8, 2020
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Henry Stone’s Top 7 Hits of 1975
January 6, 2020
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Henry Stone and Sugar Hill Records and “Rapper’s Delight”
January 3, 2020
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Top 10 HOT Productions Record Labels
January 1, 2020
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In The News
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Nat Kendrick & The Swans – “Do The Mashed Potatoes”
January 17, 2020
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Cayre Brothers Caytronics and Henry Stone’s Tone Distributors
January 15, 2020
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Jerome Smith from KC and The Sunshine Band R.I.P.
January 13, 2020
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James Brown, “T.K. Is The Last Bastion of Funk” (1976)
January 10, 2020