Nat Kendrick and The Swans – “(Do The) Mashed Potatoes” on Dade Records
BILLBOARD – December 14, 1959 Nat Kendrick & The Swans – “(Do The) Mashed Potatoes (Parts I and II)” Sherlyn-Pent, BMI “The medium-beater features twangy guitar over rhythm support on side one. Side two, which appears the stronger, spots a frantic sax and occasional yells from the gang. Both can score. DADE 1804.”
Atlantic Records Box Set Highlights Dade Records and Alston Records
Atlantic Documents Its R&B History Elaborate New Reissue Series Traces 27 Years of Hits BY NELSON GEORGE Billboard Magazine – November 30, 1985 NEW YORK “Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974,” a set of seven double albums that will also be available in a special box, has been compiled by archivist Bob Porter and Atlantic a&r […]
Freddy and The Kinfolk “The GOAT” – Record World (1968)
Biggest New Hit Instrumental: The Goat,” Freddy & Kinfolk. Dade. Over 12,000 in Chicago. Giant in Miami. Breaking in Philadelphia. Hit!
Nickie Lee – “The Ten Commandments of Man” – Dade Records – Record World (1967)
Deejay Nickie Lee of WAME, Miami, was cut by Henry Stone on Dade label on a fantastically funny thing called “The 10 Commandments of Man.” It broke quickly in Miami, and Atlantic has it…
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 […]
Mark McIver – “Soul Thing” (Dade Records)
Mark McIver – Soul Thing – DADE Mark McIver’s gut-bucket funk has so much soul that Henry Stone could only release it in Miami, or else the whole Earth would crumble underneath its force. The Dade Records release of “Soul Thing” never took off on the charts, but now the original is a collector’s item […]
“Mashed Potatoes” by Nat Kendrich and The Swans in Cash Box Magazine, 1960
In 1959, Henry Stone recorded James Brown and his band performing a number called the “Mashed Potatoes.” At the time, James Brown was on contract with Syd Nathan of King Records, so Stone had WMBM radio DJ King Coleman cut the lead vocals, and kept James way back in the mix. The song was pressed […]