La Lupe and Tito Puente: Two patron saints of Salsa y sábor. Not only did NYC’s most prolific mob-affiliated Jewish record exec sign the pair, but Florida’s own Henry Stone distributed their records. As noted in this Record World article…
Henry Stone was a friend to the gospel community, helping the genre’s independent records find their way into the record stores (and other places that sold them), and stoking interest for them on the airwaves by supplying radio DJ’s…
KAYVETTE RECORDS ARTISTS: Jackie Moore . Facts of Life PRINCIPALS: Brad Shapiro . Katharine Shapiro. Yvette Shapiro. Ask Brad Shapiro the reason why he formed his own label after years of successful independent producing a field he is still…
Back in 1954, on NW 17th Ave and 70th St., The Liberty City Pool hosted a concert by the world famous Lionel Hampton. Henry Stone was always a jazz fan. He grew up on this great music and even played…
Saturday, January 17, 1953. Miami Times. Miami, FL. Page Thirteen. The all new WMBM. 800 on every dial. Now featuring boogie, blues, spirituals, tha nation’s top disc jockeys: Jockey Jack, Ed Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Swing, The Bronze Voice, and…
Atco Records is the famous label for over 6,000 recordings. Atco started out as a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. As you can see from the above ad, Clarence Reid, Arthur Conley, and The Bee Gees had releases on Atco….
Steve Alaimo was Vice President of TK Records. He produced the Allman Bros before they were the Allman Bros, and wrote their song “Melissa.” He engineered, he a&r’d. In the studio, he did it all. But before all that, he…
Being a large scale record distributor in the 1960’s meant eating a lot of free steak and lobsters, and listening to independent labels present their catalogs and upcoming releases. Let’s just say, Henry Stone ate a lot of free steak…
TK Congratulates Its Award Winning Artists and KC and The Sunshine Band (1977)
September 21, 2018
Morris Levy Signs La Lupe and Tito Puente – Record World (1966)
September 19, 2018
Mahalia Jackson at Booker T Washington High School – Miami Times (1950)
September 17, 2018
Henry Stone and Kayvette Records in Cashbox Magazine (1976)
September 14, 2018
Lionel Hampton at The Liberty City Pool – Miami Times (1954)
September 12, 2018
Miami R&B Full Page Ad for Radio Station WMBM (1953)
September 10, 2018
Little Willie John and Dizzy Jones at The Birdland Fiesta in The Mary Elizabeth Hotel
September 7, 2018
TK International and KC and The Sunshine Band at Madison Square Garden (1976)
September 5, 2018
TK Congratulates Its Award Winning Artists and KC and The Sunshine Band (1977)
September 21, 2018
Morris Levy Signs La Lupe and Tito Puente – Record World (1966)
September 19, 2018
Mahalia Jackson at Booker T Washington High School – Miami Times (1950)
September 17, 2018
Henry Stone and Kayvette Records in Cashbox Magazine (1976)
September 14, 2018