Nat Kendrick and The Swans – HenryStoneMusic

Nat Kendrick and The Swans – Dish Rag – Dade Records (1960)

Posted at November 25, 2020 by Jacob Katel in Blog

Nat Kendrick and The Swans – “(Do The) Mashed Potatoes” on Dade Records

Posted at October 21, 2019 by Jacob Katel in Blog

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…

Top 10 Dade Records

Posted at February 4, 2019 by Jacob Katel in Blog

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)….

“Mashed Potatoes” by Nat Kendrich and The Swans in Cash Box Magazine, 1960

Posted at July 21, 2017 by Jacob Katel in Blog ⋅ Media

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…

King Coleman In The Miami Times Newspaper, 1958

Henry Stone Talks King Coleman, Miami’s Other Greatest Radio DJ Of All Time

Posted at February 5, 2016 by Jacob Katel in Blog

“Milton “Butterball” Smith was the biggest DJ down here as far as I’m concerned, but King Coleman was very strong too. Y’know why he was so strong? He used to give the numbers on the air. Bolita. The numbers. When…