“When you finish listening to this album you will know that Gwen McCrae is for real. She’s not the fabled ‘one-hit’ artist that you have heard and read about, that has a smash hit and is never heard from again….
©The Miami Hurricane – Latimore’s Act ‘Sensational’ Tuesday, November 16, 1976 By ALAN KRATISH Entertainment Writer “The billboard outside the ~newly refurbished Checkmate Lounge reads “The Sensational Latimore and Company.” That’s an adjective that’~ been wasted too many times on…
Henry Stone sold hundreds of millions of records from a warehouse in Hialeah. It’s no more ludicrous than a Colombian coke lord selling hundreds of millions of kilos of cocaine, and practically the same business model. Internal company records from…
“T.K. Records is here to bake the cake…but that’s not all that’s cookin’” Check out this feature article from The Miami News in the John Marlowe’s Music Scene section from January 16, 1975.
Funk is a soul-force so powerful that its musical stops have more rhythm than any other genre’s sounds. From break to bridge to hook, and every so-called off-beat in between, Miami is the funk capital of the world. That was…
Way back in Miami in 1974, George McCrae’s “Rock Your Baby” wasn’t disco. It was a hot R&B soul track you could dance to, and it had just become a national hit. Miami Herald entertainment editor John Huddy described it…
DADE 75. Freddie & The Kinfolk – Mashed Potato, Popcorn / First Take 74. Jimmie “Bo” Horne – I Can ‘t Speak/Street Corners 73. Benny Latimore – I’ll Be Good To You/Life ‘s Little Ups & Downs 72. Arnold Albury…
Gwen McCrae – The Gig and Soul & Jazz Record (October 1975)
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HOT Bass Music From HOT Productions and HOT Record Sales
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T.K. Productions – The Independent’s Independent
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Gwen McCrae “Move Me Baby” – CAT Records (1974)
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Henry Stone, The Heart of TK Records, Cash Box Magazine Special Issue (1976)
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Willie Hale “Blues For Mama” – Dash Records (1974)
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T-Connection – Dash Records – Billboard, Cash Box, Record World, and Soul Truth (1977)
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Gwen McCrae – The Gig and Soul & Jazz Record (October 1975)
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Latimore Billboard Number One, Jet Magazine Number One, “Let’s Straighten It Out” (Glades Records 1974)
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HOT Bass Music From HOT Productions and HOT Record Sales
June 25, 2018
T.K. Productions – The Independent’s Independent
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