Top 10 DeLuxe Records
One day in 1955, Syd Nathan called Henry Stone in Miami and said, “Drive up to Macon and check on this guy with the “Please, Please, Please” that I heard about and sign him to DeLuxe.” Nathan had called his…
February 15, 2019
Top 10 Rockin’ Records
10. Willie Baker – Goin’ Back Home Today Label: Rockin’ Records Style: Blues Genre: Blues Year: 1953 9. Little Sam Davis – She’s So Good To Me Label: Rockin’ Records Style: Blues Genre: Blues Year: 1953 …
Top 10 Chart Records
The year was 1955, and Henry Stone was in Cincinnati smashing his fists down on the desk in front of Syd Nathan, whose coke bottle glasses were trapping steam from his two coal burning pupils. Their fury at any copper…
Otis Williams and The Charms – Henry Stone’s First Million Selling Record “Hearts of Stone”
In 1953 or 54′, Henry Stone heard a group of youngsters doo-wopping on a street corner in Cincinnati, signed them to a DeLuxe Records contract, found the right song for them to cover, and put them on tape at the…
“Ling Ting Tong” and “Hearts of Stone” by The Charms in Cash Box Magazine 1955
1955 was a great year for Henry Stone. His joint venture with Syd Nathan in the DeLuxe label produced the first crossover single under the King Records umbrella; a million seller at that. “Hearts Of Stone” broke one radio station…
Henry Stone Tells How He Wrote “Two Hearts, Two Kisses (Makes One Love )”
“I got a story with Amos Millburn. After “Hearts of Stone,” my first big hit, my first million selling record, I hadda come up with a followup. So I was on the hustle, always on the road, pushing the new records,…
Henry Stone on Record Royalties: “Art Rupe From Specialty Was Tough”
“I wasn’t basically that heavy in the manufacturing business until the 1970s. I was a distributor. I built my Tone Distributors into a big company that took up a whole city block in Hialeah. I was also making records because…
HSM: The Best In Music
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KC & The Sunshine Band – “Keep It Comin’ Love”
April 6, 2020
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Cameo Parkway Records In Florida (1963)
April 4, 2020
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Jerome from KC & The Sunshine Band
April 3, 2020
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Jimmy “Bo” Horne at TK Studios
April 1, 2020
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Henry Stone and Steve Alaimo’s Chart Takeover
March 30, 2020
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Henry Stone’s Sherlyn A “Top Soul Publisher” (1974)
March 25, 2020
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Jerry Wexler, Henry Stone, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
March 23, 2020
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Joey Murcia from Criteria Studios Rhythm Section
March 18, 2020
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In The News
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KC & The Sunshine Band – “Keep It Comin’ Love”
April 6, 2020
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Cameo Parkway Records In Florida (1963)
April 4, 2020
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Jerome from KC & The Sunshine Band
April 3, 2020
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Jimmy “Bo” Horne at TK Studios
April 1, 2020