Henry Stone Music

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 […]

Top 10 Women Who Recorded for Henry Stone’s Record Labels

Aretha Franklin used to pour her soul out and cry over Henry Stone’s piano at his TK Studios in Hialeah, Florida. She was signed to Atlantic Records at the time, so out of respect for his pals Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertegun, and their contracts and lawyers, he didn’t record her. But Stone’s historic career does […]