A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT HENRY STONE
Henry Stone
has been in the music business in Miami, Florida for
over 50 years. He has owned many record labels such
as Alston, Brownstone, Cat, Chart, Dade, Dash, Glades,
Glory, Marlin, Rockin', and Weird World. He was instrumental
in the formation of several musical sounds, including
the Miami Sound, Southern Soul, and Disco, as well as
having a big influence in R&B, Blues, and Gospel.
Henry Stone has worked
with and recorded many great artists, including Latimore,
who was one of the creators of the Miami Sound with
Henry Stone, Little
Beaver, Jimmy
"Bo" Horne, Steve
Alaimo, Sam
& Dave, Bobby
Byrd, Clarence
Reid, Sonny
Thompson, J.
P. Robinson, Roach
Thompson, and many others. He recorded some of the
earliest work of Ray
Charles and worked closely with James
Brown for many years. |
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Henry
Stone's influence in the Disco era is quite extensive.
He founded one of the best known disco record labels,
TK Records, and put out a string of over 20 gold and
platinum records. He discovered Harry Wayne Casey, better
known as "KC" of KC and the Sunshine Band.
He recorded many other great disco artists including
Gwen McCrae,
Timmy Thomas, T-Connection, Peter Brown, Foxy, George
McCrae, Betty Wright, Dorothy Moore, Bobby Caldwell,
and too many more to list.
Now,
Henry Stone is back at it again. In addition to releasing
CD compilations of many of his older recording, a lot
of which have never been on CD before now, Henry is
back in the studio with some old friends (Gwen McCrae,
Latimore, Timmy Thomas, KC, Chocolate Perry), as well
as with some all new names, like Jeff
Zavac and Osvaldo
Rodriguez. Check it all out at the online Henry
Stone Music Store. |
