Bill Cosford On TK Records: “Surging On The Pop Charts” (Miami Herald 1975)
Bill Cosford has his own building at the University of Miami, the Bill Cosford Cinema. But decades before it was built, he was a newspaper writer at the Miami Herald. Check out this great article he wrote on TK Records and the original “Miami Sound” on August 24, 1975. The “Miami Sound” is a force […]
Miami Moves Up As Soul Center – Billboard Magazine 1974
Great article here by Art Kapper in a year end issue of Billboard Magazine, 1974. Henry Stone’s T.K. Productions was entering its most prolific phase; and spurred on by a series of platinum albums, the company went on to move over a hundred million physical units around the world. Take a look at this article […]
Henry Stone’s Tone Distributors Starts TV Show, Expands Studio – BILLBOARD 1969
Tone Distributors in Billboard Magazine, 1969 – Click here for PDF
Howard Johnson from Niteflyte: “I Always Wanted To Be On TK Records”
“I actually grew up in Miami; and I was in a band called L.U.V. that snuck into the T.K. studios one night and recorded. Fred Thomas was a Hialeah policeman who wanted to be our manager and he brought us to a guy named Red to record. Red was a heavyset black guy, fair skinneded, […]
Videos of T.K. Production’s Top 15 Gold and Platinum Hits of 1971-77
Soul, funk, and dance music will live forever. In the 1970’s Henry Stone built T.K. Productions into one of the biggest independent record companies in the world. Here are the company’s top 15 Gold and Platinum selling hits from 1971-76, in no particular order, and yes, there were even more charting hits! 15. Betty […]
King Sporty and The Roots Rockers “Get On Down”
King Sporty, aka Noel Williams, is one of the great heroes of Jamaican music; a pioneer in ska, dub, reggae, funk, soul, Miami bass, and electronic music, and a vital force in shaping the country’s musical identity. Rising from the streets of Kingston, where he was an early mobile soundsystem DJ, Sporty is also the […]
#FromTheArchives A normal day at the TK Records office
This is where a lot of the action happened! Just a normal day at the TK Records offices. Makin’ hits. Hanging out with (left to right) Betty Wright; H.W. Casey (that’s KC and the Sunshine Band); our Italy sales rep; Willie Clarke sitting on my lap (why?); myself – Henry Stone on the phone, as […]
From the Archives: Grammy Award for “Where Is the Love” in 1975
From the Archives: How about a Grammy Award!? Awarded to Henry Stone’s legendary publishing company, Sherlyn Publishing Co., which published some of the most popular songs of the time. “Where Is The Love” was performed by Betty Wright and produced by H.W. Casey and Rick Finch (of KC and the Sunsine Band) and Willie Clarke. […]