Steve Alaimo – “Mashed Potatoes” – Checker #1006
TERRIFIC! “MASHED POTATOES” STEVE ALAIMO PAGE ONE RECORDS NEW ACTION LP’S MONOPHONIC TWIST WITH STEVE ALAIMO CHECKER LP2981 CHESS PROD. CORP. 2120 S. MICHIGAN, CHICAGO 16
MCI’s Jeep Harned Takes Over The Recording Industry – BILLBOARD
BILLBOARD “An early shot of Jeep Harned, testing and helping to build some of the first consoles at MCI. Nowadays, Harned usually spends the first hall of his day in his office taklng care of MCI administration, and the second half in and around engineering where he is often inclined to get directly involved. In […]
Henry Stone, “1976 Will Be The Year of Independent Distribution” – Billboard Magazine (1976)
Henry Stone, TK Production chief: “1976 will be the year of independent distribution, which will strengthen the entire music industry. “The black segment of the industry will expand through strong sale of LP’s.” A major part of TK’s expansion in 1976 will come from jazz and gospel music, with first releases set for January. Stone […]
Newcleus, Debbie Deb, and The Birth of Sunnyview Records – Billboard (1984)
BILLBOARD – August 4, 1984 Indie Label Pool Grows Streetwise to Roulette Fold? by Kim Freeman “Henry Stone’s Sunnyview…the biggest success this year is Sunnyview’s act Newcleus, whose “Jam On It” is currently the only independent record on the Hot 100 where it stands at 56 in its 10th week. The group is also on […]
CBS Records Inks Worldwide Deal for TK Records International – BILLBOARD (1977)
CBS Intl Will Handle TK NEW YORK – Agreement has been reached for CBS Records International to represent TK Records as manufacturer and distributor throughout the world except for the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The deal, known to have been in the works for some time (Billboard Sept 10, 1977), is in the final […]
Latimore Billboard Number One, Jet Magazine Number One, “Let’s Straighten It Out” (Glades Records 1974)
“Mashed Potatoes” by Nat Kendrich and The Swans in Cash Box Magazine, 1960
In 1959, Henry Stone recorded James Brown and his band performing a number called the “Mashed Potatoes.” At the time, James Brown was on contract with Syd Nathan of King Records, so Stone had WMBM radio DJ King Coleman cut the lead vocals, and kept James way back in the mix. The song was pressed […]