TK Reports Active Period

TK REPORTS ACTIVE PERIOD NEW YORK – Henry Stone, President of TK Productions, and Steve Alaimo, Director of A&R, have announced that TK has reached its most active period in chart records, sales, and artist development to date. The company currently has six singles on the national r&b charts with Latimore’s “Let’s Straighten It Out” […]

Henry Stone’s Top 9 Gold and Platinum Records of the Early 70’s

1971 – BETTY WRIGHT – CLEAN UP WOMAN WRITERS: CLARNCE REID, WILLIE CLARKE PRODUCERS: CLARENCE REID, WILLIE CLARKE LABEL: ALSTON SALES: GOLD 1972 – TIMMY THOMAS – WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER WRITERS: TIMMY THOMAS PRODUCERS: TIMMY THOMAS LABEL: GLADES SALES: GOLD 1974 – LATIMORE – LET’S STRIAGHTEN IT OUT WRIERS: LATIMORE PRODUCERS: STEVE ALAIMO […]

Emerging Indies: “TK, The Independent’s Independent”

Billboard – A Spotlight On America July 4th, 1976 “In recent years newer indie companies have made certain important contributions to the overall pop music scene around the world. Those most worthy of mention iniclude: T.K., called the “Independent’s independent.” In recent years, it has lived up to its reputation. T.K.’s President, Henry Stone, is […]

TK Productions Staff List – Billboard Buyers Guide (1973)

T K Prod’ns Inc., 495 SE 10 Coun. Hialeah. Fla.33010. Tel: (305) 888-1685. Pres.: Henry Stone; A&A Dir.: Steve Alaimo; Sales Mgr.: Milt Oshins; Special Servs. Co-ord.: Sherry Smith; Nat’I Promo. Dir.: Gary Schaffer; A&B Promo. Dir .: Fred Rector; lnt’I Co-ord.: Alan Grubman. Labels: (Owned) Blue Candle, Bold. Cat, Glades. Weird World; (distributed) Bil-Mar. […]

Florida Record Distributors – Tone Distributors – Record World (1977)

FLORIDA DISTRIBUTORS Tone Dislributors , Inc. 495 S.E. 10th Court Hialeah, Florida 33010 (305) 888-1685 Henry Stone/Owner Lynda Stone/General Manager Bunky Wilson/Promotion Director Abraxis, Alarm, All Platinum, Alston, Amazon, Amherst, Annuit Coeptis, Apa, APO, Artemis, Banana Tree, Bareback, Blue Candle, Blues Spectrum, Bold, BRC, Brownstone, Brunswick, Cadet, Calla, Cat, Checker, Chimneyville, Cherub, Chess, Contempo, Crossover, […]

Urban Crisis – Spread Love Around (Video)

Funky band outta Evanston, Illinois that T.K. national promotions man Fred Rector brought to the Glades label after they played at the Watts Festival in L.A. Fred told them they would be bigger than KC and The Sunshine Band, Timmy Thomas, and T-Connection. They signed a record deal, and came on down to Hialeah and […]