Shout Out To The Mogul Podcast from Gimlet For Coming Through
The company that Spotify recently purchased for $200 million just sent three of its best reporters to Miami for a new season of their hit show. Shout out to the producing reporters of Mogul on Gimlet Media for rolling through HSM Headquarters to interview Joe Stone. Great questions and answers and should be an award […]
Miami’s First All R&B and Gospel Radio Station – Cash Box (1957)
“…Edward Castleberry, program director of WMBM-Miami Beach, Fla., tells us WMBM is the only r&b and gospel music station that can be heard all over South Florida and even in countries such as the Bahamas. It is part of The Rounsaville chain of seven radio stations, six of which are r&b. WMBM’s Gospel and […]
Timmy Thomas on Glades Records Added to Pop Radio – Record World (1972)
Record World Magazine December 9, 1972 by Kal Rudman “Timmy Thomas is a Tasmanian Monster on Glade, owned by Miami Distributor, Henry Stone. We pulled this record out of the corner of deep left field weeks ago. It is now the number one selling r&b record in the nation. We predict it will sell […]
Milton Butterball Smith “Keep Miami Cool” Campaign for Underprivileged Kids
Milton “Butterball” Smith was one of America’s 13 Original R&B DJ’s as noted by Jack The Rapper (Joseph Deighton Gibson Jr.) and worked on various radio stations in South Florida. His pioneering work in broadcast coincided with the careers of many famous people and he was influential nationally. Here is an article from Cash Box […]
T.K. Productions, The Independent’s Independent – Cash Box (1975)
T.K. Productions: Henry Stone set it up as the umbrella corporation for over 15 of his own labels that are still bought and sold all over the world. In 1975, Stone was building an unprecedented run on the pop charts that still holds records today. This Cash Box advertisement from 1975 thanks, “KC and The […]
Gwen McCrae “Move Me Baby” – CAT Records (1974)
Originally recorded for CAT Records, Hialeah, FL at T.K. Productions recording studio in 1974. Horns by Mike Lewis, produced by Steve Alaimo, R. Finch, and H.W. Casey.
Miami feat. Robert Moore “Party Freaks” on Drive Records (1974)
“Henry Stone: Looking For The Next Generation of The TK Dynasty” – Music Week 1977
“This time last year, Henry Stone, president of a famous Florida distribution company and of the extraordinarily successful TK label, remarked of his own organization, “When it comes to what sells in black music and where to sell it, there aren’t many people around who can match our experience.” And nobody is going to argue […]