Ralph MacDonald – Calypso Breakdown – Marlin Records (1976)
TK Productions Signs Ralph MacDonald – Miami Herald (1976)
Top 10 TK Records of 1978
10. George McCrae – We Did It! Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Disco Year: 1978 9. Jimmy “Bo” Horne – Dance Across The Floor / It’s Your Sweet Love Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Disco Year: 1978 8. Peter Brown – Fantasy Love Affair / Dance With Me Label: T.K. Records […]
Top 10 TK Records of 1976
10. Rice And Beans Orchestra – The Blue Danube Hustle Label: T.K. Records – 5029 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Released: 1976 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Disco 9. Latimore – It Ain’t Where You Been… It’s Where You’re Goin’ Label: T.K. Records – XL 14034 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Released: 1976 Genre: […]
Record World Jazz Award Winners 1976
Henry Stone always loved jazz. Even as the Disco genre overtook the global pop charts, Stone had entire labels and production companies devoted to modern, and even smooth & easy listening styles of America’s original genre. While KC and The Sunshine Band were making their mark on the Hot 100, Henry Stone’s jazz artists Ralph […]
The Ritchie Family Sign to TK Records
The Ritchie Family are now signed with T.K. and they are going to have a new LP shipped this week. Also learned that T.K. has signed a group called Cracker. Product from them should be coming shortly. Cracker toured with the Rolling Stones in Europe in 1973….Also look for a new LP by Ralph “Mr. […]
Henry Stone and The Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack, “I Had Two Songs On There”
“Saturday Night Fever? I got two of my records on the soundtrack, a KC and The Sunshine Band record, and a Ralph MacDonald record. Here’s how it happened. I was in California at a convention and the CEO doing the movie wanted to use some of Neil Bogart’s stuff from Casablanca Records. They had a […]
John Tropea: Marlin Records’ Virtuoso Guitarist of Futuristic Soul, Jazz, Funk, and Disco
How does a virtuoso jazz fusion guitarist end up making a disco record? By signing to Henry Stone’s Marlin Records in the 1970’s of course. John Tropea is a Berklee School of Music six string master whose classic academic training belies his penchant for soul, funk, Latin, blues, and R&B jams. These traits saw him […]