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. […]
TK Pacts with Cleve Entertainment – Record World (1978)
TK Pacts with Cleve Entertainment ■ MIAMI – Henry Stone, president of TK Productions, has announced the signing of a pact between TK and Steve Popovich,president of The Cleveland Entertainment Company,The first single to be released under the TK/Cleveland agreement is “It’s A Heartache,” recorded by Ronnie Spector on TK’s Alston label. The record is […]
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 […]
TK Files For Reorganization – Billboard (1981)
TK Files For Reorganization NEW YORK – T.K. Productions Inc. Henry Stone’s label unit with ’70s success by such acts as K.C. & the Sunshine Band. George McCrae, Anita Ward, Peter Brown and Betty Wright, has filed for reorganization under Chapter XI of the Bankruptcy Act. The filing took place in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here, […]
Music Retailer Arrested for Selling Blowfly Album – Billboard (1981)
Retailer Arrested For Sale Of ‘Harmful’ LP To Minor By EDWARD MORRIS NASHVILLE – The arrest of a Pineville, La record retailer for selling “harmful material” to a minor has raised the question of whether all stores in the state must now begin to monitor their record and tape sales. Jim Willey co-owner of […]
Timmy Thomas Sells A Million On Henry Stone’s TK Distribution Network
In 1972, Timmy Thomas’s “Why Can’t We Live Together” hit the radio, and in 1973 it took off and sold over a million. The label was Glades Records, and Henry Stone was The President. All over the country he put to work over twenty five years of contacts in the music business to press up, […]
“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 […]
William Eaton Was Aretha Franklin’s Musical Director, Then Made a TK Records Album
“Until Bill Eaton released his new TK-Marlin LP, “Struggle Buggy”, only record industry insiders knew his name. But even the most casual music lovers knew his music. They’d heard the arrangement of Aretha Franklin’s “Ain’t Nothin’ Like The Real Thing” for which he won a Grammy (Eaton was Aretha Franklin’s musical director for two and […]