Henry Stone in BILLBOARD: “1976 Will Be The Year Of Independent Distribution”
BILLBOARD Magazine is America’s longest running music charting publication, and one of Henry Stone’s most prolific promoters. Of all the media companies that wrote about Henry Stone, like The New York Times, The Miami Herald, The LA Times, Ocean Drive, Cash Box, and Record World, BILLBOARD wrote about him the most, going all the way […]
Joe Stone Featured in Artsculture, Canada’s Premier Magazine of Creativity
The “Miami Sound” is alive in Ottawa; and the great 12″ record we call time has spun another revolution. First Henry Stone took over Canadian pop charts, and now Joe Stone is featured in ArtsCulture, Canada’s premier magazine of creativity and culture. Founded by CBC veteran and digital pioneer Robert Ballantyne, the maple leaf outlet has […]
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 […]
Chi Coltrane’s TK Records Publicity Photo (1977)
Henry Stone Signs Wilson Pickett to TK Records – October 1975
Joe Stone Talks About The Fire at T.K. Records on Between The Liner Notes
If you’ve ever wanted to know about the fire at the TK Records warehouse, tune in to this episode of Between The Liner Notes! With Joe Stone, the great Henry Stone legacy continues. Major thanks to Matthew Billy, creator of #BetweenTheLinerNotes, for an epic interview podcast with Joe Stone talking about a fire at the TK […]
Howard Johnson from Niteflyte: “I Always Wanted To Be On TK Records”
“I actually grew up in Miami; and I was in a band called L.U.V. that snuck into the T.K. studios one night and recorded. Fred Thomas was a Hialeah policeman who wanted to be our manager and he brought us to a guy named Red to record. Red was a heavyset black guy, fair skinneded, […]
Top 10 Hip Hop Samples of KC & The Sunshine Band
10. TLC – Hat 2 Da Back Sample of “What Makes You Happy” 9. Mos Def – May December Sample of “Rock Your Baby” 8. The Jaz feat. Jay Z – “Pumpin’” Sample of “I Get Lifted” 7. 50 Cent feat Tony Yayo – I Just Wanna Sample of “”That’s The Way […]