R&B Version of Nancy Sinatra’s “Boots” by The Five Steps – Cash Box (1966)
R&B Version Of ‘Boots’ NEW YORK— A R&B version of the Nancy Sinatra smash, “These Boots Are Made For Walking” was released last week on the Dade label. Dade is the Florida label owned by Henry Stone of Tone Distributors in Miami. Instrumental version of the Lee Hazelwood tune was recorded by the new group […]
T.K. Productions and Tone Distributors – Record World (1975)
T.K. PRODUCTIONS, INC. 495 S.E. 10th Court Hialeah, Fla. 33010 Phone: (305) 888-1685 (Alston, Blue Candle, Cat, Chain, Chimneyville, Contempo, Dash, Drive, Glades, Intl Brothers, T.K. Records) TONE DISTRIBUTORS 495 S.E. 10th Court Hialeah, Fla. 33010 P.O. Box 1447 Hialeah, Fla. 33011 Phone: (305) 888-1685 Henry Stone: President Mario Diaz: Gen. Manager Bob Perry: Sales […]
Henry Stone’s Tone Distributors: “Largest Independent Disk Distributor in Florida”
MIAMI BEACH, FL – Stone Distribs Hail First Anniversary Stone Distributors Inc., this city, this past week celebrated their 1st anniversary as local disk distributors. The firm, organized a year ago by Henry Stone with a start of three record lines, is now the largest independent disk distributor in Florida. Stone now carries more […]
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, […]
Clarence Reid on Atco Records in Record World Magazine (1969)
Atco Records is a classic record label for over 6,000 recordings. The label started out as a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. As you can see from the above ad, Clarence Reid, Arthur Conley, and The Bee Gees had releases on Atco. Reid’s “Nobody But You Babe,” produced by Brad Shapiro and Steve Alaimo, was […]
Henry Stone’s Tone Distributors w/ Command Records and Probe Records – Cash Box (1969)
Being a large scale record distributor in the 1960’s meant eating a lot of free steak and lobsters, and listening to independent labels present their catalogs and upcoming releases. Let’s just say, Henry Stone ate a lot of free steak dinners. And drank a lot of free drinks too. Here’s an example from a 1969 […]
Henry Stone In Music Retailer 1976: “TK Productions, The Independent’s Independent”
The Miami Herald on Henry Stone: “Studio In Corner of Warehouse a Runaway Success” (1974)
ARTICLE SUMMARY: 6-D THE MIAMI HERALD Thurs., Oct. 3, 1974 BY JOHN HUDDY Records Flying For Independent Hialeah-Producer Two years ago, Henry Stone saw it coming. The owner of Tone Distributors, a sprawling, independent record-distribution firm tucked away off SE 10th Court in Hialeah, realized that maverick record firms faced hard times, not only because […]