Henry Stone Dies Aged 93

[Hotspurman]

Just heard about this - sorry to hear of his passing. He was certainly a character, and there aren't too many of those left.

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[soulster]

He sure screwed a lot of his artists out of royalties.

[timmyfunk]

For someone with a pretty dirty reputation, Rick Finch's response to the article was really polite and gracious. Maybe his mob ties are still in the picture.

[splanky]

Too much credit is given to the owners of most big record companies. Having the building,
housing a studio owning the property at which a thing is created doesn't guarantee participation in the creative process as the media often likes to imply. That's like crediting
a plantation owner for the guitar skills of one of his slaves...

[soulster]

For someone with a pretty dirty reputation, Rick Finch's response to the article was really polite and gracious. Maybe his mob ties are still in the picture.

You mean engineer/bassist Rick Finch, who went to prison a few years ago because he's a child predator?

[motony]

I do know that James Brown & Bobby Byrd liked Henry Stone.I know Henry Stone with his Tone Distributors were big in promoting Motown in the early 60's.HOWEVER, I also heard about the royalty "situation" too.I have never read an in-depth interview with Betty Wright concerning TK and royalties just about the incident with George McRae when "Rock Your Baby" was hitting big.