TK Records
| TK Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Warner Music Group |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Founder |
Henry Stone Steve Alaimo |
| Defunct | 1981 |
| Status | Defunct |
| Distributor(s) | Henry Stone Music Rhino Entertainment EMI (outside of US until 2013) |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Hialeah, Florida |
TK Records was an American independent record label founded by record distributor Henry Stone and Steve Alaimo in 1972. and based in Hialeah, Florida. The record label went bankrupt in 1981.
"TK" was inspired by the initials of sound engineer Terry Kane, who built a recording studio on the second floor of Stone's office in Hialeah.
TK Records is closely associated with the early rise of disco music, having in 1974 been the label that released the second bona fide disco song (after The Hues Corporation's "Rock The Boat") to reach No. 1 on the pop music charts, namely "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae. A little more than a year after McCrae's hit, the record label struck gold with KC & The Sunshine Band, releasing five singles that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: including "Get Down Tonight", "That's the Way (I Like It)", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty", and "I'm Your Boogie Man," and "Please Don't Go." The KC & The Sunshine Band single "Keep It Comin' Love" reached No. 2 on Billboard's erstwhile Hot Soul Singles chart.
TK's subsidiary labels included Wolf and Bold Records. Artists signed to TK Records and its subsidiaries included Betty Wright (Alston), Clarence Reid, a.k.a. Blowfly, Benny Latimore (Glades), Peter Brown (Drive), Foxy, Kracker (Dash), Jimmy "Bo" Horne (Sunshine Sound), Timmy Thomas (Glades), Little Beaver, Gwen McCrae (Cat), T-Connection (Dash), Bobby Caldwell (Clouds), and Anita Ward (Juana). Within a couple of years, TK's recognition for disco music would be surpassed by other labels such as Casablanca Records and RSO Records.
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