willie clark and his business partner johnny peersol started deep city, recording and promoting local talent. the label became a showcase for artists like betty wright, frank williams and the rocketeers. anthony: everything you ve ever been credited for either producing or writing, it is a very, very long list, quite an amazing list. willie: it is about 1200. anthony: 1200 songs. willie: it just flows. i m like a song mechanic. you bring it to me. i ll help you fix it. anthony: william and his writing partner clarence blowfly reed wrote such classics as clean up woman and rocking chair. deep city was miamis answer to motown. anthony: 50 years, 100 years from now, search and punch in the miami sound, your name is going to come up right away as principal creator of the miami sound.
willie clark and his business partner johnny peersol started deep city, recording and promoting local talent. the label became a showcase for artists like betty wright, frank williams and the rocketeers. everything you ve ever been credited for for either producing or writing, it is a very, very long list, quite an amazing list. it is about 1200. 1200 songs. it just flows. i m like a song mechanic. you bring it to me. i ll help you fix it. william and his writing partner clarence blowfly reed wrote such classics as clean up woman and rocking chair. 50 years, 100 years from now, if you were to do an internet search and punch in the miami sound, your name is going to come up right away as principal
the record shop. anthony: now it looks like a nondescript barbecue joint, but back in 1963, it was the home of deep city records. willie clark and his business partner johnny peersol started deep city, recording and promoting local talent. the label became a showcase for artists like betty wright, frank williams and the rocketeers. anthony: everything you ve ever been credited for either producing or writing, it is a very, very long list, quite an amazing list. willie: it is about 1,200. anthony: 1,200 songs. willie: it just flows. i m like a song mechanic. you bring it to me. i ll help you fix it. anthony: willie and his writing partner clarence blowfly reed wrote such classics as clean up woman and rocking chair. deep city was miamis answer to motown.
promoting local talent. the label became a showcase for artists like betty wright, frank williams and the rocketeers. anthony: everything you ve ever been credited for either producing or writing, it is a very, very long list, quite an amazing list. willie: it is about 1200. anthony: 1200 songs. willie: it just flows. i m like a song mechanic. you bring it to me. i ll help you fix it. anthony: william and his writing partner clarence blowfly reed wrote such classics as clean up woman and rocking chair. deep city was miamis answer to motown. anthony: 50 years, 100 years
the music, the original miami sound we re talking about, came from this man, willie clark and this place. what was this space originally? this was a little restaurant smaller than this and we were on the other side with the record shop. now it looks like a nondescript barbecue joint, but back in 1963 it was the home of deep city records. willie clark and his business partner johnny peersol started deep city, recording and promoting local talent. the label became a showcase for artists like betty wright, frank williams and the rocketeers. everything you ve ever been credited for for either producing or writing, it is a very, very long list, quite an amazing list. it is about 1200. 1200 songs. it just flows.