Anita Ward

From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco conquered the world - its origins, its triumphs, its fall and its legacy.

THE RECORD MAN is a uniquely American story of how a group of musical underdogs with raw talent and diverse backgrounds, led by the indefatigable determination of one man, Henry Stone, exported the music of Miami to the world. Before there was a “music business” there was Henry Stone, “The Record Man”. From distributing records out of his '48 Packard to establishing TK Records as the largest independent label of the 1970s, Henry had an ear for hits. His funky eight-track studio and chart topping family of artists including KC and the Sunshine Band, led to the original Miami Sound and birth of Disco. When his empire collapsed on a baseball field in Chicago in 1979, Henry didn’t miss a beat launching Miami Freestyle. Turning personal tragedy into an opportunity to empower others, through Henry Stone we witness the dramatic arc of the record business from inception through the digital age. With photographs unearthed after 40 years, THE RECORD MAN captures a forgotten musical history.

Concert enregistré le 7 juin 2003 au Zénith de Paris

Au terme d'une carrière journalistique, Michel Drucker présente de 1975 à 1980 l'émission Les Rendez-vous du dimanche, où il reçoit nombre de personnalités de la chanson, du cinéma et du petit écran. L'émission, réalisée par Rémy Grumbach, est enregistrée aux Studios des Buttes Chaumont (studios 11 et 14) le samedi, et diffusée le lendemain après-midi.

Chaque samedi soir, le couple mythique Carpentier donnait carte blanche à une vedette qui pouvait inviter qui elle voulait dans le décor de son choix.