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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 youve 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. im like a song mechanic. you bri...

Deep city, recording and promoting local talent. the label became a showcase for artists like betty wright, frank williams and the rocketeers. >> anthony: everything youve 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. im like a song mechanic. you bring it to me. ill help you fix it. >> anthony: william and his wring partner clarence "blowfly" reed wrote such c...

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 youve 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. im like a song mechanic. you bring it to me. ill help you fix it. >> anthony: willi...

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 youve 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. im like a song mechanic. you bring it to me. ill help you fix it. >> william and his writing partner clarence "bl...

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 youve ever been credited for either producing or writing, it is a very, very long list, quite an amazing list. >> willie: it is about 1,...

Promoting local talent. the label became a showcase for artists like betty wright, frank williams and the rocketeers. >> anthony: everything youve 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. im like a song mechanic. you bring it to me. ill help you fix it. >> anthony: william and his writing partner clarence "blowfly" reed wrote such classics as "clean up wo...

The music, the original miami sound were 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 li...

Out of johnnys record shop. the label became a showcase for artists like betty wright, frank williams and the rocketeers. johnny killens and the dynamites. everything youre ever been credited for for either producing or writing, it is a very, very long list, quite an amazing list. >> its about 1,200. >> 1,200 songs. >> it just flows. im like a song mechanic. you bring it to me. ill help you fix it. >> william and his writing partner clarence "blowfly" reed wrote such classics as "clean up woman"...

Deep city, recording and promoting local talent. the label became a showcase for artists like betty wright, frank williams and the rocketeers. >> everything youve 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. im like a song mechanic. you bring it to me. ill help you fix it. >> william and his writing partner clarence "blowfly" reed wrote such classics as "clean up woman" and "rock...

Partner johnny peersol started deep city, recording and promoting local talent out of johnnys record shop. the label became a showcase for artists like betty wright, frank williams and the rocketeers. johnny killens and the dynamites. >> everything youve 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. im like a song mechanic. you bring it to me. ill help you fix it. >> william and h...