Frank Williams was a Miami musician, producer and artist who founded the Saadia label, which was named after one of his twin daughters. He recorded with a group of musicians dubbed the Rocketeers who included Miami stalwarts of the recording studio and performance scene like Little Beaver Hale, Joey Gilmore, Louis Howard, and Jimmy G. Griffin. Putting out the records locally on his Saadia label, he came to the attention of Campus Distributors in Miami. When his music started making noise locally, record distributor Joey Stanzione got him in touch with Jamie Records in Philadelphia. Working with Willie Clarke and Johnny Pearsall, Frank Williams had his unique funky sound that evolved into a raucous party attention grabber that came to characterize Miami Funk. He wrote and produced "You Got to Be a Man" for himself but the same arrangement was used for a recording done by Willie Clarke and Johnny Pearsall with Helene Smith, also a Phil-LA of Soul artist. The Miami group of artists was the first to appear on the newly created Phil-LA of Soul label in January 1967. Frank Williams also worked closely with Joey Gilmore, another Phil-LA of Soul artist. Frank Williams and the Rocketeers releases on Phil-LA of Soul were, in July 1967 “You Got to Be a Man” b/w “Spanish Flyer” (Phil-LA of Soul 304) and, in September 1967 “Soul Stuff Part 1” b/w “Soul Stuff Part 2” (Phil-LA of Soul 306).
