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Ahmet Ertegun ( / ˈɑːmɛt ˈɛərtəɡən / AH-met AIR-tə-gən; Turkish: Ahmet Zahrettin Sebuhi Ertegün, pronounced [ahˈmet eɾteˈɟyn]; July 31, 1923 – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter, record executive and philanthropist. Ertegun was the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records.
Dec 15, 2006 · Dec. 15, 2006. Ahmet Ertegun, the music magnate who founded Atlantic Records and shaped the careers of John Coltrane, Ray Charles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and many others, died...
Dec 15, 2006 · Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records founder, dies at the age of 83 after weeks in a coma. Ahmet Ertegun, who helped define American music as the founder of Atlantic Records, a label that...
Dec 17, 2006 · Richard Harrington. WASHINGTON — Ahmet Ertegun was as much an icon as any rock, soul or jazz legend who ever passed through Atlantic Records, the label he co-founded in 1947 and turned into one...
May 2, 2007 · Born in Istanbul on july 31st, 1923, Ahmet Ertegun might never have come to America, which he later called “the land of cowboys, Indians, Chicago gangsters, beautiful brown-skinned women and...
May 26, 2021 · Ahmet Ertegun: America’s Greatest Music Man - Business History - The American Business History Center. by Gary Hoover | May 26, 2021 | Articles, Biographies, Media & Entertainment, Newsletters. This article first appeared in the Archbridge Institute’s American Originals Series.
Dec 15, 2006 · By Tim Weiner. Dec. 15, 2006. NEW YORK — Ahmet Ertegun, the music magnate who founded Atlantic Records and shaped the careers of John Coltrane, Ray Charles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and...