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November 9, 1999. (1999-11-09) (aged 82) Henderson, Nevada. Occupation (s) Record producer, record executive. Labels. Jubilee, Atlantic, Atco. Herbert Charles Abramson (November 16, 1916 – November 9, 1999) was an American record executive, record producer, and co-founder of Atlantic Records.
Dec 3, 1999 · Herb Abramson. Tony Russell. Thu 2 Dec 1999 21.15 EST. Herb Abramson, who has died aged 82, was one of the architects of Atlantic Records, which in the 1950s and 60s was the most creative...
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Atlantic Records was highly creative from the start. Where it led, many followed. Motown, Island, Virgin – all were built on trying to get the music right above all else, because if you achieved that, success would ensue. They were following, consciously or otherwise, Atlantic’s blueprint, and that plan turned a one-room business run by a couple of...
Atlantic Records started with love. Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun were the sons of Turkey’s first Ambassador to the United States and as hip as could be in the 40s. They were obsessed with jazz, the music of the era. Ahmet studied music at Georgetown University, in Washington, DC, and both brothers collected records. Their collection amounted to a vast ...
Rock’s revolution was some way off when Atlantic released its first records, in January 1948: half of Led Zeppelinwere not yet born and Mick Jagger hadn’t started school. The fledgling label employed Herb Abramson’s wife, Miriam, to run its publishing company – a smart engagement, as she proved a fierce protector of the company’s limited budget. At...
- Ian Mccann
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson.
Herb Abramson. Herb Abramson was the first president of pioneering jazz/R&B/pop label Atlantic Records. Born November 16, 1920, in Brooklyn, NY, Abramson, who was a blues, jazz. and gospel music enthusiast, began collecting…. Read Full Biography.
Herb Abramson. American entrepreneur. Learn about this topic in these articles: formation of Atlantic Records. In Atlantic Records.
In the nearly 45 years since Ertegun and his original partner Herb Abramson first got together with this idea (and $10,000 from Ertegun's dentist), Atlantic has become one of the most consistently successful companies in music.
