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6 days ago · Atlantic Records label. $15.28 bil. $6.39 bil. Formed in 1947 by jazz fans Ahmet Ertegun, son of a Turkish diplomat, and Herb Abramson, formerly the artists-and-repertoire director for National Records, Atlantic became the most consistently successful New York City -based independent label of the 1950s, with an incomparable roster including Joe ...
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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...
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Atlantic Recording Corporation is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of two decades, starting from the release of its first recordings in January 1948, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American labels, specializing in jazz, R&B, and soul by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Ruth ...
2010. On December 14th, AHMET ERTEGUN, founding Chairman of Atlantic Records, dies in New York City at the age of 83. He had been hospitalized with a head injury since October 29th, when he fell backstage at a ROLLING STONES concert at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan.
Atlantic Records Group is one of the top purveyors of pop music in the US, promoting such artists as Southern rapper T. I. and the rock band Death Cab for Cutie. It distributes such imprints as Elektra Records, as well as the venerable Atlantic Records label. Music industry mogul Ahmet Ertegun and partner Herb Abramson started Atlantic in 1947.
Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is a major record label. It sold rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz. It was founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson. Some of its groups included Cream, Led Zeppelin, Yes, and Foreigner. Recording artists
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Atlantic was founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson and was originally conceived and based in Ertegun’s suite at the Ritz Carlton overlooking Central Park. Now a part of Warner Music Group, it was consolidated with Elektra Records in to Atlantic Records Group in 2004. Past recording artists to record on Atlantic include: AC/DC.
