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- Mr. Ertegun, who was born a Muslim, worked with church-rooted African-American musicians and Jewish producers, notably Jerry Wexler, on many Atlantic hits; that interfaith coalition helped forge soul music.
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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.
Ertegun, Ahmet | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. Shalom Goldman. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.837. Published online: 21 June 2023. Summary. Ahmet Ertegun (b. 1923–d. 2006) was among the most influential music producers and recording industry moguls of the 20th century.
May 26, 2021 · Born and buried a Turkish Muslim, he arrived in the United States as a pampered ten-year-old. At the age of thirteen, he was “the only white guy” backstage at Harlem’s nightclubs. In his segregated hometown of Washington DC, he was not supposed to be seen in public with his friend, composer Duke Ellington.
Dec 16, 2006 · Points of friction in American culture -- class, ethnicity, race, religion -- mostly provided him with sparks. Mr. Ertegun, who died on Thursday at 83, was an old-school music mogul, a...
- Jon Pareles
Dec 16, 2006 · Points of friction in American culture — class, ethnicity, race, religion — mostly provided him with sparks. Mr. Ertegun, who died on Thursday at 83, was an old-school music mogul, a...
- Jon Pareles
Dec 15, 2006 · Mr. Ertegun’s music partnerships, he sometimes pointed out, were often culturally triangular. He was Turkish and a Muslim by birth. Many of his fellow executives, like the producer Jerry Wexler...
Dec 1, 2011 · In 1994, Ahmet, who by then had become a very wealthy man, donated $3.5 million to create the M. Munir Ertegun Turkish Studies Foundation in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton ...
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