In 1967 the group traveled to Atlantic's studio in New York City to record Disraeli Gears with Tom Dowd; it became a Top 5 LP in both the US and the UK, with the single "Sunshine of Your Love" reaching No. In 1969 Stephen Stills was still signed to Atlantic under the contract dating from his time with Buffalo Springfield. The position is responsible for all policy and procedures relating to student records, manages the key student records systems of the college, including those for student . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. But that changed after the sale to Warner. That streak has continued over the years, particularly with the remarkably consistent current regime of co-chairs Craig Kallman and Julie Greenwald, who have steered the ship since 2004. In 1966 Atlantic signed a licensing deal with Polydor which included the band Cream, whose debut album was released by Atco in 1966. Wexler dismissed developments in pop music, dubbing the musicians "the rockoids". [7] Miriam gained a reputation for toughness. [50], Leiber and Stoller worked briefly for United Artists, then started Red Bird with George Goldner. Once there, he continued to sign major artists, including Michel'le and JJ Fad, produced by Dr. Dre and Eazy-E. [14], Ertegun and Abramson spent much of the late 1940s and early 1950s scouring nightclubs in search of talent. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. "The Record Man: Ahmet Ertegun, Founder of Atlantic Records", "Warner Music Slashes Jobs, Ousts Bigwigs", "Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun dies", "Rock & Roll Founding Father Ahmet Ertegun Dies at 83", "Atlantic Puts 256 Stories on a Pair Of 10-In. Atlantic Records is part of the Media & Internet industry, and located in New York, United States. [21], In 1952 Atlantic signed Ray Charles, whose hits included "I Got a Woman", "What'd I Say", and "Hallelujah I Love Her So". 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In 1944, brothers Nesuhi and Ahmet Ertegun remained in the United States when their mother and sister returned to Turkey after the death of their father Munir Ertegun, Turkey's first ambassador to the U.S. According to Greenberg, Ertegun had long seen the UK as a source of untapped talent. They had hits with "Chapel of Love" by The Dixie Cups and "Leader of the Pack" by The Shangri-Las, but Red Bird's finances were precarious. 1 in September 1951. Barry, Thomas (September 9, 1969). Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote "Smokey Joe's Cafe", which became a hit for The Robins. The union action forced Atlantic to use almost all its capital to cut and stockpile enough recordings to last through the ban, which was expected to continue for at least a year. 1 R&B hit, but it only reached No. Wexler recalled, "We didn't pay for the mastersJim paid for the masters and then he would send us a finished tape and we would put it out. [60] He brought Atlantic musicians to Memphis to record. He produced "Twist and Shout" for The Top Notes, and it flopped. 9), "Respect" (Soul and Pop No. Label President Ahmet Ertegun still had no desire to sell, but the balance of power had changed since the abortive takeover attempt of 1962; Atlantic's original investor Dr Vahdi Sabit and minority stockholder Miriam Bienstock had both been bought out in September 1964[51] and the other remaining partner, Nesuhi Ertegun, was eventually convinced to side with Wexler. Blog http . Atlantic also began to get recordings distributed in the United Kingdom, first through EMI on a 'one-off' basis. Over the next five years Stax and its subsidiary Volt provided Atlantic with many hits, such as "Respect" by Otis Redding, "Knock on Wood" by Eddie Floyd, "Hold On, I'm Comin'" by Sam and Dave, and "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett. He founded Jubilee in 1946 but had no interest in its most successful musicians. Ganis began her career as an assistant at Polydor Records and quickly became the first female on the companys national promotion staff. So significant was Brown's success to Atlantic that the label became known colloquially as "The House That Ruth Built". By contrast, Wexler was disenchanted by Atlantic's move into rock; he left in 1975. By 1956 the 45 had surpassed the 78 in sales for singles. He came to my office every day to discuss the development of our records and would make me study sales reports, imparting that sales was the way to truly judge if a record was real. In 1969 Warner Bros.-Seven Arts was taken over by the Kinney National Company, and in the early 1970s the group was rebadged as Warner Communications. Atlantic Records has named Keith "Keefa" Parker Vice President of A&R. Based in Los Angeles, Parker most recently served as an executive producer on Roddy Ricch's breakthrough album . In 1974 the former photographer, record store manager and music critic joined Atlantic's New York publicity department. Atlantic said it was too early in Blunt's career, and it did not want him to be a one-hit wonder. Aaron Bay-Schuck. 1972 - Within five years, Greenberg held two titles; Vice President of Radio Promotion, and Vice President of Artists and Repertoire for Atlantic Records. MusiCares services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies and each case is treated with integrity and confidentially. Since they jointly held more stock, Ahmet was obliged to agree to the sale. The trio was formed following a chance meeting between members of three leading 1960s pop groups Stephen Stills, David Crosby of The Byrds and Graham Nash of The Hollies. Union College. "Security") in 1982 to wide acclaim, and Gabriel scored a minor US hit with the single "Shock The Monkey". 1, Pop No. [33] LaVern Baker had a No. Aretha Franklin signed with Atlantic in 1966 after her contract with Columbia expired. Despite the huge success Atlantic was enjoying with its own artists and through its deal with Stax, by 1967 Jerry Wexler was seriously concerned about the disintegration of the old order of independent record companies and, fearing for the label's future, he began agitating for it to be sold to a larger company. Jerry L. Greenberg is an American music executive, who at 32, was the youngest president of any major record company in the recording industry and received that title in 1974 as President of Atlantic Records . "Queen of the Hop" made the Top 10 on both the US pop and R&B charts and charted in the UK. By the age of eighteen, Greenberg already had his own record label, called Green-Sea Records. Websites. [16] Early releases included music by Sidney Bechet, Barney Bigard, The Cardinals, The Clovers, Frank Culley, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Erroll Garner, Dizzy Gillespie, Tiny Grimes, Al Hibbler, Earl Hines, Johnny Hodges, Jackie & Roy, Lead Belly, Meade Lux Lewis, Professor Longhair, Shelly Manne, Howard McGhee, Mabel Mercer, James Moody, Joe Morris, Art Pepper, Django Reinhardt, Pete Rugolo, Pee Wee Russell, Bobby Short, Sylvia Syms, Billy Taylor, Sonny Terry, Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Yancey, Sarah Vaughan, Mal Waldron, and Mary Lou Williams. By the mid-1950s Atlantic had an informal agreement with the French label Barclay, and the two companies regularly exchanged titles, usually jazz recordings. DZ Atlantic President Testifies to Nebraska Legislature in Support of Nuclear Workforce Development - Part 1 of 2 DZ Atlantic President Ross McConnell and Day & Zimmermann Senior Vice President of Nuclear Operations James Chesnut testified February 16 before the Nebraska Legislature's Natural Resources Committee in support of Legislative Bill 568, the Nuclear and Hydrogen Development Act. Jan 15 2023. Pictured (l-r): Michael Kyser, Atlantic Records . Brown received a voluntary payment of $20,000 and founded the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1988 with a donation of $1.5 million from Ertegun. [3] [4] 2. During his tenure at United Artists Music, he was executive producer for the soundtrack to the movie 'Karate Kid 2,' which went gold. [43] After a slow start, Atco had considerable success with Bobby Darin. By this time creative tensions within The Hollies were coming to a head, and Nash had already decided to leave the group. The market for these records exploded during late 1953 and early 1954 as R&B hits crossed over to the mainstream (i.e. 2003-04 - Mirage Music Entertainment has been reactivated with a distribution deal through Sony Music. Jerry Greenberg signed the group to Atlantic in the US in 1973 on Ertegun's advice, but although they were very successful in Europe, Genesis remained at best a "cult" act in America for most of the Seventies. Bill Haley & His Comets's version reached No. His agent David Geffen went to Wexler to ask for Stills to be released from his Atlantic contract because Geffen wanted Stills' new group to sign with Columbia. Satellite was renamed Stax after the owners, Stewart and Axton. Jones was an accounting major at Maryland University who planned to be a doctor . Collins later commented, "We didn't use his version, but we knew what he was getting at. A few people had tagged him and I reached out to ask if he would be so kind to let me interview him. [82][83][84] The four-story warehouse, located at 199 Broadway, was the former location of Vogel's Department Store, before it closed down in March 1975. Ertegun knew Stick's younger brother Brownie McGhee, with whom Stick happened to be staying, so he contacted the McGhee brothers and re-recorded the song. In 1956 he started the '8000' popular series (selling for $3.98) for the label's few R&B albums, reserving the 1200 series for jazz. He saw something more in there that wasn't coming out before. ", Atlantic suffered a catastrophic loss in the early morning of February 8, 1978, when a fire destroyed most of its tape archive, which had been stored in a non-air-conditioned warehouse in Long Branch, New Jersey. [19] The song reached No. 1 in the UK and became a multi-million seller. According to the International Herald Tribune, "More than half of its music sales in the United States are now from digital products like downloads on iTunes and ring tones for cellphones", doing so "without seeing as steep of a decline in compact disc sales as the rest of the industry."[93]. Previously, Irene was an A&R Administration at RCA Records and also held positions at SONY. After buying Elektra Records and its sister label Nonesuch Records in 1970, Kinney combined the operations of all of its record labels under a new holding company, WEA, and also known as Warner Music Group. He had recommended moving the company's multitracks and unreleased recordings to the building after Ertegun had complained about the aforementioned tapes taking up too much space in the company's Manhattan offices in New York. WEA was also used as a label for distributing the company's artists outside North America. However, she is quick to share credit not just with the companys leaders and her teams over the years, but also for the guidance she received along the way. Wexler lost his temper and threw Geffen out of his office, but Geffen called Ahmet Ertegun the next day, and Ertegun persuaded Geffen to convince Clive Davis at Columbia to let Atlantic sign Crosby, Stills & Nash.[5]. Gerald was the third person Mottola hired on his team and let him form his own label as President of WTG Records. Price previously served as senior vice president of Business and Legal Affairs at 10K Projects, an independent record label. [52], Atlantic was doing so well in early 1959 that some scheduled releases were held back, and the company enjoyed two successive months of gross sales of over $1 million that summer, thanks to hits by The Coasters, The Drifters, LaVern Baker, Ray Charles, Bobby Darin, and Clyde McPhatter. From this point, and notwithstanding the impact of the punk/new wave movement in the late 1970s, the band enjoyed an extraordinary run of successbeginning with their fourth album Fragile, each of the eleven albums they released between 1971 and 1991 (including the lavishly packaged live triple-album Yessongs) made the Top 20 in the US and the UK, and the double-LP Tales of Topographic Oceans (1973) and Going For The One (1977) both reached #1 in the UK. 2 on the pop chart. [92], That year also saw Atlantic reach a milestone for major record labels. He had more hits than George Martin and Phil Spector combined. Atlantic Records has named Keith "Keefa" Parker Vice President of A&R. Based in Los Angeles, Parker most recently served as an executive producer on Roddy Ricch's No.1 album, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial. 1969 - When Atlantic's parent company, Warner Bros-Seven Arts was sold to Kinney Services (Predecessor to Warner Communications in 1969, Greenberg was announced General Manager of Atlantic Records. After hearing the song's sparsely-arranged opening section, Ertegun said: "Where's the backbeat, man? "[34] But they were outbid by RCA's offer of $45,000. 2 in the US and No. Both became hits, and Atlantic hired him as a staff producer. Atlantic Business Interiors offers a vast array of office furniture and equipment, and combine that with an in-depth knowledge of workplace layout and ergonomics to ensure you make the most of your office space and give your workforce the best work . [80], Although Ertegun subsequently disputed Kalodner's account of the Genesis/Collins contract saga, he agreed that the loss of Gabriel was a big mistake, and his regret about his handling of the matter was only compounded by Gabriel's subsequent success with Geffen. 1). Kenny . 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