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[5] Wexler and Ertegun formed a close partnership which, in collaboration with Tom Dowd, produced thirty R&B hits. Columbia tried to market her as a jazz singer. 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. In September 1947, he sold his share in Jubilee to his partner, Jerry Blaine, and invested $2,500 in Atlantic. 1 R&B hit, but it only reached No. Along the way, Ganis has had a front-row seat to the history of modern music. [14], Ertegun and Abramson spent much of the late 1940s and early 1950s scouring nightclubs in search of talent. It was groundbreaking., And although she may have blazed a trail as a female executive in the male-dominated world of promotion, for her its all about team success over individual success, in service of the artists. 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. Craig Rosen has been working as a Vice President, A and R at Atlantic Records for 10 years. Wexler taught Greenberg all about recording, producing, finding songs, and the day-to-day tasks of running a major label. In the meantime, original lead singer Peter Gabriel had left the group in 1975, followed in 1977 by lead guitarist Steve Hackett, reducing the group to a three-piece. [22] Their records created some controversy: the suggestive "Such A Night" was banned by radio station WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan, and "Honey Love" was banned in Memphis, Tennessee[23] but both reached No. During his tenure at United Artists Music, he was executive producer for the soundtrack to the movie 'Karate Kid 2,' which went gold. As Executive Vice President of the label since 2013, she has been the driving force behind radio hits by Meek Mill, Cardi B, Bruno Mars, Lil Uzi Vert and Gucci Mane to name a few. 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. Org Chart - Atlantic Records. Charles signed a contract with ABC-Paramount that included higher royalties, a production deal, profit-sharing, and eventual ownership of his master tapes. Since they jointly held more stock, Ahmet was obliged to agree to the sale. In 1962 folk music was booming and the label came very close to signing Peter, Paul & Mary; although Wexler and Ertegun pursued them vigorously the deal fell through at the last minute and they later discovered music publisher Artie Mogull had introduced their manager Albert Grossman to Warner Bros. executive Herman Starr, who had made the trio an irresistible offer that gave them complete creative control over the recording and packaging of their music.[61]. [60] He brought Atlantic musicians to Memphis to record. "I thought we were going to die", Wexler recalled. The irony was further compounded by the fact that Gabriel scored a US #1 hit with the R&B-influenced single "Sledgehammer", which featured the legendary Memphis Horns, and which Gabriel later described as "my chance to sing like Otis Redding. The announcement was made today by Atlantic Chairman/COO Julie . [26] Billboard said Atlantic's "fresh sound" and the quality of its recordings, arrangements, and musicians was a great advance from standard R&B records. [5][19] "Daddy Daddy" reached No. [87], A country music division, which was founded in the 1980s, was closed in 2001. Cotillion also released the triple-albums soundtrack of the Woodstock festival film in 1970. Atlantic signed the band to an exclusive five-year contract, one of the "most substantial" in the label's history[74] Zeppelin recorded for Atlantic from 1968 to 1973. Republic Records is a division of Universal Music Group and home to multiple platinum award winning artists. Big Joe Turner's April 1954 song "Shake, Rattle and Roll" was a No. Acceding to Ertegun's demand, Collins took the unusual step of overdubbing extra drums on the finished master tape, and he later commented, "He (Ertegun) was quite right. The announcement was made today by Atlantic Chairman/COO Julie Greenwald and Chairman/CEO Craig Kallman . Leiber and Stoller also wrote the hit "Ruby Baby" for The Drifters. But that changed after the sale to Warner. Sadi Koylan. Ahmet Ertegun served as founding chairman until his death on December 14, 2006, at age 83.[4]. 22 on the pop chart. In 1978, Atlantic finally broke the leading UK progressive group Genesis as a major act in the US. [5] Ahmet ostensibly stayed in Washington to undertake post-graduate music studies at Georgetown University but immersed himself in the Washington music scene and entered the record business, which was enjoying a resurgence after wartime restrictions on the shellac used in manufacture. [59], Atlantic began pressing and distributing Stax records. Two of Atlantic Records' most accomplished A&R execs, Brandon Davis and Jeff Levin, have been promoted to Executive Vice Presidents and Co-Heads of Pop A&R for the company. 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, "Please. The band recorded for Atlantic Records, Roulette Records, United Artists, and DCP Records as Jerry Green and The Passengers. "[19] She rose to fame quickly and was called the Queen of Soul. [5], Although Leiber and Stoller wrote many popular songs for Atlantic, their relationship with the label was deteriorating in 1962. He saw something more in there that wasn't coming out before. A few people had tagged him and I reached out to ask if he would be so kind to let me interview him. Wexler was a fan of Burke's and had long wanted to sign him so when Burke told Wexler his contract with his former label had expired Wexler replied: "You're home. Aretha Franklin signed with Atlantic in 1966 after her contract with Columbia expired. Union College. 3 in September 1952, and "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean" with Connie Kay on drums reached No. Stills and Crosby had been friends since the early 1960s; Nash had first met Crosby in the mid-1960s when The Byrds toured the UK, and he renewed the friendship when The Hollies toured the US in mid-1968. Stereo versions of Ray Charles "What'd I Say" and "Night Time is the Right Time" were included on the Atlantic anthology The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings, 19521959. 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. I posted something on my Instagram asking my followers to tag interesting locals. "[77] The released version of "Follow You, Follow Me" gave Genesis their first hit single in the US, the album became their first American gold record, and the experience resulted in Ertegun and Collins becoming close friends. The first restaurant opened in June 2005 in Las Vegas, across from the Hard Rock Hotel. Atlantic was one of the first labels to record in stereo; many of the tapes that were lost were stereo 'alternates' recorded in the late 1940s and 1950s (which Atlantic routinely taped simultaneously with the mono versions until the 1960s) as well as almost all of the 8-track multitrack masters recorded by Tom Dowd in the 1950s and 1960s. When interviewed in 1990 for Ertegun's biography, Wexler declined to discuss the matter, but Ertegun claimed these negotiations were a plan to buy him out. 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. Irene Sourlis is a Vice President, A&R Administration at Atlantic Records based in New York, New York. 9), "Respect" (Soul and Pop No. "Dream Lover" reached No. 2013 to Present - Greenberg forms new EDM label with partners from Ibiza, Spain. 1989 - Tommy Mottola, who took over Sony Music, offered Greenberg a label in California. The Harlemaires. At this same time, Genesis' contract with Atlantic was up for renewal, and Collins was yet to sign as a solo artist. In 1953 (according to Billboard) Atlantic was the first label to issue commercial LPs recorded in the experimental stereo system called binaural recording. In 1951, Atlantic was one of the first independent labels to press records in the 45rpm single format. Although the extended length of much of their material made it somewhat difficult to promote the band with single releases, their live prowess gained them an avid following and their albums were hugely successful their third LP The Yes Album (1971), which featured the debut of new guitarist Steve Howe, became their first big hit, reaching #4 in the UK and just scraping onto the chart in the US at #40. Once there, he continued to sign major artists, including Michel'le and JJ Fad, produced by Dr. Dre and Eazy-E. Sill recommended Spector to Leiber and Stoller, who assigned him to produce "Corrine, Corrina" by Ray Peterson and "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" by Curtis Lee. The song sold 100,000 copies in the first month and became a million-seller. Leiber and Stoller backed down, but the relationship ended anyway. [9] When interviewed in 2009, she attributed her reputation to the company's chronic cash-flow shortage: " most of the problems we had with artists were that they wanted advances, and that was very difficult for us we were undercapitalized for a long time. 1 Rock & Roll Restaurant on Sunset Strip in Hollywood. [27] By the late 1950s stereo LPs and turntables were being introduced. The brothers were fans of jazz and rhythm & blues, amassing a collection of over 15,000 78 RPM records. But when Ahmet learned that Nesuhi had been offered a partnership in Atlantic's rival Imperial Records, he and Wexler convinced Nesuhi to join Atlantic instead. Aaron Bay-Schuck. [70] Other releases that year include albums by Aretha Franklin (Soul '69), Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin), Don Covay (House of Blue Lights), Boz Scaggs (Boz Scaggs), Roberta Flack (First Take), Wilson Pickett (Hey Jude), Mott the Hoople (Mott the Hoople), and Black Pearl (Black Pearl).[70]. 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. The Rainbow Bar & Grill in Las Vegas recreates the Hollywood location with red leather booths and rock-n-roll memorabilia adorning the walls. In July 1954, Wexler and Ertegun wrote a prescient article for Cash Box devoted to what they called "cat music"; the same month, Atlantic had its first major "crossover" hit on the Billboard pop chart when the "Sh-Boom" by The Chords reached No. [32] He was appointed vice-president and purchased 13% of the company's stock. [2], In 2006, the label denied "Weird Al" Yankovic permission to release "You're Pitiful", a parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful", despite Blunt's approval. In order to make amends to Gabriel, he alerted both CBS and Geffen to the fact that Gabriel was available, and after a bidding war, Gabriel signed with Geffen. Professional Member of The Recording Academy / GRAMMY's, Recipient of the Nordic Music Bizz' '20 under 30' prize anno 2019. Their label Spark was bought by Atlantic, and they were hired as America's first independent record producers, free to produce for other labels. During the compilation of the Rhino-Atlantic John Coltrane boxed set, producer Joel Dorn located supposedly destroyed outtakes from Coltrane's seminal 1959 album Giant Steps, plus other tapes including Bobby Darin's original Atco demo of "Dream Lover" (with Fred Neil playing guitar). [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. The mid-1960s British Invasion led Atlantic to change its British distributor. By the age of eighteen, Greenberg already had his own record label, called Green-Sea Records. Nov 2016 - Present6 years 5 months. Michael Kyser named President of Black Music at Atlantic in US February 3, 2011 By Music Business Worldwide Michael Kyser has been appointed as the first-ever President of Black Music for the Atlantic Records Group. In 1969 Stephen Stills was still signed to Atlantic under the contract dating from his time with Buffalo Springfield. Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. [90] The parody was released online for free on June 7. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Stacy Simons Santos Contact Me Posted on 1 March, 2023, 09:05 AM EST. [19], Recording engineer and producer Tom Dowd played a crucial role in Atlantic's success. Miriam Bienstock called him "a pain in the neck". Ertegun asked about artists' royalties, which he paid, and this surprised Columbia executives, who did not, and the deal was scuttled. Ertegun was directly involved in the recording of the band's 1978 album And Then There Were Three, personally remixing the album's projected first single "Follow You, Follow Me". Abramson's then wife Miriam ran Atlantic's publishing company and handled most of the office work. [92], That year also saw Atlantic reach a milestone for major record labels. 2 after spending almost six months on the Billboard R&B chart although McGhee himself earned just $10 for the session. In its tenth anniversary feature on Atlantic, Billboard noted, " a very big R&B record might achieve 250,000 sales, but from this point on (195354), the industry began to see million sellers, one after the other, in the R&B field". 2), "Since You've Been Gone" (Soul No. white) audience. 1 in the UK and became a multi-million seller. In seven years, Greenberg went from personal assistant to president of the label. He became Vice President of A&R at Atlantic, while continuing to oversee Big Beat. He also signed a platinum rock group from England, The Escape Club, and served as executive producer of the soundtrack to the hit motion picture, Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy. His death was confirmed by the coroner's office, Pacific Attorney Group. 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. My own staff is built with outstanding executives of both sexes, so I view it more as Forget gender but do a job with integrity, diligence and teamwork that you are proud of, and continue to listen, teach, learn and inspire those around you, she says. By this time creative tensions within The Hollies were coming to a head, and Nash had already decided to leave the group. In 2004, Atlantic and its sister label Elektra were merged into the Atlantic Records Group. 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