Ertegun composed songs under the alias "A. Nugetre", including Big Joe Turner's hit "Chains of Love", recording them in booths in Times Square, then giving them to an arranger or session musician. Websites. 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. Over the next four years he was instrumental in signing a string of major acts including Foreigner, AC/DC, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins. Atlantic Records is part of the Media & Internet industry, and located in New York, United States. Roddys album was released in December 2019 and immediately exploded, she says, shifting smoothly into virtuoso promo mode. [7] Miriam gained a reputation for toughness. "The Salty Socking Soul of Lotti Golden". Despite all the resistance, Kalodner's belief in Foreigner was totally vindicated by the group's massive success their 1976 debut single "Feels Like The First Time" reached #4 on the Billboard singles chart, their self-titled debut album sold more than 4 million copies, and the subsequent singles from the album kept the group in the US charts continuously for more than a year. [86], Although master tapes of the material in Atlantic's released back catalog survived due to being stored in New York, the fire destroyed or damaged an estimated 5,0006,000 reels of tape, including virtually all of the company's unreleased master tapes, alternative takes, rehearsal tapes and session multi-tracks recorded between 1948 and 1969. Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records Los Angeles, California, United States. "Yakety Yak" became Atlantic's first No. For five years Atlantic "dominated the rhythm and blues chart with its roster of powerhouse artists". Our costs began at the production levelthe pressing, and distribution, and promotion, and advertising. Columbia tried to market her as a jazz singer. 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. The trio's unique vocal chemistry was instantly apparent, so when Nash quit the Hollies in August 1968 and relocated to Los Angeles, the three immediately formed a trio, Crosby, Stills & Nash. Atlantic Records is part of the Media & Internet industry, and located in New York, United States. 4 R&B hit with "Tweedlee Dee", but a rival version by Georgia Gibbs went to No. [19] The song reached No. Cotillion also released the triple-albums soundtrack of the Woodstock festival film in 1970. [5] Ertegun hired Billboard reporter Jerry Wexler in June 1953. [5], Atlantic's New York studio was the first in America to install multitrack recording machines, developed by the Ampex company. Kalodner built his reputation by signing acts that other labels had turned down, and perhaps the most significant example of his achievements in this area was his championing of the Anglo-American band Foreigner. Ertegun started lifelong grudges against Leiber and Stoller, and his relationship with Wexler was damaged. Barry, Thomas (September 9, 1969). In 1974 the former photographer, record store manager and music critic joined Atlantic's New York publicity department. [27] By the late 1950s stereo LPs and turntables were being introduced. [60] He brought Atlantic musicians to Memphis to record. 6 on the R&B chart. 5), and "Think" (Soul No. [53] Months later the company was reeling from the successive loss of its two biggest artists, Bobby Darin and Ray Charles, who together accounted for one-third of sales. In September 1964, the Ertegun brothers and Wexler were in the process of buying out the company's other two shareholders, Sabit and Bienstock,[51] and it was proposed that Leiber and Stoller buy Sabit's shares. 1986 - Greenberg is named President of MGM/United Artists. Reissue producers and archivists subsequently located some tapes that were at first presumed 'lost', but which had survived because they had evidently been removed from the New Jersey archive years earlier and not returned. Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. In 1966 Atlantic signed a licensing deal with Polydor which included the band Cream, whose debut album was released by Atco in 1966. He currently sits on this Board as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee. The band recorded for Atlantic Records, Roulette Records, United Artists, and DCP Records as Jerry Green and The Passengers. 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. Price previously served as senior vice president of Business and Legal Affairs at 10K Projects, an independent record label. "[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. [21], In 1952 Atlantic signed Ray Charles, whose hits included "I Got a Woman", "What'd I Say", and "Hallelujah I Love Her So". Staff engineer Tom Dowd recalled, "Tokyo Rose was the kindest name some people had for her"[8] and Doc Pomus described her as "an extraordinarily vitriolic woman". The Clovers' "Don't You Know I Love You" (composed by Ertegun) became the label's first R&B No. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [5] Joel Dorn became Nesuhi's assistant after his successful production of Hubert Laws' album The Laws of Jazz.[37][38]. In 2004, Atlantic and its sister label Elektra were merged into the Atlantic Records Group. Sadi Koylan. NEW YORK, NY-- (Marketwired - Dec 2, 2014) - Maureen Kenny has joined Atlantic Records as Senior Vice President of A&R, based at the company's Burbank office. By the age of eighteen, Greenberg already had his own record label, called Green-Sea Records. 1994 - Greenberg is elected to the Board of Directors of Westwood One, the world's #1 supplier of talk, sports, radio, news, and shows all over the world. February 4, 2011 2:39am. Abramson did not get along with either Wexler or Nesuhi Ertegun, and he had returned from military service with a German girlfriend, which precipitated his divorce from Miriam, a minor stockholder and Atlantic's business and publishing manager. Jones was an accounting major at Maryland University who planned to be a doctor . [44] In 1965, Atlantic formed a budget label called Clarion Records. 1, Pop No. And Julie Greenwald is a great role model since she is an executive without peer., Although formats and platforms and so much else about the music business has changed over the years, the basics of breaking a song remain the same (to paraphrase a legendary Atlantic artist). 1964 - Greenberg joined Seaboard Distributors in Hartford, CT, as a record promoter, where he promoted records to radio stations for such labels as Atlantic Records, Chess Records, Liberty Records, Mercury Records, Phillips, Roulette Records, and many others. Abramson's departure opened the way for Ahmet Ertegun to take over as president of the label. 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. [21] She hit No. Previously, Irene was an A&R Administration at RCA Records and also held positions at SONY. MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. With Chairman Jerry Weintraub leaving the company abruptly, the new management team didn't want to continue having a recording company. Wexler's protg Jerry L. Greenberg replaced him and played a role in Atlantic's success during the 1970s. NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) - Erika Clark has been promoted to Vice President (VP) of Media Relations at Island Records by Executive Vice President of Media Relations Lauren Schneider, to whom Clark will report. Vice President, A&R. Phone Email. The announcement was made today by Atlantic Chairman/COO Julie . 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. [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. "[34], Ahmet's older brother Nesuhi was hired in January 1955. Army. "Dream Lover" reached No. 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. 1988 - Greenberg was asked to return to Atlantic Records as President of Atco Records, which was Atlantic's other label based in California. Following his departure, Ertegunwho had previously taken little interest in Atlantic's business affairstook decisive control of the label[66] and quickly became a major force in the expanding Warner music group. But joy also comes in birthing the babies who we continue to build and develop you never know whos going to become our next superstar!. 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. WEA was also used as a label for distributing the company's artists outside North America. The band was never even offered to them. Their assignment to work on The Drifter's next recording was given to Phil Spector. [5] Stewart and Wexler hired Al Bell, a disk jockey at a radio station in Washington D.C., to take over promotion of Stax releases. By early 1980, when Collins was recording his solo album, the record industry was suffering greatly from the impact of the worldwide economic recession, and many labels were beginning to cull their rosters and drop acts that weren't providing major returns. By the mid-1950s Atlantic had an informal agreement with the French label Barclay, and the two companies regularly exchanged titles, usually jazz recordings. According to Billboard journalist Bill Holland, news of the fire was kept quiet, and one Atlantic staffer who spoke to Holland reported that he did not find out about it until a year later. 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. 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. Their single "Money Honey" became the biggest R&B hit of the year. In addition, Mirage opened a subsidiary office in Jamaica with Stacy Greenberg as General Manager and an office in Las Vegas, NV. Sam Riback has been working as a Vice President of A and R at Atlantic Records for 21 years. "Queen of the Hop" made the Top 10 on both the US pop and R&B charts and charted in the UK. 1957 - Gerald L. Greenberg from New Haven, CT formed his own band. 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. 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[26] In this system, recordings were made using two microphones, spaced at approximately the distance between the human ears, and the left and right channels were recorded as two separate, parallel grooves. The Head of Enabling Services domains includes but is not limited to Finance Systems, Supply Chain Systems, Human Capital Management Systems, Legal systems, and other miscellaneous applications. After hearing the song's sparsely-arranged opening section, Ertegun said: "Where's the backbeat, man? Job Type Full-time Description Job Summary The Vice President of Medical Wellness Programming is responsible for actively managing the overall operations of the medical memberships and programs for all the clubs owned and/or managed by Legacy Management Group.This strategic position plans, directs, coordinates, and supervises all aspects of the department. Join to view profile Atlantic Records. His early releases were unsuccessful, and Abramson planned to drop him. In 1968 the label issued History of Rhythm and Blues, Volume 4 in stereo. Jerry Wexler said, "we're gonna put her back in church. The group was the brainchild of expatriate British musicians Mick Jones (ex Spooky Tooth) and Ian McDonald, one of the founding members of King Crimson. When released in February 1949,[5] it became Atlantic's first hit, selling 400,000 copies, and reached No. Greenberg also has one granddaughter, Eden, Rainbow Bar & Grill Press Mention [90] The parody was released online for free on June 7. [32] He was appointed vice-president and purchased 13% of the company's stock. Professional Member of The Recording Academy / GRAMMY's, Recipient of the Nordic Music Bizz' '20 under 30' prize anno 2019. [56] The deal included a $5000 payment against a five-year option on all other records. 9), "Respect" (Soul and Pop No. 1974 - Ahmet Ertegun, now Chairman, announced Greenberg as President of Atlantic Records, making him the youngest president of a major record company at 32. He is currently working with Ricch on his second studio album as well as A&Ring the new album from Ty Dolla . 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. [26], Beginning in 1954, Atlantic created or acquired several subsidiary labels, the first being Cat Records. Abramson's wife Miriam ran the label's publishing company, Progressive Music, and did most office duties until 1949 when Atlantic hired its first employee, bookkeeper Francine Wakschal, who remained with the label for the next 49 years. [26], Nesuhi was also in charge of LP production. Lance Gross Dallas Martin, the Atlantic Records A&R executive whose successes include records by Roddy Ricch and Meek Mill, has been promoted to executive vice president of A&R at. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. Their label Spark was bought by Atlantic, and they were hired as America's first independent record producers, free to produce for other labels. I'm signing you today". He became Vice President of A&R at Atlantic, while continuing to oversee Big Beat. The band recorded for Atlantic Records, Roulette Records, United Artists, and DCP Record labels. Much of Atlantic's renewed success as a rock label in the late 1970s can be attributed to the efforts of renowned A&R manager John Kalodner. The new Warner owners refused to relinquish ownership of the Stax masters, so the distribution deal ended in May 1968. [40], Atlantic played a major role in popularizing the genre that Jerry Wexler dubbed rhythm & blues, and it profited handsomely. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. 2), "Since You've Been Gone" (Soul No. By 1958, relations between Abramson and his partners had broken down; in December 1958 a $300,000 buy-out was arranged; his stock was split between Nesuhi Ertegun and Abramson's ex-wife Miriam, who had in the meantime remarried to music publisher Freddy Bienstock (later the owner of the Carlin Music / Chappell Music publishing empire). Atlantic Records. Both became hits, and Atlantic hired him as a staff producer. The song sold 100,000 copies in the first month and became a million-seller. 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. [28], Atlantic entered the LP market early: its first was This Is My Beloved (March 1949), a 10" album of poetry by Walter Benton that was narrated by John Dall with music by Vernon Duke. Aaron Bay-Schuck. He gained executive control of the label and influenced the Warner group. Over the course of two decades, starting from the release of its first recordings in January 1948,[3] 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 Brown and Otis Redding. 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. In 1953 (according to Billboard) Atlantic was the first label to issue commercial LPs recorded in the experimental stereo system called binaural recording. At his urging, Greenberg visited the UK six or seven times every year in search of acts to sign to the label.[72]. [14], Ertegun and Abramson spent much of the late 1940s and early 1950s scouring nightclubs in search of talent. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. 21 albums were released simultaneously in 1965,[45][46] all of them shown on the back cover of their releases. He saw something more in there that wasn't coming out before. From Ertegun he learned how to treat musicians.[73]. During his short time at Atlantic, Spector produced music for LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown, Jean DuShon, and Billy Storm. The building was purchased less than a week earlier and had been scheduled to reopen as a Nadler's Furniture Center, in an effort to revitalize the downtown area. 2 in the US and No. Its position was greatly improved by its distribution deal with Stax. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority announced Tuesday that Norse Atlantic Airways will commence new, low-price, nonstop service between London's Gatwick International Airport (LGW) and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on June 1, 2023. 3 on the pop chart, selling over one million copies. 2. [36] By 1958 Atlantic was America's second-largest independent jazz label. There are so many artists Ive been lucky to be involved with, and I love breaking music from so many different genres, she says, launching into a long list that includes INXS, Stone Temple Pilots, Hootie and the Blowfish, Jewel, Matchbox 20, Skid Row, Brandy, Kid Rock, Tori Amos, En Vogue, Aaliyah, and of course our current super-bigs, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Cardi B, Coldplay, Lizzo, not to mention this years chart goliath, Roddy Ricch. MTB presented Bring Back the Music every Wednesday night at the Hilton Hotel (now Westgate) in Las Vegas. Later that year The Clovers' "One Mint Julep" reached No. [35] Nesuhi became head of artists and repertoire (A&R),[31] led the label's jazz division, and built a roster that included Shorty Rogers, Jimmy Giuffre, Herbie Mann, Les McCann,[5] Charles Mingus, and John Coltrane. Abramson had worked as a part-time A&R manager/producer for Al Green at the jazz label National Records, signing Big Joe Turner and Billy Eckstine. 1972 - Within five years, Greenberg held two titles; Vice President of Radio Promotion, and Vice President of Artists and Repertoire for Atlantic Records. Bell was the first African-American partner in the label.[58]. [62] But Atlantic profited from moving into rock music in the 1970s when it signed Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, and Yes. [71][pageneeded] With Ertegun's power at Warners now secure, Atlantic was able to maintain autonomy through the parent company reorganizations and continue to do their own marketing, while WEA handled distribution. The result was seven consecutive singles that made both the US Pop and Soul Top 10: "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" (Soul No. The signing was complicated by the fact that Nash was still under contract to Epic Records (The Hollies' US distributor), but Ertegun used his diplomatic prowess to overcome this by arranging a 'swap' he released former Buffalo Springfield member Richie Furay from his Atlantic contract, allowing Furay's new group Poco to sign to Epic, and in exchange Columbia Records (the parent company of Epic) allowed Nash to sign to Atlantic. 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]. [92], That year also saw Atlantic reach a milestone for major record labels. 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