Irene Sourlis is a Vice President, A&R Administration at Atlantic Records based in New York, New York. When Abramson returned from military service in 1955, he realized that he had been replaced by Wexler as Ahmet's partner. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart. Sam Riback has been working as a Vice President of A and R at Atlantic Records for 21 years. [85], The building was owned by the family of Sheldon Vogel, the chief financial officer of Atlantic at the time. 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. Wexler told Ertegun if he refused, the deal would be done without him. Union College. 2 after spending almost six months on the Billboard R&B chart although McGhee himself earned just $10 for the session. With her promotion, Clark will take . His death was confirmed by the coroner's office, Pacific Attorney Group. [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. 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. [60] He brought Atlantic musicians to Memphis to record. 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. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [44] In 1965, Atlantic formed a budget label called Clarion Records. 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]. [5] Wexler and Ertegun formed a close partnership which, in collaboration with Tom Dowd, produced thirty R&B hits. [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. During his tenure as president of several major labels, Jerry has signed such acts as ABBA, The Blues Brothers, Foreigner, Genesis, TS Monk, Whitesnake, Chic, Nile Rodgers, Dr. Dre & Eazy-E (Production Deal), Motrhead, Brownstone and 3T. Along the way, Ganis has had a front-row seat to the history of modern music. Leiber and Stoller told Ertegun they had no intention of buying him out, but Ertegun was aggravated by Goldner's attitude and was convinced Wexler was conspiring with them. Moving up the promo ranks, she was appointed Vice President of National Promotion in 1988 and Senior Vice President two years later. Location. Wexler was impressed by the cooperative atmosphere at the Stax studios and by its racially integrated house band, which he called "an unthinkably great band". In the years that followed, Foreigner became one of Atlantic's biggest successes, and one of the biggest-selling groups in history, scoring a string of international hits and selling more than 80 million albums worldwide, including 37.5 million albums in the US alone. Ertegun remained friendly with Bobby Darin, who returned to Atlantic in 1966. Cotillion was also responsible for launching the career of Luther Vandross, who recorded for the label as part of the trio Luther. Leiber and Stoller backed down, but the relationship ended anyway. 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. 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. 1974 - Ahmet Ertegun, now Chairman, announced Greenberg as President of Atlantic Records, making him the youngest president of a major record company at 32. 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. 2, Pop No. white) audience. In September 1947, he sold his share in Jubilee to his partner, Jerry Blaine, and invested $2,500 in Atlantic. [19] The song reached No. The song sold 100,000 copies in the first month and became a million-seller. 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. 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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. Vice President, A&R. Phone Email. Within the first two weeks, The Box went from 33 million to 60 million streams. She was injured in a car accident en route to New York City, but Atlantic supported her for nine months and then signed her. Ertegun denied this was intentional. 2 in the US and No. In addition to signing acts Jerry has worked with some of the greatest artists in music including, AC/DC, Aretha Franklin, Bad Company, Bee Gees, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Dr. John, Dusty Springfield, Eagles, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Yes, and Michael Jackson. In January 1970, Ahmet Ertegun was successful in his executive battle against Warner Bros. Records President Mike Maitland to keep Atlantic Records autonomous and as a result, Maitland was fired by Kinney president Steve Ross. Wexler disliked him. A few people had tagged him and I reached out to ask if he would be so kind to let me interview him. 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. Kenny . In seven years, Greenberg went from personal assistant to president of the label. The band recorded for Atlantic Records, Roulette Records, United Artists, and DCP Record labels. But the Ertegun brothers held the majority of stock while Wexler controlled about 20 percent. "[79], Although his close friendship with Ertegun helped Collins launch his solo career, the fact that he eventually signed to Atlantic in the US was apparently as much by luck as by design. Greenberg served as President and CEO of MJJ Music from 1993 to 2000. Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records Los Angeles, California, United States. 2. 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. [89] Although Yankovic could have made the parody anyway, claiming Fair Use, his record label, Volcano Entertainment, thought it best not to "go to war" with Atlantic. Websites. According to Greenberg, Ertegun had long seen the UK as a source of untapped talent. Michael Kyser has been named the first-ever President of Black Music for the Atlantic Records Group. [57] The deal marked the start of a successful eight-year association between the two labels, giving Stax access to Atlantic's promotions and distribution. "[34] But they were outbid by RCA's offer of $45,000. [26], Nesuhi was also in charge of LP production. The Vice President of Student Records and College Registrar provides the statewide vision and leadership for the student records enterprise at Ivy Tech Community College. "[19] She rose to fame quickly and was called the Queen of Soul. By 1956 the 45 had surpassed the 78 in sales for singles. 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. He signed with Capitol and moved for Hollywood to attempt a movie career, but hits such as "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" and "Things" continued to benefit Atco through 1962. Over 60 years of recorded music history from Aretha Franklin & Led Zeppelin to Bruno Mars & Ed Sheeran. After hearing the song's sparsely-arranged opening section, Ertegun said: "Where's the backbeat, man? 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. 1, Pop No. Flights will operate daily except Tuesdays. 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. [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. Although Ertegun had been forced into accepting the sale, he turned the situation to his advantage. [90] The parody was released online for free on June 7. He currently sits on this Board as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee. Collins replied "The drums come later," to which Ertegun retorted "By that time the kids will have switched over to another radio station." Location. Angered by his unceremonious ejection from Atlantic, he alerted Geffen to Collins' availability, but to his chagrin, neither Geffen nor any other US label showed interest; He then alerted Virgin Records boss Richard Branson, who immediately contacted Collins' manager Tony Stratton Smith and signed Collins to Virgin in the UK as a solo act. He was funny, he was amusingbut he wasn't nice." But in September 1955 Miriam Abramson traveled to the UK and signed a distribution deal with Decca. Atlantic Group is representing a privately held investment firm serving some of the world's most influential families and organizations. In April of that year, Miriam (Abramson) Bienstock reported to Billboard that Atlantic was selling 75% of its singles as 45s. The mid-1960s British Invasion led Atlantic to change its British distributor. 1986 - Greenberg is named President of MGM/United Artists. His early releases were unsuccessful, and Abramson planned to drop him. Ganis began her career as an assistant at Polydor Records and quickly became the first female on the companys national promotion staff. 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. He learned his trade at Trey Records, a label in California owned by Lester Sill and Lee Hazlewood and distributed by Atlantic. Darin returned to Atlantic in 1965. After several lineup changes during 196970, the band settled into its "classic" incarnation, with guitarist Steve Howe and keyboard player Rick Wakeman, who both joined during 1971. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. [29] In 1951, Atlantic was one of the first independent labels to press records in the 45rpm single format. [39] The roles of the other executives with Abramson's departure were Wexler as executive vice-president and general manager, Nesuhi Ertegun as executive vice-president in charge of the LP department and Miriam Bienstock as vice-president and also president of Atlantic's music publishing arm Progressive Music with Wexler as executive vice-president and the Ertegun brothers vice-president of Progressive. 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. From 1970 it also distributed Embryo Records, founded by jazz flautist Herbie Mann after his earlier Atlantic contract had expired. He started his career in the music business as a drummer in the band "Jerry Green and The Passengers" which he founded. In 1967, Atlantic became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, now the Warner Music Group, and expanded into rock and pop music with releases by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Led Zeppelin, and Yes. 1 on the R&B chart and No. [3] [4] Leiber and Stoller also wrote the hit "Ruby Baby" for The Drifters. Although these were primarily 45rpm mono singles for much of the 1950s Dowd stockpiled his "parallel" stereo takes for future release. 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. Irene received a Bachelor of Science degree from Saint John's University. First and foremost is the music itself, and then the strategy created to expose it.. Although the group didn't use this version, it guided them in their subsequent production. . [1]. The first restaurant opened in June 2005 in Las Vegas, across from the Hard Rock Hotel. 5), and "Think" (Soul No. Since they jointly held more stock, Ahmet was obliged to agree to the sale. When released in February 1949,[5] it became Atlantic's first hit, selling 400,000 copies, and reached No. No further albums were issued as the label lasted less than a year. Some acts on the Atlantic roster in this period were British (including Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Yes, Bad Company and Phil Collins) and this was largely due to Ertegun. 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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. 1K followers 500+ connections. . In 1968 Peter Grant flew to New York with tapes of the debut album by British rock band Led Zeppelin. In January of 1996, she was named Executive Vice President. [5], In early 1949, a New Orleans distributor phoned Ertegun to obtain Stick McGhee's "Drinking Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee", which was unavailable due to the closing of McGhee's previous label, Harlem Records. 1 in February and March 1953. 1 pop hit. [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. 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