"[34] But they were outbid by RCA's offer of $45,000. Bill Haley & His Comets's version reached 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. 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. He later recorded two more parodies, "White & Nerdy", and "Do I Creep You Out", both released September 26 to replace it. Ahmet Ertegun served as founding chairman until his death on December 14, 2006, at age 83.[4]. 1 in the UK and became a multi-million seller. [44] In 1965, Atlantic formed a budget label called Clarion Records. 7, selling over one million copies and becoming the bestselling song of the year for Decca. [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. "Yakety Yak" became Atlantic's first No. He is currently working with Ricch on his second studio album as well as A&Ring the new album from Ty Dolla . [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. In addition to establishing Cotillion, Atlantic began expanding its own roster to include rock, soul/rock, progressive rock, British bands and singer songwriters. 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. "I thought we were going to die", Wexler recalled. . [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 label was originally formed as an outlet for blues and deep Southern soul; its first single, Otis Clay's version of "She's About A Mover", was an R&B hit. Atlantic City, NJ. In April of that year, Miriam (Abramson) Bienstock reported to Billboard that Atlantic was selling 75% of its singles as 45s. Burke became a consistent big seller through the mid-1960s and scored hits on Atlantic into 1968. Atlantic Records was founded in September 1947 in New York City and incorporated in October 1947 with Abramson as president, Etregun vice-president in charge A&R, production and promotion. Since they jointly held more stock, Ahmet was obliged to agree to the sale. Aretha Franklin signed with Atlantic in 1966 after her contract with Columbia expired. 2. [15], In late 1947, James Petrillo, head of the American Federation of Musicians, announced an indefinite ban on all recording activities by union musicians, and this came into effect on January 1, 1948. 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. 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. 1 in both the US and the UK, sold over 2 million copies, and won the 1960 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Ertegun started lifelong grudges against Leiber and Stoller, and his relationship with Wexler was damaged. In 1968 Peter Grant flew to New York with tapes of the debut album by British rock band Led Zeppelin. 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. 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. [5] Joel Dorn became Nesuhi's assistant after his successful production of Hubert Laws' album The Laws of Jazz.[37][38]. 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 . The first restaurant opened in June 2005 in Las Vegas, across from the Hard Rock Hotel. It was granted informally, but their accountant insisted on a written contract and an audit of Atlantic's accounts. With her promotion, Clark will take . [2] Craig Kallman is the chairman of Atlantic. 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. As part of the negotiations, Collins and his bandmates wanted their own 'vanity' label, Duke Records, but according to Kalodner, and despite Ertegun's personal interest, the group's demands, and their relatively modest performance in the US made Atlantic executives ambivalent about the deal. [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. The announcement was made today by Atlantic Chairman/COO Julie Greenwald and Chairman/CEO Craig Kallman . 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. [32] He was appointed vice-president and purchased 13% of the company's stock. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Wexler contacted the co-owner of Satellite, Jim Stewart, who agreed to lease the record to Atlantic for $1000 plus a small royaltythe first money the label had ever made. [87], A country music division, which was founded in the 1980s, was closed in 2001. A few weeks later Brown's "Teardrops from My Eyes" became its first million-selling record. Websites. The announcement was made today by Atlantic Chairman/COO Julie . Ahmet Ertegun liked him, but Leiber said, "He wasn't likable. But in September 1955 Miriam Abramson traveled to the UK and signed a distribution deal with Decca. Reacting to the acrimonious breakup of his first marriage, he had begun writing and recording new songs at home, which were considerably different from the material he had been recording with Genesis. "The Salty Socking Soul of Lotti Golden". 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 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 . At this same time, Genesis' contract with Atlantic was up for renewal, and Collins was yet to sign as a solo artist. The song sold 100,000 copies in the first month and became a million-seller. Ganis began her career as an assistant at Polydor Records and quickly became the first female on the companys national promotion staff. Lanre Gaba has been promoted to Co-President, Black Music for Atlantic Records. Wexler oversaw production himself at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. in large type (which spawned copycat vandalism). 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. December 2, 2014, 12:34 PM. Cotillion also released the triple-albums soundtrack of the Woodstock festival film in 1970. Wexler dismissed developments in pop music, dubbing the musicians "the rockoids". [36] By 1958 Atlantic was America's second-largest independent jazz label. [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. The market for these records exploded during late 1953 and early 1954 as R&B hits crossed over to the mainstream (i.e. 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. Sadi Koylan. Over the next four years he was instrumental in signing a string of major acts including Foreigner, AC/DC, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins. 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. "[34], Ahmet's older brother Nesuhi was hired in January 1955. In 1978, Atlantic finally broke the leading UK progressive group Genesis as a major act in the US. He was credited with improving the production, packaging, and originality of Atlantic's LPs. [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. Ryan Brady, a VP at Atlantic Records and a host of the Take It Away podcast, has died in a car accident at the age of 34. "So Long", her first record for the label, was recorded with Eddie Condon's band on May 25, 1949. Atlantic offered $25,000 which, Ertegun later noted, "was all the money we had then. white) audience. 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. Ahmet Ertegun had first seen them perform in the Midwest on one of their early American tours, and it was on this occasion that he also became an ardent fan of their drummer/vocalist, Phil Collins. In 1953, after learning that singer Clyde McPhatter had been fired from Billy Ward and His Dominoes and was forming The Drifters, Ertegun signed the group. He started his career in the music business as a drummer in the band "Jerry Green and The Passengers" which he founded. In 1964 they approached Jerry Wexler and proposed a merger with Atlantic. So we immediately targeted pop radio, which wasnt as open to playing hip-hop artists out of the gate. 7). Atlantic Records. 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. 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. But that changed after the sale to Warner. Barry, Thomas (September 9, 1969). 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. Clark will be based in NYC. [21] She hit No. 1986 - Greenberg is named President of MGM/United Artists. By this time creative tensions within The Hollies were coming to a head, and Nash had already decided to leave the group. In January of 1996, she was named Executive Vice President. 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. MusiCares services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies and each case is treated with integrity and confidentially. 1633 Broadway Fl 10, New York, New York, 10019, United States. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. [18], On the recommendation of broadcaster Willis Conover, Ertegun and Abramson visited Ruth Brown at the Crystal Caverns club in Washington and invited her to audition for Atlantic. [3] [4] He gained executive control of the label and influenced the Warner group. "Security") in 1982 to wide acclaim, and Gabriel scored a minor US hit with the single "Shock The Monkey". Darin returned to Atlantic in 1965. Wexler taught Greenberg all about recording, producing, finding songs, and the day-to-day tasks of running a major label. [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. The first song Wexler produced with Burke was "Just Out of Reach", which became a big hit in September 1961. He initially worked for Atlantic on a freelance basis, but within a few years he had been hired as the label's full-time staff engineer. Jerry Wexler said, "we're gonna put her back in church. 2005 - Jerry & Bob Greenberg form the Rainbow Bar & Grill Expansion Group. 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]. During the previous year, 78s had outsold 45s by a ratio of two to one.[30]. 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. By 1956 the 45 had surpassed the 78 in sales for singles. 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]. 1 Rock & Roll Restaurant on Sunset Strip in Hollywood. My early years began with the Rolling Stones, Bette Midler, Abba, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Phil Collins, U2, Stevie Nicks and so many more, including songs that I forgot I promoted until I hear them in a store and point up and say, I worked that record!. 1, Pop No. Wexler sent Tom Dowd to upgrade Stax's recording equipment and facilities. [48] When Spector criticized Bobby Darin's songwriting, Darin had him thrown out of the house. He founded Jubilee in 1946 but had no interest in its most successful musicians. [49], Atlantic tolerated Spector but with diminishing returns. 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. 1988 - Greenberg was asked to return to Atlantic Records as President of Atco Records, which was Atlantic's other label based in California. Previously, Irene was an A&R Administration at RCA Records and also held positions at SONY. He wore T-shirts reading "Atlantic Records sucks" while performing live and, in the music video for "White & Nerdy", he defaces Atlantic's article on Wikipedia, replacing the page with "YOU SUCK!" 1967 - Jerry Wexler asked Greenberg to become his personal assistant at Atlantic Records. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [82], In May 1988, the label held a 40th Anniversary concert, broadcast on HBO. . The highly respected executive, who celebrates her 20 th anniversary with the label this year, was most recently Atlantic's General Manager/Executive Vice President of Black Music A&R. In her new post, Gaba will work alongside Co-President, Black Music Mike Kyser. 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). Although Leiber considered dropping the matter, Stoller pressed Atlantic for payment. [19] After Brown left the label in 1961, her career declined, and she worked as a cleaner and bus driver to support her children. The soul/country & western crossover predated Ray Charles' similar venture by more than 6 months. 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. Songwriter Bert Berns hated Spector's arrangement and thought it ruined the song, so Berns re-recorded it with The Isley Brothers and it became a hit. The Rainbow Bar & Grill in Las Vegas recreates the Hollywood location with red leather booths and rock-n-roll memorabilia adorning the walls. 9), "Respect" (Soul and Pop No. [17] Atlantic's fortunes rose rapidly: 187 songs were recorded in 1949, more than three times the amount from the previous two years, and received overtures for a manufacturing and distribution deal with Columbia, which would pay Atlantic a 3% royalty on every copy sold. [31] Ertegun and Wexler realized many R&B recordings by black musicians were being covered by white performers, often with greater chart success. 5), and "Think" (Soul No. A subsidiary label, Atco, was established in 1955 to keep Abramson involved. 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. 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. Jerry also introduced Mariah Carey to Tommy Mottola. Leiber, Stoller, Goldner, and Wexler suggested their plan to Ertegun at a lunch meeting at the Plaza Hotel in New York. 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. 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 . 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. The ideal candidate will develop new . 1 on the Billboard R&B chart. The sale of Atlantic Records activated a clause in the distribution agreement with Stax Records calling for renegotiation of the distribution deal and at this point, the Stax partners discovered that the deal gave Atlantic ownership of all the Stax recordings Atlantic distributed. In 1990 he and Ertegun disputed the content of Charles's contract, which caused a rift. This concert, which was almost 13 hours in length, featured performances by a large number of their artists and included reunions of some rock legends like Led Zeppelin and Crosby, Stills, and Nash (being David Crosby's first full band performance since being released from prison). Price previously served as senior vice president of Business and Legal Affairs at 10K Projects, an independent record label. 1974 - Ahmet Ertegun, now Chairman, announced Greenberg as President of Atlantic Records, making him the youngest president of a major record company at 32. Cotillion was also responsible for launching the career of Luther Vandross, who recorded for the label as part of the trio Luther. According to Greenberg, Ertegun had long seen the UK as a source of untapped talent. He had more hits than George Martin and Phil Spector combined. 4 R&B hit with "Tweedlee Dee", but a rival version by Georgia Gibbs went to No. 1, Pop No. In September 1947, he sold his share in Jubilee to his partner, Jerry Blaine, and invested $2,500 in Atlantic. [50], Leiber and Stoller worked briefly for United Artists, then started Red Bird with George Goldner. 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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. [27] By the late 1950s stereo LPs and turntables were being introduced. 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. The demo tapes of the songs that eventually became their debut album (including the song "Feels Like The First Time") were famously rejected by almost every major label, including Atlantic although their tenacious manager Bud Prager later revealed that, in retaliation for a previous bad deal, he deliberately didn't approach CBS ("They had screwed me out of a lot of money, so I figured I would screw them out of Foreigner. Initially, Atlantic and Atco operated entirely separately from the group's other labels, Warner Bros. Records and Reprise Records, and management did not interfere with the music division, since the ailing movie division was losing money, while the Warner recording division was booming by mid-1968 Warner's recording and publishing interests were generating 74% of the group's total profits.[63][64]. 1 in September 1951. By the mid-1950s Atlantic had an informal agreement with the French label Barclay, and the two companies regularly exchanged titles, usually jazz recordings. Wexler's success for Atlantic was the result of going outside jazz to sign acts who combined jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues, such as Ray Charles, Joe Turner, and Aretha Franklin. Atlantic said it was too early in Blunt's career, and it did not want him to be a one-hit wonder. 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. 2 in the US and No. The audit revealed Leiber and Stoller had been underpaid by $18,000. February 4, 2011 2:39am. [91], In 2007, the label celebrated its 60th anniversary with the May 2 PBS broadcast of the American Masters documentary Atlantic Records: The House that Ahmet Built and the simultaneous Starbucks CD release of Atlantic 60th Anniversary: R&B Classics Chosen By Ahmet Ertegun. Atlantic Records is part of the Media & Internet industry, and located in New York, United States. Pictured (l-r): Michael Kyser, Atlantic Records . [26] He had been living in Los Angeles for several years and had intermittent contact with his younger brother. 1, Pop No. 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. "Beyond the Sea" became Darin's fourth consecutive Top 10 hit in the US and UK. [90] The parody was released online for free on June 7. After a stint at Infinity Records (They closed apparently Infinity wasnt forever, she cracks), Ganis arrived at Warner Musics Atlantic label and quickly became a legend at the company and within the industry. 1K followers 500+ connections. 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