December 2, 2014, 12:34 PM. [6] He convinced the family dentist, Dr. Vahdi Sabit, to invest $10,000 and hired Herb Abramson, a dentistry student. 1989 - Tommy Mottola, who took over Sony Music, offered Greenberg a label in California. 1). 4 R&B hit with "Tweedlee Dee", but a rival version by Georgia Gibbs went to No. 1, Pop No. WEA was also used as a label for distributing the company's artists outside North America. Pictured (l-r): Michael Kyser, Atlantic Records . Atlantic Records. 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). Sadi Koylan. 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 . The Atlantic Council, 2 p.m.:Looking North: Security in the Arctic Center for Strategic and International Studies, 4 p.m.: Discussion with outgoing Australian Ambassador to the U.S. ARTHUR . His early releases were unsuccessful, and Abramson planned to drop him. In addition, Mirage opened a subsidiary office in Jamaica with Stacy Greenberg as General Manager and an office in Las Vegas, NV. Atlantic Records is part of the Media & Internet industry, and located in New York, United States. [5], Atlantic's New York studio was the first in America to install multitrack recording machines, developed by the Ampex company. Ertegun and Wexler knew of the group's leader, Jimmy Page, through The Yardbirds, and their favorable opinion was reinforced by Dusty Springfield, who recommended Atlantic sign the band. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. 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. [24][25], Atlantic was one of the first independent labels to make recordings in stereo: Dowd used a portable stereo recorder which ran simultaneously with the studio's existing mono recorder. 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. 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. Leiber and Stoller backed down, but the relationship ended anyway. Along the way, Ganis has had a front-row seat to the history of modern music. Join to view profile Atlantic Records. Vice President, A&R. Phone Email. Greenberg served as President and CEO of MJJ Music from 1993 to 2000. The market for these records exploded during late 1953 and early 1954 as R&B hits crossed over to the mainstream (i.e. Wexler had hired Greenberg and acted as his mentor, teaching him the daily operations of the record business. 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. [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 age of eighteen years, Greenberg already had his own record label, called Green-Sea Records. No further albums were issued as the label lasted less than a year. Since they jointly held more stock, Ahmet was obliged to agree to the sale. 1 again in MarchApril 1952 with "5-10-15 Hours". [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 mid-1960s British Invasion led Atlantic to change its British distributor. 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. Bobby Darin's "Splish, Splash" was the first song to be recorded on an 8-track recorder. 1 on the R&B chart and No. ", 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. Irene received a Bachelor of Science degree from Saint John's University. Websites. In January of 1996, she was named Executive Vice President. Ertegun asked about artists' royalties, which he paid, and this surprised Columbia executives, who did not, and the deal was scuttled. [5][47], Record producer Phil Spector moved to New York to work with Leiber and Stoller. 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. Atlantic missed an important signing in 1955 when Sun owner Sam Phillips sold Elvis Presley's recording contract in a bidding war between labels. Professional Member of The Recording Academy / GRAMMY's, Recipient of the Nordic Music Bizz' '20 under 30' prize anno 2019. [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. 1 Rock & Roll Restaurant on Sunset Strip in Hollywood. The overall enormity of this song changed that. Kalodner was overseeing the recording of Collins' solo album while Atlantic were vacillating about signing the band and Collins, but it was at this point that Kalodner was abruptly dismissed from Atlantic, although he was almost immediately recruited to head the A&R division at the newly formed Geffen Records. [36] By 1958 Atlantic was America's second-largest independent jazz label. 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. 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. The first song Wexler produced with Burke was "Just Out of Reach", which became a big hit in September 1961. Both became hits, and Atlantic hired him as a staff producer. Michael Kyser has been named the first-ever President of Black Music for the Atlantic Records Group. in large type (which spawned copycat vandalism). [44] In 1965, Atlantic formed a budget label called Clarion Records. In late 1961 singer Solomon Burke arrived at Jerry Wexler's office unannounced. 1 in September 1951. 1, Pop No. Poco achieved moderate success for Epic, but Crosby, Stills & Nash's self-titled debut album (released in May 1969) became a huge and enduring hit, reaching #6 on the Billboard album chart, spawning two US Top 40 singles, becoming a multi-platinum seller and eventually earning a place in the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In the wake of the takeover, Jerry Wexler's influence in the company rapidly diminished; by his own admission, he and Ertegun had run Atlantic as "utmost despots" but in the new corporate structure, he found himself unwilling to accept the delegation of responsibility that his executive role dictated. Lanre Gaba has been promoted to Co-President, Black Music for Atlantic Records. They licensed the name from America's No. He soon stopped when RCA signed Elvis Presley. He started his career in the music business as a drummer in the band "Jerry Green and The Passengers" which he founded. 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. Spector became one of the most successful record producers of the 1960s. For five years Atlantic "dominated the rhythm and blues chart with its roster of powerhouse artists". He founded Jubilee in 1946 but had no interest in its most successful musicians. Wexler told Ertegun if he refused, the deal would be done without him. 2), "Since You've Been Gone" (Soul No. Ertegun recommended Mo Ostin to succeed Maitland as Warner Bros. Records president. He was funny, he was amusingbut he wasn't nice." In February 1953, Herb Abramson was drafted into the U.S. Atlantic City, NJ. [92], That year also saw Atlantic reach a milestone for major record labels. 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. Satellite was renamed Stax after the owners, Stewart and Axton. Ertegun also insisted on changes to the song that became Collins' debut single. Although these were primarily 45rpm mono singles for much of the 1950s Dowd stockpiled his "parallel" stereo takes for future release. [88], Time Warner sold Warner Music Group to a group of investors for $2.6 billion in late 2003. 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. [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. "Mack the Knife" (1959) went to No. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 2 after spending almost six months on the Billboard R&B chart although McGhee himself earned just $10 for the session. 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. 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 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. Columbia tried to market her as a jazz singer. 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. 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". "[34] But they were outbid by RCA's offer of $45,000. First and foremost is the music itself, and then the strategy created to expose it.. With her promotion, Clark will take . Keefa Black. Ertegun started lifelong grudges against Leiber and Stoller, and his relationship with Wexler was damaged. 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. Jerry Wexler said, "we're gonna put her back in church. 21 albums were released simultaneously in 1965,[45][46] all of them shown on the back cover of their releases. MusiCares services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies and each case is treated with integrity and confidentially. In 1966 Atlantic signed a licensing deal with Polydor which included the band Cream, whose debut album was released by Atco in 1966. Collins later commented, "We didn't use his version, but we knew what he was getting at. 1, Pop No. Much of this was due to Kalodner, who later admitted that, as soon as Gabriel was dropped from Atlantic, he realized he had made a mistake. I'm signing you today". After hearing the song's sparsely-arranged opening section, Ertegun said: "Where's the backbeat, man? Org Chart - Atlantic Records. 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. 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!. Price previously served as senior vice president of Business and Legal Affairs at 10K Projects, an independent record label. 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. Jerry also introduced Mariah Carey to Tommy Mottola. ")[76] Prager persisted with Atlantic, even though their A&R department and label President Jerry Greenberg repeatedly rejected Foreigner; it was Kalodner's dogged belief in the group (and a live audition) that finally convinced Greenberg to allow Kalodner to sign them and take them on as his personal project. In 1976, the label started focusing on disco and R&B. 6 on the R&B chart. When Abramson returned from military service in 1955, he realized that he had been replaced by Wexler as Ahmet's partner. 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. 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. 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. 1K followers 500+ connections. Wexler sent Tom Dowd to upgrade Stax's recording equipment and facilities. [69] By 1969, the Atlantic 8000 series (196872) consisted of R&B, rock, soul/rock and psychedelic acts. [19], Recording engineer and producer Tom Dowd played a crucial role in Atlantic's success. 2007 - Jerry Greenberg joins the board of MusiCares established in 1989 by The Recording Academy. [14], Ertegun and Abramson spent much of the late 1940s and early 1950s scouring nightclubs in search of talent. Kenny . 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). [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. 8), "Chain of Fools" (Soul 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. Flights will operate daily except Tuesdays. [40], Atlantic played a major role in popularizing the genre that Jerry Wexler dubbed rhythm & blues, and it profited handsomely. 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. 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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. Clark will be based in NYC. 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. 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. 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. Roddys album was released in December 2019 and immediately exploded, she says, shifting smoothly into virtuoso promo mode. Burke became a consistent big seller through the mid-1960s and scored hits on Atlantic into 1968. [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. He produced "Twist and Shout" for The Top Notes, and it flopped. Few music industry vets approach the level of royalty in the radio world that Andrea Ganis, Varietys Hitbreaker of the Year, inhabits. From Ertegun he learned how to treat musicians.[73]. Abramson's departure opened the way for Ahmet Ertegun to take over as president of the label. 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. Republic Records is a division of Universal Music Group and home to multiple platinum award winning artists. [5] Ertegun hired Billboard reporter Jerry Wexler in June 1953. In September 1947, he sold his share in Jubilee to his partner, Jerry Blaine, and invested $2,500 in Atlantic. 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!" It was granted informally, but their accountant insisted on a written contract and an audit of Atlantic's accounts. [13] In its early years, Atlantic concentrated on modern jazz[11][14][3] although it released some country and western and spoken word recordings. All Rights Reserved. "Security") in 1982 to wide acclaim, and Gabriel scored a minor US hit with the single "Shock The Monkey". Cotillion was also responsible for launching the career of Luther Vandross, who recorded for the label as part of the trio Luther. 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. Greenberg also has one granddaughter, Eden, Rainbow Bar & Grill Press Mention In 2004, Atlantic and its sister label Elektra were merged into the Atlantic Records Group. "Yakety Yak" became Atlantic's first No. Wexler taught Greenberg all about recording, producing, finding songs, and the day-to-day tasks of running a major label. But when Ertegun offered him another chance, the result was "Splish Splash", which Darin had written in 12 minutes. 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. [7] Miriam gained a reputation for toughness. 9), "Respect" (Soul and Pop No. Darin moved to Los Angeles and signed with Capitol. In 1968 Peter Grant flew to New York with tapes of the debut album by British rock band Led Zeppelin. [59], Atlantic began pressing and distributing Stax records. 3 on the pop chart, selling over one million copies. During his tenure at United Artists Music, he was executive producer for the soundtrack to the movie 'Karate Kid 2,' which went gold. Cotillion also released the triple-albums soundtrack of the Woodstock festival film in 1970. 2, Pop No. [54] Ray Charles returned to Atlantic in 1977. In 1964 they approached Jerry Wexler and proposed a merger with Atlantic. [87], A country music division, which was founded in the 1980s, was closed in 2001. 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 said it was too early in Blunt's career, and it did not want him to be a one-hit wonder. 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