[54] Ray Charles returned to Atlantic in 1977. Abramson's departure opened the way for Ahmet Ertegun to take over as president of the label. 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. Roddys album was released in December 2019 and immediately exploded, she says, shifting smoothly into virtuoso promo mode. [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. 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 band recorded for Atlantic Records, Roulette Records, United Artists, and DCP Records as Jerry Green and The Passengers. 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. [26], Nesuhi was also in charge of LP production. [49], Atlantic tolerated Spector but with diminishing returns. Their single "Money Honey" became the biggest R&B hit of the year. 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. [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. Cotillion was also responsible for launching the career of Luther Vandross, who recorded for the label as part of the trio Luther. 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. Both albums went platinum, and it was the first rap album to go platinum for WEA Distribution. In April of that year, Miriam (Abramson) Bienstock reported to Billboard that Atlantic was selling 75% of its singles as 45s. [56] The deal included a $5000 payment against a five-year option on all other records. Darin moved to Los Angeles and signed with Capitol. Ertegun asked about artists' royalties, which he paid, and this surprised Columbia executives, who did not, and the deal was scuttled. Cotillion's catalog quickly expanded to include progressive rock, folk-rock, gospel, jazz and comedy. 2009 to 2011 - Mirage Tribute Bands is formed. 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. The trio was formed following a chance meeting between members of three leading 1960s pop groups Stephen Stills, David Crosby of The Byrds and Graham Nash of The Hollies. 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. 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. After the contract expired, they founded their label Swan Song and signed a distribution deal with Atlantic after being turned down by other labels. [30] Wexler is credited with coining the term "rhythm & blues" to replace "race music". Abramson also produced "Magic Records", children's records with four grooves on each side, each groove containing a different story, so the story played would be determined by the groove in which the stylus happened to land. [5] Ertegun hired Billboard reporter Jerry Wexler in June 1953. 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]. 1). [5][47], Record producer Phil Spector moved to New York to work with Leiber and Stoller. [81] They released his fourth solo album (a.k.a. He started his career in the music business as a drummer in the band "Jerry Green and The Passengers" which he founded. Greenberg also has one granddaughter, Eden, Rainbow Bar & Grill Press Mention 1 again in MarchApril 1952 with "5-10-15 Hours". Wexler exploded and replied the payment would mean the end of their relationship with the label. "I thought we were going to die", Wexler recalled. In the 1980s she sued Atlantic for unpaid royalties; although Atlantic, which prided itself on treating artists fairly, had stopped paying royalties to some musicians. 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Ahmet Ertegun liked him, but Leiber said, "He wasn't likable. [36] By 1958 Atlantic was America's second-largest independent jazz 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. "[58], The deal to distribute Satellite's "Last Night" by The Mar-Keys on the Satellite label marked the first time Atlantic began marketing outside tracks on a non-Atlantic label. The VP of Enabling Services aims to oversee Design, Build and Run aspects on his/her domain. Jan 15 2023. 4 R&B hit with "Tweedlee Dee", but a rival version by Georgia Gibbs went to No. His death was confirmed by the coroner's office, Pacific Attorney Group. The band was never even offered to them. 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. Professional Member of The Recording Academy / GRAMMY's, Recipient of the Nordic Music Bizz' '20 under 30' prize anno 2019. After surprisingly failing their audition for Apple Records, thanks to Ertegun's intervention and intense negotiations with David Geffen, who represented Crosby and Nash, as well as Stills,[75] they ultimately signed with Atlantic, who gave them virtually complete freedom to record their first album. 8), "Chain of Fools" (Soul No. Spector became one of the most successful record producers of the 1960s. Later that year The Clovers' "One Mint Julep" reached No. In 2004, Atlantic and its sister label Elektra were merged into the Atlantic Records Group. [62] But Atlantic profited from moving into rock music in the 1970s when it signed Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, and Yes. 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"[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. 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. Orlando Wharton is a Senior VP of A&R at Atlantic Records and he is a Jersey City Native. MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. Moving up the promo ranks, she was appointed Vice President of National Promotion in 1988 and Senior Vice President two years later. 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). [43] After a slow start, Atco had considerable success with Bobby Darin. In 1964 they approached Jerry Wexler and proposed a merger with Atlantic. [13] In its early years, Atlantic concentrated on modern jazz[11][14][3] although it released some country and western and spoken word recordings. 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. 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 . Bill Haley & His Comets's version reached No. Jerry also introduced Mariah Carey to Tommy Mottola. Greenberg served as President and CEO of MJJ Music from 1993 to 2000. 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. Atlantic Records. ")[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. 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. 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. Blog http . 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. 2), "Since You've Been Gone" (Soul No. Hot on the heels of the huge success of CSNY and Led Zeppelin, British band Yes rapidly established themselves as one of the leading groups in the burgeoning progressive rock genre, and their success also played a significant part in establishing the primacy of the long-playing album as the major sales format for rock music in the 1970s. They are seeking a Vice President Employee Engagement and . 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. . 1), "Baby, I Love You" (Soul No. 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. 1, Pop No. [31] He moved to Germany, where he served in the Army Dental Corps,[30] although he retained his post as president of Atlantic on full pay. Lanre Gaba has been promoted to Co-President, Black Music for Atlantic Records. Stacy Simons Santos Contact Me Posted on 1 March, 2023, 09:05 AM EST. 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. In seven years, Greenberg went from personal assistant to president of the label. [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. 1 in September 1951. 22 on the pop chart. WEA was also used as a label for distributing the company's artists outside North America. The soul/country & western crossover predated Ray Charles' similar venture by more than 6 months. 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. Jones was an accounting major at Maryland University who planned to be a doctor . Even then, Kalodner was turned down by twenty-six producers before he found someone willing to take on the project. 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. She rose through the ranks at Atlantic Records until they had to create a new title for her: president of promotion. Promotion is an art that morphs in tandem with the trends of radio as well as the broader currents of culture, she says, but ultimately the tenets are the same. [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 February 1953, Herb Abramson was drafted into the U.S. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart. Jerry Wexler spent a majority of his time in Florida, which left Greenberg plenty of time to spend with Ahmet Ertegun, who was President of Atlantic at that time. I posted something on my Instagram asking my followers to tag interesting locals. They licensed the name from America's No. 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. Bobby Darin's "Splish, Splash" was the first song to be recorded on an 8-track recorder. Its position was greatly improved by its distribution deal with Stax. 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. 1980 - Jerry Greenberg becomes a consultant to Atlantic while forming his own label with his brother, Bob Greenberg, called Mirage Music; Jerry remained on the East Coast, Bob on the West Coast. In 1990 Ertegun remarked, "The president of RCA at the time had been extensively quoted in Variety damning R&B music as immoral. [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. 1 Rock & Roll Restaurant on Sunset Strip in Hollywood. [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. Few music industry vets approach the level of royalty in the radio world that Andrea Ganis, Varietys Hitbreaker of the Year, inhabits. [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. 1967 - Jerry Wexler asked Greenberg to become his personal assistant at Atlantic Records. 4), "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Soul No. [14], Ertegun and Abramson spent much of the late 1940s and early 1950s scouring nightclubs in search of talent. [29] In 1951, Atlantic was one of the first independent labels to press records in the 45rpm single format. Kenny . MTB presented Bring Back the Music every Wednesday night at the Hilton Hotel (now Westgate) in Las Vegas. In 1990 he and Ertegun disputed the content of Charles's contract, which caused a rift. [60] He brought Atlantic musicians to Memphis to record. 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. 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 . [41] Miriam recalled, "I would deal with people there who were not really comfortable with women in business, sowe would do business very quickly and get it over with."[42]. The mid-1960s British Invasion led Atlantic to change its British distributor. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote "Smokey Joe's Cafe", which became a hit for The Robins. His recordings for Atlantic and Stax influenced pop music. 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. 5), and "Think" (Soul No. [44] In 1965, Atlantic formed a budget label called Clarion Records. Since they jointly held more stock, Ahmet was obliged to agree to the sale. Atlantic Records is part of the Media & Internet industry, and located in New York, United States. Wexler sent Tom Dowd to upgrade Stax's recording equipment and facilities. Atlantic's regret was undoubtedly heightened when Gabriel achieved huge international success with his fifth album So (1986), which reached #1 in the UK and #2 in the US and sold more than 5 million copies in the US. Currently serving as Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records in New York. [5] Wexler and Ertegun formed a close partnership which, in collaboration with Tom Dowd, produced thirty R&B hits. Atlantic's early stereo recordings included "Lover's Question" by Clyde McPhatter, "What Am I Living For" by Chuck Willis, "I Cried a Tear" by LaVern Baker, "Splish Splash" by Bobby Darin, "Yakety Yak" by the Coasters and "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles. 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. 1 pop hit. Ganis began her career as an assistant at Polydor Records and quickly became the first female on the companys national promotion staff. 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. The brothers were fans of jazz and rhythm & blues, amassing a collection of over 15,000 78 RPM records. The market for these records exploded during late 1953 and early 1954 as R&B hits crossed over to the mainstream (i.e. [87], A country music division, which was founded in the 1980s, was closed in 2001. Craig Rosen has been working as a Vice President, A and R at Atlantic Records for 10 years. 5[30] (although The Crew-Cuts' version went to No. "[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. "[19] She rose to fame quickly and was called the Queen of Soul. Among its acts were the post-Curtis Mayfield Impressions, Slave, Brook Benton, Jean Knight, Mass Production, Sister Sledge, The Velvet Underground, Stacy Lattisaw, Lou Donaldson, Mylon LeFevre, Stevie Woods, Johnny Gill, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Garland Green, The Dynamics, The Fabulous Counts, and The Fatback Band. Price previously served as senior vice president of Business and Legal Affairs at 10K Projects, an independent record label. He is currently working with Ricch on his second studio album as well as A&Ring the new album from Ty Dolla . "Security") in 1982 to wide acclaim, and Gabriel scored a minor US hit with the single "Shock The Monkey". 1989 - Tommy Mottola, who took over Sony Music, offered Greenberg a label in California. By contrast, Wexler was disenchanted by Atlantic's move into rock; he left in 1975. But when Ertegun offered him another chance, the result was "Splish Splash", which Darin had written in 12 minutes. Miriam Bienstock called him "a pain in the neck". No further albums were issued as the label lasted less than a year. The CEO and co-chairman of Warner Records (formerly Warner Bros. Records), he was previously the president of A&R at Interscope Geffen A&M and the senior vice president of A&R at Atlantic Records. Brown recorded more than eighty songs for Atlantic, becoming its bestselling, most prolific musician of the period. [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. Ertegun denied this was intentional. Atlantic said it was too early in Blunt's career, and it did not want him to be a one-hit wonder. Ertegun remained friendly with Bobby Darin, who returned to Atlantic in 1966. "[7] The label's office in the Ritz Hotel in Manhattan proved too expensive, so they moved to a room in the Hotel Jefferson. The first restaurant opened in June 2005 in Las Vegas, across from the Hard Rock Hotel. I'm signing you today". The Harlemaires. Atlantic Records. [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. In the event, Ertegun and Atlantic were the clear winners. The first song Wexler produced with Burke was "Just Out of Reach", which became a big hit in September 1961. Wexler dismissed developments in pop music, dubbing the musicians "the rockoids". 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. 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. From this point, and notwithstanding the impact of the punk/new wave movement in the late 1970s, the band enjoyed an extraordinary run of successbeginning with their fourth album Fragile, each of the eleven albums they released between 1971 and 1991 (including the lavishly packaged live triple-album Yessongs) made the Top 20 in the US and the UK, and the double-LP Tales of Topographic Oceans (1973) and Going For The One (1977) both reached #1 in the UK. Columbia tried to market her as a jazz singer. 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. Although many in the industry reportedly discouraged him from going solo,[78] Collins was strongly supported by Ertegun, who encouraged him to record an album after hearing the R&B-flavoured demo tapes Collins had recorded in his garage. 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 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. 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