In 2004, Atlantic and its sister label Elektra were merged into the Atlantic Records Group. 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]. In order to make amends to Gabriel, he alerted both CBS and Geffen to the fact that Gabriel was available, and after a bidding war, Gabriel signed with Geffen. Darin moved to Los Angeles and signed with Capitol. 1974 - Ahmet Ertegun, now Chairman, announced Greenberg as President of Atlantic Records, making him the youngest president of a major record company at 32. 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. [54] Ray Charles returned to Atlantic in 1977. 1989 - Tommy Mottola, who took over Sony Music, offered Greenberg a label in California. He was funny, he was amusingbut he wasn't nice." 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. For much of its early history, Jerry Wexler had been managers of the label,[73] while Ertegun had concentrated on A&R and had less interest in the business side. After hearing the song's sparsely-arranged opening section, Ertegun said: "Where's the backbeat, man? 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. The new Warner owners refused to relinquish ownership of the Stax masters, so the distribution deal ended in May 1968. Join to view profile Atlantic Records. 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. 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. [43] After a slow start, Atco had considerable success with Bobby Darin. 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. They licensed the name from America's 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. They are seeking a Vice President Employee Engagement and . 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. Atlantic was incorporated in October 1947 and was run by Abramson (president) and Ertegun (vice-president in charge of A&R, production, and promotion). 3 on the pop chart, selling over one million copies. From Ertegun he learned how to treat musicians.[73]. "I thought we were going to die", Wexler recalled. In 1968 Peter Grant flew to New York with tapes of the debut album by British rock band Led Zeppelin. Ertegun remained friendly with Bobby Darin, who returned to Atlantic in 1966. 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. Ertegun recommended Mo Ostin to succeed Maitland as Warner Bros. Records president. MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. The Harlemaires. [92], That year also saw Atlantic reach a milestone for major record labels. 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. [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. Decca had refused access to its British acts, who usually appeared in the US on the London subsidiary. The position is responsible for all policy and procedures relating to student records, manages the key student records systems of the college, including those for student . The Rainbow Bar & Grill in Las Vegas recreates the Hollywood location with red leather booths and rock-n-roll memorabilia adorning the walls. 1 again in MarchApril 1952 with "5-10-15 Hours". Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Upon joining Atlantic, Kallman established his A&R credentials by signing and A&R-ing several hit artists, including Notorious B.I.G., P.O.D., Aaliyah, Brandy, Timbaland, Lil' Kim and Junior M.A.F.I.A. [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. 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. In 1966 Atlantic signed a licensing deal with Polydor which included the band Cream, whose debut album was released by Atco in 1966. I'm signing you today". [1]. "The Record Man: Ahmet Ertegun, Founder of Atlantic Records", "Warner Music Slashes Jobs, Ousts Bigwigs", "Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun dies", "Rock & Roll Founding Father Ahmet Ertegun Dies at 83", "Atlantic Puts 256 Stories on a Pair Of 10-In. The union action forced Atlantic to use almost all its capital to cut and stockpile enough recordings to last through the ban, which was expected to continue for at least a year. The band was never even offered to them. Columbia tried to market her as a jazz singer. Atlantic archivists have since rediscovered other 'lost' material including unreleased masters, alternative takes and rehearsal tapes by Ray Charles, Van "Piano Man" Walls, Ornette Coleman, Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz. "So Long", her first record for the label, was recorded with Eddie Condon's band on May 25, 1949. 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. Bobby Darin's "Splish, Splash" was the first song to be recorded on an 8-track recorder. Although the group didn't use this version, it guided them in their subsequent production. "[7] The label's office in the Ritz Hotel in Manhattan proved too expensive, so they moved to a room in the Hotel Jefferson. From 1970 it also distributed Embryo Records, founded by jazz flautist Herbie Mann after his earlier Atlantic contract had expired. No further albums were issued as the label lasted less than a year. Greenberg was then signing artists and overseeing the company on a daily basis. In April of that year, Miriam (Abramson) Bienstock reported to Billboard that Atlantic was selling 75% of its singles as 45s. Fate intervened during the Hollies US tour, when Nash reunited with Crosby and met Stephen Stills (ex-Buffalo Springfield) at a party at the Los Angeles home of Cass Elliott in July 1968. "[34] But they were outbid by RCA's offer of $45,000. 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. 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. Playing them back required a turntable with a special tone-arm fitted with dual needles; it was not until around 1958 that the single stylus microgroove system (in which the two stereo channels were cut into either side of a single groove) became the industry standard. "Beyond the Sea" became Darin's fourth consecutive Top 10 hit in the US and UK. Bill Haley & His Comets's version reached No. He was also alienated from the "rockoid" white acts that were quickly becoming the label's most profitable commodities and dispirited by the rapidly waning fortunes of the black acts he had championed, such as Ben E. King and Solomon Burke. 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. [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. 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. "Mack the Knife" (1959) went to No. 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). Miriam Bienstock called him "a pain in the neck". Atlantic offered $25,000 which, Ertegun later noted, "was all the money we had then. [2] Craig Kallman is the chairman of Atlantic. Nov 2016 - Present6 years 5 months. Orlando Wharton is a Senior VP of A&R at Atlantic Records and he is a Jersey City Native. 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. [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. [82], In May 1988, the label held a 40th Anniversary concert, broadcast on HBO. 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. . 6 on the R&B chart. 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. [7] Miriam gained a reputation for toughness. 1, Pop No. Abramson's then wife Miriam ran Atlantic's publishing company and handled most of the office work. [55], In 1960, Atlantic's Memphis distributor Buster Williams contacted Wexler and told him he was pressing large quantities of "Cause I Love You", a duet between Carla Thomas and her father Rufus which was released by the small label Satellite. "Dream Lover" reached No. 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. Atlantic Records. 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. [44] In 1965, Atlantic formed a budget label called Clarion Records. He saw something more in there that wasn't coming out before. 1, Pop No. During his short time at Atlantic, Spector produced music for LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown, Jean DuShon, and Billy Storm. Stacy Simons Santos Contact Me Posted on 1 March, 2023, 09:05 AM EST. Gerald was the third person Mottola hired on his team and let him form his own label as President of WTG Records. 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. 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. He started his career in the music business as a drummer in the band "Jerry Green and The Passengers" which he founded. 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!. Both became hits, and Atlantic hired him as a staff producer. 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!. 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. [19] The song reached No. 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 single was issued in August 1962 and became the biggest instrumental hit of the year, reaching No. Irene received a Bachelor of Science degree from Saint John's University. 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 . [29] In 1951, Atlantic was one of the first independent labels to press records in the 45rpm single format. 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. 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. 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. The soul/country & western crossover predated Ray Charles' similar venture by more than 6 months. 2. Their label Spark was bought by Atlantic, and they were hired as America's first independent record producers, free to produce for other labels. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. [85], The building was owned by the family of Sheldon Vogel, the chief financial officer of Atlantic at the time. [10][11][12] In the early fifties, Atlantic moved from the Hotel Jefferson to offices at 301 West 54th St and then to 356 West 56th St. Atlantic's first recordings were issued in late January 1948 and included "That Old Black Magic" by Tiny Grimes and "The Spider" by Joe Morris. 1 in both the US and the UK, sold over 2 million copies, and won the 1960 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Location. Currently serving as Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records in New York. 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. [5] Ertegun hired Billboard reporter Jerry Wexler in June 1953. He had more hits than George Martin and Phil Spector combined. "[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. 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". Vice President, A&R. Phone Email. [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. He was credited with improving the production, packaging, and originality of Atlantic's LPs. Burke became a consistent big seller through the mid-1960s and scored hits on Atlantic into 1968. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart. "Yakety Yak" became Atlantic's first No. Location. 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Kenny . 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. 1993 - Sony artist Michael Jackson offered Greenberg the position of President of MJJ Music, Jackson's label distributed through Sony. Leiber and Stoller also wrote the hit "Ruby Baby" for The Drifters. He later recorded two more parodies, "White & Nerdy", and "Do I Creep You Out", both released September 26 to replace it. 1967 - Jerry Wexler asked Greenberg to become his personal assistant at Atlantic Records. Atlantic Group is representing a privately held investment firm serving some of the world's most influential families and organizations. 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 September 1947, he sold his share in Jubilee to his partner, Jerry Blaine, and invested $2,500 in Atlantic. 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. [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 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. He soon stopped when RCA signed Elvis Presley. Roddys album was released in December 2019 and immediately exploded, she says, shifting smoothly into virtuoso promo mode. 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. 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. [5][19] "Daddy Daddy" reached No. Flights will operate daily except Tuesdays. Wexler exploded and replied the payment would mean the end of their relationship with the label. 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). 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. In 1961, he left the label, returned to Los Angeles, and founded Philles Records with Lester Sill. [31] Ertegun and Wexler realized many R&B recordings by black musicians were being covered by white performers, often with greater chart success. By 1979 Genesis drummer/singer Phil Collins was considering branching out into a solo career. The market for these records exploded during late 1953 and early 1954 as R&B hits crossed over to the mainstream (i.e. 4 R&B hit with "Tweedlee Dee", but a rival version by Georgia Gibbs went to No. But the Ertegun brothers held the majority of stock while Wexler controlled about 20 percent. A subsidiary label, Atco, was established in 1955 to keep Abramson involved. "[19] She rose to fame quickly and was called the Queen of Soul. 9), "Respect" (Soul and Pop No. [26], Beginning in 1954, Atlantic created or acquired several subsidiary labels, the first being Cat Records. Satellite was renamed Stax after the owners, Stewart and Axton. 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. 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]. Ganis began her career as an assistant at Polydor Records and quickly became the first female on the companys national promotion staff. 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. 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. The mid-1960s British Invasion led Atlantic to change its British distributor. 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. MTB handled tribute bands Led Zepagain (Led Zeppelin tribute band), Rolling the Stones (The Rolling Stones tribute band), ABBACADABRA (ABBA tribute band), Bonfire (AC/DC tribute band), Bella Donna (Stevie Nicks tribute band), The Long Run (Eagles tribute band), Fan Halen (Van Halen tribute band) and others. Aaron Bay-Schuck (born September 5, 1981) is an American music industry executive. In its tenth anniversary feature on Atlantic, Billboard noted, " a very big R&B record might achieve 250,000 sales, but from this point on (195354), the industry began to see million sellers, one after the other, in the R&B field". 5[30] (although The Crew-Cuts' version went to No. In January of 1996, she was named Executive Vice President. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Ertegun asked about artists' royalties, which he paid, and this surprised Columbia executives, who did not, and the deal was scuttled. Cotillion was also responsible for launching the career of Luther Vandross, who recorded for the label as part of the trio Luther. 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. 4), "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Soul No. During his tenure at United Artists Music, he was executive producer for the soundtrack to the movie 'Karate Kid 2,' which went gold. [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. 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. 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