Leiber and Stoller backed down, but the relationship ended anyway. But the Ertegun brothers held the majority of stock while Wexler controlled about 20 percent. In addition, Mirage opened a subsidiary office in Jamaica with Stacy Greenberg as General Manager and an office in Las Vegas, NV. A few weeks later Brown's "Teardrops from My Eyes" became its first million-selling record. 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. [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. 2 after spending almost six months on the Billboard R&B chart although McGhee himself earned just $10 for the session. Atlantic Records is part of the Media & Internet industry, and located in New York, United States. [52], Atlantic was doing so well in early 1959 that some scheduled releases were held back, and the company enjoyed two successive months of gross sales of over $1 million that summer, thanks to hits by The Coasters, The Drifters, LaVern Baker, Ray Charles, Bobby Darin, and Clyde McPhatter. 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. In 1969 Stephen Stills was still signed to Atlantic under the contract dating from his time with Buffalo Springfield. 1 in the UK and became a multi-million seller. Jones was an accounting major at Maryland University who planned to be a doctor . Vice President, A&R. Phone Email. Although Leiber considered dropping the matter, Stoller pressed Atlantic for payment. 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. Since they jointly held more stock, Ahmet was obliged to agree to the sale. December 2, 2014, 12:34 PM. According to Greenberg, Ertegun had long seen the UK as a source of untapped talent. 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. [87], A country music division, which was founded in the 1980s, was closed in 2001. [92], That year also saw Atlantic reach a milestone for major record labels. [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. Union College. 1, Pop No. The single was issued in August 1962 and became the biggest instrumental hit of the year, reaching No. 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. 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. 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. Ertegun asked about artists' royalties, which he paid, and this surprised Columbia executives, who did not, and the deal was scuttled. 1 R&B hit, but it only reached No. 3 on the pop chart, selling over one million copies. [88], Time Warner sold Warner Music Group to a group of investors for $2.6 billion in late 2003. 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. [19] The song reached No. Wexler sent Tom Dowd to upgrade Stax's recording equipment and facilities. 1 pop hit. Atlantic Records President of Promotion Andrea Ganis Looks Back, and Ahead, at Her Legendary Career By Jem Aswad Courtesy of andrea ganis Few music industry vets approach the level of royalty. Flights will operate daily except Tuesdays. Reissue producers and archivists subsequently located some tapes that were at first presumed 'lost', but which had survived because they had evidently been removed from the New Jersey archive years earlier and not returned. [59], Atlantic began pressing and distributing Stax records. [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. The market for these records exploded during late 1953 and early 1954 as R&B hits crossed over to the mainstream (i.e. Wexler's protg Jerry L. Greenberg replaced him and played a role in Atlantic's success during the 1970s. Professional Member of The Recording Academy / GRAMMY's, Recipient of the Nordic Music Bizz' '20 under 30' prize anno 2019. But when Ertegun offered him another chance, the result was "Splish Splash", which Darin had written in 12 minutes. Collins replied "The drums come later," to which Ertegun retorted "By that time the kids will have switched over to another radio station." Decca had refused access to its British acts, who usually appeared in the US on the London subsidiary. Vice President of Radio Promotion and Artists and Repertoire, WTG (Walter (Yetnikoff), Tommy (Motolla), Gerald (Greenberg) Records, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, reliable, independent, third-party sources, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jerry_L._Greenberg&oldid=1119634965, Articles lacking reliable references from April 2014, BLP articles lacking sources from April 2014, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Articles with dead external links from April 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 2 November 2022, at 16:23. 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. 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. 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. [1]. 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. 1989 - Tommy Mottola, who took over Sony Music, offered Greenberg a label in California. [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]. During the previous year, 78s had outsold 45s by a ratio of two to one.[30]. MusiCares services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies and each case is treated with integrity and confidentially. 4 R&B hit with "Tweedlee Dee", but a rival version by Georgia Gibbs went to No. 1633 Broadway Fl 10, New York, New York, 10019, United States. Bobby Darin's "Splish, Splash" was the first song to be recorded on an 8-track recorder. Our costs began at the production levelthe pressing, and distribution, and promotion, and advertising. 1 Rock & Roll Restaurant on Sunset Strip in Hollywood. 1 in both the US and the UK, sold over 2 million copies, and won the 1960 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Michael Kyser has been named the first-ever President of Black Music for the Atlantic Records Group. The Clovers' "Don't You Know I Love You" (composed by Ertegun) became the label's first R&B No. Price previously served as senior vice president of Business and Legal Affairs at 10K Projects, an independent record label. 1), "Baby, I Love You" (Soul No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Atlantic signed the band to an exclusive five-year contract, one of the "most substantial" in the label's history[74] Zeppelin recorded for Atlantic from 1968 to 1973. [9] When interviewed in 2009, she attributed her reputation to the company's chronic cash-flow shortage: " most of the problems we had with artists were that they wanted advances, and that was very difficult for us we were undercapitalized for a long time. 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. Once there, he continued to sign major artists, including Michel'le and JJ Fad, produced by Dr. Dre and Eazy-E. [5][19] "Daddy Daddy" reached No. 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. With Chairman Jerry Weintraub leaving the company abruptly, the new management team didn't want to continue having a recording company. In 1969 Warner Bros.-Seven Arts was taken over by the Kinney National Company, and in the early 1970s the group was rebadged as Warner Communications. 21 albums were released simultaneously in 1965,[45][46] all of them shown on the back cover of their releases. 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. 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. "Yakety Yak" became Atlantic's first No. In January of 1996, she was named Executive Vice President. 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". 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). 1, Pop No. Atlantic missed an important signing in 1955 when Sun owner Sam Phillips sold Elvis Presley's recording contract in a bidding war between labels. The band recorded for Atlantic Records, Roulette Records, United Artists, and DCP 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. Big Joe Turner's April 1954 song "Shake, Rattle and Roll" was a No. [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. Leiber, Stoller, Goldner, and Wexler suggested their plan to Ertegun at a lunch meeting at the Plaza Hotel in New York. "The Salty Socking Soul of Lotti Golden". 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. Cotillion was also responsible for launching the career of Luther Vandross, who recorded for the label as part of the trio Luther. In 1968 Peter Grant flew to New York with tapes of the debut album by British rock band Led Zeppelin. By contrast, Wexler was disenchanted by Atlantic's move into rock; he left in 1975. [5], Atlantic's New York studio was the first in America to install multitrack recording machines, developed by the Ampex company. Greenberg served as President and CEO of MJJ Music from 1993 to 2000. The Harlemaires. He became Vice President of A&R at Atlantic, while continuing to oversee Big Beat. 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. Wexler disliked him. 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 had hired Greenberg and acted as his mentor, teaching him the daily operations of the record business. By 1979 Genesis drummer/singer Phil Collins was considering branching out into a solo career. As Executive Vice President of the label since 2013, she has been the driving force behind radio hits by Meek Mill, Cardi B, Bruno Mars, Lil Uzi Vert and Gucci Mane to name a few. By 1956 the 45 had surpassed the 78 in sales for singles. Sam Riback has been working as a Vice President of A and R at Atlantic Records for 21 years. "Beyond the Sea" became Darin's fourth consecutive Top 10 hit in the US and UK. [30] Wexler is credited with coining the term "rhythm & blues" to replace "race music". Miriam Bienstock called him "a pain in the neck". By Murray Stassen. Atlantic also began to get recordings distributed in the United Kingdom, first through EMI on a 'one-off' basis. [48] When Spector criticized Bobby Darin's songwriting, Darin had him thrown out of the house. After several lineup changes during 196970, the band settled into its "classic" incarnation, with guitarist Steve Howe and keyboard player Rick Wakeman, who both joined during 1971. Spector became one of the most successful record producers of the 1960s. 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. During 1968 Atlantic established a new subsidiary label, Cotillion Records. Atlantic City, NJ. Harry Anger and Arnie Geller mentored me during my Polydor days, but ultimately it was Doug Morris who really taught me the business, she says of the longtime Atlantic president who became the only person to be CEO of all three major label groups. Ertegun was directly involved in the recording of the band's 1978 album And Then There Were Three, personally remixing the album's projected first single "Follow You, Follow Me". 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. [56] The deal included a $5000 payment against a five-year option on all other records. At that time, Wexler was Vice President of Atlantic Records, and was the producer of Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Dr. John, and many others. The deal closed in early 2004, consolidating Elektra Records and Atlantic into one label operated in the eastern United States. [5][47], Record producer Phil Spector moved to New York to work with Leiber and Stoller. Org Chart - Atlantic Records. 1, Pop No. 1974 - Ahmet Ertegun, now Chairman, announced Greenberg as President of Atlantic Records, making him the youngest president of a major record company at 32. [33] LaVern Baker had a No. 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. 1988 - Greenberg was asked to return to Atlantic Records as President of Atco Records, which was Atlantic's other label based in California. Ahmet Ertegun served as founding chairman until his death on December 14, 2006, at age 83.[4]. 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. Sadi Koylan. Wexler ultimately decided to leave New York and move to Florida. Over 60 years of recorded music history from Aretha Franklin & Led Zeppelin to Bruno Mars & Ed Sheeran. Atlantic Records. 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. 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). In 1953 (according to Billboard) Atlantic was the first label to issue commercial LPs recorded in the experimental stereo system called binaural recording. 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. In 1975 Kalodner moved to the A&R department, rose rapidly through the ranks, and in 1976 he was promoted to become Atlantic's first West Coast director of A&R. 1957 - Gerald L. Greenberg from New Haven, CT formed his own band. 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. [21], In 1952 Atlantic signed Ray Charles, whose hits included "I Got a Woman", "What'd I Say", and "Hallelujah I Love Her So". In 1968 the label issued History of Rhythm and Blues, Volume 4 in stereo. "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. 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. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart. Blog http . [5] Ahmet ostensibly stayed in Washington to undertake post-graduate music studies at Georgetown University but immersed himself in the Washington music scene and entered the record business, which was enjoying a resurgence after wartime restrictions on the shellac used in manufacture. [43] After a slow start, Atco had considerable success with Bobby Darin. His early releases were unsuccessful, and Abramson planned to drop him. [50], Leiber and Stoller worked briefly for United Artists, then started Red Bird with George Goldner. Darin returned to Atlantic in 1965. 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. Keefa Black. 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), and "Think" (Soul No. 3 in September 1952, and "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean" with Connie Kay on drums reached No. Over the next four years he was instrumental in signing a string of major acts including Foreigner, AC/DC, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins. In the years that followed, Foreigner became one of Atlantic's biggest successes, and one of the biggest-selling groups in history, scoring a string of international hits and selling more than 80 million albums worldwide, including 37.5 million albums in the US alone. 1967 - Jerry Wexler asked Greenberg to become his personal assistant at Atlantic Records. 2007 - Jerry Greenberg joins the board of MusiCares established in 1989 by The Recording Academy. His recordings for Atlantic and Stax influenced pop music. 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. 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. Aaron Bay-Schuck. The song sold 100,000 copies in the first month and became a million-seller. Bill Haley & His Comets's version reached No. 1986 - Greenberg is named President of MGM/United Artists. 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. 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!. 2, Pop No. 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. 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. The Vice President of Student Records and College Registrar provides the statewide vision and leadership for the student records enterprise at Ivy Tech Community College. "Dream Lover" reached No. Charles signed a contract with ABC-Paramount that included higher royalties, a production deal, profit-sharing, and eventual ownership of his master tapes. 7). 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. [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. First and foremost is the music itself, and then the strategy created to expose it.. Ertegun remained friendly with Bobby Darin, who returned to Atlantic in 1966. 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. The announcement was made today by Atlantic Chairman/COO Julie . Two female artists were personally signed by Wexler, with album releases in 1969, Dusty Springfield (Dusty in Memphis)[67] and Lotti Golden (Motor-Cycle),[68] although Golden also had a close working relationship with Ertegun, who was instrumental in her signing with the label. 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. 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. In 1966 Atlantic signed a licensing deal with Polydor which included the band Cream, whose debut album was released by Atco in 1966. 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]. [62] But Atlantic profited from moving into rock music in the 1970s when it signed Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, and Yes. 1633 Broadway Fl 10, New York, New York, 10019, United States. 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. 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 . 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. But in September 1955 Miriam Abramson traveled to the UK and signed a distribution deal with Decca. [26] He had been living in Los Angeles for several years and had intermittent contact with his younger brother. He produced "Twist and Shout" for The Top Notes, and it flopped. During his tenure at United Artists Music, he was executive producer for the soundtrack to the movie 'Karate Kid 2,' which went gold. Moving up the promo ranks, she was appointed Vice President of National Promotion in 1988 and Senior Vice President two years later. 1K followers 500+ connections. In 1976, the label started focusing on disco and R&B. Ertegun knew Stick's younger brother Brownie McGhee, with whom Stick happened to be staying, so he contacted the McGhee brothers and re-recorded the song. 22 on the pop chart. 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Even then, Kalodner was turned down by twenty-six producers before he found someone willing to take on the project. Atlantic was a powerhouse then as it is now, so I got to work legendary acts throughout my career, says the New York native. 2), "Since You've Been Gone" (Soul No. MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. Irene received a Bachelor of Science degree from Saint John's University. In 1990 Ertegun remarked, "The president of RCA at the time had been extensively quoted in Variety damning R&B music as immoral. "Security") in 1982 to wide acclaim, and Gabriel scored a minor US hit with the single "Shock The Monkey". 6 on the R&B chart. 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 . 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