Posted by andriana on December 15, 2006 |
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R.I.P Atlantic Records Co-Founder Ahmet Ertegun Dies at 83. It’s Friday December 15, 1:01a.m. and I just found out.
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) — Ahmet Ertegun, a Turkish diplomat’s son who co-founded Atlantic Records in 1947 and became a charismatic industry leader for six decades, died in New York today from a head injury suffered when Ertegun fell backstage Oct. 29 at Manhattan’s Beacon Theatre and subsequently went into a coma, Atlantic Records said today in a statement…. (Read More @ Bloomberg.com) Although he was a lifelong fan of jazz and rhythm and blues — signing Ray Charles in 1952 — Ertegun competed vigorously for rock stars in the 1960s and signed the Rolling Stones to the Atlantic label in 1970….
Here’s a little Ahmet Ertegun ROCK History for ya!
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some Atlantic history here.
