1993 - Sony artist Michael Jackson offered Greenberg the position of President of MJJ Music, Jackson's label distributed through Sony. "The Salty Socking Soul of Lotti Golden". Army. Although Leiber considered dropping the matter, Stoller pressed Atlantic for payment. 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. Abramson's then wife Miriam ran Atlantic's publishing company and handled most of the office work. 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]. 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. Wexler had hired Greenberg and acted as his mentor, teaching him the daily operations of the record business. 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. MusiCares services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies and each case is treated with integrity and confidentially. "[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. Jerry also introduced Mariah Carey to Tommy Mottola. At that time, Wexler was Vice President of Atlantic Records, and was the producer of Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Dr. John, and many others. [82], In May 1988, the label held a 40th Anniversary concert, broadcast on HBO. Wexler ultimately decided to leave New York and move to Florida. The brothers were fans of jazz and rhythm & blues, amassing a collection of over 15,000 78 RPM records. 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. Wexler disliked him. 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. 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. Aretha Franklin signed with Atlantic in 1966 after her contract with Columbia expired. Columbia tried to market her as a jazz singer. Previously, Irene was an A&R Administration at RCA Records and also held positions at SONY. 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. 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. "[7] The label's office in the Ritz Hotel in Manhattan proved too expensive, so they moved to a room in the Hotel Jefferson. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In 1969 Stephen Stills was still signed to Atlantic under the contract dating from his time with Buffalo Springfield. . Our costs began at the production levelthe pressing, and distribution, and promotion, and advertising. Along the way, Ganis has had a front-row seat to the history of modern music. 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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). 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. 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. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 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. 1 Rock & Roll Restaurant on Sunset Strip in Hollywood. The breaking point came when they asked for a producer's royalty. 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. 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. 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. Atlantic Records is part of the Media & Internet industry, and located in New York, United States. A few people had tagged him and I reached out to ask if he would be so kind to let me interview him. 4), "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Soul No. Even then, Kalodner was turned down by twenty-six producers before he found someone willing to take on the project. Location. 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. 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. Michael Kyser has been named the first-ever President of Black Music for the Atlantic Records Group. Ertegun remained friendly with Bobby Darin, who returned to Atlantic in 1966. 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. From 1970 it also distributed Embryo Records, founded by jazz flautist Herbie Mann after his earlier Atlantic contract had expired. 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All Rights Reserved. [36] By 1958 Atlantic was America's second-largest independent jazz label. Sam Riback has been working as a Vice President of A and R at Atlantic Records for 21 years. Greenberg served as President and CEO of MJJ Music from 1993 to 2000. Cotillion also released the triple-albums soundtrack of the Woodstock festival film in 1970. During 1968 Atlantic established a new subsidiary label, Cotillion Records. 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. No further albums were issued as the label lasted less than a year. Join to view profile Atlantic Records. Wexler told Ertegun if he refused, the deal would be done without him. 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. 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. [19] The song reached No. Atlantic Business Interiors. 3 in September 1952, and "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean" with Connie Kay on drums reached No. Atlantic was incorporated in October 1947 and was run by Abramson (president) and Ertegun (vice-president in charge of A&R, production, and promotion). 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. An after-hours jam by members of the Stax house band resulted in "Green Onions". Brown received a voluntary payment of $20,000 and founded the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1988 with a donation of $1.5 million from Ertegun. After Crosby and Stills sang Stills' new composition "You Don't Have To Cry" that evening, Nash asked them to repeat it, and chimed in with an impromptu third harmony part. By the mid-1950s Atlantic had an informal agreement with the French label Barclay, and the two companies regularly exchanged titles, usually jazz recordings. [6] He convinced the family dentist, Dr. Vahdi Sabit, to invest $10,000 and hired Herb Abramson, a dentistry student. The ideal candidate will develop new . Atlantic was a powerhouse then as it is now, so I got to work legendary acts throughout my career, says the New York native. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart. In 1953 (according to Billboard) Atlantic was the first label to issue commercial LPs recorded in the experimental stereo system called binaural recording. Few music industry vets approach the level of royalty in the radio world that Andrea Ganis, Varietys Hitbreaker of the Year, inhabits. 2007 - Jerry Greenberg joins the board of MusiCares established in 1989 by The Recording Academy. In the event, Ertegun and Atlantic were the clear winners. 1 in both the US and the UK, sold over 2 million copies, and won the 1960 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. [43] After a slow start, Atco had considerable success with Bobby Darin. "Dream Lover" reached No. 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. 1989 - Tommy Mottola, who took over Sony Music, offered Greenberg a label in California. [5], Atlantic's New York studio was the first in America to install multitrack recording machines, developed by the Ampex company. 2009 to 2011 - Mirage Tribute Bands is formed. 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". 2, Pop No. [54] Ray Charles returned to Atlantic in 1977. 1974 - Ahmet Ertegun, now Chairman, announced Greenberg as President of Atlantic Records, making him the youngest president of a major record company at 32. "Queen of the Hop" made the Top 10 on both the US pop and R&B charts and charted in the UK. Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records Los Angeles, California, United States. His death was confirmed by the coroner's office, Pacific Attorney Group. He founded Jubilee in 1946 but had no interest in its most successful musicians. 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. 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. 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). The band recorded for Atlantic Records, Roulette Records, United Artists, and DCP Records as Jerry Green and The Passengers. Atlantic offered $25,000 which, Ertegun later noted, "was all the money we had then. 2 in the US and No. [50], Leiber and Stoller worked briefly for United Artists, then started Red Bird with George Goldner. In 1968 Peter Grant flew to New York with tapes of the debut album by British rock band Led Zeppelin. 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. [30] Wexler is credited with coining the term "rhythm & blues" to replace "race music". 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. At his urging, Greenberg visited the UK six or seven times every year in search of acts to sign to the label.[72]. Craig Rosen has been working as a Vice President, A and R at Atlantic Records for 10 years. 1986 - Greenberg is named President of MGM/United Artists. "[19] She rose to fame quickly and was called the Queen of Soul. 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. In 1951, Atlantic was one of the first independent labels to press records in the 45rpm single format. Ahmet Ertegun had first seen them perform in the Midwest on one of their early American tours, and it was on this occasion that he also became an ardent fan of their drummer/vocalist, Phil Collins. 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. [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. By the age of eighteen years, Greenberg already had his own record label, called Green-Sea Records. 1988 - Greenberg was asked to return to Atlantic Records as President of Atco Records, which was Atlantic's other label based in California. Since they jointly held more stock, Ahmet was obliged to agree to the sale. [32] He was appointed vice-president and purchased 13% of the company's stock. The deal closed in early 2004, consolidating Elektra Records and Atlantic into one label operated in the eastern United States. 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. 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. In 1978, Atlantic finally broke the leading UK progressive group Genesis as a major act in the US. [5] Stewart and Wexler hired Al Bell, a disk jockey at a radio station in Washington D.C., to take over promotion of Stax releases. [5] Ertegun hired Billboard reporter Jerry Wexler in June 1953. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. 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!. But that changed after the sale to Warner. In April of that year, Miriam (Abramson) Bienstock reported to Billboard that Atlantic was selling 75% of its singles as 45s. 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. 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. Org Chart - Atlantic Records. Gerald was the third person Mottola hired on his team and let him form his own label as President of WTG Records. 2003-04 - Mirage Music Entertainment has been reactivated with a distribution deal through Sony Music. The announcement was made today by Atlantic Chairman/COO Julie . [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. 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. NEW YORK, NY-- (Marketwired - Dec 2, 2014) - Maureen Kenny has joined Atlantic Records as Senior Vice President of A&R, based at the company's Burbank office. Big Joe Turner's April 1954 song "Shake, Rattle and Roll" was a No. [53] Months later the company was reeling from the successive loss of its two biggest artists, Bobby Darin and Ray Charles, who together accounted for one-third of sales. Irene Sourlis is a Vice President, A&R Administration at Atlantic Records based in New York, New York. [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. 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. 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. 2), "Since You've Been Gone" (Soul No. However, she is quick to share credit not just with the companys leaders and her teams over the years, but also for the guidance she received along the way. In September 1947, he sold his share in Jubilee to his partner, Jerry Blaine, and invested $2,500 in Atlantic. A subsidiary label, Atco, was established in 1955 to keep Abramson involved. Vice President, A&R. Phone Email. The Harlemaires. DZ Atlantic President Testifies to Nebraska Legislature in Support of Nuclear Workforce Development - Part 1 of 2 DZ Atlantic President Ross McConnell and Day & Zimmermann Senior Vice President of Nuclear Operations James Chesnut testified February 16 before the Nebraska Legislature's Natural Resources Committee in support of Legislative Bill 568, the Nuclear and Hydrogen Development Act. He was credited with improving the production, packaging, and originality of Atlantic's LPs. When released in February 1949,[5] it became Atlantic's first hit, selling 400,000 copies, and reached No. 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. 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. From Ertegun he learned how to treat musicians.[73]. After hearing the song's sparsely-arranged opening section, Ertegun said: "Where's the backbeat, man? Greenberg also has one granddaughter, Eden, Rainbow Bar & Grill Press Mention Both became hits, and Atlantic hired him as a staff producer. After the contract expired, they founded their label Swan Song and signed a distribution deal with Atlantic after being turned down by other labels. 3 on the pop chart, selling over one million copies. 1957 - Gerald L. Greenberg from New Haven, CT formed his own band. The new Warner owners refused to relinquish ownership of the Stax masters, so the distribution deal ended in May 1968. "Security") in 1982 to wide acclaim, and Gabriel scored a minor US hit with the single "Shock The Monkey". [92], That year also saw Atlantic reach a milestone for major record labels. 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. 1 in September 1951. The Clovers' "Don't You Know I Love You" (composed by Ertegun) became the label's first R&B No. 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. [69] By 1969, the Atlantic 8000 series (196872) consisted of R&B, rock, soul/rock and psychedelic acts. "[34] But they were outbid by RCA's offer of $45,000. In seven years, Greenberg went from personal assistant to president of the label. Kalodner built his reputation by signing acts that other labels had turned down, and perhaps the most significant example of his achievements in this area was his championing of the Anglo-American band Foreigner. February 4, 2011 2:39am. [40], Atlantic played a major role in popularizing the genre that Jerry Wexler dubbed rhythm & blues, and it profited handsomely. 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. "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. Atlantic also began to get recordings distributed in the United Kingdom, first through EMI on a 'one-off' basis. Cotillion was also responsible for launching the career of Luther Vandross, who recorded for the label as part of the trio Luther. 1, Pop No. He had more hits than George Martin and Phil Spector combined. 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). 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. 1). He later recorded two more parodies, "White & Nerdy", and "Do I Creep You Out", both released September 26 to replace it. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. Once there, he continued to sign major artists, including Michel'le and JJ Fad, produced by Dr. Dre and Eazy-E. The kids won't know where it is you've got to put extra drums on it." 1972 - Within five years, Greenberg held two titles; Vice President of Radio Promotion, and Vice President of Artists and Repertoire for Atlantic Records. 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. [65] Atlantic continues to hold the rights to Stax recordings it distributed in the 1960s. 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. By 1979 Genesis drummer/singer Phil Collins was considering branching out into a solo career. 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. 1 on the R&B chart and No. Although the group didn't use this version, it guided them in their subsequent production. "[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. 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. 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