[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. [60] He brought Atlantic musicians to Memphis to record. 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. [35] Nesuhi became head of artists and repertoire (A&R),[31] led the label's jazz division, and built a roster that included Shorty Rogers, Jimmy Giuffre, Herbie Mann, Les McCann,[5] Charles Mingus, and John Coltrane. 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. Orlando Wharton is a Senior VP of A&R at Atlantic Records and he is a Jersey City Native. The deal closed in early 2004, consolidating Elektra Records and Atlantic into one label operated in the eastern United States. 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. By the age of eighteen years, Greenberg already had his own record label, called Green-Sea Records. Join to view profile Atlantic Records. Collins replied "The drums come later," to which Ertegun retorted "By that time the kids will have switched over to another radio station." 2013 to Present - Greenberg forms new EDM label with partners from Ibiza, Spain. 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When released in February 1949,[5] it became Atlantic's first hit, selling 400,000 copies, and reached No. 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. 1 in both the US and the UK, sold over 2 million copies, and won the 1960 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. In 1974 the former photographer, record store manager and music critic joined Atlantic's New York publicity department. Burke became a consistent big seller through the mid-1960s and scored hits on Atlantic into 1968. Although the group didn't use this version, it guided them in their subsequent production. Price previously served as senior vice president of Business and Legal Affairs at 10K Projects, an independent record label. 1989 - Tommy Mottola, who took over Sony Music, offered Greenberg a label in California. Irene Sourlis is a Vice President, A&R Administration at Atlantic Records based in New York, New York. Wexler was impressed by the cooperative atmosphere at the Stax studios and by its racially integrated house band, which he called "an unthinkably great 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. Bill Haley & His Comets's version reached No. With Chairman Jerry Weintraub leaving the company abruptly, the new management team didn't want to continue having a recording company. Atlantic Records is part of the Media & Internet industry, and located in New York, United States. Following his departure, Ertegunwho had previously taken little interest in Atlantic's business affairstook decisive control of the label[66] and quickly became a major force in the expanding Warner music group. 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. [26] He had been living in Los Angeles for several years and had intermittent contact with his younger brother. He wore T-shirts reading "Atlantic Records sucks" while performing live and, in the music video for "White & Nerdy", he defaces Atlantic's article on Wikipedia, replacing the page with "YOU SUCK!" "Mack the Knife" (1959) went to No. Sadi Koylan. Columbia tried to market her as a jazz singer. In 1968 Peter Grant flew to New York with tapes of the debut album by British rock band Led Zeppelin. Jeff Levin started at Atlantic in 2010 and has since A&R'd a wide range of artists across the Warner . December 2, 2014, 12:34 PM. [5], Atlantic's New York studio was the first in America to install multitrack recording machines, developed by the Ampex company. His early releases were unsuccessful, and Abramson planned to drop him. The first restaurant opened in June 2005 in Las Vegas, across from the Hard Rock Hotel. Both became hits, and Atlantic hired him as a staff producer. 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. 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. [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. Aaron Bay-Schuck. Few music industry vets approach the level of royalty in the radio world that Andrea Ganis, Varietys Hitbreaker of the Year, inhabits. 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. "[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. 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. 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. A subsidiary label, Atco, was established in 1955 to keep Abramson involved. 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. 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". [92], That year also saw Atlantic reach a milestone for major record labels. During his short time at Atlantic, Spector produced music for LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown, Jean DuShon, and Billy Storm. Cotillion's catalog quickly expanded to include progressive rock, folk-rock, gospel, jazz and comedy. The single was issued in August 1962 and became the biggest instrumental hit of the year, reaching No. Collins later commented, "We didn't use his version, but we knew what he was getting at. He was funny, he was amusingbut he wasn't nice." "The Salty Socking Soul of Lotti Golden". 1 in September 1951. Currently serving as Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records in New York. 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. 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. [3] [4] 3 on the pop chart, selling over one million copies. ")[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. Org Chart - Atlantic Records. 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. Darin returned to Atlantic in 1965. The brothers were fans of jazz and rhythm & blues, amassing a collection of over 15,000 78 RPM records. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. 1 again in MarchApril 1952 with "5-10-15 Hours". 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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. Jan 15 2023. [7] Miriam gained a reputation for toughness. Look Smart Article[permanent dead link] [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. 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. Its position was greatly improved by its distribution deal with Stax. [36] By 1958 Atlantic was America's second-largest independent jazz label. So we immediately targeted pop radio, which wasnt as open to playing hip-hop artists out of the gate. The audit revealed Leiber and Stoller had been underpaid by $18,000. His recordings for Atlantic and Stax influenced pop music. 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. 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. 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Stills and Crosby had been friends since the early 1960s; Nash had first met Crosby in the mid-1960s when The Byrds toured the UK, and he renewed the friendship when The Hollies toured the US in mid-1968. Atlantic Business Interiors. Our costs began at the production levelthe pressing, and distribution, and promotion, and advertising. When Abramson returned from military service in 1955, he realized that he had been replaced by Wexler as Ahmet's partner. [26], Nesuhi was also in charge of LP production. 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. In September 1964, the Ertegun brothers and Wexler were in the process of buying out the company's other two shareholders, Sabit and Bienstock,[51] and it was proposed that Leiber and Stoller buy Sabit's shares. 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. 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. In addition to establishing Cotillion, Atlantic began expanding its own roster to include rock, soul/rock, progressive rock, British bands and singer songwriters. [19], Recording engineer and producer Tom Dowd played a crucial role in Atlantic's success. No further albums were issued as the label lasted less than a year. In April of that year, Miriam (Abramson) Bienstock reported to Billboard that Atlantic was selling 75% of its singles as 45s. Lance Gross Dallas Martin, the Atlantic Records A&R executive whose successes include records by Roddy Ricch and Meek Mill, has been promoted to executive vice president of A&R at. 4), "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Soul No. The VP of Enabling Services aims to oversee Design, Build and Run aspects on his/her domain. He saw something more in there that wasn't coming out before. 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. Ertegun and Wexler knew of the group's leader, Jimmy Page, through The Yardbirds, and their favorable opinion was reinforced by Dusty Springfield, who recommended Atlantic sign the band. In September 1947, he sold his share in Jubilee to his partner, Jerry Blaine, and invested $2,500 in Atlantic. [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. 2 on the pop chart. 1633 Broadway Fl 10, New York, New York, 10019, United States. [5][19] "Daddy Daddy" reached No. . [21] She hit No. 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. 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. "So Long", her first record for the label, was recorded with Eddie Condon's band on May 25, 1949. 2), "Since You've Been Gone" (Soul No. 1, Pop No. [31] Ertegun and Wexler realized many R&B recordings by black musicians were being covered by white performers, often with greater chart success. 1, Pop No. "Queen of the Hop" made the Top 10 on both the US pop and R&B charts and charted in the UK. Ryan Brady, a VP at Atlantic Records and a host of the Take It Away podcast, has died in a car accident at the age of 34. [29] In 1951, Atlantic was one of the first independent labels to press records in the 45rpm single format. They licensed the name from America's No. [43] After a slow start, Atco had considerable success with Bobby Darin. [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. Lanre Gaba has been promoted to Co-President, Black Music for Atlantic Records. Jones was an accounting major at Maryland University who planned to be a doctor . Although Ertegun had been forced into accepting the sale, he turned the situation to his advantage. Wexler oversaw production himself at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. 1986 - Greenberg is named President of MGM/United Artists. 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]. 6 on the R&B chart. She rose through the ranks at Atlantic Records until they had to create a new title for her: president of promotion. 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. Aretha Franklin signed with Atlantic in 1966 after her contract with Columbia expired. Wexler sent Tom Dowd to upgrade Stax's recording equipment and facilities. [90] The parody was released online for free on June 7. [59], Atlantic began pressing and distributing Stax records. I'm signing you today". 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. 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. 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. By the mid-1950s Atlantic had an informal agreement with the French label Barclay, and the two companies regularly exchanged titles, usually jazz recordings. [88], Time Warner sold Warner Music Group to a group of investors for $2.6 billion in late 2003. Atlantic offered $25,000 which, Ertegun later noted, "was all the money we had then. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. [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]. By contrast, Wexler was disenchanted by Atlantic's move into rock; he left in 1975. . In 2004, Atlantic and its sister label Elektra were merged into the Atlantic Records Group. Websites. Cotillion also released the triple-albums soundtrack of the Woodstock festival film in 1970. The Harlemaires. His agent David Geffen went to Wexler to ask for Stills to be released from his Atlantic contract because Geffen wanted Stills' new group to sign with Columbia. [49], Atlantic tolerated Spector but with diminishing returns. He learned his trade at Trey Records, a label in California owned by Lester Sill and Lee Hazlewood and distributed by Atlantic. 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. MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. 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. He started his career in the music business as a drummer in the band "Jerry Green and The Passengers" which he founded. "Yakety Yak" became Atlantic's first 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. The market for these records exploded during late 1953 and early 1954 as R&B hits crossed over to the mainstream (i.e. [5], Although Leiber and Stoller wrote many popular songs for Atlantic, their relationship with the label was deteriorating in 1962. Their label Spark was bought by Atlantic, and they were hired as America's first independent record producers, free to produce for other labels. 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. 1633 Broadway Fl 10, New York, New York, 10019, United States. "[34], Ahmet's older brother Nesuhi was hired in January 1955. 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. 2. [40], Atlantic played a major role in popularizing the genre that Jerry Wexler dubbed rhythm & blues, and it profited handsomely. 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[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. "[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. 1967 - Jerry Wexler asked Greenberg to become his personal assistant at Atlantic Records. Later that year The Clovers' "One Mint Julep" reached No. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote "Smokey Joe's Cafe", which became a hit for The Robins. 7). First and foremost is the music itself, and then the strategy created to expose it.. 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. 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. Vice President, A&R. Phone Email. 2003-04 - Mirage Music Entertainment has been reactivated with a distribution deal through Sony Music. 22 on the pop chart. [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. [26], Beginning in 1954, Atlantic created or acquired several subsidiary labels, the first being Cat Records. 1 pop hit. Nov 2016 - Present6 years 5 months. [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. 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. In addition, Mirage opened a subsidiary office in Jamaica with Stacy Greenberg as General Manager and an office in Las Vegas, NV. Since they jointly held more stock, Ahmet was obliged to agree to the sale. In February 1953, Herb Abramson was drafted into the U.S. But the Ertegun brothers held the majority of stock while Wexler controlled about 20 percent. 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. 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. 5), and "Think" (Soul No. 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. But that changed after the sale to Warner. [30] Wexler is credited with coining the term "rhythm & blues" to replace "race music". 1993 - Sony artist Michael Jackson offered Greenberg the position of President of MJJ Music, Jackson's label distributed through Sony. Wexler disliked him. [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. 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. Keefa Black. 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. Ahmet Ertegun liked him, but Leiber said, "He wasn't likable. 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. 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