1 in the UK and became a multi-million seller. In October 1967 Atlantic was sold to Warner Bros.-Seven Arts for US$17.5 million, although all the partners later agreed that it was a poor deal that greatly undervalued Atlantic's true worth. MTB presented Bring Back the Music every Wednesday night at the Hilton Hotel (now Westgate) in Las Vegas. 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. 1989 - Tommy Mottola, who took over Sony Music, offered Greenberg a label in California. MusiCares services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies and each case is treated with integrity and confidentially. [19] The song reached No. Atlantic Business Interiors. At this same time, Genesis' contract with Atlantic was up for renewal, and Collins was yet to sign as a solo artist. 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. 2007 - Jerry Greenberg joins the board of MusiCares established in 1989 by The Recording Academy. 21 albums were released simultaneously in 1965,[45][46] all of them shown on the back cover of their releases. Their label Spark was bought by Atlantic, and they were hired as America's first independent record producers, free to produce for other labels. Atlantic City, NJ. His early releases were unsuccessful, and Abramson planned to drop him. Ganis began her career as an assistant at Polydor Records and quickly became the first female on the companys national promotion staff. [43] After a slow start, Atco had considerable success with Bobby Darin. [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]. 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". 1633 Broadway Fl 10, New York, New York, 10019, United States. [30] Wexler is credited with coining the term "rhythm & blues" to replace "race music". "Yakety Yak" became Atlantic's first No. "With the new EDM music scene emerging, a new music label from Ibiza and LA is a perfect fit," said Greenberg. Collins later commented, "We didn't use his version, but we knew what he was getting at. 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. Currently serving as Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records in New York. In addition to signing acts Jerry has worked with some of the greatest artists in music including, AC/DC, Aretha Franklin, Bad Company, Bee Gees, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Dr. John, Dusty Springfield, Eagles, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Yes, and Michael Jackson. For five years Atlantic "dominated the rhythm and blues chart with its roster of powerhouse artists". 2013 to Present - Greenberg forms new EDM label with partners from Ibiza, Spain. Big Joe Turner's April 1954 song "Shake, Rattle and Roll" was a No. She rose through the ranks at Atlantic Records until they had to create a new title for her: president of promotion. The Clovers' "Don't You Know I Love You" (composed by Ertegun) became the label's first R&B No. She was injured in a car accident en route to New York City, but Atlantic supported her for nine months and then signed her. 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. "Queen of the Hop" made the Top 10 on both the US pop and R&B charts and charted in the UK. 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. 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. But that changed after the sale to Warner. The band recorded for Atlantic Records, Roulette Records, United Artists, and DCP Records as Jerry Green and The Passengers. Burke became a consistent big seller through the mid-1960s and scored hits on Atlantic into 1968. [26] In this system, recordings were made using two microphones, spaced at approximately the distance between the human ears, and the left and right channels were recorded as two separate, parallel grooves. An after-hours jam by members of the Stax house band resulted in "Green Onions". 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]. Satellite was renamed Stax after the owners, Stewart and Axton. [48] When Spector criticized Bobby Darin's songwriting, Darin had him thrown out of the house. In February 1953, Herb Abramson was drafted into the U.S. 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. 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. Army. 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. [59], Atlantic began pressing and distributing Stax records. Both became hits, and Atlantic hired him as a staff producer. 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. 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. Atlantic Records is part of the Media & Internet industry, and located in New York, United States. [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. 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, "Please. The Atlantic Council, 2 p.m.:Looking North: Security in the Arctic Center for Strategic and International Studies, 4 p.m.: Discussion with outgoing Australian Ambassador to the U.S. ARTHUR . In 1978, Atlantic finally broke the leading UK progressive group Genesis as a major act in the US. Although Ertegun had been forced into accepting the sale, he turned the situation to his advantage. Jerry L. Greenberg is an American music executive, who at 32, was the youngest president of any major record company in the recording industry and received that title in 1974 as President of Atlantic Records. Even then, Kalodner was turned down by twenty-six producers before he found someone willing to take on the project. The Harlemaires. [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. In 1990 he and Ertegun disputed the content of Charles's contract, which caused a rift. By this time creative tensions within The Hollies were coming to a head, and Nash had already decided to leave the group. A few people had tagged him and I reached out to ask if he would be so kind to let me interview him. During his short time at Atlantic, Spector produced music for LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown, Jean DuShon, and Billy Storm. In 1968 Peter Grant flew to New York with tapes of the debut album by British rock band Led Zeppelin. 1 R&B hit, but it only reached No. Stacy Simons Santos Contact Me Posted on 1 March, 2023, 09:05 AM EST. Later that year The Clovers' "One Mint Julep" reached No. In 1951, Atlantic was one of the first independent labels to press records in the 45rpm single format. 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. 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!" [5][47], Record producer Phil Spector moved to New York to work with Leiber and Stoller. Lanre Gaba has been promoted to Co-President, Black Music for Atlantic Records. 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. He became Vice President of A&R at Atlantic, while continuing to oversee Big Beat. In 1974 the former photographer, record store manager and music critic joined Atlantic's New York publicity department. 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. 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. Atlantic Records. Union College. [5] Ertegun hired Billboard reporter Jerry Wexler in June 1953. Sill recommended Spector to Leiber and Stoller, who assigned him to produce "Corrine, Corrina" by Ray Peterson and "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" by Curtis Lee. 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. He was named Atlantic Senior Vice President of A&R in 2020. 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. 1993 - Sony artist Michael Jackson offered Greenberg the position of President of MJJ Music, Jackson's label distributed through Sony. Charles signed a contract with ABC-Paramount that included higher royalties, a production deal, profit-sharing, and eventual ownership of his master tapes. [33] LaVern Baker had a No. With her promotion, Clark will take . "[19] She rose to fame quickly and was called the Queen of Soul. 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. In 1964 they approached Jerry Wexler and proposed a merger with Atlantic. [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. 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. 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. 9), "Respect" (Soul and Pop No. 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. No further albums were issued as the label lasted less than a year. Yes signed with Atlantic in 1969, around the same time Squire was breaking in with the label that would name him president by 1974, making him (at 32) the youngest to pull off the feat. Although these were primarily 45rpm mono singles for much of the 1950s Dowd stockpiled his "parallel" stereo takes for future release. [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. He is currently working with Ricch on his second studio album as well as A&Ring the new album from Ty Dolla . Ertegun started lifelong grudges against Leiber and Stoller, and his relationship with Wexler was damaged. Along the way, Ganis has had a front-row seat to the history of modern music. 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. Sam Riback has been working as a Vice President of A and R at Atlantic Records for 21 years. 22 on the pop chart. 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. He came to my office every day to discuss the development of our records and would make me study sales reports, imparting that sales was the way to truly judge if a record was real. "[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. [5], In early 1949, a New Orleans distributor phoned Ertegun to obtain Stick McGhee's "Drinking Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee", which was unavailable due to the closing of McGhee's previous label, Harlem Records. [29] In 1951, Atlantic was one of the first independent labels to press records in the 45rpm single format. [32] He was appointed vice-president and purchased 13% of the company's stock. Ertegun also insisted on changes to the song that became Collins' debut single. 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. [6] He convinced the family dentist, Dr. Vahdi Sabit, to invest $10,000 and hired Herb Abramson, a dentistry student. Look Smart Article[permanent dead link] 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. 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. Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. He was credited with improving the production, packaging, and originality of Atlantic's LPs. 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. 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. All Rights Reserved. "Beyond the Sea" became Darin's fourth consecutive Top 10 hit in the US and UK. 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. The breaking point came when they asked for a producer's royalty. Price previously served as senior vice president of Business and Legal Affairs at 10K Projects, an independent record label. The song sold 100,000 copies in the first month and became a million-seller. [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. 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]. "I thought we were going to die", Wexler recalled. 2 after spending almost six months on the Billboard R&B chart although McGhee himself earned just $10 for the session. "[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. After hearing the song's sparsely-arranged opening section, Ertegun said: "Where's the backbeat, man? 2), "Since You've Been Gone" (Soul No. 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. 3 on the pop chart, selling over one million copies. . [26], Beginning in 1954, Atlantic created or acquired several subsidiary labels, the first being Cat Records. 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. [26] He had been living in Los Angeles for several years and had intermittent contact with his younger brother. [20], Joe Morris, one of the label's earliest signings, scored a hit with his October 1950 song "Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere", the first Atlantic record issued in 45rpm format, which the company began pressing in January 1951. 1 again in MarchApril 1952 with "5-10-15 Hours". Nov 2016 - Present6 years 5 months. Websites. 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. Gerald was the third person Mottola hired on his team and let him form his own label as President of WTG Records.
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