Jerry Wexler

...position, he coined the term "rhythm and blues." Jerry Wexler subsequently became a partner in Atlantic Records in 1953, joining Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun in building up Atlantic Records. Jerry Wexler was responsible for turning Aretha...

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...their jazz record line and develop a catalog of LPs. However, Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler persuaded him instead to join their company, Atlantic Records, where he was made a partner. He became vice-president in charge of the jazz and LP...

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Wexler Memorial Planned Late music mogul JERRY WEXLER will be remembered at a star-studded memorial in New York on 30 October (09). The former Atlantic Records co-owner and legendary producer will be feted by acts he worked with and soul...

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...is visibly awed by his presence. At 68, Solomon Burke remains as Jerry Wexler, founder of Atlantic Records, once described him: "a piece of work: wily, highly intelligent, a salesman of epic proportions". In the 1960s, Wexler recalled, he...

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...has died aged 91, reports said today. Rolling Stone magazine reported on its website that Wexler , who ran Atlantic Records with Ahmet Ertegun from 1953 to 1975, died at his home in Florida. During 22 years with Atlantic, Wexler worked...

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...popular music. He joined the modestly successful Atlantic Records in New York in 1953 and, through a frenetic work ethic, recruited and shaped such artists as Wilson Pickett, Ruth Brown, the Drifters and Solomon Burke. For the next 15...

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...for use on what was then known as their "Race Music" chart. In 1953, Wexler joined Ahmet Ertegun as co-head of Atlantic Records, a post he would hold until 1975. The two were instrumental in bringing the R&B music they loved to a...

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The Glaswegian five-piece shot to fame in America in the 70s when their second album AWB was released on Atlantic Records after they crashed a party hosted by its head honcho Jerry Wexler and refused to leave until he listened to it.

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...Records, Mercury Records, Phillips, Roulette Records, and many others. 1967 - Jerry Wexler asked Greenberg to become his personal assistant at Atlantic Records. At that time, Wexler was Vice President of Atlantic Records, and was the...

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