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1 day ago · He also banned Atlantic Records’ president Ahmet Ertegun – whom he describes as “a father figure” – from hearing a note. “The record company kept asking, ‘What are you doing, Jon?’ I said, ‘I can’t tell you.’” Asked if he ever wished he had the rest of Yes to help him with the album, he responds with a wary chuckle. “No!
2 days ago · McPhatter never got the money or the recognition that he deserved from Billy Ward and after learning of his departure from the group, Atlantic co-founder Ahmet Ertegun was eager to sign him to Atlantic. It was a smart decision as McPhatter’s new group, The Drifters, scored a #1 R&B record right off the bat with “Money Honey” in 1953.
1 day ago · We had a really good manager who was very connected and knew everyone from Ahmet Ertegun to Clive Davis. All the biggies came and saw us at the El Cid and they all thought the show was magnificent. But they also didn’t believe it would record or that people would be interested in what they heard when it was recorded. And they told us to go to ...
2 days ago · 00:59:00 - Air Week: July 15-21, 2024 Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters The Drifters would become the most successful vocal group in history, cha…
5 days ago · Odd but not of course impossible — Ahmet Ertegun, at least, had already seen which way the wind was blowing, and within a short while would be signing and working with everyone from Led Zeppelin to Foreigner. But to be produced by Jerry Wexler was a different matter.
4 days ago · Dazu gehören John Hammond, Ahmet und Nesuhi Ertegun oder Bob Thiele: Musikfans, die versuchen, das Beste aus einem Musiker herauszuholen.
4 days ago · It was soon apparent in 1969 that Atlantic/Atco president Ahmet Ertegun viewed Warner/Reprise president Mike Maitland as a rival. Maitland believed that, as vice-president in charge of the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts music division, he should have final say over all recording operations, and he further angered Ertegun by proposing that most of ...
