Pictured (l-r): Michael Kyser, Atlantic Records . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 2 in the US and No. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote "Smokey Joe's Cafe", which became a hit for The Robins. Its position was greatly improved by its distribution deal with Stax. In September 1947, he sold his share in Jubilee to his partner, Jerry Blaine, and invested $2,500 in Atlantic. 22 on the pop chart. During the previous year, 78s had outsold 45s by a ratio of two to one.[30]. [88], Time Warner sold Warner Music Group to a group of investors for $2.6 billion in late 2003. Wexler's protg Jerry L. Greenberg replaced him and played a role in Atlantic's success during the 1970s. [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. They licensed the name from America's No. The deal closed in early 2004, consolidating Elektra Records and Atlantic into one label operated in the eastern United States. 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. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. 4 R&B hit with "Tweedlee Dee", but a rival version by Georgia Gibbs went to No. 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. 3 on the pop chart, selling over one million copies. 6 on the R&B chart. Over the course of two decades, starting from the release of its first recordings in January 1948,[3] Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American labels, specializing in jazz, R&B, and soul by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Ruth Brown and Otis Redding. Michael Kyser named President of Black Music at Atlantic in US February 3, 2011 By Music Business Worldwide Michael Kyser has been appointed as the first-ever President of Black Music for the Atlantic Records Group. Despite all the resistance, Kalodner's belief in Foreigner was totally vindicated by the group's massive success their 1976 debut single "Feels Like The First Time" reached #4 on the Billboard singles chart, their self-titled debut album sold more than 4 million copies, and the subsequent singles from the album kept the group in the US charts continuously for more than a year. 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". 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By the mid-1950s Atlantic had an informal agreement with the French label Barclay, and the two companies regularly exchanged titles, usually jazz recordings. He gained executive control of the label and influenced the Warner group. [5][19] "Daddy Daddy" reached No. Previously, Irene was an A&R Administration at RCA Records and also held positions at SONY. 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. When Abramson returned from military service in 1955, he realized that he had been replaced by Wexler as Ahmet's partner. Craig Rosen has been working as a Vice President, A and R at Atlantic Records for 10 years. 1, Pop No. No further albums were issued as the label lasted less than a year. 2 after spending almost six months on the Billboard R&B chart although McGhee himself earned just $10 for the session. 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. 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. Atlantic Records is part of the Media & Internet industry, and located in New York, United States. 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. 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[62] But Atlantic profited from moving into rock music in the 1970s when it signed Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, and Yes. [3] [4] 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. He currently sits on this Board as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee. Lanre Gaba has been promoted to Co-President, Black Music for Atlantic Records. [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. Atlantic Records. 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. He soon stopped when RCA signed Elvis Presley. 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 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. 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. In 1953, after learning that singer Clyde McPhatter had been fired from Billy Ward and His Dominoes and was forming The Drifters, Ertegun signed the group. A subsidiary label, Atco, was established in 1955 to keep Abramson involved. 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. I'm signing you today". WEA was also used as a label for distributing the company's artists outside North America. He produced "Twist and Shout" for The Top Notes, and it flopped. 5[30] (although The Crew-Cuts' version went to No. The first restaurant opened in June 2005 in Las Vegas, across from the Hard Rock Hotel. Abramson also produced "Magic Records", children's records with four grooves on each side, each groove containing a different story, so the story played would be determined by the groove in which the stylus happened to land. 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. 2013 to Present - Greenberg forms new EDM label with partners from Ibiza, Spain. 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. 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. He had more hits than George Martin and Phil Spector combined. Leiber and Stoller also wrote the hit "Ruby Baby" for The Drifters. In 1990 he and Ertegun disputed the content of Charles's contract, which caused a rift. 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. Currently serving as Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records in New York. Org Chart - Atlantic Records. "Dream Lover" reached No. Bell was the first African-American partner in the label.[58]. But in September 1955 Miriam Abramson traveled to the UK and signed a distribution deal with Decca. Few music industry vets approach the level of royalty in the radio world that Andrea Ganis, Varietys Hitbreaker of the Year, inhabits. 1 in both the US and the UK, sold over 2 million copies, and won the 1960 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. ")[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. The mid-1960s British Invasion led Atlantic to change its British distributor. The Rainbow Bar & Grill in Las Vegas recreates the Hollywood location with red leather booths and rock-n-roll memorabilia adorning the walls. 1, Pop No. 2), "Since You've Been Gone" (Soul No. In April of that year, Miriam (Abramson) Bienstock reported to Billboard that Atlantic was selling 75% of its singles as 45s. Wexler oversaw production himself at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. A few people had tagged him and I reached out to ask if he would be so kind to let me interview him. "[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. "[19] She rose to fame quickly and was called the Queen of Soul. [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. Wexler had hired Greenberg and acted as his mentor, teaching him the daily operations of the record business. In 1961, he left the label, returned to Los Angeles, and founded Philles Records with Lester Sill. [80], Although Ertegun subsequently disputed Kalodner's account of the Genesis/Collins contract saga, he agreed that the loss of Gabriel was a big mistake, and his regret about his handling of the matter was only compounded by Gabriel's subsequent success with Geffen. 2. [13] In its early years, Atlantic concentrated on modern jazz[11][14][3] although it released some country and western and spoken word recordings. 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. Atlantic offered $25,000 which, Ertegun later noted, "was all the money we had then. [48] When Spector criticized Bobby Darin's songwriting, Darin had him thrown out of the house. By Murray Stassen. During 1968 Atlantic established a new subsidiary label, Cotillion Records. 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. They are seeking a Vice President Employee Engagement and . Jerry Wexler said, "we're gonna put her back in church. 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. 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. 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 a powerhouse then as it is now, so I got to work legendary acts throughout my career, says the New York native. 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. Cotillion also released the triple-albums soundtrack of the Woodstock festival film in 1970. ", Atlantic suffered a catastrophic loss in the early morning of February 8, 1978, when a fire destroyed most of its tape archive, which had been stored in a non-air-conditioned warehouse in Long Branch, New Jersey. Our costs began at the production levelthe pressing, and distribution, and promotion, and advertising. In 1976, the label started focusing on disco and R&B. He founded Jubilee in 1946 but had no interest in its most successful musicians. Orlando Wharton is a Senior VP of A&R at Atlantic Records and he is a Jersey City Native. In 1968 the label issued History of Rhythm and Blues, Volume 4 in stereo. [87], A country music division, which was founded in the 1980s, was closed in 2001. 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. [40], Atlantic played a major role in popularizing the genre that Jerry Wexler dubbed rhythm & blues, and it profited handsomely. His early releases were unsuccessful, and Abramson planned to drop him. 1993 - Sony artist Michael Jackson offered Greenberg the position of President of MJJ Music, Jackson's label distributed through Sony. Atlantic Business Interiors offers a vast array of office furniture and equipment, and combine that with an in-depth knowledge of workplace layout and ergonomics to ensure you make the most of your office space and give your workforce the best work . Atlantic Records is part of the Media & Internet industry, and located in New York, United States. 8), "Chain of Fools" (Soul No. Gerald was the third person Mottola hired on his team and let him form his own label as President of WTG Records. [2] Craig Kallman is the chairman of Atlantic. She rose through the ranks at Atlantic Records until they had to create a new title for her: president of promotion. 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. So we immediately targeted pop radio, which wasnt as open to playing hip-hop artists out of the gate. 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. 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. Although the group didn't use this version, it guided them in their subsequent production. 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. 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. [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. Wexler taught Greenberg all about recording, producing, finding songs, and the day-to-day tasks of running a major label. 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. In 1964 they approached Jerry Wexler and proposed a merger with Atlantic. "So Long", her first record for the label, was recorded with Eddie Condon's band on May 25, 1949. [5][47], Record producer Phil Spector moved to New York to work with Leiber and Stoller. The overall enormity of this song changed that. In its tenth anniversary feature on Atlantic, Billboard noted, " a very big R&B record might achieve 250,000 sales, but from this point on (195354), the industry began to see million sellers, one after the other, in the R&B field". He saw something more in there that wasn't coming out before. "Mack the Knife" (1959) went to No. Cotillion was also responsible for launching the career of Luther Vandross, who recorded for the label as part of the trio Luther. In 1966 Atlantic signed a licensing deal with Polydor which included the band Cream, whose debut album was released by Atco in 1966. They had hits with "Chapel of Love" by The Dixie Cups and "Leader of the Pack" by The Shangri-Las, but Red Bird's finances were precarious. Miriam Bienstock called him "a pain in the neck". 2009 to 2011 - Mirage Tribute Bands is formed. [5] Wexler and Ertegun formed a close partnership which, in collaboration with Tom Dowd, produced thirty R&B hits. 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. 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. Along the way, Ganis has had a front-row seat to the history of modern music. It was granted informally, but their accountant insisted on a written contract and an audit of Atlantic's accounts. In 1978, Atlantic finally broke the leading UK progressive group Genesis as a major act in the US. Nov 2016 - Present6 years 5 months. The new Warner owners refused to relinquish ownership of the Stax masters, so the distribution deal ended in May 1968. "[34], Ahmet's older brother Nesuhi was hired in January 1955. "Beyond the Sea" became Darin's fourth consecutive Top 10 hit in the US and UK. [5] Ertegun hired Billboard reporter Jerry Wexler in June 1953. [26] He deleted the old '100' and '400' series of 10" albums and the earlier 12" albums in Atlantic's catalog, starting the '1200' series, which sold for $4.98, with Shorty Rogers' The Swingin' Mr Rogers. 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. MTB handled tribute bands Led Zepagain (Led Zeppelin tribute band), Rolling the Stones (The Rolling Stones tribute band), ABBACADABRA (ABBA tribute band), Bonfire (AC/DC tribute band), Bella Donna (Stevie Nicks tribute band), The Long Run (Eagles tribute band), Fan Halen (Van Halen tribute band) and others. Wexler recalled, "We didn't pay for the mastersJim paid for the masters and then he would send us a finished tape and we would put it out. 1957 - Gerald L. Greenberg from New Haven, CT formed his own band. The trio was formed following a chance meeting between members of three leading 1960s pop groups Stephen Stills, David Crosby of The Byrds and Graham Nash of The Hollies. 2007 - Jerry Greenberg joins the board of MusiCares established in 1989 by The Recording Academy. 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. With Chairman Jerry Weintraub leaving the company abruptly, the new management team didn't want to continue having a recording company. According to Greenberg, Ertegun had long seen the UK as a source of untapped talent. When released in February 1949,[5] it became Atlantic's first hit, selling 400,000 copies, and reached No. 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. 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. 1989 - Tommy Mottola, who took over Sony Music, offered Greenberg a label in California. Wexler disliked him. Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records Los Angeles, California, United States. 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. 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. Ertegun denied this was intentional. By 1956 the 45 had surpassed the 78 in sales for singles. 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. Darin returned to Atlantic in 1965. Over 60 years of recorded music history from Aretha Franklin & Led Zeppelin to Bruno Mars & Ed Sheeran. 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. [54] Ray Charles returned to Atlantic in 1977. He was funny, he was amusingbut he wasn't nice." The breaking point came when they asked for a producer's royalty. In 2004, Atlantic and its sister label Elektra were merged into the Atlantic Records Group. 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. Bobby Darin's "Splish, Splash" was the first song to be recorded on an 8-track recorder. Atlantic Business Interiors. For five years Atlantic "dominated the rhythm and blues chart with its roster of powerhouse artists". Abramson's then wife Miriam ran Atlantic's publishing company and handled most of the office work. Columbia tried to market her as a jazz singer. Even then, Kalodner was turned down by twenty-six producers before he found someone willing to take on the project. Army. Aretha Franklin signed with Atlantic in 1966 after her contract with Columbia expired. 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. 21 albums were released simultaneously in 1965,[45][46] all of them shown on the back cover of their releases. Leiber and Stoller told Ertegun they had no intention of buying him out, but Ertegun was aggravated by Goldner's attitude and was convinced Wexler was conspiring with them. [26], Beginning in 1954, Atlantic created or acquired several subsidiary labels, the first being Cat Records. 1 pop hit. Union College. Juliette Jones of Atlantic Records is a self-proclaimed "accidental executive.". Ganis began her career as an assistant at Polydor Records and quickly became the first female on the companys national promotion staff. [81] They released his fourth solo album (a.k.a. [9] When interviewed in 2009, she attributed her reputation to the company's chronic cash-flow shortage: " most of the problems we had with artists were that they wanted advances, and that was very difficult for us we were undercapitalized for a long time. 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. He was credited with improving the production, packaging, and originality of Atlantic's LPs. Jerry Greenberg signed the group to Atlantic in the US in 1973 on Ertegun's advice, but although they were very successful in Europe, Genesis remained at best a "cult" act in America for most of the Seventies. [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. 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