The building was purchased less than a week earlier and had been scheduled to reopen as a Nadler's Furniture Center, in an effort to revitalize the downtown area. According to the International Herald Tribune, "More than half of its music sales in the United States are now from digital products like downloads on iTunes and ring tones for cellphones", doing so "without seeing as steep of a decline in compact disc sales as the rest of the industry."[93]. Two of Atlantic Records' most accomplished A&R execs, Brandon Davis and Jeff Levin, have been promoted to Executive Vice Presidents and Co-Heads of Pop A&R for the company. Aaron Bay-Schuck. The irony was further compounded by the fact that Gabriel scored a US #1 hit with the R&B-influenced single "Sledgehammer", which featured the legendary Memphis Horns, and which Gabriel later described as "my chance to sing like Otis Redding. An after-hours jam by members of the Stax house band resulted in "Green Onions". 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. From 1970 it also distributed Embryo Records, founded by jazz flautist Herbie Mann after his earlier Atlantic contract had expired. 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. And Julie Greenwald is a great role model since she is an executive without peer., Although formats and platforms and so much else about the music business has changed over the years, the basics of breaking a song remain the same (to paraphrase a legendary Atlantic artist). The VP of Enabling Services aims to oversee Design, Build and Run aspects on his/her domain. Despite the huge success Atlantic was enjoying with its own artists and through its deal with Stax, by 1967 Jerry Wexler was seriously concerned about the disintegration of the old order of independent record companies and, fearing for the label's future, he began agitating for it to be sold to a larger company. 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. 2013 to Present - Greenberg forms new EDM label with partners from Ibiza, Spain. His death was confirmed by the coroner's office, Pacific Attorney Group. My early years began with the Rolling Stones, Bette Midler, Abba, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Phil Collins, U2, Stevie Nicks and so many more, including songs that I forgot I promoted until I hear them in a store and point up and say, I worked that record!. 1969 - When Atlantic's parent company, Warner Bros-Seven Arts was sold to Kinney Services (Predecessor to Warner Communications in 1969, Greenberg was announced General Manager of Atlantic Records. 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. Juliette Jones of Atlantic Records is a self-proclaimed "accidental executive.". The Harlemaires. 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. Republic Records is a division of Universal Music Group and home to multiple platinum award winning artists. 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. 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. 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. "[34] But they were outbid by RCA's offer of $45,000. He later recorded two more parodies, "White & Nerdy", and "Do I Creep You Out", both released September 26 to replace it. Both became hits, and Atlantic hired him as a staff producer. Location. He became Vice President of A&R at Atlantic, while continuing to oversee Big Beat. Greenberg also has one granddaughter, Eden, Rainbow Bar & Grill Press Mention Cotillion also released the triple-albums soundtrack of the Woodstock festival film in 1970. [81] They released his fourth solo album (a.k.a. Ertegun also insisted on changes to the song that became Collins' debut single. 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. Leiber and Stoller also wrote the hit "Ruby Baby" for The Drifters. [53] Months later the company was reeling from the successive loss of its two biggest artists, Bobby Darin and Ray Charles, who together accounted for one-third of sales. In February 1953, Herb Abramson was drafted into the U.S. December 2, 2014, 12:34 PM. 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. [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. [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. 1 pop hit. 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. [6] He convinced the family dentist, Dr. Vahdi Sabit, to invest $10,000 and hired Herb Abramson, a dentistry student. In late 1961 singer Solomon Burke arrived at Jerry Wexler's office unannounced. [5] Ertegun hired Billboard reporter Jerry Wexler in June 1953. 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. 1), "Baby, I Love You" (Soul No. Sam Riback has been working as a Vice President of A and R at Atlantic Records for 21 years. [7] Miriam gained a reputation for toughness. For five years Atlantic "dominated the rhythm and blues chart with its roster of powerhouse artists". The first restaurant opened in June 2005 in Las Vegas, across from the Hard Rock Hotel. 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. Org Chart - Atlantic Records. white) audience. 1986 - Greenberg is named President of MGM/United Artists. 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. Atlantic was incorporated in October 1947 and was run by Abramson (president) and Ertegun (vice-president in charge of A&R, production, and promotion). 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. 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. 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. Currently serving as Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records in New York. The soul/country & western crossover predated Ray Charles' similar venture by more than 6 months. ", 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. [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. He had more hits than George Martin and Phil Spector combined. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Fate intervened during the Hollies US tour, when Nash reunited with Crosby and met Stephen Stills (ex-Buffalo Springfield) at a party at the Los Angeles home of Cass Elliott in July 1968. 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. 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. "With the new EDM music scene emerging, a new music label from Ibiza and LA is a perfect fit," said Greenberg. Few music industry vets approach the level of royalty in the radio world that Andrea Ganis, Varietys Hitbreaker of the Year, inhabits. Abramson's departure opened the way for Ahmet Ertegun to take over as president of the label. Big Joe Turner's April 1954 song "Shake, Rattle and Roll" was a No. The band recorded for Atlantic Records, Roulette Records, United Artists, and DCP Records as Jerry Green and The Passengers. [5] Wexler and Ertegun formed a close partnership which, in collaboration with Tom Dowd, produced thirty R&B hits. The market for these records exploded during late 1953 and early 1954 as R&B hits crossed over to the mainstream (i.e. Atlantic Group is representing a privately held investment firm serving some of the world's most influential families and organizations. "The Salty Socking Soul of Lotti Golden". They are seeking a Vice President Employee Engagement and . 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. [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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 1 in September 1951. A few people had tagged him and I reached out to ask if he would be so kind to let me interview him. The demo tapes of the songs that eventually became their debut album (including the song "Feels Like The First Time") were famously rejected by almost every major label, including Atlantic although their tenacious manager Bud Prager later revealed that, in retaliation for a previous bad deal, he deliberately didn't approach CBS ("They had screwed me out of a lot of money, so I figured I would screw them out of Foreigner. 1 Rock & Roll Restaurant on Sunset Strip in Hollywood. The signing was complicated by the fact that Nash was still under contract to Epic Records (The Hollies' US distributor), but Ertegun used his diplomatic prowess to overcome this by arranging a 'swap' he released former Buffalo Springfield member Richie Furay from his Atlantic contract, allowing Furay's new group Poco to sign to Epic, and in exchange Columbia Records (the parent company of Epic) allowed Nash to sign to Atlantic. Spector became one of the most successful record producers of the 1960s. 2 in the US and No. "Yakety Yak" became Atlantic's first No. Ertegun recommended Mo Ostin to succeed Maitland as Warner Bros. Records president. Much of this was due to Kalodner, who later admitted that, as soon as Gabriel was dropped from Atlantic, he realized he had made a mistake. 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. 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. 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". Look Smart Article[permanent dead link] "[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. Moving up the promo ranks, she was appointed Vice President of National Promotion in 1988 and Senior Vice President two years later. 1972 - Within five years, Greenberg held two titles; Vice President of Radio Promotion, and Vice President of Artists and Repertoire for Atlantic Records. Jerry Wexler said, "we're gonna put her back in church. Wexler's success for Atlantic was the result of going outside jazz to sign acts who combined jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues, such as Ray Charles, Joe Turner, and Aretha Franklin. Although Leiber considered dropping the matter, Stoller pressed Atlantic for payment. 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. Professional Member of The Recording Academy / GRAMMY's, Recipient of the Nordic Music Bizz' '20 under 30' prize anno 2019. [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. 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