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. He saw something more in there that wasn't coming out before. His early releases were unsuccessful, and Abramson planned to drop him. Atlantic missed an important signing in 1955 when Sun owner Sam Phillips sold Elvis Presley's recording contract in a bidding war between labels. By the age of eighteen, Greenberg already had his own record label, called Green-Sea Records. 1 in both the US and the UK, sold over 2 million copies, and won the 1960 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. He signed with Capitol and moved for Hollywood to attempt a movie career, but hits such as "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" and "Things" continued to benefit Atco through 1962. In addition, Mirage opened a subsidiary office in Jamaica with Stacy Greenberg as General Manager and an office in Las Vegas, NV. In 1964 they approached Jerry Wexler and proposed a merger with Atlantic. The ideal candidate will develop new . During the previous year, 78s had outsold 45s by a ratio of two to one.[30]. Following his departure, Ertegunwho had previously taken little interest in Atlantic's business affairstook decisive control of the label[66] and quickly became a major force in the expanding Warner music group. 1K followers 500+ connections. Aretha Franklin signed with Atlantic in 1966 after her contract with Columbia expired. By the mid-1950s Atlantic had an informal agreement with the French label Barclay, and the two companies regularly exchanged titles, usually jazz recordings. [29] In 1951, Atlantic was one of the first independent labels to press records in the 45rpm single format. Wexler exploded and replied the payment would mean the end of their relationship with the label. [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. Websites. Although many in the industry reportedly discouraged him from going solo,[78] Collins was strongly supported by Ertegun, who encouraged him to record an album after hearing the R&B-flavoured demo tapes Collins had recorded in his garage. 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. Price previously served as senior vice president of Business and Legal Affairs at 10K Projects, an independent record label. Wexler sent Tom Dowd to upgrade Stax's recording equipment and facilities. Wexler's protg Jerry L. Greenberg replaced him and played a role in Atlantic's success during the 1970s. Brown recorded more than eighty songs for Atlantic, becoming its bestselling, most prolific musician of the period. So we immediately targeted pop radio, which wasnt as open to playing hip-hop artists out of the gate. [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. 5[30] (although The Crew-Cuts' version went to No. The Harlemaires. Bell was the first African-American partner in the label.[58]. 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. The band recorded for Atlantic Records, Roulette Records, United Artists, and DCP Records as Jerry Green and The Passengers. [44] In 1965, Atlantic formed a budget label called Clarion Records. Once there, he continued to sign major artists, including Michel'le and JJ Fad, produced by Dr. Dre and Eazy-E. 3 in September 1952, and "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean" with Connie Kay on drums reached No. Jerry Wexler said, "we're gonna put her back in church. 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. Since they jointly held more stock, Ahmet was obliged to agree to the sale. 1986 - Greenberg is named President of MGM/United Artists. But when Ertegun offered him another chance, the result was "Splish Splash", which Darin had written in 12 minutes. Atlantic City, NJ. [36] By 1958 Atlantic was America's second-largest independent jazz label. ", 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. Cotillion was also responsible for launching the career of Luther Vandross, who recorded for the label as part of the trio Luther. Barry, Thomas (September 9, 1969). 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 these were primarily 45rpm mono singles for much of the 1950s Dowd stockpiled his "parallel" stereo takes for future release. Columbia tried to market her as a jazz singer. In 1990 he and Ertegun disputed the content of Charles's contract, which caused a rift. 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. "[7] The label's office in the Ritz Hotel in Manhattan proved too expensive, so they moved to a room in the Hotel Jefferson. Join to view profile Atlantic Records. 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). Atlantic Records is part of the Media & Internet industry, and located in New York, United States. [13] In its early years, Atlantic concentrated on modern jazz[11][14][3] although it released some country and western and spoken word recordings. Some acts on the Atlantic roster in this period were British (including Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Yes, Bad Company and Phil Collins) and this was largely due to Ertegun. [21], In 1952 Atlantic signed Ray Charles, whose hits included "I Got a Woman", "What'd I Say", and "Hallelujah I Love Her So". 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. A subsidiary label, Atco, was established in 1955 to keep Abramson involved. So significant was Brown's success to Atlantic that the label became known colloquially as "The House That Ruth Built". In late 1961 singer Solomon Burke arrived at Jerry Wexler's office unannounced. [5], Atlantic's New York studio was the first in America to install multitrack recording machines, developed by the Ampex company. 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. 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. Leiber and Stoller also wrote the hit "Ruby Baby" for The Drifters. Over the next five years Stax and its subsidiary Volt provided Atlantic with many hits, such as "Respect" by Otis Redding, "Knock on Wood" by Eddie Floyd, "Hold On, I'm Comin'" by Sam and Dave, and "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett. This concert, which was almost 13 hours in length, featured performances by a large number of their artists and included reunions of some rock legends like Led Zeppelin and Crosby, Stills, and Nash (being David Crosby's first full band performance since being released from prison). "Beyond the Sea" became Darin's fourth consecutive Top 10 hit in the US and UK. Atlantic offered $25,000 which, Ertegun later noted, "was all the money we had then. [57] The deal marked the start of a successful eight-year association between the two labels, giving Stax access to Atlantic's promotions and distribution. 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. 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. [39] The roles of the other executives with Abramson's departure were Wexler as executive vice-president and general manager, Nesuhi Ertegun as executive vice-president in charge of the LP department and Miriam Bienstock as vice-president and also president of Atlantic's music publishing arm Progressive Music with Wexler as executive vice-president and the Ertegun brothers vice-president of Progressive. In April of that year, Miriam (Abramson) Bienstock reported to Billboard that Atlantic was selling 75% of its singles as 45s. [56] The deal included a $5000 payment against a five-year option on all other records. The Clovers' "Don't You Know I Love You" (composed by Ertegun) became the label's first R&B No. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 1 in February and March 1953. 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. Jerry Wexler spent a majority of his time in Florida, which left Greenberg plenty of time to spend with Ahmet Ertegun, who was President of Atlantic at that time. 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. Atlantic was a powerhouse then as it is now, so I got to work legendary acts throughout my career, says the New York native. Location. Greenberg was then signing artists and overseeing the company on a daily basis. [30] Wexler is credited with coining the term "rhythm & blues" to replace "race music". 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. "I thought we were going to die", Wexler recalled. But in September 1955 Miriam Abramson traveled to the UK and signed a distribution deal with Decca. 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. Two members of The Robins formed The Coasters and recorded hits for Atlantic, such as "Down in Mexico" and "Young Blood". Bobby Darin's "Splish, Splash" was the first song to be recorded on an 8-track recorder. [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. 7, selling over one million copies and becoming the bestselling song of the year for Decca. [22] Their records created some controversy: the suggestive "Such A Night" was banned by radio station WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan, and "Honey Love" was banned in Memphis, Tennessee[23] but both reached No. [62] But Atlantic profited from moving into rock music in the 1970s when it signed Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, and Yes. "[34] But they were outbid by RCA's offer of $45,000. . 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. 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. During his tenure at United Artists Music, he was executive producer for the soundtrack to the movie 'Karate Kid 2,' which went gold. In 1978, Atlantic finally broke the leading UK progressive group Genesis as a major act in the US. 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. Passengers on the new route will travel aboard Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft configured . 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 . 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. 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. In April of that year, Miriam (Abramson) Bienstock reported to Billboard that Atlantic was selling 75% of its singles as 45s. 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. 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. Wexler dismissed developments in pop music, dubbing the musicians "the rockoids". Cotillion also released the triple-albums soundtrack of the Woodstock festival film in 1970. Atlantic archivists have since rediscovered other 'lost' material including unreleased masters, alternative takes and rehearsal tapes by Ray Charles, Van "Piano Man" Walls, Ornette Coleman, Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz. Wexler told Ertegun if he refused, the deal would be done without him. Wexler was impressed by the cooperative atmosphere at the Stax studios and by its racially integrated house band, which he called "an unthinkably great band". Websites. The Head of Enabling Services domains includes but is not limited to Finance Systems, Supply Chain Systems, Human Capital Management Systems, Legal systems, and other miscellaneous applications. Currently serving as Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records in New York. 1). [88], Time Warner sold Warner Music Group to a group of investors for $2.6 billion in late 2003. Lance Gross Dallas Martin, the Atlantic Records A&R executive whose successes include records by Roddy Ricch and Meek Mill, has been promoted to executive vice president of A&R at. Clark will be based in NYC. 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. The highly respected executive, who celebrates her 20 th anniversary with the label this year, was most recently Atlantic's General Manager/Executive Vice President of Black Music A&R. In her new post, Gaba will work alongside Co-President, Black Music Mike Kyser. 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