1989 - Tommy Mottola, who took over Sony Music, offered Greenberg a label in California. 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 . 1 on the R&B chart and No. Ahmet Ertegun served as founding chairman until his death on December 14, 2006, at age 83.[4]. 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. Ertegun recommended Mo Ostin to succeed Maitland as Warner Bros. Records president. Big Joe Turner's April 1954 song "Shake, Rattle and Roll" was a No. 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. The ideal candidate will develop new . 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. 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. Satellite was renamed Stax after the owners, Stewart and Axton. Bill Haley & His Comets's version reached No. 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. [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. 2005 - Jerry & Bob Greenberg form the Rainbow Bar & Grill Expansion Group. Job Type Full-time Description Job Summary The Vice President of Medical Wellness Programming is responsible for actively managing the overall operations of the medical memberships and programs for all the clubs owned and/or managed by Legacy Management Group.This strategic position plans, directs, coordinates, and supervises all aspects of the department. 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Charles signed a contract with ABC-Paramount that included higher royalties, a production deal, profit-sharing, and eventual ownership of his master tapes. Irene Sourlis is a Vice President, A&R Administration at Atlantic Records based in New York, New York. MusiCares services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies and each case is treated with integrity and confidentially. 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. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. 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. Pictured (l-r): Michael Kyser, Atlantic Records . . [90] The parody was released online for free on June 7. Keefa Black. Lanre Gaba has been promoted to Co-President, Black Music for Atlantic Records. 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. [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. In 1962 folk music was booming and the label came very close to signing Peter, Paul & Mary; although Wexler and Ertegun pursued them vigorously the deal fell through at the last minute and they later discovered music publisher Artie Mogull had introduced their manager Albert Grossman to Warner Bros. executive Herman Starr, who had made the trio an irresistible offer that gave them complete creative control over the recording and packaging of their music.[61]. "Yakety Yak" became Atlantic's first No. The Vice President of Student Records and College Registrar provides the statewide vision and leadership for the student records enterprise at Ivy Tech Community College. Republic Records is a division of Universal Music Group and home to multiple platinum award winning artists. Ganis began her career as an assistant at Polydor Records and quickly became the first female on the companys national promotion staff. Atlantic Group is representing a privately held investment firm serving some of the world's most influential families and organizations. The band recorded for Atlantic Records, Roulette Records, United Artists, and DCP Records as Jerry Green and The Passengers. [13] In its early years, Atlantic concentrated on modern jazz[11][14][3] although it released some country and western and spoken word recordings. The sale of Atlantic Records activated a clause in the distribution agreement with Stax Records calling for renegotiation of the distribution deal and at this point, the Stax partners discovered that the deal gave Atlantic ownership of all the Stax recordings Atlantic distributed. He gained executive control of the label and influenced the Warner group. In the event, Ertegun and Atlantic were the clear winners. [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. His early releases were unsuccessful, and Abramson planned to drop him. [5][47], Record producer Phil Spector moved to New York to work with Leiber and Stoller. Cotillion was also responsible for launching the career of Luther Vandross, who recorded for the label as part of the trio Luther. Ahmet Ertegun had first seen them perform in the Midwest on one of their early American tours, and it was on this occasion that he also became an ardent fan of their drummer/vocalist, Phil Collins. Its position was greatly improved by its distribution deal with Stax. Jeff Levin started at Atlantic in 2010 and has since A&R'd a wide range of artists across the Warner . 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. The audit revealed Leiber and Stoller had been underpaid by $18,000. By contrast, Wexler was disenchanted by Atlantic's move into rock; he left in 1975. [5] Stewart and Wexler hired Al Bell, a disk jockey at a radio station in Washington D.C., to take over promotion of Stax releases. Kalodner was overseeing the recording of Collins' solo album while Atlantic were vacillating about signing the band and Collins, but it was at this point that Kalodner was abruptly dismissed from Atlantic, although he was almost immediately recruited to head the A&R division at the newly formed Geffen 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. . 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. Angered by his unceremonious ejection from Atlantic, he alerted Geffen to Collins' availability, but to his chagrin, neither Geffen nor any other US label showed interest; He then alerted Virgin Records boss Richard Branson, who immediately contacted Collins' manager Tony Stratton Smith and signed Collins to Virgin in the UK as a solo act. Harry Anger and Arnie Geller mentored me during my Polydor days, but ultimately it was Doug Morris who really taught me the business, she says of the longtime Atlantic president who became the only person to be CEO of all three major label groups. He was funny, he was amusingbut he wasn't nice." He also signed a platinum rock group from England, The Escape Club, and served as executive producer of the soundtrack to the hit motion picture, Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy. 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. NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) - Erika Clark has been promoted to Vice President (VP) of Media Relations at Island Records by Executive Vice President of Media Relations Lauren Schneider, to whom Clark will report. [65] Atlantic continues to hold the rights to Stax recordings it distributed in the 1960s. [5], Atlantic's New York studio was the first in America to install multitrack recording machines, developed by the Ampex company. In the years that followed, Foreigner became one of Atlantic's biggest successes, and one of the biggest-selling groups in history, scoring a string of international hits and selling more than 80 million albums worldwide, including 37.5 million albums in the US alone. Greenberg was asked to stay on and produce movie soundtracks, and in turn, ended up working with such greats as Mel Brooks on the soundtrack for the 1987 comedy, 'Spaceballs.'. In September 1947, he sold his share in Jubilee to his partner, Jerry Blaine, and invested $2,500 in Atlantic. 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. 9), "Respect" (Soul and Pop No. [62] But Atlantic profited from moving into rock music in the 1970s when it signed Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, and Yes. When interviewed in 1990 for Ertegun's biography, Wexler declined to discuss the matter, but Ertegun claimed these negotiations were a plan to buy him out. 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. Over the next four years he was instrumental in signing a string of major acts including Foreigner, AC/DC, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins. By the age of eighteen, Greenberg already had his own record label, called Green-Sea Records. But in September 1955 Miriam Abramson traveled to the UK and signed a distribution deal with Decca. The announcement was made today by Atlantic Chairman/COO Julie . 2 after spending almost six months on the Billboard R&B chart although McGhee himself earned just $10 for the session. 1K followers 500+ connections. By the age of eighteen years, Greenberg already had his own record label, called Green-Sea Records. After the contract expired, they founded their label Swan Song and signed a distribution deal with Atlantic after being turned down by other labels. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [85], The building was owned by the family of Sheldon Vogel, the chief financial officer of Atlantic at the time. 6 on the R&B chart. Both became hits, and Atlantic hired him as a staff producer. He learned his trade at Trey Records, a label in California owned by Lester Sill and Lee Hazlewood and distributed by Atlantic. 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. 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 started his career in the music business as a drummer in the band "Jerry Green and The Passengers" which he founded. Even then, Kalodner was turned down by twenty-six producers before he found someone willing to take on the project. Wexler oversaw production himself at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. She was injured in a car accident en route to New York City, but Atlantic supported her for nine months and then signed her. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. "Security") in 1982 to wide acclaim, and Gabriel scored a minor US hit with the single "Shock The Monkey". 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. 1 in September 1951. The soul/country & western crossover predated Ray Charles' similar venture by more than 6 months. During 1968 Atlantic established a new subsidiary label, Cotillion Records. Collins replied "The drums come later," to which Ertegun retorted "By that time the kids will have switched over to another radio station." Location. In January 1970, Ahmet Ertegun was successful in his executive battle against Warner Bros. Records President Mike Maitland to keep Atlantic Records autonomous and as a result, Maitland was fired by Kinney president Steve Ross. His death was confirmed by the coroner's office, Pacific Attorney Group. The single was issued in August 1962 and became the biggest instrumental hit of the year, reaching No. December 2, 2014, 12:34 PM. The market for these records exploded during late 1953 and early 1954 as R&B hits crossed over to the mainstream (i.e. 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. Wexler disliked him. 22 on the pop chart. Although these were primarily 45rpm mono singles for much of the 1950s Dowd stockpiled his "parallel" stereo takes for future release. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Kalodner built his reputation by signing acts that other labels had turned down, and perhaps the most significant example of his achievements in this area was his championing of the Anglo-American band Foreigner. [3] [4] The mid-1960s British Invasion led Atlantic to change its British distributor. Barry, Thomas (September 9, 1969). Sill recommended Spector to Leiber and Stoller, who assigned him to produce "Corrine, Corrina" by Ray Peterson and "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" by Curtis Lee. A subsidiary label, Atco, was established in 1955 to keep Abramson involved. 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. The Rainbow Bar & Grill in Las Vegas recreates the Hollywood location with red leather booths and rock-n-roll memorabilia adorning the walls. [32] He was appointed vice-president and purchased 13% of the company's stock. When Abramson returned from military service in 1955, he realized that he had been replaced by Wexler as Ahmet's partner. The band recorded for Atlantic Records, Roulette Records, United Artists, and DCP Record labels. Atlantic Records. 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. 1980 - Jerry Greenberg becomes a consultant to Atlantic while forming his own label with his brother, Bob Greenberg, called Mirage Music; Jerry remained on the East Coast, Bob on the West Coast. [88], Time Warner sold Warner Music Group to a group of investors for $2.6 billion in late 2003. Sadi Koylan. In 1964 they approached Jerry Wexler and proposed a merger with Atlantic. In 1961, he left the label, returned to Los Angeles, and founded Philles Records with Lester Sill. "The Salty Socking Soul of Lotti Golden". Wexler dismissed developments in pop music, dubbing the musicians "the rockoids". [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. [14], Ertegun and Abramson spent much of the late 1940s and early 1950s scouring nightclubs in search of talent. [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. Few music industry vets approach the level of royalty in the radio world that Andrea Ganis, Varietys Hitbreaker of the Year, inhabits. Label President Ahmet Ertegun still had no desire to sell, but the balance of power had changed since the abortive takeover attempt of 1962; Atlantic's original investor Dr Vahdi Sabit and minority stockholder Miriam Bienstock had both been bought out in September 1964[51] and the other remaining partner, Nesuhi Ertegun, was eventually convinced to side with Wexler. Bell was the first African-American partner in the label.[58]. Wexler sent Tom Dowd to upgrade Stax's recording equipment and facilities. During his tenure at United Artists Music, he was executive producer for the soundtrack to the movie 'Karate Kid 2,' which went gold. He founded Jubilee in 1946 but had no interest in its most successful musicians. 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. It was not until the mid-1960s that multitrack recorders became the norm in English studios and EMI's Abbey Road Studios did not install 8-track facilities until 1968. [2], In 2006, the label denied "Weird Al" Yankovic permission to release "You're Pitiful", a parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful", despite Blunt's approval. 1633 Broadway Fl 10, New York, New York, 10019, United States. 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. 1994 - Greenberg is elected to the Board of Directors of Westwood One, the world's #1 supplier of talk, sports, radio, news, and shows all over the world. 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