Elnaz
15-01-2007, 03:10
Ahmet Ertegun, Founding Chairman of Atlantic Records, was born in Istanbul, Turkey on July 31, 1923. The son of the Turkish Ambassador to the United States, Mehmet Munir Ertegun, Ahmet was raised in Switzerland, Paris, London, an Washington, D.C. A passionate music fan and collector, Ertegun founded Atlantic Records in New York City in the fall of 1947 - signing artists, producing records, writing songs, and supervising the fedgling label.
Under Ahmet's direction, Atlantic evolved from a groundbreaking, independent R&B and Jazz label into one of the world's preeminent music companies - forming a legacy that includes such icons as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Jonh Coltrane, Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. Ahmet was founder and Chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In recognition of his pioneerin contributions to popular music, he was himself elected to the Hall of Fame in 1987, and the Museum's main exhibition hall in Cleveland bears his name. In 2000 he was honored as a ''Living Legend'' by the United States Library of Congress, on the occasion of the Bicentennial.
bron: http://www.atlanticrecords.com/ahmet
Under Ahmet's direction, Atlantic evolved from a groundbreaking, independent R&B and Jazz label into one of the world's preeminent music companies - forming a legacy that includes such icons as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Jonh Coltrane, Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. Ahmet was founder and Chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In recognition of his pioneerin contributions to popular music, he was himself elected to the Hall of Fame in 1987, and the Museum's main exhibition hall in Cleveland bears his name. In 2000 he was honored as a ''Living Legend'' by the United States Library of Congress, on the occasion of the Bicentennial.
bron: http://www.atlanticrecords.com/ahmet