Ahmet Ertegun dies at 83. you may have never heard of him... I know I never did even while rubbing shoulders with record execs back when my band was getting its cock fluffed by the dirty hands of the major record industry. He was the founder of Atlantic Records and, he might have been a huge asshole shyster like the rest of them but one thing is obvious. The artists he's accredited to helping over the years are names that stuck around. Names that didn't fade into the bargain bins at the record store after a poor 1st weeks sales on a second record. or get dropped because the 1st radio release didn't hit the top 5."He was one of the first recording executives to sell music by black artists to white youngsters looking for something exciting in the conformist Eisenhower era of the 1950s, and in so doing, he helped pioneer rock'n'roll."This guy is, from what i can tell what was good about the record industry back in the good ol' days. Now that he's dead i think that the days when an honest music artist could have a lasting and successful career based on a 4th or 5th albums success are dead with him.
i didnt know who the hell you were, but Ahmet Ertegun, you'll be missed not just by me but these kids I'm sure as well..
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