1964 - Greenberg joined Seaboard Distributors in Hartford, CT, as a record promoter, where he promoted records to radio stations for such labels as Atlantic Records, Chess Records, Liberty Records, Mercury Records, Phillips, Roulette Records, and many others. He learned his trade at Trey Records, a label in California owned by Lester Sill and Lee Hazlewood and distributed by Atlantic. [71][pageneeded] With Ertegun's power at Warners now secure, Atlantic was able to maintain autonomy through the parent company reorganizations and continue to do their own marketing, while WEA handled distribution. In April of that year, Miriam (Abramson) Bienstock reported to Billboard that Atlantic was selling 75% of its singles as 45s. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 1989 - Tommy Mottola, who took over Sony Music, offered Greenberg a label in California. In the 1980s she sued Atlantic for unpaid royalties; although Atlantic, which prided itself on treating artists fairly, had stopped paying royalties to some musicians. In 1990 Ertegun remarked, "The president of RCA at the time had been extensively quoted in Variety damning R&B music as immoral. 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. Atlantic Records President of Promotion Andrea Ganis Looks Back, and Ahead, at Her Legendary Career By Jem Aswad Courtesy of andrea ganis Few music industry vets approach the level of royalty. 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. Price previously served as senior vice president of Business and Legal Affairs at 10K Projects, an independent record label. With Chairman Jerry Weintraub leaving the company abruptly, the new management team didn't want to continue having a recording company. 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". 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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. Sam Riback has been working as a Vice President of A and R at Atlantic Records for 21 years. In 1968 Peter Grant flew to New York with tapes of the debut album by British rock band Led Zeppelin. Wexler disliked him. "[77] The released version of "Follow You, Follow Me" gave Genesis their first hit single in the US, the album became their first American gold record, and the experience resulted in Ertegun and Collins becoming close friends. They licensed the name from America's No. The kids won't know where it is you've got to put extra drums on it." DZ Atlantic President Testifies to Nebraska Legislature in Support of Nuclear Workforce Development - Part 1 of 2 DZ Atlantic President Ross McConnell and Day & Zimmermann Senior Vice President of Nuclear Operations James Chesnut testified February 16 before the Nebraska Legislature's Natural Resources Committee in support of Legislative Bill 568, the Nuclear and Hydrogen Development Act. Cotillion also released the triple-albums soundtrack of the Woodstock festival film in 1970. 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". By 1956 the 45 had surpassed the 78 in sales for singles. Irene Sourlis is a Vice President, A&R Administration at Atlantic Records based in New York, New York. 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]. Darin moved to Los Angeles and signed with Capitol. "Beyond the Sea" became Darin's fourth consecutive Top 10 hit in the US and UK. Location. 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. The overall enormity of this song changed that. 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. By 1979 Genesis drummer/singer Phil Collins was considering branching out into a solo career. Barry, Thomas (September 9, 1969). But in September 1955 Miriam Abramson traveled to the UK and signed a distribution deal with Decca. "I thought we were going to die", Wexler recalled. 1993 - Sony artist Michael Jackson offered Greenberg the position of President of MJJ Music, Jackson's label distributed through Sony. Miriam Bienstock called him "a pain in the neck". 1972 - Within five years, Greenberg held two titles; Vice President of Radio Promotion, and Vice President of Artists and Repertoire for Atlantic Records. 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. 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 was also alienated from the "rockoid" white acts that were quickly becoming the label's most profitable commodities and dispirited by the rapidly waning fortunes of the black acts he had championed, such as Ben E. King and Solomon Burke. MTB presented Bring Back the Music every Wednesday night at the Hilton Hotel (now Westgate) in Las Vegas. Bell was the first African-American partner in the label.[58]. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote "Smokey Joe's Cafe", which became a hit for The Robins. 1 Rock & Roll Restaurant on Sunset Strip in Hollywood. "[34] But they were outbid by RCA's offer of $45,000. In 1967, Atlantic became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, now the Warner Music Group, and expanded into rock and pop music with releases by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Led Zeppelin, and Yes. 3 on the pop chart, selling over one million copies. 1, Pop No. Atlantic offered $25,000 which, Ertegun later noted, "was all the money we had then. From 1970 it also distributed Embryo Records, founded by jazz flautist Herbie Mann after his earlier Atlantic contract had expired. Aretha Franklin signed with Atlantic in 1966 after her contract with Columbia expired. 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. Leiber, Stoller, Goldner, and Wexler suggested their plan to Ertegun at a lunch meeting at the Plaza Hotel in New York. [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. Leiber and Stoller also wrote the hit "Ruby Baby" for The Drifters. It was groundbreaking., And although she may have blazed a trail as a female executive in the male-dominated world of promotion, for her its all about team success over individual success, in service of the artists. Org Chart - Atlantic Records. [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. Abramson's departure opened the way for Ahmet Ertegun to take over as president of the label. 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. [20], Joe Morris, one of the label's earliest signings, scored a hit with his October 1950 song "Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere", the first Atlantic record issued in 45rpm format, which the company began pressing in January 1951. Once there, he continued to sign major artists, including Michel'le and JJ Fad, produced by Dr. Dre and Eazy-E. Wexler exploded and replied the payment would mean the end of their relationship with the label. Atlantic missed an important signing in 1955 when Sun owner Sam Phillips sold Elvis Presley's recording contract in a bidding war between labels. The breaking point came when they asked for a producer's royalty. 1 in February and March 1953. [43] After a slow start, Atco had considerable success with Bobby Darin. He started his career in the music business as a drummer in the band "Jerry Green and The Passengers" which he founded. From Ertegun he learned how to treat musicians.[73]. Stills and Crosby had been friends since the early 1960s; Nash had first met Crosby in the mid-1960s when The Byrds toured the UK, and he renewed the friendship when The Hollies toured the US in mid-1968. 2 after spending almost six months on the Billboard R&B chart although McGhee himself earned just $10 for the session. "[34], Ahmet's older brother Nesuhi was hired in January 1955. Over the course of two decades, starting from the release of its first recordings in January 1948,[3] Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American labels, specializing in jazz, R&B, and soul by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Ruth Brown and Otis Redding. "[7] The label's office in the Ritz Hotel in Manhattan proved too expensive, so they moved to a room in the Hotel Jefferson. Leiber and Stoller backed down, but the relationship ended anyway. 2 in the US and No. [65] Atlantic continues to hold the rights to Stax recordings it distributed in the 1960s. 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. Wexler's protg Jerry L. Greenberg replaced him and played a role in Atlantic's success during the 1970s. Brown received a voluntary payment of $20,000 and founded the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1988 with a donation of $1.5 million from Ertegun. Michael Kyser has been named the first-ever President of Black Music for the Atlantic Records Group. 1 R&B hit, but it only reached No. He currently sits on this Board as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee. 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). 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. He was named Atlantic Senior Vice President of A&R in 2020. The Harlemaires. 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 . In 1944, brothers Nesuhi and Ahmet Ertegun remained in the United States when their mother and sister returned to Turkey after the death of their father Munir Ertegun, Turkey's first ambassador to the U.S. Hot on the heels of the huge success of CSNY and Led Zeppelin, British band Yes rapidly established themselves as one of the leading groups in the burgeoning progressive rock genre, and their success also played a significant part in establishing the primacy of the long-playing album as the major sales format for rock music in the 1970s. [5][19] "Daddy Daddy" reached No. 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. 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. Ganis began her career as an assistant at Polydor Records and quickly became the first female on the companys national promotion staff. [26], Nesuhi was also in charge of LP production. In 1976, the label started focusing on disco and R&B. He had recommended moving the company's multitracks and unreleased recordings to the building after Ertegun had complained about the aforementioned tapes taking up too much space in the company's Manhattan offices in New York. In addition, Mirage opened a subsidiary office in Jamaica with Stacy Greenberg as General Manager and an office in Las Vegas, NV. Big Joe Turner's April 1954 song "Shake, Rattle and Roll" was a No. 2), "Since You've Been Gone" (Soul No. 1633 Broadway Fl 10, New York, New York, 10019, United States. [81] They released his fourth solo album (a.k.a. "The Record Man: Ahmet Ertegun, Founder of Atlantic Records", "Warner Music Slashes Jobs, Ousts Bigwigs", "Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun dies", "Rock & Roll Founding Father Ahmet Ertegun Dies at 83", "Atlantic Puts 256 Stories on a Pair Of 10-In. 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. [56] The deal included a $5000 payment against a five-year option on all other records. Join to view profile Atlantic Records. 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. [26] Billboard said Atlantic's "fresh sound" and the quality of its recordings, arrangements, and musicians was a great advance from standard R&B records. 2013 to Present - Greenberg forms new EDM label with partners from Ibiza, Spain. 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. Charles signed a contract with ABC-Paramount that included higher royalties, a production deal, profit-sharing, and eventual ownership of his master tapes. 5[30] (although The Crew-Cuts' version went to No. 1), "Baby, I Love You" (Soul No. Within the first two weeks, The Box went from 33 million to 60 million streams. Atlantic also began to get recordings distributed in the United Kingdom, first through EMI on a 'one-off' basis. [62] But Atlantic profited from moving into rock music in the 1970s when it signed Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, and Yes. Moving up the promo ranks, she was appointed Vice President of National Promotion in 1988 and Senior Vice President two years later. During his tenure at United Artists Music, he was executive producer for the soundtrack to the movie 'Karate Kid 2,' which went gold. 1, Pop No. Although Leiber considered dropping the matter, Stoller pressed Atlantic for payment. 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. According to Greenberg, Ertegun had long seen the UK as a source of untapped talent. He is currently working with Ricch on his second studio album as well as A&Ring the new album from Ty Dolla . During 1968 Atlantic established a new subsidiary label, Cotillion Records. [5] Joel Dorn became Nesuhi's assistant after his successful production of Hubert Laws' album The Laws of Jazz.[37][38]. The audit revealed Leiber and Stoller had been underpaid by $18,000. Much of Atlantic's renewed success as a rock label in the late 1970s can be attributed to the efforts of renowned A&R manager John Kalodner. Ertegun was directly involved in the recording of the band's 1978 album And Then There Were Three, personally remixing the album's projected first single "Follow You, Follow Me". 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. Bill Haley & His Comets's version reached No. He initially worked for Atlantic on a freelance basis, but within a few years he had been hired as the label's full-time staff engineer. 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. 21 albums were released simultaneously in 1965,[45][46] all of them shown on the back cover of their releases. Abramson did not get along with either Wexler or Nesuhi Ertegun, and he had returned from military service with a German girlfriend, which precipitated his divorce from Miriam, a minor stockholder and Atlantic's business and publishing manager. Republic Records is a division of Universal Music Group and home to multiple platinum award winning artists. Two members of The Robins formed The Coasters and recorded hits for Atlantic, such as "Down in Mexico" and "Young Blood". His early releases were unsuccessful, and Abramson planned to drop him. The position is responsible for all policy and procedures relating to student records, manages the key student records systems of the college, including those for student . [1]. The new Warner owners refused to relinquish ownership of the Stax masters, so the distribution deal ended in May 1968. He came to my office every day to discuss the development of our records and would make me study sales reports, imparting that sales was the way to truly judge if a record was real. 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. Ertegun recommended Mo Ostin to succeed Maitland as Warner Bros. Records president. In January of 1996, she was named Executive Vice President. 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. Spector became one of the most successful record producers of the 1960s. By this time creative tensions within The Hollies were coming to a head, and Nash had already decided to leave the group. Vice President, A&R. Phone Email. 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. 6 on the R&B chart. [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. 2007 - Jerry Greenberg joins the board of MusiCares established in 1989 by The Recording Academy. Collins replied "The drums come later," to which Ertegun retorted "By that time the kids will have switched over to another radio station." Atlantic Business Interiors offers a vast array of office furniture and equipment, and combine that with an in-depth knowledge of workplace layout and ergonomics to ensure you make the most of your office space and give your workforce the best work . [13] In its early years, Atlantic concentrated on modern jazz[11][14][3] although it released some country and western and spoken word recordings. By 1958, relations between Abramson and his partners had broken down; in December 1958 a $300,000 buy-out was arranged; his stock was split between Nesuhi Ertegun and Abramson's ex-wife Miriam, who had in the meantime remarried to music publisher Freddy Bienstock (later the owner of the Carlin Music / Chappell Music publishing empire). Decca had refused access to its British acts, who usually appeared in the US on the London subsidiary. The union action forced Atlantic to use almost all its capital to cut and stockpile enough recordings to last through the ban, which was expected to continue for at least a year. Yes signed with Atlantic in 1969, around the same time Squire was breaking in with the label that would name him president by 1974, making him (at 32) the youngest to pull off the feat. [14], Ertegun and Abramson spent much of the late 1940s and early 1950s scouring nightclubs in search of talent. The ideal candidate will develop new . [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. An after-hours jam by members of the Stax house band resulted in "Green Onions". 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. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. 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. In September 1964, the Ertegun brothers and Wexler were in the process of buying out the company's other two shareholders, Sabit and Bienstock,[51] and it was proposed that Leiber and Stoller buy Sabit's shares. By the age of eighteen, Greenberg already had his own record label, called Green-Sea Records. Darin returned to Atlantic in 1965. 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. He had more hits than George Martin and Phil Spector combined. 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. [21], In 1952 Atlantic signed Ray Charles, whose hits included "I Got a Woman", "What'd I Say", and "Hallelujah I Love Her So". [89] Although Yankovic could have made the parody anyway, claiming Fair Use, his record label, Volcano Entertainment, thought it best not to "go to war" with Atlantic. Gerald was the third person Mottola hired on his team and let him form his own label as President of WTG Records. Abramson's then wife Miriam ran Atlantic's publishing company and handled most of the office work. 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. Their single "Money Honey" became the biggest R&B hit of the year. Nov 2016 - Present6 years 5 months. The label was originally formed as an outlet for blues and deep Southern soul; its first single, Otis Clay's version of "She's About A Mover", was an R&B hit. Brown recorded more than eighty songs for Atlantic, becoming its bestselling, most prolific musician of the period. [55], In 1960, Atlantic's Memphis distributor Buster Williams contacted Wexler and told him he was pressing large quantities of "Cause I Love You", a duet between Carla Thomas and her father Rufus which was released by the small label Satellite. 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. Wexler contacted the co-owner of Satellite, Jim Stewart, who agreed to lease the record to Atlantic for $1000 plus a small royaltythe first money the label had ever made. Atlantic Records is part of the Media & Internet industry, and located in New York, United States. She was injured in a car accident en route to New York City, but Atlantic supported her for nine months and then signed her. Atlantic Records. Ertegun started lifelong grudges against Leiber and Stoller, and his relationship with Wexler was damaged. The market for these records exploded during late 1953 and early 1954 as R&B hits crossed over to the mainstream (i.e. [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. Their label Spark was bought by Atlantic, and they were hired as America's first independent record producers, free to produce for other labels. In addition to establishing Cotillion, Atlantic began expanding its own roster to include rock, soul/rock, progressive rock, British bands and singer songwriters. When released in February 1949,[5] it became Atlantic's first hit, selling 400,000 copies, and reached No. Irene received a Bachelor of Science degree from Saint John's University. 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. Its position was greatly improved by its distribution deal with Stax. "Queen of the Hop" made the Top 10 on both the US pop and R&B charts and charted in the UK. 3 in September 1952, and "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean" with Connie Kay on drums reached No. He produced "Twist and Shout" for The Top Notes, and it flopped. Greenberg served as President and CEO of MJJ Music from 1993 to 2000. Vice President of Radio Promotion and Artists and Repertoire, WTG (Walter (Yetnikoff), Tommy (Motolla), Gerald (Greenberg) Records, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, reliable, independent, third-party sources, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jerry_L._Greenberg&oldid=1119634965, Articles lacking reliable references from April 2014, BLP articles lacking sources from April 2014, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Articles with dead external links from April 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 2 November 2022, at 16:23. His agent David Geffen went to Wexler to ask for Stills to be released from his Atlantic contract because Geffen wanted Stills' new group to sign with Columbia. He soon stopped when RCA signed Elvis Presley. [44] In 1965, Atlantic formed a budget label called Clarion Records. Bobby Darin's "Splish, Splash" was the first song to be recorded on an 8-track recorder. It was granted informally, but their accountant insisted on a written contract and an audit of Atlantic's accounts. [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. Over the next four years he was instrumental in signing a string of major acts including Foreigner, AC/DC, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins. Passengers on the new route will travel aboard Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft configured . "So Long", her first record for the label, was recorded with Eddie Condon's band on May 25, 1949. They had hits with "Chapel of Love" by The Dixie Cups and "Leader of the Pack" by The Shangri-Las, but Red Bird's finances were precarious. 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.
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