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mcnally
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response 7 of 13:
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Dec 15 02:47 UTC 2006 |
I'll be amending my playlist for tonight's radio show to focus on
some of the acts Ertegun developed during his 60 years in the
music industry. If I had more time I'd dig up some of the many
tracks he co-authored and had recorded by artists in Atlantic's
soul lineup back when soul music was just beginning to become a
commercial success.
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cyklone
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response 8 of 13:
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Dec 15 02:58 UTC 2006 |
I was afraid this would happen when I read he was in the hospital. RIP
Ertegun. You're right, McNally, he's truly one of the giants of the music
business. I like your playlist idea, too.
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krj
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response 9 of 13:
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Dec 15 06:24 UTC 2006 |
The only quibble I have with resp:6 is that my recollection is that
the Rolling Stones were not a "rising" band when they signed
with Atlantic. That deal was around 1970, and the first album
under it was "Sticky Fingers" and the second was "Exile on Main
Street." (Atlantic did the distribution; the labels read
"Rolling Stones Records".)
In the late 70s I went through a period where I often played
several good anthologies of the old Atlantic soul tracks.
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mcnally
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response 10 of 13:
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Dec 15 06:29 UTC 2006 |
I thought that Atlantic (or subsidiary Atco) did the stateside
distribution for the Stones albums that were recorded on London,
but no doubt you're correct. And certainly Ertegun didn't have
anything like the influence over the career of the Rolling Stones
that he did over Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, and
many others..
What can I say -- I was in a hurry, I had a radio show to get to.
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krj
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response 11 of 13:
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Dec 15 17:55 UTC 2006 |
"London" was the USA imprint of the British firm Decca Records, which
released the early Stones albums in the UK. I think London Records
was better known as a classical music imprint; I'm having trouble
thinking of other rock bands who were on that label, though I'm sure
there must have been a few.
The Rolling Stone (magazine) obituary for Ertegun also credits him
for signing Cream, and for getting Neil Young to join up with
Crosby Stills & Nash.
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katie
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response 12 of 13:
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Dec 15 23:13 UTC 2006 |
My friend Gino was a good friend of Mr. Ertegun's. He said he was a
wonderful friend. (Sadly, my friend Gino died a few years ago, from
esophageal cancer.)
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mcnally
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response 13 of 13:
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Jun 2 21:34 UTC 2008 |
Rock 'n' Roll pioneer Bo Diddley has died at the age of 79.
His distinctive namesake beat can be heard in the work of the many
musicians he influenced and he leaves behind a number of popular
blues standards that will ensure his legacy continues.
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