Pop Chronicles Interviews #38 - Ahmet Ertegun
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- Rhythm and blues scene at the time that Atlantic was started; "the Atlantic sound" 0:02:50
- Ruth Brown, Jesse Stone, Jimmy Yancey, Lester Young, blues; impact of bebop; genre labeling ("race" music, rhythm and blues); Ertegun's involvement in early Atlantic recordings; comparison with then-present day 0:05:47
- Rock's borrowing from Atlantic, Chess and Checker record companies, other R&B labels; Elvis Presley; awareness of pop label interest in R&B; Ruth Brown; Sticks McGhee, Joe Turner 0:03:45
- Rise of West Coast artists; influence of radio; covers by pop artists; question of 1956 pivot to more of a pop sound; Jerry Wexler 0:04:55
- Discussion of Ray Charles; "gospel changes" (as on "I Got a Woman"), contrasted with "blues changes"; Rufus Thomas; Eric Clapton and Aretha Franklin 0:05:41
- Aretha Franklin continued; John Hammond and Jerry Wexler; Atlantic personnel including Tommy Dowd, Arif Mardin; King Curtis, Sam Taylor; how arrangements are done for Aretha Franklin albums; The Drifters' use of strings 0:06:03
- Interview concludes 0:00:04
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Pop Chronicles Interviews #38 - Ahmet Ertegun, audio recording, April 8, 1968; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1692102/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.