Research Catalog

Title

The last sultan : the life and times of Ahmet Ertegun / Robert Greenfield.

Author

Greenfield, Robert

Publication

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011.

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Description

xix, 431 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

As the founder and head of Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegun signed and/or recorded many of the greatest musical artists of all time, from Ray Charles to Kid Rock. Working alongside his older brother, Nesuhi, one of the preeminent jazz producers of all time, and the legendary Jerry Wexler, Ertegun transformed Atlantic Records from a small independent record label into a hugely profitable multinational corporation. In successive generations, he also served as a mentor to record-business tyros like Phil Spector, David Geffen, and Lyor Cohen. Brilliant, cultured, and irreverent, Ertegun was as renowned for his incredible sense of personal style and nonstop A-list social life as his work in the studio. Born into great privilege as the son of a high-ranking Turkish diplomat during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, Ertegun spent his life bringing the black-roots music he loved to the world. A larger-than-life figure, always hip, Ertegun lived in the grand manner but was never happier than when he found himself in some down-and-out joint listening to music late at night. Blessed with impeccable taste and brilliant business acumen, he brought rock and roll into the mainstream while creating the music that became the sound track for the lives of multiple generations [Publisher description].

Subject

• Ertegun, Ahmet M
• Ertegun, Ahmet M. 1923-2006
• Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
• University of South Alabama
• Sound recording executives and producers > United States > Biography
• Sound recording executives and producers
• Musikproduzent
• Sound recording executives and producers > Biography
• United States

Genre/Form

• collective biographies.
• Biographies
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-417) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A day of tribute in New York -- Coming to America -- The nation's capital -- Making records -- The house that Ruth built -- Mess around -- Shake, rattle, and roll -- Brothers in arms -- Splish splash -- Love and marriage -- The Oak Room -- I got you Babe -- Hey, what's that sound -- Selling out -- Helplessly hoping -- Romancing the Stones -- The boy wonder -- The years with Ross -- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -- Clash of the titans -- Bawitdaba in Bodrum -- "The encore was heaven."

ISBN

• 9781416558385
• 1416558381
• 9781439198629
• 1439198624

LCCN

• 2011028507
• 9781416558385

OCLC

646112744

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library