Ahmet Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegun; July 31 1923 – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter and philanthropist...
NationalityTurkish
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryTurkey
brother years careers
I first heard Laura Branigan sing live in my brother Nesuhi's apartment, where we had gone because he had a very good piano. I immediately realized that she had a great pop voice, in the classical sense. Laura had an instinctive feel for music and melody, and her delivery was sensational. Everybody at Atlantic knew that we had a winner in this young lady, and she came through with great hits that will be remembered for many years to come. I consider Laura to be one of my best signings, and I am proud to have had such a great singer in my career in the record business. We miss her dearly.
people eric west
There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder. Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.
voice should-have singers
A singer's biographical film should have their music and their voice.
song writing matter
Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are - get recorded.
powerful father men
My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision.
blood bad-blood kurds
There's been so much bad blood between the Kurds and the Turks.
groups drifters all-time
The all-time greatest Atlantic group - The Drifters
should-have lawyer kind
I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't have the other $20,000. I should have gotten the Beatles. But one of my lawyers kind of messed up.
brother people musician
The Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame will provide a center where the lives and the artistry of the greatest jazz musicians will be celebrated, and where people will come to learn about jazz, something to which my brother devoted his lifes work.
way rays felt
Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.
singing apollo firsts
The first time I heard Clyde McPhatter singing with the Dominoes at the Apollo I just fell off my chair
path fans jazz
I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.
this-life
It is a great life, this life of music,
running track magic
I've been in the studio when you go through a track and you run down a track and you know even before the singer starts singing, you know the track is swinging ... you know you have a multimillion-seller hit - and what you're working on suddenly has magic,