Nesuhi Ertegun
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Nesuhi Ertegun was a Turkish-American record producer and executive of Atlantic Records and WEA International.
Ertegun, c. 1930, by William P. Gottlieb
Nesuhi Ertegun (right) and his brother Ahmet in the record room at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C., c. 1930s
Ertegun's first credit on a record appeared in December 1942 on Jazz Man Records, a label he later purchased.
Ertegun founded his first label, Crescent Records, with the express purpose of recording Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band (August 1944)
Atlantic Records
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Atlantic Recording Corporation is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first
Nesuhi Ertegun
…Nesuhi Ertegun (Turkish spelling: Nesuhi Ertegün; November 26, 1917 – July 15, 1989) was a Turkish-American record producer and executive of Atlantic Records and WEA International. Born in Istanbul in the Ottoman Empire, Nesuhi and his family, including his younger brother Ahmet, moved to Washington, D.C…
"Weird Al" Yankovic edits Atlantic Records' Wikipedia page to read "YOU SUCK!" in the music video for the song "White & Nerdy".