Ahmet Eretegun

Episode #797 – Atlantic Records, Pt. 4 – 1952

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Air Week: August 11-17, 2025

Atlantic Records, Pt. 4 – 1952

Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, King, etc is the breadth of material, variety of music styles and the sheer number of hit records that led to the Rock n’...