Ahmet Ertegun

Episode #796 – Atlantic Records, Pt. 3 – 1951

RAS2025-08-03T15:47:26+00:00

Air Week: August 4-10, 2025

Atlantic Records, Pt. 3 – 1951

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’...

Episode #795 – Atlantic Records, Pt. 2 – 1949-50

RAS2025-07-27T16:32:26+00:00

Air Week: July 28-August 3, 2025

Atlantic Records, Pt. 2 – 1949-50

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...