illness and death of, 118–19
marriages of, 44, 109, 112
military service of, 43–44, 88–89, 104, 107–9, 119, 133
record labels founded by, 118
Abramson, Miriam Kahan, see Bienstock, Miriam Kahan Abramson
Academy Awards, 174, 342
Addams, Charles, 79
African Americans:
AE’s relations with, 24, 25–26, 28, 30–32, 40, 247–50
in military service, 55
northern migration of, 20–21
see also racism; segregation; slavery
Ahmet Izzet Pasha, 5, 6, 21
Ain’t She Sweet, 152
Aladdin Records, 52, 97
Allen, Red, 30, 90
Allen, Woody, 285
Allman Brothers, 270
All Things Must Pass, 141
Altamount concert, 225
American Bandstand, 120–22, 129, 134, 146
American Federation of Musicians, 44–45
strikes of, 45, 48, 53
American Revolution, 197
American Turkish Society, 299
Anderson, Ivie, 13
Anderson, Marion, 27
Anderson, Pamela, 331–34, 346, 350
Andrea Doria, 153
Animals, 183
Ankara, 5–6, 8, 17, 19, 33
Anthology Film Archives, xvi
anti-Americanism, 17
anti-Semitism, 2, 17, 22, 25, 43, 275
AOL, 195, 338
Apollo Records, 51
Apollo Theater, 24, 59, 62, 75, 76, 85, 90, 98, 268
Apple Records, 199, 206
Arc Music, 96
Aristocrat Records, 52
Armenian Genocide, 17–19
Armstrong, Louis, xvii, 10, 14, 23, 26, 63, 124, 271, 345
Army, U.S., 43–44, 54, 55, 84, 88–89, 91, 107, 119
Ashley, Ted, 214, 256, 259, 279
Asylum Records, 254–57, 276
Atari Corporation, 286, 309
Ataturk, Kemal, 21, 25, 30
Atco Records, 109–10, 114, 118, 121, 123, 125, 153, 167, 179, 187, 211, 232, 305, 312
Atlantic Foundation, 300
Atlantic Recording Corporation, 46, 53, 72, 109
Atlantic Records, 31, 41, 44–49
AE as founder of, xix, 1–3, 42, 44–89, 91–119, 122–26, 130–41, 146–62, 167–80, 188–95
departure of artists from, 82, 131–36, 168, 174, 188, 251
distributors of, 53, 55, 57, 87, 88, 162, 276
financing of, 45–47, 49, 52
first 331/3 RPM of, 54
first hit record of, 54, 57
first recording of, 47
fortieth anniversary concert of, 299, 303–8
founding of, 42, 44–48
Mafia and, 158–62
offices and studios of, 48, 51, 52, 55, 82, 98, 118, 138, 148
partners in, xi, xvii, 42, 45–48, 91–98, 131
promotional practices of, 125–28, 130–31
publishing arm of, 76, 89, 96, 104, 152, 161
purchase and merger offers for, 116–17, 156–58, 188–95
Rolling Stones signed by, 229–33
sale of, 194–95, 208, 281
the “Sound” of, 84–86, 189
subsidiary labels of, 104, 105–6, 109–10, 114, 118, 121, 123, 125
twenty-fifth anniversary of, 276–77
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built, 344–45
Avalon, Frankie, 120, 134
Aykroyd, Dan, 279, 300, 304
“A-You’re Adorable,” 61
Azzoli, Val, 208, 315, 319
“Baby Don’t Go,” 166–67, 168–69
“Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand,” 74
Baker, Ginger, 210, 212–13, 215–16
Baker, Josephine, 10
Baker, Mickey “Guitar,” 100
Balakian, Peter, 18
“Ballad of Tom Joad, The” (Guthrie), 25
Bang Records, 160, 162
Banu, Georghe, 142–43
Banu, Natalia Gologan, 142–43
Barclay, Eddie, 236–37
Barlow, William, 127–28
Basie, Count, 26, 99, 112, 128, 135, 245
“Bawitdaba,” 329
BBC, 14
Beach Boys, 165
Beatles, xviii, 13, 117, 141, 149–52, 158, 180, 211, 224–25, 243, 307
Bechet, Sidney, 26, 32, 39
Beckenbauer, Franz, 285–86
Bee Gees, 210–12, 304
Begle, Howell, 294–303
Bennett, Tony, 89
Benton, Walter, 53–54
Berns, Bert, 139, 151, 160–62, 216, 301
Berry, Chuck, 223, 230
Best Sellers chart, 56
Beyond the Sea, 342
“Beyond the Sea,” xviii, 125
Bienstock, Miriam Kahan Abramson, 43–44, 49–51, 63, 80–84, 87–88, 116, 135, 164, 275
at Atlantic Records, 51, 53, 60, 66, 74, 87, 91, 104, 107–9, 117, 126, 139, 155, 190, 209, 340
Big Beat, 121
Big Tree Records, 312
Bihari brothers, 51
Billboard, 64–65, 89, 91, 135, 137, 201, 298
“The Atlantic Records Story, 1948–1958” in, 125–26
Hot 100 chart of, 150, 188
Juke Box chart of, 50, 56
R&B chart of, 91, 105
Billy Ward and the Dominoes, xv, 132
Birdland, 112, 142
“Black and Tan Fantasy,” 13, 271
black roots music, 44, 92, 149, 233, 248
Blackwell, Chris, 136, 208–9, 213, 215, 217–18, 226–27
Blaine, Jerry, 44, 60, 86, 128
Blanche Calloway Associates, 64–65
Blind Faith, 214–15
Blood, Sweat & Tears, 192, 228
Bloomberg, Michael, xvii
Blue Rhythms: Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues (Deffaa), 65
blues, 24, 31, 44, 56, 58, 63, 67–70, 75, 77, 98–99, 180, 240–41
Chicago, 40
Delta, 40, 131–32
electric, 219
jump, 99, 102
Kansas City, 26
Texas, 40
twelve-bar, 56
Blue Thumb Records, 129, 159, 226
Blunt, James, 344–45
“Bo Diddley,” 97
Bodrum, AE’s summer home in, 277, 278, 306, 324–25, 330, 353–54
Bonham, John, 216, 217, 220–21, 304, 307
Bono, Sonny, 164–70, 172–75, 262–63
boogie woogie, 73, 86–87, 240
bootleg records, 56, 57, 161, 162, 311
Branigan, Laura, 326, 343
Brillstein, Bernie, 279–80
British Invasion, 149–52, 208–22
Bronfman, Edgar, Jr., 319–20, 338
Brown, Ruth, 58–66, 75, 79, 230, 294–99, 301–3, 305
Browne, Jackson, 253–55
“Brown Sugar,” 225, 234
Brown University, 55, 336
Brubeck Dave, 84
Bruce, Jack, 210, 212
Brunswick Records, 23, 123
Bryn Mawr, 35
Buckley, William F., 278
Buffalo Springfield, 181
Buffalo Springfield, xviii, 165, 167–87, 190, 197, 200, 204–5
Buffalo Springfield Again, 187
“Bugle Call Rag,” 13
Bunk Johnson and His Orchestra, 42
Burke, Solomon, xvii, xix, 266, 301
Burning Tigris, The: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response (Balakian), 18
Bush, George W., 278
Byrds, 177, 197–99
Cajun music, 69
California Courier, The, 19
Calloway, Blanche, 60–62, 64–66
Calloway, Cab, 14, 60
Calloway, Dorothy, 303
Canada, 142, 144–45, 147, 148, 177, 239
Capitol Records, 61, 140, 150, 152
Capote, Truman, 243
Cardinals, 86
Carnegie Hall,
148, 254
“From Spirituals to Swing” concerts at, 98
Carol II, King of Romania, 142, 143
Carson, Phil, 218, 219, 345
Carter, James, 330–31, 332
Cashbox, 105, 113, 187
Cat Records, 104, 105–6
Cavett, Dick, 243
CBS, 129–30, 149, 174
CBS Records, 251, 270, 281–82, 312
Chantly, Frances, xv, 336, 348, 351
“Chapel of Love,” 155–56
Chaplin, Charlie, 9–10
Charles, Ray, 73–75, 82, 101–3, 105, 123, 131–36, 230, 305, 340–41
AE’s relationship with, 74–75, 77–78, 102, 131, 135–36, 213
Atlantic Records loss of, 131–36, 140, 188
Checker, Chubby, 146
Cher, 164–70, 172–75, 262–63, 325
Chess, Leonard, 52, 74, 94–98, 226, 230
Chess, Marshall, 94–96, 127–28, 226, 229, 238, 242
Chess, Phil, 52, 94–98
Chess Records, 52, 74, 94–98, 118, 129, 188–89, 226, 229, 300
Chevy Chase Club, 25
Chicago, Ill., 31, 37, 52, 93–98
Chinaglia, Giorgio, 285–86
Chords, 105
Christianity, 3, 22
Cincinnati Records, 55
Civil War, U.S., 21
Clapton, Eric, xvii, xix, 210, 212–13, 305
Clark, Bob, 40–41
Clark, Dick, 120–21, 124, 129
Clark, Gene, 197
Clark, Sam, 133–34
Clarkson, Lana, 141
Cleveland, Ohio, 290–92
Clift, Montgomery, 53–54
Clinton, Bill, 348
Clovers, 79, 84–87
Club Crystal Caverns, 60, 61
Coasters, 110, 125, 138, 153, 154, 155, 304
cocaine, 108–9, 206, 213, 237
Cohen, Lyor, 338–40, 352–54
“Cold, Cold Heart,” 89
Cold War, 60
Cole, Nat King, 61, 74
Collins, Judy, 196
Collins, Phil, xvii, 304, 307
Coltrane, John, 106, 107
Columbia Records, 89, 192, 199, 202, 208, 209, 227–28, 253, 257, 259
Como, Perry, 61
compact discs (CDs), 317, 337–38
Concours d’Elegance, 10
Condon, Eddie, 63
Conyers, John, 298
Corey, Professor Irwin, 128
Cornyn, Stan, 310, 314
Crazy World of Arthur Brown, 2
Cream, 210–14, 217, 305
Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds (Kinzer), 3
Crescent Records, 48, 53
Crew Cuts, 105–6
Cropper, Steve, 189, 304
Crosby, Bing, 10, 22, 93
Crosby, David, xviii, 197–99, 201–4, 207–8, 271, 274, 304
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 205–7, 233, 235, 253, 254
Crosby, Stills & Nash, xviii, 185–86, 196–204, 207–8, 215, 254, 305
Crowley, Aleister, 220
“Cry to Me,” xix
Cummings, Mildred, 39–40, 61, 63
Curbishley, Bill, 2, 219–22
Dannen, Fredric, 319, 320
Darin, Bobby, xviii, 113–14, 120–25, 135, 139–40, 165, 168, 224, 342
Daughters of the American Revolution, 27
Davis, Clive, 192, 194, 200–203, 216–17, 227–29, 253, 270
Davis, Dickie, 178–79
Davis, Eddie “Lockjaw,” 59
Day, Doris, 61
Dean, James, 79, 80
Decca Records, 56–57, 100, 113, 123, 224, 227
“race music” department of, 55
Dee, Sandra, 139–40
Deffaa, Chip, 65
Def Jam Records, 338–40
Déjà Vu, 205
DeParis, Sidney, 30
DeParis, Wilbur, 100
Depression, Great, 15, 37, 69, 92, 199
DeShannon, Jackie, 164, 165
Devil Without a Cause, 328
Dickins, Rob, 318–19
Diddley, Bo, 97
Diller, Barry, 275
disco, 247, 287, 336
Divine Miss M, The, 334
“Dock of the Bay,” 184
Donahue, Tom “Big Daddy,” 129
Donnet, Jacqueline, 79
“Don’t You Know I Love You,” 86–87
Doors, 183
doo-wop, 137
Dowd, Tom, 83–85, 87, 106, 122, 132, 154, 196, 204, 207, 212–13, 216, 262–63
“Down by the Riverside,” xix
“Dream Lover,” 124
Drifters, 105, 132, 138, 154, 155, 301, 304
“Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee,” xvii, 55–57
Dr. John, xvii, 170
Duke, Vernon, 53–54
Dylan, Bob, 68, 197, 244, 257–59, 266
Eastman, Lee, 156–57
East/West Records, 311, 315
Eckstine, Billy, 44, 85, 86
Elektra-Asylum Records, 256–57, 259–60
Elektra Records, 29, 206, 227, 253, 276, 290, 294, 310
Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 12
Ellington, Duke, 12–14, 23, 60, 85, 271
Elliot, Cass, 198
Ellis, Wilbert “Big Chief,” 56
El Morocco, 111–12, 142, 146
EMI, 151–52, 246, 300
Emmett, Jay, 278–79, 282, 283–84
England, xv, 6, 11–14
Epic Records, 199
Eralp, Orhan, 38
Ertegun, Ahmet, 18–19
alien immigration status of, 71–72
art collection of, 277, 303, 322–24
birth of, 3, 4
childhood and adolescence of, 4, 7–16, 20–32, 34–36, 42, 283, 326
conservative politics of, 278
constant travel of, 7, 10, 15–16, 66–70, 72, 354
documentary film on, xvi, 344–45
education of, 10, 15, 22–23, 24–25, 26–27, 28–29, 35, 37, 38, 50, 71–72
as father figure, xvii, xviii, 58, 138, 140, 187, 209, 222
field trips of, 66–70, 86, 93–98, 106, 240
fifty years in record business celebrated by, 321
final illness and death of, xvi, 19, 349–52
first marriage and divorce of, 78–82, 131
fluent language skills of, xvii, 8, 10, 23, 25, 29, 30, 106, 344
girlfriends of, 38–39, 50–51, 67, 110–11, 142
health concerns of, 317–18, 334–36, 345–46
income of, 53, 73, 79, 81, 125
Islamic tradition and, 7, 10, 22, 353–54
leftist intellectual background of, 25, 26
lust for hits as addiction of, 57, 93, 98
memorial tribute to, xv–xix
musical ear of, 39, 125, 288
nonstop nightlife of, 81–82, 88, 110–12, 139, 142, 145–46, 288, 324
patent development company run by, 52, 73
physical appearance and style of, 27–28, 49–50, 110, 163, 164, 187, 252, 255, 269, 270, 277, 331, 333, 348
practical jokes of, 116, 139, 198, 211, 276
public image of, 231, 234, 244–45
record collection of, 26, 38, 45, 81
second marriage of, 145–46
smoking and drinking of, xviii, 1, 26, 28, 94, 223, 230, 326, 335
social standing of, 11–12, 34–35, 40, 49–50, 97, 163–64, 245, 277–78
songwriting of, 76–77, 86–87, 92, 99, 105, 129, 132–33, 301
sports interests of, 176, 283–86
start of, in record business, 39–42
storytelling of, 1–2, 20, 163, 171–72, 214–16, 238–39, 255, 306
stroke and heart surgery of, 334–35
Turkish burial of, 352–54
Turkish heritage of, 1, 2–7, 10–11, 18–19, 325
unique personality of, 30, 31, 38, 92–93, 203, 222, 233, 245, 255
wealth and philanthropy of, 18, 73, 193, 195, 254, 276–78
womanizing of
, xvi, 241, 325–27
Ertegun, Hayrunnisa Rustem (mother), 5–12, 14–16, 29–30, 34–35, 353
widowhood of, 38, 50, 71, 80, 145
Ertegun, Ioana Maria Banu “Mica” (second wife), xvi, 137, 142–49, 151, 163, 170, 192, 232–33, 242–45, 269–71, 275, 277, 330, 352–54
on AE, xviii, 144–45, 159, 191, 236–37, 318, 323, 327, 332, 334–36, 341, 345, 349–50
Ertegun, Leyla, 311, 325
Ertegun, Marili Mordern, 39
Ertegun, Mehmet Munir (father), 4–12, 22, 25, 244, 353
AE’s relationship with, 26, 29
diplomatic career of, 4–8, 10–12, 14–18, 32–36, 77, 97, 110
illness and death of, 35–36, 37–38, 44, 45, 131
Ertegun, Nesuhi (brother), xvii, 4, 7–11, 34, 58, 78, 92, 242, 257
AE’s relationship with, 9, 14, 24–25, 26, 27, 29–30, 32, 39, 48–49, 72, 95, 106, 191, 310–12, 343
at Atlantic Records, 104, 106–9, 119, 125–26, 135, 169, 175, 184, 188–91, 194, 212, 267
Crescent Records founded by, 48, 53
illness and death of, 311–12
jazz concerts presented by, 32, 43, 98
jazz knowledge of, 27, 29–30, 106–7, 194
marriages of, 29, 39, 106, 311
sports interests of, 29, 283–86
Ertegun, Rustem, 311
Ertegun, Selma (sister), 25, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 50, 145
AE’s correspondence with, 52–53, 71, 81
childhood and adolescence of, 7–10, 12, 15–16, 18, 21–22, 27, 39, 45–46
Turkish Foreign Ministry job of, 80–81
European Union (EU), 19
Evans, Suzan Hochberg, 266, 288–91
Everett, Edward Hamlin, 21
Excello Records, 229
Exile on Main Street, 238–39, 245
Fabian, 134
Faithfull, Marianne, 236, 237
Fanning, Shawn, 336–37
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 130, 189, 327
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 129–30
Fenari, Sukru, 52, 73
“Find the Cost of Freedom,” 206
Fine, Jason, 330–31
“Fire,” 2
Firmani, Eddie, 286
Fitzgerald, Ella, 60
“5–10–15 Hours,” 64
Fleetwood Mac, 312
Fleming, Ian, 170
Flom, Jason, 186, 237, 328–30, 336, 340
folk music, 56, 66–67
Ford, Gerald, 278
Forty Days of Musa Dagh, The (Werfel), 16–18, 34
“For What It’s Worth,” 182–83
4 way Street, 235
Francis, Panama, 122
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, 156
Franklin, Aretha, 188, 190, 192, 194, 305, 331, 336, 339, 344
Frazier, George, 27–28, 164
Frazier, Ian, 269, 272–73
Freed, Alan, 114–15, 121, 129–30, 291, 295
Freeman, Bud, 288
Friedman, Barry, 177–78
Fuchs, Michael, 319–20
Furay, Richie, 176–78, 180, 202
Gabin, Jean, 10
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