Just read that Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records and of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died.
I first encountered his name when I read the Phil Spector part of a paperback bearing the title The Rolling Stone Rock and Roll Interviews, in the early Seventies. I was a kid and had no idea who Ertegun was. Hell, I had no idea who Phil Spector was, either. I was all Beatles and Stones and Clapton and Hendrix and Who. But Ertegun -- whatever his nationality or citizenship -- was a great American. They don't make too many like him.
(Hat tip: Dustbury)
Posted by Craig Ceely at December 14, 2006 10:33 PM