The Impact of Ahmet Ertegun

You may not know it, but you do know Ahmet Ertegun. Born into a wealthy family in Turkey, Istanbul in 1923, Ahmet grew to be a brilliant and shrewd businessman in the late 40s started Atlantic records in New York. His early 50s acts were predominately doo-whop, i.e. The Drifters, Coasters, Clovers and superstar Ray […]