Everybody at Atlantic knew that we had a winner in this young lady, and she came through with great hits that will be remembered for many years to come.
AHMET ERTEGUNThe all-time greatest Atlantic group – The Drifters
More Ahmet Ertegun Quotes
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I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
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I should have gotten the Beatles. But one of my lawyers kind of messed up.
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Ataturk saw where history was going. He really did in Turkey what we are all hoping somebody will do in [Islamic] countries where fundamentalists thrive, that they get somebody today that has the vision that Ataturk had in 1915.
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I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.
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I consider Laura to be one of my best signings, and I am proud to have had such a great singer in my career in the record business. We miss her dearly.
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The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops.
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The all-time greatest Atlantic group – The Drifters
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A singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.
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The first time I heard Clyde McPhatter singing with the Dominoes at the Apollo I just fell off my chair
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At a time when it was very brave to do because Ataturk was cutting off the heads of the imams. And people thought that that was foolhardy of my father.
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Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.
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It is a great life, this life of music.
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The Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame will provide a center where the lives and the artistry of the greatest jazz musicians will be celebrated, and where people will come to learn about jazz, something to which my brother devoted his lifes work.
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You know you have a multimillion-seller hit – and what you’re working on suddenly has magic.
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My first wife was a theater person.
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