I first heard Laura Branigan sing live in my brother Nesuhi’s apartment, where we had gone because he had a very good piano. I immediately realized that she had a great pop voice, in the classical sense.
AHMET ERTEGUNAnother one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.
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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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Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.
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My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision.
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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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The first time I heard Clyde McPhatter singing with the Dominoes at the Apollo I just fell off my chair
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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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Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.
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There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder.
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A singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.
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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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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.
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It is a great life, this life of music.
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My father was a very religious person. And he prayed five times a day. And he did that throughout his relationship with Ataturk.
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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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The all-time greatest Atlantic group – The Drifters
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