oct 7, 1947 - Founding of Atlantic Records

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Founded by Ahmet Ertegun, son of a Turkish Diplomat, and Herb Abramson an industry professional in New York City. It was originally famous for its jazz, R&B, and soul recordings. With artists like Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Otis Redding. Atlantic is a major record label to this day and has many platinum Pop artists signed to them.

Tom Dowd was a producer for Atlantic and contributed greatly to the label's success. He talks about his experience in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi4ElCcx9D8
Atlantic talks a bit about him here: https://www.atlanticrecords.com/posts/father-atlantic-sound-18236

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