Music Man: Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records, and the Triumph of Rock'N'Roll

by Dorothy Wade, Justine Picardie

This history of Atlantic Records and the spectacular career of the man who founded it, covers his love of jazz, the business deals, the parties, the drugs, the feuds and the many famous performers that Ertegun brought to greatness (Mick Jagger, Aretha Franklin, Phil Collins and the Drifters).

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published May 15, 1991

Reviews

[captain america · Rating 2 out of 5]

good info, not an engrossing style.

[Jesse · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very '80s. Supplanted by Robert Greenfield's excellent "The Last Sultan."