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Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is a record label founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. In the early fifties Ahmet was joined by Jerry Wexler and then Nesuhi Ertegun. Athough it began as an independent record company, it became a major player in the jazz and pop music business in the 1960s.
Tom Dowd headed Atlantic's enginnering department.
Several sub-labels have been created or acquired since then. Atco Records was started in 1955 by Herb Abramson. Spark Records (the record label of Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller) was purchased in November 1955. Others including Lava Records, 143 Records, and Ruthless Records became part of the Atlantic group.
Atlantic was acquired by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts in 1967. It is currently part of the Warner Music Group, a former division of media conglomerate Time Warner that was sold to a group of investors in 2004.
Artists
- Apartment 26
- Aretha Franklin
- Audiovent
- Bill Haley and his Comets
- Billy Talent
- Björk
- Brandy
- Bush
- Cham
- Chic
- Marc Cohn
- Phil Collins
- Craig David
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Danny Wright
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Duncan Sheik
- Dusty Springfield
- Elephant Man
- Ellie Lawson
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Fabolous
- Fat Joe
- Foreigner
- Funeral For a Friend
- Geddy Lee
- Genesis
- Gerald Levert
- Gratitude
- Handsome Boy Modeling School
- Jason Mraz
- Jet
- Jewel
- Jimmy Page
- Joe Firstman
- John Gregory
- Junior Senior
- Kevin Lyttle
- Kid Rock
- Kill Hannah
- Laura Pausini
- Led Zeppelin
- Leslie Mills
- Lil' Kim
- Lina
- Lucy Woodward
- Major Harris
- Marion Raven
- Matchbox Twenty
- Moments In Grace
- Nappy Roots
- Neil Young
- New Blood Revival
- Nu Shooz
- P.O.D.
- Poison The Well
- Pulseultra
- The Rascals
- Robert Plant
- Roberta Flack
- Rupee
- Rush
- Ryan Cabrera
- Sean Paul
- Shinedown
- Silverchair
- Sparta
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Sugar Ray
- T.I.
- Taproot
- Terror Squad
- The Corrs
- The Darkness
- The Donnas
- The Format
- The Red West
- The Stills
- The Streets
- Tori Amos
- Tracy Chapman
- Trick Daddy
- Trina
- Twista
- Wayne Wonder
- Whitestarr
- Will Hoge
- Yes
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