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Article: The Man Behind The Music
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 10, 2007
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Tonight's Led Zeppelin reunion is billed as a tribute to Ahmet
Ertegun. Here, Robert Plant and others tell Pierre Perrone why
Atlantic Records' founder was so special
Tonight's Led Zeppelin reunion at the 02 Arena in London is part
of a tribute to Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records and
the man who signed Zeppelin in 1968.
There are many Ertegun anecdotes. The most famous has the co-
founder of Atlantic Records nodding off in a Los Angeles nightclub
just as Mick Jagger agrees that the Rolling Stones will sign to the
label, in 1970. That's negotiating skills for you. Others recall
Ertegun telling Wilson Pickett that his guitarist was good, before
discovering that the musician ...
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