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Article: Music: Young Turk who got the blues Atlantic Records is 50 this year. Ahmet Ertegun, its founder, spoke to James Maycock
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 17, 1998
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IN COUNTLESS photographs, Ahmet Ertegun appears anonymously beside
famous musicians and artists. Whether he is with a gaunt Phil
Spector or with Mick Jagger grinning widely and Andy Warhol looking
dazed and expressionless, his demeanour rarely changes. Dressed in a
tailored jacket and tie, his elegance and air of sophistication
balances the flamboyant taste and decadent poise of those he
accompanies. If his attire is slightly incongruous, his manner is
quite relaxed, if only because he has, for most his life, organised
and recorded volatile, erratic and demanding musicians.
This year, at the age of 75, Ertegun was awarded the title, "The
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