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Article: Ahmet Ertegun loved rocking the house "American Masters: Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built" 10 p.m. Wednesday PBS-Channel 9
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- Oakland Tribune
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- May 1, 2007
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PICTURE IT. January 2007. On a stage in a small conference room,
Solomon Burke, Ben E. King, accompanied by songwriters Jerry Leiber
and Mike Stoller sing "Stand By Me."
Magic.
It was a moment meant to be shared with Atlantic Records founding
chairman Ahmet Ertegun. Ertegun, 83, died just a few weeks earlier,
on Dec. 14, after complications from a fall backstage at a Rolling
Stones concert.
"He wouldn't have wanted it any other way, because this is a man
who knew how to party and have a good time," says "American Masters"
creator and executive producer Susan Lacy. "No matter who we called
while we were filming, whether it was Mick Jagger, Aretha Franklin
or David Geffen, they were more ...