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Article: Musician Stone wrote `Shake, Rattle and Roll' His work as writer, arranger helped Atlantic Records become a top label
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 3, 1999
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Jesse Stone, a major influence on 20th century music who wrote
"Shake, Rattle and Roll" and helped develop many of Atlantic
Records' biggest hits, has died. He was 97.
Stone died Thursday after a long illness.
As a writer, producer and arranger at Atlantic, Stone worked with
artists such as Ray Charles, Big Joe Turner, the Drifters and the
Clovers. Among his other famous songs were "Idaho" and "Money
Honey."
In 1974, Atlantic Records President Ahmet Ertegun said, "Jesse
Stone did more to develop the basic rock 'n' roll sound than anybody
else."
The grandson of Tennessee slaves, Stone had a career that spanned
the spectrum: minstrels, folk songs, dance orchestras, rhythm and
blues, rock ...
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