What is Atlantic Records: The House about?

Name: Atlantic Records: The House
Genre: Concert/Special Events,Music/Performing Arts

ATLANTIC RECORDS: THE HOUSE THAT AHMET BUILT, 2007, Thirteen/WNET’s American Masters, 120 mins. Dir. Susan Steinberg. The remarkable story of Ahmet Ertegun and the influential recording empire he created is told by filming Ertegun reliving his experiences and memories with scores of pals from Jagger, Clapton, Plant & Page to Ray Charles, Aretha and Bette Midler. The story is illustrated with stunning long-lost music performances from virtually every Atlantic artist of note. The film traces Ertegun from his early days in America as an Embassy brat son of the Turkish Ambassador through his discovery of blues and jazz in the dens of Harlem - while he was still a schoolboy! Then his launch of Atlantic and the torrent of R&B, soul, rock, prog-rock and pop music that has streamed from the company over the past 60 years. There will be several Atlantic artists and friends of Ahmet Ertegun attending to pay tribute to him. (See www.ModsAndRockers.com for guest updates.)

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What is Atlantic Records: The House about?: ATLANTIC RECORDS: THE HOUSE THAT AHMET BUILT, 2007, Thirteen/WNET’s American Masters, 120 mins. Dir. Susan Steinberg. The remarkable story of Ahmet Ertegun and the influential recording empire he created is told by filming Ertegun reliving his experiences and memories with scores of pals from Jagger, Clapton, Plant & Page to Ray Charles, Aretha and Bette Midler. The story is illustrated with stunning long-lost music performances from virtually every Atlantic artist of note. The film traces Ertegun from his early days in America as an Embassy brat son of the Turkish Ambassador through his discovery of blues and jazz in the dens of Harlem - while he was still a schoolboy! Then his launch of Atlantic and the torrent of R&B, soul, rock, prog-rock and pop music that has streamed from the company over the past 60 years.
There will be several Atlantic artists and friends of Ahmet Ertegun attending to pay tribute to him. (See www.ModsAndRockers.com for guest updates.)