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Undomondo tribute to Ahmet Ertegun

Ahmet Ertegun , co-founder of Atlantic Records has died . This man was responsible for a huge quantity of my favorite music and some of my favorite records. Without Ahmet there would be no Atlantic Records, without Atlantic Records...I don't even want to think about the musicians who wouldnt've made the records I adore. I will, however, give you 2 names - Ray Charles and Tom Dowd - and you can figure out the rest. There will never be another like you Ahmet . Technorati Tags: death , ahmet ertegun , atlantic records powered by performancing firefox

Ahmet is one of the most important people in my musical pantheon and I hope he recovers fully. Ahmet Ertegun , the founder of Atlantic Records , was in a coma after falling backstage at former President Bill Clinton 's birthday party in New York . Ertegun slipped and hit his head as the Rolling Stones were going onstage to perform Sunday, Oct. 29, The Daily Mail reported. "Mick was terribly upset," an aide to the band said, referring to lead singer Mick Jagger. "Ahmet was unconscious in the intensive care unit and the doctors at first didn't give him much of a chance. But they are now listing him as stable." Ertegun, son of a Turkish diplomat, founded Atlantic in 1947 with his brother, using money borrowed from their dentist. The label's roster has included luminaries of jazz, R&B and rock ranging from Ray Charles and Duke Ellington to Led Zeppelin and the Stones. Original story