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Re: Lots of chocolate-covered noses...

Posted by radiodaddy (A) on May 3, 2007 at 09:18:14

In Reply to: Lots of chocolate-covered noses... posted by Jonathan Kranz on May 3, 2007 at 06:47:06:

Do you have any documentation that Ertegun exploited black artists? From most accounts, he was one of the few stand-up guys at time when sharks were the rule, and treated his artists with fairness and respect. Through the Sixties, he was very active in the civil rights movement as well, often at a cost to his business. His seed money ($1.5 million) founded the Rhythm and Blues Foundation, to help support needy artists. Many of the black artists you say he exploited have nothing but good things to say about him (are they among the chocolate-covered noses you refer to?). Certainly, I've never heard anything about mob influence and payola regarding Atlantic, unlike Roulette.

Again, if there is documentation for your allegations, I'd like to see it - I've never come across anything in many years of reading about and researching the label and the Erteguns.

As far as Foreigner et al go, to each his own. The way I see it, the profits generated by Led Zeppelin, Buffalo Springfield, Yes, the Stones, CSN, and other rock artists helped subsidize the jazz, blues, and R&B side of the business. Without them, Atlantic may have gone the way of Chess, Jewel, and many others.

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