Atlantic Records

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Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is a major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic Records earned a reputation as one of the most important recording labels, specializing in Jazz, R&B, and Soul recordings by African-American musicians including Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Ruth Brown, and Otis Redding, a position greatly enhanced by its distribution deal with Stax Records. In 1967, Atlantic Records became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, now the Warner Music Group, and expanded into Rock and Pop music with releases by bands such as Led Zeppelin and Yes.

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Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is a major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic Records earned a reputation as one of the most important recording labels, specializing in Jazz, R&B, and Soul recordings by African-American musicians including Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Ruth Brown, and Otis Redding, a position greatly enhanced by its distribution deal with Stax Records. In 1967, Atlantic Records became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, now the Warner Music Group, and expanded into Rock and Pop music with releases by bands such as Led Zeppelin and Yes.

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Subject ID: 60976