Atlantic's Jerry Wexler Showed Aug 19, 2008
Among Atlantic's artists were Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker, Solomon Burke and Big Joe Turner -- Wexler is a member of the choir shouting "Shake, Rattle and Roll" under the Turner vocal on that hit. As the '60s rolled around, Mr. Erteg. (Wall Street Journal)
Jerry Wexler dies - record producer for stars Aug 17, 2008
The label's founder, Ahmet Ertegun, who died at age 83 in 2006, brought Mr. Wexler to Atlantic in 1953, where the two produced records together through the '50s by artists such as the Drifters, Bobby Darin, Clyde McPhatter, LaVern Baker, Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles and others, helping to define the emerging sound of rock 'n' roll. "My God, the godfather of Rtors has stepped behind the curtain and disappeared," singer Solomon Burke said in a telephone interview. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'I wish I'd been a bad girl' Jun 2, 2008
"I first did bubblegum, which I thought was kind of silly. And then, with Lee's backing, Nancy Nicelady did, I guess, the first white-girl version of what the black girls had been doing: a rebel kind of music. People like Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker, singing stuff like, 'Don't give me any shit, man, get lost!' It was that attitude we went after, 'Your cash ain't nothin' but trash!' I grew up listening to all of that.". The finest fruit of this collaboration - belatedly recognised as a... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Maple Grove Spirits Come To Life Again Sep 28, 2007
Friday September 28, 2007. Actors, from left, Lisa Scott, John Sommese and Patrick Kearns took on the personas of individuals buried in the cemetery. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Janis Martin, 67; rockabilly singer dubbed 'the female Elvis' Sep 10, 2007
She soon became interested in Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker and other Rers. "I heard Ruth Brown, and I just found my kind of music," she said in 1993. (Los Angeles Times)
All play and plenty of work Aug 16, 2007
"I like pop music but I grew up on roots music," said Keyes, "but being a session player, you play whatever, so I liked the challenge of pop music. It started years ago when I found myself playing on New Kids records . . . and at the same time doing records with Darlene Love and LaVern Baker and Sleepy LaBeef and Jerry Lee Lewis. One foot in the pop world and one foot in the roots world, and they don't mix."I remember sitting out in LA on a Jerry Lee Lewis session and all the musicians are... (Boston Globe -- Local)
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built May 2, 2007
With his brother Nesuhi and partner Herb Abramson, they signed Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker, and quickly had hits. Ertegun unabashedly says he was the guy who knew what the record-buying public wanted. (Variety)
Mum's pretty much the word for Aretha Franklin Apr 25, 2007
"Many of the artists on Atlantic were people I loved as a child, like Ruth Brown, the Drifters, LaVern Baker, Clyde McPhatter and on and on," she says. Atlantic co-founder Ahmet Ertegun "took care of me with TLC and provided the launch pad for my career, which really took off at Atlantic.". (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Coming home is special for singer Denise LaSalle Apr 17, 2007
Sometimes she talks before a song to set up a story behind it - something she picked up from LaVern Baker. Della Reese was another influential figure. (Greenwood Commonwealth, MS)
