"Music Pioneer Ahmet Ertegun Dies at 83
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 14, 2006
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ahmet Ertegun, who helped define American music as the founder of Atlantic Records, a label that popularized the gritty R&B of Ray Charles, the classic soul of Aretha Franklin and the British rock of the Rolling Stones, died Thursday at 83, his spokesman said."
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