Nesuhi Ertegun

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Turkish-American person music industry executive record executive record producer

Nesuhi Ertegun was a prominent Turkish-American record executive and producer best known for shaping the jazz and R&B catalog of Atlantic Records in the mid-20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Nesuhi Ertegun canonical 12
Munir Ertegun 1
Selma Ertegun 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkish-American person ⓘ
music industry executive ⓘ
record executive ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
burialPlace United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
childOf Emine Ertegun ⓘ
Selma Ertegun ⓘ
surface form: Munir Ertegun
citizenship Turkey ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfBirth Turkey ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
curated Atlantic Records jazz reissue program ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1917-11-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1989-07-15 ⓘ
employer Atlantic Records ⓘ
familyName Ertegun ⓘ
fullName Nesuhi Ertegun self-link ⓘ
genreSpecialization jazz ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
givenName Nesuhi ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionCategory non-performer ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1991 ⓘ
knownFor producing influential jazz recordings ⓘ
shaping Atlantic Records jazz catalog ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
memberOf Atlantic Records ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Records board of directors
movedTo United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
nationality Turkish-American ⓘ
notableContribution expanding jazz LP market in the United States ⓘ
signing and promoting avant-garde jazz artists ⓘ
notableFor work at Atlantic Records ⓘ
placeOfBirth Istanbul ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
positionHeld head of jazz division at Atlantic Records ⓘ
producedForArtist Charles Mingus ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Les McCann ⓘ
Modern Jazz Quartet ⓘ
Ornette Coleman ⓘ
Ray Charles ⓘ
Roberta Flack ⓘ
recordLabelFounded Atlantic Jazz series ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sibling Ahmet Ertegun ⓘ
Selma Ertegun ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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Atlantic Records → foundedBy → Nesuhi Ertegun ⓘ
Ahmet Ertegun → sibling → Nesuhi Ertegun ⓘ
Ahmet Ertegun → sibling → Nesuhi Ertegun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selma Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegun → parent → Nesuhi Ertegun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munir Ertegun
Grammy Trustees Award → hasNotableRecipient → Nesuhi Ertegun ⓘ
Nesuhi Ertegun → fullName → Nesuhi Ertegun self-link ⓘ
Atlantic → foundedBy → Nesuhi Ertegun ⓘ
subject surface form: Atlantic Records
Herb Abramson → associatedWith → Nesuhi Ertegun ⓘ
The Genius of Ray Charles → producer → Nesuhi Ertegun ⓘ
Ertegun → notableBearer → Nesuhi Ertegun ⓘ
Ertegun → hasRelative → Nesuhi Ertegun ⓘ
subject surface form: Ahmet Ertegun
My Favorite Things (John Coltrane album) → producer → Nesuhi Ertegun ⓘ
subject surface form: My Favorite Things
Bang Records → foundedBy → Nesuhi Ertegun ⓘ
Bang Records → namedFromInitialsOf → Nesuhi Ertegun ⓘ