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AUDIO: Ahmet Ertegün (1971)

Charlie Gillett, Rock's Backpages audio, 1971

From his youth as an avid record collector and black music fan, up to signing Ray Charles, Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegün tells the whole story.

Read a transcript of this interview.

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