Editing Atlantic Records (section)

{{short description|American record label}}
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{{Infobox record label
| bgcolor     = #FFEE00
| name        = {{color|black|Atlantic Records}}
| image       = Atlantic Records box logo (colored).svg
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| parent      = [[Warner Music Group]]
| founded     = {{start date|1947|10}}
| founder     = [[Ahmet Ertegun]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticrecords.com/posts/happy-birthday-ahmet-ertegun-founder-atlantic-records-18746|title=The Record Man: Ahmet Ertegun, Founder of Atlantic Records|publisher=Atlantic Records|access-date=February 2, 2015}}</ref><br />[[Herb Abramson]]
| distributor = {{Unbulleted list|[[Atlantic Records Group]]<ref name="AP">{{cite news |author1=Seth Sutel |author2=Alex Veiga |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22519-2004Mar2.html |title=Warner Music Slashes Jobs, Ousts Bigwigs |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |date=March 2, 2004}}</ref>|{{small|(United States)}}|Warner Music Group|{{small|(International)}}|[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Entertainment Company]]|{{small|(Reissues)}}}}
| genre       = Various
| country     = United States
| website     = {{URL|atlanticrecords.com/}}
| location    = [[New York City]], U.S.
}}

'''Atlantic Recording Corporation''' (simply known as '''Atlantic Records''') is an American [[record label]] founded in October 1947 by [[Ahmet Ertegun]] and [[Herb Abramson]]. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recordings in January 1948,<ref name="Atlantic Debut"/> Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American labels, specializing in [[jazz]], [[rhythm and blues|R&B]], and [[soul music|soul]] by [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Ray Charles]], [[Wilson Pickett]], [[Sam and Dave]], [[Ruth Brown]] and [[Otis Redding]]. Its position was greatly improved by its distribution deal with [[Stax Records|Stax]]. In 1967, Atlantic became a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]], now the [[Warner Music Group]], and expanded into [[rock music|rock]] and [[pop music]] with releases by [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]], [[Led Zeppelin]], and [[Yes (band)|Yes]].

In 2004, Atlantic and its sister label [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] were merged into the [[Atlantic Records Group]].<ref name="AP" /> [[Craig Kallman]] is the chairman of Atlantic. [[Ahmet Ertegun]] served as founding chairman until his death on December 14, 2006, at age 83.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56440/industry-icon-ahmet-ertegun-dies-at-83 |magazine=Billboard |date=December 14, 2006 |author=Jonathan Cohen |title=Industry Icon Ahmet Ertegun Dies At 83}}</ref>