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  • Jan 10, 1917

    Producer Jerry Wexler is born in Manhattan. During his Atlantic Records tenure, he oversees Willie Nelson's "Bloody Mary Morning," plus hits by Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin and Solomon Burke, among others

    Oct 1, 1967
    Warner-7 Arts buys Atlantic Records for $17.5 million from Mo Ostin, Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler. The new Warner-Elektra-Atlantic entity eventually yields such country acts as Tracy Lawrence, Faith Hill, Emmylou Harris and Hank Williams Jr.
    Jan 15, 1987
    Sonny James is installed in the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Other new inductees include bluesman W.C. Handy and record producers Sam Phillips and Jerry Wexler
    Jan 21, 1987
    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame adds Roy Orbison, Hank Williams, Rick Nelson, Jackie Wilson, Leiber & Stoller, Carl Perkins, Clyde McPhatter, Louis Jordan, Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Joe Turner, Eddie Cochran, B.B. King, Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin during a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
    May 12, 1994
    "The Atlantic Records Story: Hip To The Tip" premieres on A&E. It features interviews with Ben E. King, Solomon Burke, Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Herb Abramson, plus music by Ray Charles, Bobby Darin, Otis Redding, Ivory Joe Hunter and Elvis Presley
    Aug 15, 2008
    Former Atlantic Records executive Jerry Wexler dies of a heart ailment at his home in Sarasota, Florida. He produced Willie Nelson's "Bloody Mary Morning," plus records by Dusty Springfield, Solomon Burke and Aretha Franklin, among others

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