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Eclectic, Reminiscent, Amused, Fickle, Perverse

A profile of Ahmet Ertegun: son of the Turkish ambassador, teenage collector of ‘race’ music, producer and pseudonymous songwriter for records by Ray Charles and Big Joe Turner, founder of Atlantic Records, confidante to Mick Jagger, impeccable dresser.

  1. Part 1

  2. Part 2

George W.S. Trow New Yorker May 1978 2h15min Permalink