Herb Abramson started Atlantic in 1947 with
Ahmet Ertegun (he left Atlantic in 1955).
Jerry Wexler joined
in 1954.
Tom Dowd was the recording engineer and the
In house writers were Lieber and Stoller and Arif Marden.
See Charlie Gillett's Book for the best and fullest coverage
of Atlantic.
Ahmet Ertegun was the son of the Turkish ambassador to the
USA.