The founder of Atlantic records with Ahmet Ertegun. Herb Abramson sold the label to Jerry Blaine in September 1947. However, before Atlantic Herb owned Jubilee Records whose first success brought black artists to the white record buying public in 1953 with "Crying in the Chapel," by the Orioles - JUBILEE 5122
Born 16th November 1920 - New York, NY
Died 9th November 1999 - Henderson, Nevada
Died 9th November 1999 - Henderson, Nevada
Herb started a subsidiary called Josie in 1954 releasing "Speedoo" by the Cadillacs in 1956 and "Do You Wanna Dance?" by Bobby Freeman in 1958.
Jubilee and Josie both went bust in 1970 with master tapes going to Roulette and via Morris Levy selling Roulette to Rhino many old recordings have been re-issued including a massive set from the Orioles (see link at the foot of this page).
ATLANTIC was founded 1947 by Herb Abramson and Ahmet Ertegun. Jerry Wexler
replaced Herb in 1953.
