Nesuhi ertegun biography of william

Born Nesuhi Ertegun in Istanbul, Turkey, (died on July 15, 1989, at the age of 71 due to complications following cancer surgery); moved to the U.S. in 1939 with his family to live in Washington D.C.; son of M. Munir Ertegun, (Turkish ambassador to the U.S); brother of Ahmet Ertegun (Atlantic Records co-founder and producer); married: wife Selma; children: Leyla and Rustem. Education: Attended school at the Sorbonne in Paris; attended the American University in Washington D.C.

Visionary Atlantic Records partner Nesuhi Ertegun, brother of Atlantic Records chairman and cofounder Ahmet Ertegun, helped establish the label as a haven for now-classic jazz, pop, and rhythm-and-blues. Ertegun joined the label in 1955 as a partner--his brother founded the company in 1947--and was in charge of expanding Atlantic's jazz roster and of shifting the singles-oriented label into LP production. Under his direction, Atlantic's jazz roster widened to include such musical titans as Ornette Colema