Jerry Wexler
 | Born |
| 1918 in New York, NY | |
| Active Decades | |
There is an anecdote told by Southern producer Jim Dickinson about Jerry Wexler. The story goes that Wexler and Sam Phillips were at an industry party in Memphis shortly after Wexler had produced Aretha Franklin's 1972 gospel album "Amazing Grace." However, instead of spinning the new Aretha record that Wexler wanted to hear, Phillips kept playing an old Tony Joe White album Wexler had done, marveling because the record was "so good, it don't sound paid for."
That anecdote goes a long way in describing the career and reputation of the onetime Vice President of Atlantic Records. For, although he has been a writer for Billboard magazine, a songwriter co-credited with such classics as "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love," and a successful producer, Jerry Wexler will always be seen as the quintessential businessman of the music industry.
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That anecdote goes a long way in describing the career and reputation of the onetime Vice President of Atlantic Records. For, although he has been a writer for Billboard magazine, a songwriter co-credited with such classics as "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love," and a successful producer, Jerry Wexler will always be seen as the quintessential businessman of the music industry.
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