Ahmet Ertegun

To the Ertegun Family, My heartfelt prayers continue to go out for all the families and friends of such an acclaimed and loved person. May the God of all comfort be with you as we await the promises of Isa 65:19 for everyone - "No more will there be heard in her the sound of weeping or a cry of distress.

Thank you for being a rock for musicians of all genres to have a successful career. We have music to make us smile, warm our thoughts, and hold us close. Thank you for sharing your dream of music and making it a reality. May your family find comfort in the promises of Jehovah who comforts us all.

To the family of Ahmet Ertegun, my deepest sympathies. May you find comfort in the promise found at Revelatin 21:4.

I NEVER NEW HOW GREAT A MAN HE WAS. IT WAS WHEN I WAS READING THE ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE THAT I CAUGHT ON. REST IN PEACE MR. ERTEGUN.

Ahmet never knew me, but his love of Black American music influenced my life as a musician. For that I am very grateful. I just wish I could have told him.

Ahmet Ertegun's passing brings me great sorrow.
He was a true original. Ahmet Ertegun was the last of the great record men. He wasn't a lawyer, he was a music fan. He loved the music he put out on his Atlantic & Atco labels.
If R&B was your bag, Ahmet brought you the cream of the crop with Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, The Drifters and dozens more. If Rock was your thing, he gave us Buffalo Springfield, Iron Butterfly, Yes, Foreigner, Led Zeppelin, Phil Collins and many...