The Atlantic Records Story: 13. We Are Family

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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th August 2016

Johnnie Walker presents the last in the series on The Atlantic Records Story. Featuring Chic, Robert Plant, Laura Branigan, Debbie Gibson, En Vogue, Bette Midler and Evan Dando.

The Atlantic Records Story: 12. Teach Your Children

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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 24th August 2016

Johnnie Walker continues story of the influential label. Tonight featuring Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Yes, the Rolling Stones and Foreigner.

The Atlantic Records Story: 11. The Mighty Arms Of Atlas

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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 23rd August 2016

The history of Atlantic Records presented by Johnnie Walker. Tonight Led Zeppelin - with interviews with Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page.

The Atlantic Records Story: 10. Pick Up The Pieces

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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 22nd August 2016

Part 10 of the 13 part history of Atlantic Records presented by Johnnie Walker. Featuring Ben E. King, The Average White Band, Betty Wright and Ahmet Ertegun. Tonight we hear how Roberta Flack got signed to Atlantic.

The Atlantic Records Story: 9. Blues Power

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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 21st August 2016

Johnnie Walker presents part nine of the Atlantic Records Story, Blues Power. Contributors include Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce.

The Atlantic Records Story: 8. The English Connection

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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 20th August 2016

Johnnie Walker continues the story of Atlantic Records with episode eight, The English Connection.

Contributors include Keith Richards, Keith Emerson, Jon Anderson and Mick Jones. They talk about the influence of Atlantic on their music and careers, in particular the ways in which the record label's founder and president, Ahmet Ertegun, contributed to their success.

The Atlantic Records Story: 7. Groovin'

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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th August 2016

Johnnie Walker presents part seven of the Atlantic Records story. It features the Rascals, Buffalo Springfield and the Bee Gees.

Ahmet Ertegun started to pursue more acts that could emulate the "British Invasion", which led him to sign the Bee Gees. We also find out how Sonny and Cher first met and cut their debut, I Got You Babe.

The Atlantic Records Story: 6. Respect

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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 18th August 2016

Johnnie Walker continues the story of Atlantic Records. In tonight's episode he looks at how Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, got signed by Atlantic Records, and how the label made her a global superstar and a key voice of the civil rights movement.

The Atlantic Records Story: 5. Land Of 1000 Dances

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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th August 2016

Johnnie Walker presents part 5 of a unique insight into Atlantic Records. In tonight's episode he features the king of 'Rock n Soul' Solomon Burke, Mr 'Land of 1000 Dances' Wilson Pickett and Dusty Springfield.

The Atlantic Records Story: 4. Knock On Wood

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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 16th August 2016

Tonight Johnnie Walker looks at the work Atlantic did with Stax Records.

Part four includes interviews with Steve Cropper and Booker T from Booker T and the MGs, and features music from Otis Redding as well as stories about his musical genius.

Dave Porter explains how he and Isaac Hayes came up with the Sam and Dave classic Hold On (I'm Coming) and Eddie Floyd talks about Knock on Wood.

The Atlantic Records Story: 3. Giant Steps

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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th August 2016

Johnnie Walker continues the history of Atlantic Records. Tonight he looks at the label's work with jazz music, which was as important as the more popular genres they covered. The first record on Atlantic was a jazz record and Ahmet and his brother Nesuhi were both jazz enthusiasts.

The Atlantic Records Story: 2. Yakety Yak

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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 14th August 2016

Johnnie Walker continues his look at the history of Atlantic Records. Including interviews with Ermet Artegun and Herb Abramson (founders of the label) and Ray Charles.

In part two Johnnie looks at the impact of the Drifters on Atlantic. It's the late 50s and rhythm and blues and jazz is becoming increasingly popular.

The Atlantic Records Story: 1. Money Honey

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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 12th August 2016

In a 13-part series, Johnnie Walker tells the story of Atlantic Records. This first episode looks at the early days and how the company was set up.

Atlantic Records was home to some of the greatest rhythm and blues and soul singers of all time, including Otis Redding and Ray Charles. It was Led Zeppelin's label. It was also where the songwriting team of Leiber and Stoler and producer Jerry Wexler carved out their careers under the watchful eye of the founder and president Ahmet Ertegun.

We hear from Ertegun about moving to America with his father, his love of black music and how he started what was to become a global business.