This cat coined the term RHYTHM and BLUES!!!

August 15, 2008:  

Gerald "Jerry" Wexler 

(January 10, 1917 – August 15, 2008) 

He was a music journalist turned music producer, and was regarded as one of the major record industry players behind music from the 1950s through the 1980s...

 

Legendary record producer Jerry Wexler, who helped define R&B music with recordings of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge and Solomon Burke, died of heart failure at the age of 91 

on August 15, 2008...

A true visionary, Jerry coined the term "rhythm and blues", and signed and/or produced many of the biggest acts of the last 50 years, including Ray Charles, the Allman Brothers, Chris Connor, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield and Bob Dylan…

Though we lost him in 2008, Jerry's legacy lives on in the halls of Atlantic. Do yourself a favor and visit "Jerry Wexler - Record Man" –I couldn’t write a better tribute!

The Fresh Air Interview (This is GREAT!!!):

His four-part GRAMMY Foundation "Living Histories" series. If you want to know where a LOT of "our" music came from, check this out…

R.I.P Jerry Wexler…

 THANKS FOR BEIN' SO COOL!!!
 

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