TarkanColl
19-12-06, 17:54
Kid Rock and Turkish singer Tarkan have joined hundreds of mourners at the funeral of Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun in Turkey.
"He was both father and elder brother for me," said Tarkan. "He did a lot for me. He was a great man."
The Turkish-born mogul helped make Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin stars, and signed the Rolling Stones in the 1970s.
He fell into a coma after falling at a Rolling Stones concert in October, and died in New York last week, aged 83.
Ertegun was educated in Europe and the United States where his father served as Turkish ambassador.
'Great void'
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Kid Rock
He founded Atlantic Records with Herb Abramson in 1947, and it quickly established itself as a leading independent jazz and rhythm and blues labels signing such names as Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington.
Successes came steadily, and the label added rock legends Led Zeppelin to its roster in the 1970s.
It is now part of the Warner Music Group, and includes acts such as James Blunt, Missy Elliott and Kid Rock.
"I have met many people, been to many places and seen many things, but he was definitely the best," said Rock, who attended the funeral in Istanbul.
"He could not sing but he was music personified."
The Turkish government was represented at the service by foreign minister Abdullah Gul, who said Ertegun's death left a "great void".
The mogul was laid to rest at an ancestral family site near a Muslim religious lodge in Istanbul following the funeral. A memorial service will be held in New York in the New Year, an Atlantic Records spokesman said.
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"He was both father and elder brother for me," said Tarkan. "He did a lot for me. He was a great man."
The Turkish-born mogul helped make Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin stars, and signed the Rolling Stones in the 1970s.
He fell into a coma after falling at a Rolling Stones concert in October, and died in New York last week, aged 83.
Ertegun was educated in Europe and the United States where his father served as Turkish ambassador.
'Great void'
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gifhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42365000/jpg/_42365945_rock_203_ap.jpg
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif He could not sing but he was music personified http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/end_quote_rb.gif
Kid Rock
He founded Atlantic Records with Herb Abramson in 1947, and it quickly established itself as a leading independent jazz and rhythm and blues labels signing such names as Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington.
Successes came steadily, and the label added rock legends Led Zeppelin to its roster in the 1970s.
It is now part of the Warner Music Group, and includes acts such as James Blunt, Missy Elliott and Kid Rock.
"I have met many people, been to many places and seen many things, but he was definitely the best," said Rock, who attended the funeral in Istanbul.
"He could not sing but he was music personified."
The Turkish government was represented at the service by foreign minister Abdullah Gul, who said Ertegun's death left a "great void".
The mogul was laid to rest at an ancestral family site near a Muslim religious lodge in Istanbul following the funeral. A memorial service will be held in New York in the New Year, an Atlantic Records spokesman said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6190969.stm