Jerry Wexler

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer

Category: Non-Performer

Inducted: 1987

Inducted by: Jann S. Wenner


Songwriters Hall of Fame: 1987 (Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award)

Inducted into Rock Hall Revisited in 1993 (ranked #5 in the Non-Performers - Producers/Engineers category) .

Jerry Wexler @ Wikipedia



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Before rock and roll came to be, there was no team producer in the recording industry dictionary until Jerry Wexler came into the picture. Wexler said "No one knew how to make a record when I came onboard." "You just went into the studio, turned on the microphone and said play."

However, with the emergence of the independent record label in the 1950s came a whole new bland of hands-on music entrepreneurs.

While he started his job in the music industry as a reporter for Billboard magazine, Wexler soon worked his way up to work with the Ertegun brothers at Atlanic Records. His efforts there helped bring black music to the masses and helped to bridge the two cultures.

In the 60s, Jerry also helped to nurture soul music by linking singers like Wilson Pickett with house bands in the South. His work with singers like Dustry Springfield and Solomon Burke continued through the decades.

Posted by Andrew on Saturday, 04/13/2013 @ 19:54pm


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