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Jerry Wexler, 91; influential music producer coined 'rhythm and blues'

 

Published 8/15/2008 at L.A. Times - Music News

The Atlantic Records producer helped Aretha Franklin to stardom and Bob Dylan win his first Grammy. > Jerry Wexler, the influential Atlantic Records producer who coined the term "rhythm and blues" before helping shape that music into one of the most powerful musical forces of the 1950s and '60s, died this morning at his home in Sarasota, Fla. He was 91. (link)

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