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I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't have the other $20,000.

I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't have the other $20,000.


Ahmet Ertegun  Ahmet Ertegun
Tags: America  Think  You  Way  Washington  Go 

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Ahmet Ertegun (/ˈɑːmɛt ˈɛərtəɡən/, Turkish spelling: Ahmet Ertegün ([ahˈmet eɾteˈɟyn]; July 31 [O.S. 18 July] 1923 – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter and philanthropist.

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I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

    Ahmet Ertegun  Ahmet Ertegun   
 Tags: Music Happy Greatness Be Happy Said
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My father was in Ataturk's closest group. They lived together during the War of Liberation in Turkey.

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 Tags: Father War Together Group Lived
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The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops. That includes the Irving Berlins and the Hoagy Carmichaels, the Harold Arlens, Cole Porter.

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 Tags: Think Greatest Write Seven Being
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I've lived very well all my life, even when I had no money, and there's very little I can't afford.

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 Tags: Life Money My Life Lived Little Had
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Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced the other.

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 Tags: Music Time Soul Possible Movement
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Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock-and-roll sound than anybody else.

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 Tags: Stone Sound More Anybody Basic Than
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There is a certain sort of excess that is interesting, don't you think? And America is, of course, the most excessive place.

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America is remarkable, don't you think so? When I came to Washington, I was twelve years old. I spoke English with an English accent. It was assumed that it would go on in that way.

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