Producer/Atlantic Honcho Jerry Wexler Dead

Wexler helmed classic recordings by Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, and coined the term “rhythm and blues.”

By Blurt Staff

The Associated Press reports that legendary producer and record label man Jerry Wexler died Friday at 3:45 a.m. in a Sarasota, Fla. Hospice.

Wexler made myriad contributions to music, producing records by Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and Willie Nelson, co-running Atlantic Records with Ahmet Ertegun from 1953 to 1967 and championing Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett and Percy Sledge. He also famously coined the term “rhythm and blues,” replacing the offensive term “race records.”

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