Episode #794 – Atlantic Records, Pt. 1 – 1947-49

Air Week: September 15-21, 2025 Atlantic Records, Pt. 9 – 1955 Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, King, etc […]

Air Week: September 8-14, 2025 Atlantic Records, Pt. 8 – 1954, Pt. 2 Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, […]

Air Week: September 1-7, 2025 Atlantic Records, Pt. 7 – 1954, Pt. 1 Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, […]

Air Week: August 25-31, 2025 Atlantic Records, Pt. 6 – 1953 Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, King, etc […]

Air Week: August 18-24, 2025 Atlantic Records, Pt. 5 – 1952-53 Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, King, etc […]

Air Week: August 11-17, 2025 Atlantic Records, Pt. 4 – 1952 Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, King, etc […]

Air Week: August 4-10, 2025 Atlantic Records, Pt. 3 – 1951 Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, King, etc […]

Air Week: July 28-August 3, 2025 Atlantic Records, Pt. 2 – 1949-50 Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, King, […]

Air Week: July 21-27, 2025 Atlantic Records, Pt. 1 – 1947-49 Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, King, etc […]

Air Week: July 14-20, 2025 Varetta Dillard Varetta Dillard might be a footnote in R&B and Rock n’ Roll history, having only scored 3 R&B charting records, but her body of recorded work speaks for itself. She was more than just a Ruth Brown impersonator, though she could sound a lot like her idol. Dillard […]