Atlantic Records co-founder and music icon Ahmet Ertegun died today, but his legacy will endure for generations to come. Here's a look at some of the masterpieces Ertegun helped make possible.
Sticks McGhee: "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" [Listen]
The Clovers: "Fool, Fool, Fool" [Listen]
Ruth Brown: "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean" [Listen]
Ray Charles: "Mess Around" [Listen]
The Drifters: "There Goes My Baby" [Listen]
Ray Charles: "What'd I Say" [Listen]
Cream: "Lawdy Mama" [Listen]
Aretha Franklin: "Good to Me as I Am to You" [Listen]
R.B. Greaves: "Take a Letter, Maria" [Listen]
Professor Longhair: "Tipitina" [Listen]
Jimmy and Mama Yancey: "Yancey Special" [Listen]
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: "Woodstock [Listen]
Foreigner: "Feels Like the First Time" [Listen]
Bette Midler: "Friends" [Listen]
Listen to the entire Ahmet Ertegun mixtape