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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 16 > Jerry Wexler ‘one of the great record men’

Jerry Wexler ‘one of the great record men’

Music producer famed for work with Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin

By Nekesa Mumbi Moody / The Bulletin
August 16, 2008

NEW YORK — Jerry Wexler not only coined the phrase rhythm and blues, the legendary music producer was one of the key architects of the genre. He revolutionized popular music with seminal, superstar-making recordings of acts such as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and others.

But the....

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