Nesuhi Ertegun

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Nesuhi Ertegun
Born	Nesuhi Ertegün (1917-11-26)November 26, 1917 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died	July 15, 1989(1989-07-15) (aged 71) New York City, US
Parent	Munir Ertegun (father)
Relatives	Ahmet Ertegun (brother)
Awards	Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Musical career
Occupation(s)	Record producer, label executive
Years active	1941–1987
Labels	Atlantic Records
Musical artist

Nesuhi Ertegun (right) and his brother Ahmet Ertegun in the record room at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C. (around 1940)

Ertegun's first credit on a record appeared in December 1942 on Jazz Man Records, a label he later purchased

Ertegun founded his first label, Crescent Records, with the express purpose of recording Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band (August 1944)

Nesuhi Ertegun (Turkish spelling: Nesuhi Ertegün; November 26, 1917 – July 15, 1989) was a Turkish-American record producer and executive of Atlantic Records and WEA International.