Atlantic Records

record label

Founded

1947

Hub

Not a place: no street address

Placed at

1958: founding year 1947, before the map starts; placed at 1958

Status as of 11 September 2026

Active.

Evidence class

public record: press, credits, official histories or reference sources

Connections

8 edges, 8 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.000 (rank 35 of 236) · people and production 0.000 (rank 36)

Confidence

High · sources: [W] [MIXA] [DIG] (register)

The label that made Criteria Atlantic Studios South from about 1969 to 1975: Wexler, Dowd and Mardin, the Dixie Flyers, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Average White Band and Brook Benton, and the RSO releases it distributed.

Connections

People, ownership and staff

• staff / residentTom DowdAtlantic's chief engineer1954 to 1970s
• staff / residentJerry WexlerPartner and producer1953 to 1975
• staff / residentArif MardinAtlantic producer and arranger1963 to 2001

Labels, collaborations, adjacency, plans

• labelCriteria Recording StudiosAtlantic Studios South: the label's Miami base1969 to 1975
• labelThe Dixie FlyersHired as Atlantic's Miami house band1969
• label linkAretha Franklin1967 to 1979
• label linkYoung, Gifted and Black (1972)1972
• label linkAverage White Band1974