Jerry Wexler

Atlantic Records producer and executive

Born

1917 to 2008

Hub

Not a place: no street address

Person class

personnel connector

Placed at

1958: first documented activity 1953, before the map starts; placed at 1958

Status as of 11 September 2026

Died 2008.

Evidence class

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

Connections

5 edges, 5 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.000 (rank 62 of 236) · people and production 0.002 (rank 27)

Confidence

High · sources: [MIXA] [W] (register)

Brought Atlantic's sessions south from about 1969, hired the Dixie Flyers as a Miami house band and produced Aretha Franklin's Spirit in the Dark sessions and Young, Gifted and Black here.

Connections

People, ownership and staff

• worked atCriteria Recording StudiosBrought Atlantic's sessions south1969 to 1975
• worked atAtlantic RecordsPartner and producer1953 to 1975
• produced / engineeredThe Dixie FlyersInstalled them at Criteria1969
• produced / engineeredAretha Franklin1969 to 1971
• produced / engineeredYoung, Gifted and Black (1972)1970 to 1971