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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jerry_WexlerJerry Wexler - Wikipedia

    Gerald Wexler (January 10, 1917 – August 15, 2008) was a music journalist turned music producer, and was a major influence on American popular music from the 1950s through the 1980s.

  2. www.rollingstone.com › music › music-newsJerry Wexler: The Man Who Invented Rhythm & Blues - Rolling Stone

    Aug 15, 2008 · H e was born Gerald Wexler in 1917 to a working class family, and grew up during the Depression in the upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights. His youth was marked by poolrooms...

  3. www.nytimes.com › 2008/08/16 › artsJerry Wexler, a Behind-the-Scenes Force in Black Music, Is Dead...

    Aug 16, 2008 · Jerry Wexler, who as a reporter for Billboard magazine in the late 1940s christened black popular music rhythm and blues, and who as a record producer helped lead the genre to mainstream...

  4. www.nytimes.com › 2008/08/16 › worldJerry Wexler, record producer, dies - The New York Times

    Aug 16, 2008 · Jerry Wexler, who as a reporter for Billboard magazine in the late 1940s christened black popular music rhythm and blues, and who as a record producer helped lead the genre to mainstream...

  5. www.encyclopedia.com › wexler-jerry-1917-2008-gerald-wexlerWexler, Jerry 1917-2008 (Gerald Wexler) | Encyclopedia.com

    Journalist, record producer, recording industry executive, and author. Wexler was no musician, but he had an instinct for musical excellence that guided dozens of recording artists to the pinnacle of their profession.

  6. www.latimes.com › local › obituariesJerry Wexler, 91; influential music producer coined 'rhythm and...

    Aug 16, 2008 · Jerry Wexler, the influential Atlantic Records producer who coined the term “rhythm and blues” before helping shape that sound into one of the most powerful musical forces of the...

  7. www.austinchronicle.com › music › 2000/12/01A Man and a Half: Jerry Wexler, 'The Funky Jewish King of Black...

    Dec 1, 2000 · It's unsettling getting a phone call from Jerry Wexler: Gerald Wexler, born 1917 in the Bronx to a Jewish Orthodox Polish immigrant turned window washer and a young German spitfire working in...

  8. www.nytimes.com › 2008/08/15 › worldJerry Wexler, famed record producer, dies at 91 - The New York...

    Aug 15, 2008 · Aug. 15, 2008. NEW YORK — The legendary record producer Jerry Wexler, who helped shape R&B music with influential recordings of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats, and later made key...

  9. www.rockhall.com › inductees › jerry-wexlerJerry Wexler | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

    Jerry Wexler. HALL OF FAME ESSAY. By Michael Hill. In the early days of rock and roll, a few men made it possible for the voice of change to be heard. The forces that were then shaping music foreshadowed the end of separate black and white societies.

  10. www.npr.org › 2008/08/15 › 93625915Jerry Wexler: A Record Man Remembered : NPR

    Aug 15, 2008 · Jerry Wexler, the former Atlantic Records co-director who produced some of the most groundbreaking rock and soul music of the 20th century, died Friday. He was 91. Journalist Ashley Kahn spoke ...