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Clapton, Jagger to attend Ertegun memorial in NY
04/16/2007 7:15 PM, Reuters
Dean Goodman
Some of the biggest names in rock
music, including Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and
the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, will attend a private
memorial in New York on Tuesday for their late boss, Atlantic
Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.
Clapton, Collins and Stevie Nicks are among the scheduled
performers, an Atlantic spokeswoman said. The event, organized
by Ertegun's widow Mica, will take place at Jazz at Lincoln
Center. Jagger is one of the speakers. Bette Midler will host.
Ertegun died last December aged 83, after suffering a brain
injury when he fell backstage at a Rolling Stones show in
October. The Turkish immigrant co-founded Atlantic in 1947, and
brought the blues, jazz and R&B of his adopted country to the
masses. The label's rock roster was equally impressive.
Other scheduled performers will include Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young, Solomon Burke, Kid Rock and Sam Moore, Ben E.
King, Wynton Marsalis, Manhattan Transfer, and Dr. John (with
Clapton).
Reuters
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