Conversation so far:
In what year did Ertegun get Ahmet Ertegun's start?
In 1946 Ertegun became friends with Herb Abramson, a dental student and A&R man for National Records, and they decided to start a new independent record label.
What record label did they start?
Financed by family dentist Dr.
Vahdi Sabit, they formed Atlantic Records in September 1947 in New York City.
Who was their first big artist?
Atlantic had its first major hit with Stick McGhee's "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee".
Was their new record label immediately successful?
In 1949, after 22 unsuccessful record releases, including the first recordings by Professor Longhair.

Question: Did Ertegun just produce music or did he also write music?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Ahmet Ertegun write music, in addition to producing music?