The Last Sultan: The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun: by Robert Greenfield
Hunter Moore
July 30, 2012
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A writer trying to organize fifty years of popular music—a sprawling and unruly topic—has several options. One possibility is to pick a single genre, say the blues, and trace its birth and development. Another is to follow the history of an influential record label. A more dynamic approach is to tell the story of one influential musician or band, though any artist’s story is restricted by the particulars of his or her career.
