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Jerry Wexler died at the age of 91 in 08 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.181.109.224 (talk) 20:23, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Picture

I don't think the portrait is very accurate. It looks more like that guy from 60 Minutes than Jerry Wexler. Mussman717 (talk) 03:30, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You can replace it with a different image. What you can't do is upload a copyright violation to Commons to make the replacement. Whpq (talk) 22:32, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Winter Music Conferencec.: 1992

I met Jerry Wexler once at the winter music seminar in Miami beach. He was a very fun man. Regrettably, I didn’t ask him about Thomas J. Dowd, A wonderful sound engineer, that was his associate. He too worked with a multitude of renowned artists! He was a walking encyclopedia of music history! What a wonderful man! 2603:9000:E30D:4479:9C54:F2D4:A9F4:F282 (talk) 03:32, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Led Zeppelin

I don’t feel the article is correct in saying that Dusty Springfield recommended them because of Jimmy’s Page and the Yardbirds. I would assume Jerry Wexler already knew about the Yardvirds.

From everything I’ve read it was more Dusty Springfield’s connection with John Paul Jones that caused her to recommend Led Zeppelin.

From the Wikipedia article about Led Zeppelin-“At the recommendation of British singer Dusty Springfield, a friend of Jones who at the time was completing her first Atlantic album, Dusty in Memphis, record executives signed Led Zeppelin without having ever seen them.”

Something else I found online-“The connection was actually through John Paul Jones, who had played on her Dusty...Definitely LP (including her version of "Piece Of My Heart", which pre-dates Janis Joplin's version). He was also part of her backing band at her Talk Of The Town concerts earlier in 1968.”

Another one from an article on the album "Dusty in Memphis." "One of the most fruitful events to come out of her Memphis sessions was Springfield suggesting to Atlantic Records that they sign a new group called Led Zeppelin. Bassist John Paul Jones was a part of her touring band and she fought for Led Zeppelin to get signed and they did."

I have since returned it to the library but the recent biography of Dusty Springfield mentions the recommendation. If I recall correctly the way the story went from her bilography-He told her he was asked to sign a new English group. She asked who was in it. Upon hearing John Paul Jones, she said he should sign them because Joh Paul Jones is the best bass player, arranger, and nice guy.

Maybe the author of this page or someone with time to research and notate properly can look into this. Kyle kursk (talk) 03:23, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]