Traditionally A&R executives were composers, arrangers and producers – Atlantic Records's heads Jerry Wexler and Ahmet Ertegun were producers and composers respectively – but an A&R with musical ability and knowledge has become a rarity, with Ron Fair and Martin Kierszenbaum being notable recent exceptions.
Recorded when Thomas was still attending Hamilton High School in Memphis, the record drew enough local attention to catch the interest of Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records.
Although her occasional success in the R&B field - notably the 1969 Ed Townsend production of Foolish Fool - was enough for the label wishing to re-sign her in 1970, she signed with Atco at the invitation of Atlantic Records president Jerry Wexler himself, Wexler having admired Warwick's early session work.
The most famous outtake of these sessions would prove to be a rare early version of "Careless Whisper," recorded in Muscle Shoals.
(One of Bella's grandsons became well known in a different music field and coined the phrase, "Rhythm and the Blues" - and was one of the founders of Atlantic Records Jerry Wexler).
She recorded the album Old Enough for Asylum Records in 1982, a well-received recording that was co-produced by Jerry Wexler and Glenn Frey.
He recorded two solo records in the 1970s, one with Jerry Wexler.
Nelson met producer Jerry Wexler at a party where Nelson sang songs from an unreleased album he had recorded in 1972.
Tom and Jerry | Jerry Lee Lewis | Jerry Lewis | Jerry Garcia | Jerry Brown | Jerry Seinfeld | Jerry Pournelle | Jerry | Jerry Springer | Jerry Reed | Jerry Jeff Walker | Jerry Bruckheimer | Jerry Goldsmith | Jerry Stiller | Jerry Wexler | Jerry Seinfeld (character) | Jerry Douglas | Jerry Siegel | Jerry Uelsmann | Jerry Mathers | Jerry Marotta | Jerry Hall | Mungo Jerry | Jerry Saltz | Jerry Nadeau | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | Jerry Heller | Jerry Cantrell | Jerry West | Jerry Vale |
The companion documentary DVD on Image Entertainment premieres 1980 archival footage of Bob Dylan performing "When He Returns" and features interviews with Dylan musicians: Jim Keltner, Spooner Oldham, Regina McCrary, Fred Tackett, Terry Young, Mona Lisa Young and producer Jerry Wexler.
In 1967, Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records teamed her up with white singer-songwriter Billy Vera to make the United States' first racially integrated duo, and The Sweet Inspirations, to record "Storybook Children".
After Jerry Wexler saw a Chartbusters show, however, he signed the band to Warner Brothers.