Ahmet Ertegun Professions : Songwriter Born : July 31, 1923 Died : December 14, 2006 Browse All Authors Top 42 quotes by Ahmet Ertegun My father was in Ataturk's closest group. They lived together during the War of Liberation in Turkey. Ahmet Ertegun group together war father I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music. Ahmet Ertegun be-happy music happy people Similar Authors Brenton Brown songwriter Butch Walker songwriter Bryan-Michael Cox songwriter Aurora Aksnes songwriter Audrey Assad songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim songwriter All Authors