Milt Gabler

MILT gAbLER

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YEAR

1993

INDUCTED BY

Billy Crystal

CATEGORY

Ahmet Ertegun Award

The man who set rhythm and blues loose with a rocking backbeat.

Milt Gabler produced the heavy-hitters, including Louis Jordan and Bill Haley. He wasn’t just there for the birth of rock and roll—he made it possible.

Milt Gabler

Milt Gabler

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Jerry Wexler

Suppose a fellow was the principal record producer of Louis Jordan, Bill Haley and Lionel Hampton — arguably the three major founders of rock & roll — you would have to agree that anybody with credits that heavy would be a lock for the RRHOF.

But suppose on top of all of that the guy turns out to be the producer of Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey, Jimmie Lunceford, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Weavers AND LOUIS ARMSTRONG, would you say, hey y’all, what took so long?

Say hello to Milt Gabler.

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