Recording Pioneers


Gerald ("Jerry") WEXLER1917 - 2008   PIONEER    PARENTS    LIFE    NOTES    LABELS    PHOTOS    THANK YOU

PIONEER

Gerald ("Jerry") WEXLER

nationality
occupation
birth 10 Jan 1917, New York City
baptism
death 15 Aug 2008, Sarasota, FL
burial
marriage

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children
  • Paul
  • Lisa

PARENTS

father Harry WEXLER

b. 4 Mar 1892, ......., AUSTRIA/POLAND
d. .. Jan 1968, Bronx, Bronx, New York (migrated in 1912 from Poland to USA

mother Elsa/Elsie SPITZ

b. 24 July 1893, New York
d. .. Oct 1969, NY

children
  • Gerald

    b. 10 Jan 1917, New York City
    d. 15 Aug 2008, Sarasota, FL

  • Arthur

    b. .... 1918, New York
    d. .............


LIFE



1920 CENSUS (Bronx Assembly District 8, Bronx, New York, 3 Jan 1920):
Harry WEXLER (28y) windowcleaner / Prop.
Elsie WEXLER (24y)
- Gerald (2y/11m)
- Arthur (1y/2m)





1930 CENSUS (Manhattan, New York, New York, 14 Apr 1930):
Harry WEXLER (37y) Proprietor / Window cleaning Co.
Elsie WEXLER (35y)
- Gerald (13y)
- Arthur (11y)




joined ATLANTIC (Ahmet Ertegun-Herb Abramson)
resigned from ATLANTIC in 1975


NOTES

  • Record makers and breakers: voices of the independent rock 'n' roll pioneers by John Broven (University of Illinois Press, 2009)


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