"He immediately fell in love with the project and wanted to meet me," Songz recalls. When Atlantic Records sent the debut single from Trey Songz to radio stations, Ahmet Ertegun, the label's legendary founder, included a note declaring Songz as "an extraordinary talent who is gifted beyond his years" and "one of the most promising R&B artists we have had on Atlantic since the birth of soul music some 40 years ago."The way Trey Songz, 20, talks about his relationship with Ertegun-the man responsible for the careers of Ray Charles- one would think the two are old chums."When I go to Atlantic, I stop at his office just to holler at him," Songz says.Six months after Songz was signed to Atlantic, someone played Ertegun some material by Songz. Here is something that will catch a radio programmer's attention.
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