"The House That Ahmet Built"

I can't recommend enough an illuminating two-hour documentary on Ahmet Ertegun, the inspiration and brains behind Atlantic Records. 

"Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built" documents the birth of the label in the late 1940s, when Ertegun's love of jazz led him to embrace rhythm and blues, which he helped to turn into a popular genre that reshaped popular music for the next half century. 

"The House That Ahmet Built" is a 2007 documentary from PBS' "American Master" series, but it's pretty much an biased love letter. But the archival footage and back stories behind some of America's greatest music make it easy to overlook any sense of sanitization.

There's great footage throughout, including performances by Ray Charles, Solomon Burke, The Coasters, Ruth Brown, and appearances by later Atlantic stars like Led Zeppelin and Phil Collins. 

"The House That Ahmet Built" earned an average of 4.5 stars from 19 Amazon.com reviews, and a 3.9 rating out of a whopping 10,400 Netflix reviews.