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“Willy had found a more appreciative reception at Atlantic Records , where head man Ahmet Ertegun signed him to a fat new recording deal and promised to personally shepherd his career …”, reported Rolling Stone in 1980. “According to Willy—never one to let false modesty intrude on a good story—the Atlantic Records chairman said, ‘You got the look, the performance, the writing, you know exactly what to do.’”