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- Frank Fenter (February 25, 1936 – July 21, 1983) was a South African music industry executive. Fenter was the first managing director of Atlantic Records for Europe, where he helped discover and get signed to Atlantic late-1960s British Invasion groups, including Led Zeppelin and the progressive rock bands Yes and King Crimson. Frank Fenter was also instrumental in introducing and breaking Rhythm and Blues music across Europe, with such artists as Otis Redding and Sam and Dave. He went on in the 1970s to be a co-founder, co-owner, partner and executive vice president of Capricorn Records, the label identified with Southern Rock, led by The Allman Brothers, The Marshall Tucker Band, Wet Willie and Elvin Bishop. In 2014, Frank Fenter was posthumously Inducted into The Georgia Music Hall of Fame. (en)
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- Yes, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Vinegar Joe, Aretha Franklin, Sonny and Cher, Bobby Darin, Bill Kimber, Les Fleur de Lys, Gordon Haskell, Graham Dee Sharon Tandy, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, The Allman Brothers, The Marshall Tucker Band, Elvin Bishop, Wet Willie, Sea Level, Dixie Dregs, Billy Thorpe, Dobie Gray, Stillwater, Eric Quincy Tate, Percy Sledge, White Witch, Jonathan Edwards, Priscilla Coolidge, Elkie Brooks, Martin Mull, Alex Taylor, Livingston Taylor, Maxayn, Captain Beyond, Cowboy, White Witch, The Cooper Brothers, Billy Joe Shaver, New Riders of the Purple Sage and Lee Roy Parnell. (en)
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- Frank Fenter (February 25, 1936 – July 21, 1983) was a South African music industry executive. Fenter was the first managing director of Atlantic Records for Europe, where he helped discover and get signed to Atlantic late-1960s British Invasion groups, including Led Zeppelin and the progressive rock bands Yes and King Crimson. Frank Fenter was also instrumental in introducing and breaking Rhythm and Blues music across Europe, with such artists as Otis Redding and Sam and Dave. He went on in the 1970s to be a co-founder, co-owner, partner and executive vice president of Capricorn Records, the label identified with Southern Rock, led by The Allman Brothers, The Marshall Tucker Band, Wet Willie and Elvin Bishop. In 2014, Frank Fenter was posthumously Inducted into The Georgia Music Hall of F (en)
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