This undated image released by Bert Berns Music shows Bert Berns, left, and Jerry Wexler. (Bert Berns Music via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Songwriter and producer Bert Berns, who had a hand in some of the ...

Fifty-eight years ago today, one of the most influential R&B and rock songwriters and producers of the early 1960s died.

Featuring a book by Daniel Goldfarb and direction and choreography by Denis Jones, Piece of My Heart — one of Berns' most well-known songs — began previews June 25. The cast includes Resnick (Mamma ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- He was born in the Bronx and died too soon in 1967, but Bert Berns still managed to write many memorable songs like "Hang on Sloopy" and "Twist 'n Shout." His music is everywhere, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hits such as "Brown Eyed Girl," "Twist and Shout" and "Hang on Sloopy" made Bert Berns one of his era's most successful songwriters and producers before he died in 1968, yet few ...

BANG! The Bert Berns Story, the much-celebrated music documentary tells the story of one of the most impactful and great songwriters of modern times, Bert Berns. Because of his early death, at only 38 ...

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Bert Berns, the late songwriter whose many hits include “Twist and Shout,” “Piece of My Heart,” “Hang on Sloopy” and “I Want Candy,” was inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in a ...

Paul McCartney, Solomon Burke and others remember the greatness of the hit-making music-biz character in 'Bang! The Bert Berns Story,' a new doc by Berns' son. By THR Staff Connoisseurs of ...

Featuring a book by Daniel Goldfarb and direction and choreography by Denis Jones, Piece of My Heart — one of Berns' most well-known songs — began previews June 25. The ensemble includes Carleigh ...

NEW YORK — Songwriter and producer Bert Berns, who had a hand in some of the biggest hits of the 1960s, including co-writing “Twist and Shout” for the Isley Brothers and the plaintive “Piece of My ...