Songwriter and producer Bert Berns has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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of the 1960s, including co-writing “Twist and Shout” for the Isley Brothers and the plaintive “Piece of My Heart” sung by Janis Joplin, has been inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Berns, who died in 1967 at age 38, was welcomed into the Hall on Tuesday at a ceremony at the 54 Below cabaret club in New York City. It included video tributes by Paul McCartney and Van Morrison and rock royalty like Steve Miller and Steven Van Zandt. It was hosted by Paul Shaffer and Berns’ son, Brett, and daughter, Cassandra.Berns signed a then-21-year-old Morrison for Bang Records and produced one of rock’s catchiest and most enduring songs, “Brown Eyed Girl.”and produced “Under the Boardwalk” by The Drifters, which landed on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. His version of “Twist and Shout” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2010. He started Bang Records in 1965 in partnership with the three owners of Atlantic — the label name was an acronym drawn from their first names . Bang's hits included the Strangeloves and Neil Diamond's “Solitary Man″ and “Kentucky Woman.″ He also established the R&B and soul music label Shout Records. Berns was the subject of the 2017 documentary “BANG! The Bert Berns Story,” and a musical theater version of his life —“Bert Berns died so young, so tragically young, that even within the industry, only the insiders know about him. He was a phenomenal talent. The list of songs was remarkable,” Van Zandt told the AP at the time. It was Berns who took a liking to guitarist Jimmy Page and introduced him to the Atlantic team, which signed his band Led Zeppelin just months after Berns’ death. Zeppelin recorded “Baby Come on Home ,” but the track was released only in 1993. Berns was “one of the great originals of the golden age of rhythm and blues,” according to Joel Selvin’s book “Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm & Blues.” Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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Bert Berns is posthumously included in Songwriters Hall of FameSongwriter and producer Bert Berns has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Berns, who died in 1967 at age 38, was honored Tuesday at a ceremony in New York City. The event featured tributes from Paul McCartney and Van Morrison. Berns co-wrote hits like “Twist and Shout” and “Piece of My Heart.
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