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Chances are that you’ve never heard of a man named Bert Berns. But most likely you know the songs “Twist and Shout,” “Piece of My... Read More

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... Read More

“Even in his mid-1960s heyday, Bert Berns was barely known beyond the obsessives who studied songwriters’ and producers’ credits on 45 r.p.m. records and LP... Read More

‘Here Comes The Night’ dives into the netherworld of 1960s pop. “Joel Selvin has written a book whose prose is so alive, it begs to... Read More

New musical Piece of My Heart shines spotlight on forgotten composer Bert Berns, the man behind Twist and Shout, Brown Eyed Girl and Under the... Read More

The songwriter and record producer’s children, Brett and Cassie Berns, are mounting a jukebox bio-musical on their late father’s life, hoping it will add to... Read More

Danny Goldberg depicts Bert Berns as a role model at the forefront of the reinvention of American popular music and a force for self-expression and... Read More

Bert Berns the producer is the Phil Spector you’ve never heard of.  Bert Berns the songwriter is the Leiber and Stoller you’ve never heard of.... Read More

Many of the hit-making songwriters of the 1960s are remembered by name, but the man who wrote classics like “Twist and Shout,” “Piece of My... Read More

Meet the full cast of Piece of My Heart, a new musical based on the life and songs of legendary songwriter Bert Berns that will... Read More