I was looking at ye Olde Disc Jockey site this morning and saw that songwriter, producer Bert Russell (a.k.a. Bert Berns) died December 30, 1967. I have been writing about his song "Twist & Shout."
besides that song, he wrote a lot of others and produced many as well. Here is a partial list of songs he had a lot to do with during his much-too-short life.
Wrote these songs:
A Little Bit of Soap-- Jarmels 1961
Cry to Me-- Solomon Burke 1962
Tell Him-- Exciters 1962
Cry baby-- Garnett Mimms 1963 and Janis Joplin 1971
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love-- Solomon Burke 1964, Wilson Pickett 1967, Blues Brothers
Here Comes the Night-- Lulu 1964, Them 1965
I Want Candy-- Strangeloves 1965
Hang On Sloopy-- McCoys 1965
Piece of My heart-- Erma Franklin 1967, Big Brother & the Holding Company (Janis) 1968
Twenty-Five Miles-- Edwin Starr 1968
Produced these songs:
Cry to Me
Twist & Shout
Nobody But Me-- Isley Brothers (Big hit for the Human Beinz)
Under the Boardwalk-- drifters 1964
Baby Please Don't Go--Them 1965
Baby I'm Yours-- Barbara Lewis 1965
Make Me Your Baby-- Barbara Lewis 1965
Brown Eyed Girl-- Van Morrison 1967
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Monday, December 22, 2014
Twistin' and Shoutin'-- Part 1
From You Tube.
The song "Twist and Shout" which was a big hit for the Beatles fifty years ago in 1964, was originally sung by the Top Notes in 1961 and is a very rare version. Back in 1961, they were a rising Philadelphia R&B band on the Atlantic records label
It was produced by staff member Phil Spector who had previously been a member of the Teddy Bears in 1958 and had the hit "To Know Him Is to Love Him."
When the song's writer Bert Burns (aka Bert Russell) heard it, he told Spector that he had messed up his song and said it would never fly.
The Beatles were mostly inspired by the 1962 version of it done by the Isley Brothers.
More to Come. --RoadDog
YOU THINK ENGLIST IS EASY? How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
The song "Twist and Shout" which was a big hit for the Beatles fifty years ago in 1964, was originally sung by the Top Notes in 1961 and is a very rare version. Back in 1961, they were a rising Philadelphia R&B band on the Atlantic records label
It was produced by staff member Phil Spector who had previously been a member of the Teddy Bears in 1958 and had the hit "To Know Him Is to Love Him."
When the song's writer Bert Burns (aka Bert Russell) heard it, he told Spector that he had messed up his song and said it would never fly.
The Beatles were mostly inspired by the 1962 version of it done by the Isley Brothers.
More to Come. --RoadDog
YOU THINK ENGLIST IS EASY? How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
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