50+ Music1d ago
"Hang On Sloopy" (originally "My Girl Sloopy") is a 1964 song written by #WesFarrell and #BertBerns. #RhythmAndBlues vocal group #theVibrations were the first to record the tune in 1964. #AtlanticRecords released it as a single, which reached No. 26 on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song is associated with #OhioStateUniversity and is Ohio's official rock song. The song became standard fare for #garageBands and, in 1965.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlTKhPkZSJo
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50+ Music1d ago
"Tell Him", originally "Tell Her", is a 1962 song that was written and composed by #BertBerns, using the pen name Bert Russell, and which was popularized through its recording by #theExciters. The song was recorded as "Tell Her" by #DeanParrish in 1966, and #KennyLoggins in 1989. Billboard named the Exciters version at No. 95 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. According to Jason Ankeny at #AllMusic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah-tui1ubnU
Tell Him - The Exciters

A day at the zoo featuring The Exciters singing their big hit "Tell Him" and a very hungry looking bear.

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50+ MusicJan 26
"Twist and Shout" is a 1961 song written by #PhilMedley and #BertBerns (later credited as "Bert Russell"). It was originally recorded by #TheTopNotes, but it did not become a hit in the record charts until it was reworked by #theIsleyBrothers for their album #TwistAndShout in 1962. The song has been covered by several artists, including #theBeatles, #SaltNPepa, and #ChakaDemusAndPliers, who experienced chart success with their versions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTaqn8_gMR0
Isley Brothers - Twist and Shout

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50+ MusicOct 28
"A Little Bit of Soap" was written by #BertBerns (aka Bert Russell), and first sung in a bluesy soul style by #theJarmels, who reached number 12 with it in September 1961 and number 7 on the R&B charts. The song has been covered by many other artists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7OtSlk6lNc
A Little Bit Of Soap

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Show threadThat Other PlaceOct 14

Here's another classic Ragovoy/Sherman collaboration with #BigCrescendos:

Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters: Cry Baby (1963)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMs-NcuTJSg

#music #tunetuesday #soulmusic #garnetmimms #enchanters #jerryragovoy #garrysherman #bertberns

Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters "Cry Baby"

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50+ MusicSep 17, 2025
"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" is a song written by #BertBerns, #SolomonBurke, and #JerryWexler, and originally recorded by Burke under the production of Berns at #AtlanticRecords in 1964. Burke's version charted in 1964, but missed the US top 40, peaking at number 58. The song is ranked number 429 on the #RollingStone magazine's list of #The500GreatestSongsOfAllTime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWthgi4cwwc
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - Solomon Burke - 1964

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DeadlineSep 11, 2025

‘Twist And Shout’ Songwriter Bert Berns Inducted Into Songwriters Hall Of Fame
#News #BertBerns #PieceOfMyHeart #SongwritersHallofFame #TwistAndShout

https://deadline.com/2025/09/bert-berns-songwriters-hall-of-fame-1236529098/

‘Twist And Shout’ Songwriter Bert Berns Inducted Into Songwriters Hall Of Fame

Bert Berns, the “Twist and Shout,” “Piece of My Heart" and "Hang On, Sloopy” songwriter who died in 1967, has been inducted into The Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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50+ MusicSep 6, 2025
"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" is a song written by #BertBerns, #SolomonBurke, and #JerryWexler, and originally recorded by Burke under the production of Berns at #AtlanticRecords in 1964. Burke's version charted in 1964, but missed the US top 40, peaking at number 58. The song is ranked number 429 on the #RollingStone magazine's list of #The500GreatestSongsOfAllTime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OKAlBC-XWQ
Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

The original Blues Brother

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50+ MusicAug 27, 2025
"A Little Bit of Soap" was written by #BertBerns (aka Bert Russell), and first sung in a bluesy soul style by #theJarmels, who reached number 12 with it in September 1961 and number 7 on the R&B charts. The song has been covered by many other artists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0wQU7fJEVQ
THE JARMELS - A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP

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50+ MusicAug 8, 2025
"Piece of My Heart" is a romantic #soul song written by #JerryRagovoy and #BertBerns, originally recorded by #ErmaFranklin in 1967. Franklin's single peaked in December 1967 at number 10 on the #Billboard #HotRhythmAndBluesSingles chart in the United States. The song came to mainstream attention when #BigBrotherAndTheHoldingCompany featuring #JanisJoplin on lead vocals #covered the song in 1968 for the album #CheapThrills and had a much bigger hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX5DL71lN6c
Piece of My Heart

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