Bert Russell Berns
"He is responsible for some of the most enduring classics of sixties pop and soul: "Twist and Shout", "Under The Boardwalk", "Brown Eyed Girl","Piece Of My Heart", "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love." The artists he fostered cast major shadows across the music world: Van Morrison, Neil Diamond, Solomon Burke, Ben E. King, The Drifters, The Isley Brothers, The McCoys.
On a breakneck, seven-year run beginning in 1960, he created some of the most soulful and honest music of his generation - songs that made you shiver the first time you heard them, songs that are just as fresh and moving today. He is truly the lost titan of the American music business, an important figure the world knows little about. It's long past time his brilliance was recognized."
- Doug Morris, Universal Music Group
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