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unusual facts about Bert Berns



Erma Franklin

Her best known recording was the original version of "Piece of My Heart", written and produced by Bert Berns, for which she was nominated for a Grammy Award.

New Routes

Wexler had been interested in Lulu since 1964 when his business associate Bert Berns had recorded her on "Here Comes the Night" and her 1969 signing to Atlantic's Atco label was facilitated by Lulu's becoming the fiancée of Maurice Gibb of Atco's top act the Bee Gees.

Twenty-Five Miles

The song was considered sufficiently similar to "32 Miles out of Waycross" by Hoagy Lands (also recorded as "Mojo Mama" by both Wilson Pickett and Don Varner), written by Bert Berns and Jerry Ragovoy, that Berns and Ragovoy were eventually given co-writing credits.


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