Bert Berns
American songwriter and record producerWikipedia
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Nov 3, 2026
Adam ReaderHOST
Twist and Shout, it wasn't originally a Beatles song, of course.
Adam ReaderHOST
It was written by Phil Medley and Burt Burns, credited to Burt Russell.
Adam ReaderHOST
It was first recorded in 1961 by Philadelphia R&B group The Top Notes.
Adam ReaderHOST
That was produced by Phil Spector.
David Ghosty WillsHOST
So we flip this record over.
David Ghosty WillsHOST
Twist and Shout, written by Burt Russell and Phil Medley.
David Ghosty WillsHOST
This is in the film because Jamie is supposed to be a wannabe... singer it by the way something they could have elaborated more on we could have seen more of that i think that might have made room for some of these other songs
Zena ArielGUEST
that's actually one of my preconceived ideas before i watched it i thought he was going to be more seeking the music scene but yeah yeah
Mitchell CohenGUEST
... and all that stuff was still going on.
Pete GanbargHOST
And that was the sound that not only you were hearing as you were growing up, but people like Bert Berns, and Richard Perry, and Richard Gottehrer, and Seymour Stein, and all of these people heard the sounds of doo-wop from Alan Freed and DJs like Peter Tripp, and they took that doo-wop spark and ended up, through the Brill Building and the early productions that they did, in birthing the sound of New York City rock 'n' roll.
Mitchell CohenGUEST
Exactly, and also the, the, you know, the kids on L- in Long Island, and in Queens, and in Brooklyn, and in the Bronx, kids like Al Kooper, and Paul Simon, and Lou Reed were listening to Alan Freed-
Pete GanbargHOST
Right, right
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Mitchell CohenGUEST
It has Chains by Goffin and King.
Pete GanbargHOST
Yeah.
Mitchell CohenGUEST
It has, it has Twist and Shout by the Yerby brothers, you know, Bert Berns.
Pete GanbargHOST
Right.
Jerry GoldsteinGUEST
We're playing our set, and we had a song called Hang On, Sloopy, okay? Which was part of our set, which was gonna be our second single, okay? It was an old song called My Girl Sloopy that was done by The Vibrations, which we rewrote completely.
Jerry GoldsteinGUEST
And, um, Bert, by the way, Bert Berns from the Bang Records was the writer of the original song, was one of the writers of the original song.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hang on, Sloopy.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sloopy, hang on.
Jerry GoldsteinGUEST
You know, and I think I might've said, "Let's try another one," but it, it wasn't as good, you know.
Jerry GoldsteinGUEST
And sure enough, we do a rough mix.
Jerry GoldsteinGUEST
Put it on a little cassette, little tape, m- uh, w- Wollensak tape machine, right? D- Bert Berns is up in Grossinger's for the weekend [laughs] with his family.
Jerry GoldsteinGUEST
We get in the car.
Brett VargoHOST
But of course, Van had a much greater muse to follow.
Brett VargoHOST
The only problem was, at the time, in early 1968, he was embroiled in this nasty legal dispute with Bang following the sudden death of tempestuous label boss Bert Berns in late 1967, and they wanted to keep him out of the studio.
Brett VargoHOST
Now, Van's manager was eventually able to get him freed with a few specific conditions.
Brett VargoHOST
First of all, he had to deliver to Bang three songs a month for a year.