Bert Berns

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (420 music items)

"CLASS OF 2016AHMET ERTEGUN AWARDBERT BERNSSONGWRITER/RECORD PRODUCERBorn: 8 November 1929 Died: 30 December 1967 First charting single as a writer:A Little Bit of Soap (1961)The JarmelsHot 100: #12 - R&b: 7 - = WROTE TOP TEN R&B HITS FOR = -● THE JARMELS ● SOLOMON BURKE ● THE ISLEY BROTHERS ●● THE EXCITERS ● GARNETT MIMMS ● BETTY HARRIS ●● THE VIBRATIONS ● THE RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO ●● FREDDIE SCOTT ● ERMA FRANKLIN ● FOUNDED BANG RECORDS First single release:I Want Candy "