Fifty-eight years ago today, one of the most influential R&B and rock songwriters and producers of the early 1960s died.
"Hang On Sloopy" made its way through several bands and a couple of names. Then it landed with The McCoys, and the rest is ...
Prolific songwriter and producer Jerry Ragovoy has been inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Ragovoy, who ...
"Being respected as a songwriter was always the thing that she felt was overlooked," said Bruce Sudano, her widower.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Songwriter and producer Bert Berns, who had a hand in some of the biggest hits of the 1960s, including co-writing "Twist and Shout" for the Isley Brothers and the plaintive "Piece of ...
Kelly McWilliam, formerly VP of Publicity at Atlantic Records and Columbia Records, has launched her own boutique PR company, Hi! Hello! According to the announcement, the agency focuses on music, ...
Bert Berns, the “Twist and Shout,” “Piece of My Heart” and “Hang On, Sloopy” songwriter who died of heart failure in 1967 at 38, has been inducted posthumously into The Songwriters Hall of Fame, the ...