Sunday, December 18, 2016

"I Got The Feelin' (Oh No No)" #16 12/17/1966

The followup to "Cherry, Cherry" for Neil Diamond. Bert Berns, the guy who ran Neil's initial label, BANG Records, was quite the character in the history of rock music. Besides owning a record company, Bert co-wrote numerous songs ingrained in our collective memory like "Twist And Shout," "Piece Of My Heart," "Hang On Sloopy" and "Here Comes The Night," but he ticked off a lot of people (including some wiseguys) before he died at 38. One former business associate, Jerry Wexler, said he didn't know where Berns was buried but if he did, he would piss on Bert's grave. Wow.


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