# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bert-berns
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:40:02.719Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bert-berns"
name: "Bert Berns"
slug: "bert-berns"
description: "Bertrand Russell Berns, also known as Bert Russell and (occasionally) Russell Byrd, was an American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s. His songwriting credits include \"Twist and Shout\", \"Piece of My Heart\", \"Here Comes the Night\", \"Hang on Sloopy\", \"Cry to Me\", \"Tell Him\" and \"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love\", and his productions include \"Baby, Please Don't Go\", \"Brown Eyed Girl\" and \"Under the Boardwalk\"."
tagline: "American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s (1929–1967)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/American_record_producer_Bert_Berns.png"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1929-11-08"
deathDate: "1967-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0751009"
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    url:       "http://bertberns.com/"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bert Berns"
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    title: "Bert Berns"
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    title: "Bert Berns"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump