"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" is a song written by #BertBerns, #SolomonBurke, and #JerryWexler, and originally recorded by Burke under the production of Berns at #AtlanticRecords in 1964. Burke's version charted in 1964, but missed the US top 40, peaking at number 58. The song is ranked number 429 on the #RollingStone magazine's list of #The500GreatestSongsOfAllTime.
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"Brown Eyed Girl" is a song by Northern Irish singer and songwriter #VanMorrison. Written by Morrison and recorded in March 1967 for #BangRecords owner and producer #BertBerns, it was released as a single in June of the same year on the Bang label, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song spent a total of sixteen weeks on the chart. It featured #theSweetInspirations singing #backupVocals and is considered to be Van Morrison's #signatureSong.
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"Hang On Sloopy" (originally "My Girl Sloopy") is a 1964 song written by #WesFarrell and #BertBerns. #RhythmAndBlues vocal group #theVibrations were the first to record the tune in 1964. #AtlanticRecords released it as a single, which reached No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song is associated with #TheOhioStateUniversity and is Ohio's official rock song. The song became standard fare for #garageBands and, in 1965.
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