"Berns left a lot of important enemies behind him when he died in 1967. Neil Diamond hates him (Van Morrison--mixed feelings at best). Jerry Wexler, who was his best friend and mentor, told me he would have nothing to do with the book: 'I don't know where he's buried, but if I did, I'd piss on his grave.'"
Michael Heaton in The Plain Dealer interviews Joel Selvin about Selvin's new book, Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm & Blues.
And Robert Gordon reviews the book in The New York Times.
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