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The Mad Lads, like Them, were a Belfast R&B-influenced mid-’60s music group that played shows on the city’s Maritime Resort. Agent Phil Solomon and his record wholesaler sibling Mervyn Solomon, who acquired performed roles in obtaining Them’s recording profession began, also helped the Mad Lads obtain agreed upon to Decca. …

Bert Berns was among the great rock and roll and spirit songwriters from the 1960s, in addition to being a maker of notice. He worked within the studio using the Drifters, Ben E. Ruler, the Isley Brothers, and Solomon Burke. He published or co-wrote a raft of classics, including “Twist …