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A little journey through the Bert Berns obsession with the La Bamba chord progression. Berns wrote a bunch of classic song in the 60s and they almost all follow the I-IV-V-IV chord sequence from the mexican folk song. Listen to Ritchie Valens

A little journey through the Bert Berns obsession with the La Bamba chord progression. Berns wrote a bunch of classic song in the 60s and they almost all follow the I-IV-V-IV chord sequence from the mexican folk song. Listen to Ritchie Valens

https://youtu.be/BycLmWI97Nc?si=wS3duVD7OI5Rs80R

Now hear it in the Berns penned Twist and Shout

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Now hear it in the Berns penned Twist and Shout

https://youtu.be/2RicaUqd9Hg?si=myjD1DZK2KQRa_Cl

And his Hang on Sloppy

https://youtu.be/Nuw8GJbqx94?si=9QxuqD15PCuSOgQI

Solomon Burke recorded some great Berns jams like Everybody Needs Somebody to Love. The Stones did this one and it's in The Blue Brothers movie

Lots of good versions of Here Comes the Night, this is Them w/ Van Morrison

There are more! We'll end this journey with Janis. You can hear it in the verse and the chorus.

https://youtu.be/SCngPse1iiI?si=6MxEtv0x1GjM4QD9

Lots of good versions of Here Comes the Night, this is Them w/ Van Morrison

https://youtu.be/x1PwzzOulXE?si=_6Jqy5PDRYihqQ9o

Solomon Burke recorded some great Berns jams like Everybody Needs Somebody to Love. The Stones did this one and it's in The Blue Brothers movie

https://youtu.be/7OKAlBC-XWQ?si=6pV22sNWkCkZk8w4