[3] At Bang he had an immediate string of hit records, including "I Want Candy" by the Strangeloves, "Hang On Sloopy" by the McCoys, "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison and "Solitary Man" and "Kentucky Woman" by Neil Diamond.
[4] She believed that arguments with Van Morrison had been the cause of her husband's death, and made things difficult for the Irish artist until Warner Brothers managed to untangle him from his Bang contract, though with some awkward conditions, such as giving Bang three original recordings a month for a year.
According to Van Morrison the tension arose because of the contract he signed with Bang Records without legal advice.
That year Bang finally released "Shilo" as a single, which promptly hit the Top 40 charts.
Berns' young widow signed singer/songwriter Paul Davis, who had a number of hit records in the 1970s and 1980s, including "Ride 'Em Cowboy", "I Go Crazy", "Sweet Life" and "Do Right".