Dear Editor: Columnist Jonah Goldberg (“Dear average American: It’s all your fault”) must look like a pretzel. He excruciatingly twists facts and manipulates statements to fit his world view.

The night John Lennon died, I was at a Bruce Springsteen show in Philadelphia. The next evening, Springsteen would open with a cover of “Twist and Shout,” but on that fateful night, in the pre ...

Let's take a look at the story behind "Twist and Shout" by The Beatles. ... When Hank Ballard wrote “The Twist” and put it out as the B-side of “Teardrops on Your Letter” in 1959, ...

“Twist and Shout” reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, staying on the chart for 26 weeks. It lasted longer on the chart than the group’s other songs.

Here’s how the classic came about. The Top Notes (1961) Berns (also known as Bert Russell) wrote “Twist and Shout” with a slight Afro-Cuban swing to it.