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Ilene Berns (néeHolub; May 1, 1943 – February 20, 2017[1]) was an American record company director.
Born to a Jewish family inCleveland, Ohio, Berns worked as ago-go dancer in New York City nightclubs before meeting her husbandBert Berns, the songwriter and record producer and founder ofBang Records. They had three children.
Bert died of heart failure on December 30, 1967, leaving Ilene as a 24-year-old widow. She subsequently re-released material from such Bang Records artists asVan Morrison andNeil Diamond, and discoveredMississippi singer-songwriterPaul Davis. She relocated Bang Records toAtlanta, Georgia in 1970 and presided over a decade of success with Davis ("Ride 'Em Cowboy", "I Go Crazy", "Sweet Life"); she also signed and developed Atlanta-basedR&Bfunk groupBrick ("Dazz") and singer-songwriterPeabo Bryson.
Berns sold Bang Records toColumbia Records in 1979. She died inMiami, Florida,[1] in February 2017, aged 73.[2]
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