
Berns died from a heart attack in December 1967. Janet Planet joined Morrison when he landed in New York, but things started to go awry on the music front. Van put the £10 towards his plane fare going to New York to sign with Bert Berns.” "They had been pop stars for a time, with girls screaming at them, but they weren’t well rewarded. Them had gone through various line-ups and had collapsed around him, or he helped it collapse a bit of both I presume. I lent him a tenner, which he seized upon very enthusiastically. “I didn’t really know him, but this guy was so morose I had to do something for him. “I first met Van in the Coffee Kitchen off Molesworth St in Dublin,” says broadcaster and music personality BP Fallon. He promised to sort out Morrison’s immigration status. Berts summoned Morrison back to the United States, believing he could make him into a rock’n’roll version of Brendan Behan. The song was a hit in the summer of 1967, by which time Morrison had returned to Northern Ireland because of visa issues. While in New York, Morrison recorded 'Brown Eyed Girl', which was written about his muse.
