Song
Bertha
387 plays · 1971 – 1995
Stats
Peak year
1971
53 plays
Peak era
Golden Age
87 plays
Years in rotation
24
avg 16.1/yr
Usually
Set 1
67% of plays
Show opener
37%
125 of 334
Set 2 opener
15%
50 of 334
By decade
70s
216
80s
116
90s
55
Often comes in from
- 23%I Need a Miracle(43×)
- 8%Promised Land(15×)
- 6%Jack Straw(12×)
Often leads into
- 21%Good Lovin'(78×)
- 17%Greatest Story Ever Told(63×)
- 10%Me and My Uncle(37×)
Top-rated versions
By Curator Score across all shows that played Bertha.
Every time the Curator wrote about it
18 mentions across the listening journal.
Numbers show each show's Curator Score · how it works
Funky Bertha as well.
Tons of energy on Bertha to start into Mexicali.
Killer Stranger into Bertha to start.
Early energetic Bertha.
They end the first set with Bertha which shows they had not made it the opener yet which is cool.
Nice Bertha.
Bertha to start straight into kickass Good Lovin.
Killer solo on Bertha.
This track has become one of my favorite show starters along with Bertha and Hell in a Bucket.
Killer solos on Bertha in the second set which is strange.
Kickass Bertha into Playin to start the show.
Probably the perfect early Bertha to start.
Hell in a Bucket into Bertha which is sort of cool.
Solid Bertha to start leading into Greatest Story.
The boys are cranked up for sure right from the start with Bertha and Mama Tried leading the first set.
Nice clean upbeat Bertha to start.
Bertha to start the second set.
Promised Land into Bertha to start the show followed by Greatest Story.
Listen to Bertha from 1977-09-03 — official release