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Goffin-King, Mann-Weill, Greenwich-Barry, and Bacharach-David
- Influenced by Latin music, Traditional black gospel, and rhythm and blues, the Brill Building sound was largely orchestrated by composer teams such as Goffin-King, Mann-Weill, Greenwich-Barry, and Bacharach-David, and survived as an enduring sonic quality that would shape the sound of popular and rock music for decades to come.
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The Brill Building sound was created for young people, by young people. In 1962, the oldest of Aldon’s songwriters was just 26 years old. Many of the Brill Building songwriters were only slightly older than their songs’ subjects, making their perspective especially accessible to young audiences.
Located at 1619 Broadway in New York City, the Brill Building was the hub of professionally written rock and roll. As the 1960s equivalent of Tin Pan Alley, it reemphasized a specialized division of labour in which professional songwriters worked closely with producers and artists-and-repertoire.
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Brill Building (also known as Brill Building pop or the Brill Building sound) [1] is a subgenre of pop music [1] that took its name from the Brill Building in New York City, where numerous teams of professional songwriters penned material for girl groups and teen idols during the early 1960s. [2]
The Brill Building, located at 1619 Broadway in the heart of New York's music district, is a name synonymous with an approach to songwriting that changed the course of music. The Brill Building sound came out from the stretch along Broadway between 49th and 53rd streets.
The Brill Building's name has been widely adopted as a shorthand term for a broad and influential stream of American popular music (strongly influenced by Latin music, Traditional black gospel, and rhythm and blues) which enjoyed great commercial success in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s.
Dec 20, 2023 · Don Kirshner. At the center of it all was “The Man with the Golden Ear,” Don Kirshner. Along with partner Al Nevins, Kirsher founded a music publishing firm across the street from the Brill Building called Aldon (Al+Don) Music in 1958.
Oct 23, 2023 · The Brill Building, at 1619 Broadway in New York City, gave its name to a style of pop music that was both innocent and sophisticated.
