Release Date: 28 October 2022
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988116526
Genres: Easy Listening Pop-Rock
Description
The companion to three further Jasmine Brill Building compilations, this volume is an "All Brits Edition", and features household names like Billy Fury, Marty Wilde, Cliff Richard, Emile Ford, Joe Brown, Lonnie Donegan, Alma Cogan, Adam Faith, Helen Shapiro, Kenny Lynch and many more.
The Brill Building is an 11-story Art Deco office block, at 1619 Broadway, Manhattan, where the songwriters who shaped 1950s and 60s R&R, R&B and Pop music wrote, demoed and published their songs.
The 'First Team' comprised seven songwriting duos: Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, Gerry Goffin & Carole King, Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman, Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield, Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, and Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich.
Other significant Brill Building songwriters included Ben Raleigh, Jack Keller, Bob Hilliard, Phil Spector, Paul Evans, Hank Hunter, Helen Miller, Tony Powers, Larry Kolber, Paul Hampton, Mark Barkan, Bobby Darin, Rose Marie McCoy and others.
Tracklisting
Various Artists
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Miki & Griff
Marty Robbins
Henry "Rag Time Texas" Thomas
Gene Allison
Edmundo Ros
Freddy Cole
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