Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era Paperback - 2006
by Ken Emerson
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, after the shock of Elvis Presley and before the Beatles spearheaded the British Invasion, fourteen gifted young songwriters huddled in midtown Manhattan's legendary Brill Building and a warren of offices a bit farther uptown and composed some of the most beguiling and enduring entries in the Great American Songbook. Always Magic in the Air is the first thorough history of these renowned songwriters-tunesmiths who melded black, white, and Latino sounds, integrated audiences before America desegregated its schools, and brought a new social consciousness to pop music.
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In October 1957, New York traded the Brooklyn Dodgers for the Los Angeles-based songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
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- Title Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era
- Author Ken Emerson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, East Rutherford, NJ, U.S.A.
- Date September 26, 2006
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780143037774 / 0143037773
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.93 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 2.36 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Popular music - New York (State) - New York, Popular music - New York (State) - New York
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006043276
- Dewey Decimal Code 781.660
Media reviews
Emerson takes flight.... Here we get the whole tale in a single entertaining package. (The New York Times Book Review)
Superb... Witty, in love with the music, Emerson is the ideal companion for this narrative.... Beautiful stuff. (The Boston Globe)
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