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Description of Brill Building Pop

 
This genre is aptly named after New York's Brill Building (at 1619 Broadway) where staff songwriters in the early 1960s steadily cranked out well-crafted pop tunes about teenage love. The best-known Brill Building teams include Carole King and Gerry Goffin, writers of the Shirelles' "Will You Love Me Tomorrow;" Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, who penned "Da Doo Ron Ron" by the Crystals; and Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, authors of the Drifters' hit "On Broadway."
 

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Brill Building Pop Key Artists

 
Burt Bacharach

The Crown Prince of
sophisticated 1960s pop
made a surprise comeback
in the 1990s and is now
more respected than eve...

Connie Francis

If Connie Francis' father had
gotten his way, this
legendary vocalist would've
been an accordion teacher.
Francis is one of the best-...

Gene Pitney

A match made in heaven:
Gene Pitney's warbling
tenor was the perfect foil to
Phil Spector's "wall of
sound" production. Thro...

Lesley Gore

With her timeless hit, "It's
My Party," Lesley Gore
represented the whiter,
innocuous side of the Girl
Groups.

Little Eva

With her 1962 smash hit
"Locomotion," Little Eva
sadly got cornered as a
dance-craze singer, her
potential untapped. Carol...

Neil Diamond

There are two Neil
Diamonds -- the writer of
great 1960s rock hits and
the singer of '70s
melodramatic pop. Love '...

Paul Anka

Anka's pure pop Brill
Building genius is as
American as apple pie. His
music did its best to
preserve the values of th...

Shelley Fabares

Shelley Fabares' one hit,
the timeless "Johnny
Angel," arrived in 1962. She
was also a regular on "The
Donna Reed Show."

The Tokens

Early '60s Doo-Wop group
from the white part of
town. You know the sound.
You also know the hit --
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight."

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