Various Artists - The Sound of the Brill Building - All Brits Edition [CD]

JASMINE RECORDS

£10.49

Cat. no: JASCD1165
Format: CD
Barcode: 604988116526
Release Date: 28 Oct 2022
Genre: Easy Listening

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 ofce 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 Gofn & Carole King, Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman, Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfeld, Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, and Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich.

Other signifcant 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.

CD Tracks: Eydie Gorme - Blame It On The Bossa Nova / The Shirelles - What A Sweet Thing That Was / Damita Jo - I'll Save The Last Dance For You / Joanie Sommers - Johnny Get Angry / Baby Jane & The Rockabyes - My Boy John / Kellie Douglas - My Mama Don't Like Him / Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over / Timi Yuro - The Love Of A Boy / Connie Francis - Second Hand Love / Annette - Dreamin' About You / Connie Stevens - Why'd You Wanna Make Me Cry / Little Eva - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby / Brenda Lee - Your Used To Be / The Curls - Why Didn't I Go / Ellie Gee & The Jets - Red Corvette / Ann-Margret - I Was Only Kidding / Jackie Deshannon - Heaven Is Being With You / Sammi Lynn - You Should Know I'm Still Your Baby / Lavern Baker - I Waited Too Long / Linda Scott - I Left My Heart In The Balcony / The Crystals - No One Ever Tells You / Jane Morgan - With Open Arms / The Mcguire Sisters - Just For Old Time's Sake / Jodie Sands - Hello Heartache / The Cookies - Stranger In My Arms / The Paris Sisters - He Knows I Love Him Too Much / Shelley Fabares - Funny Face / Jo-Ann Campbell - Bobby, Bobby, Bobby / Carole King - Crying In The Rain (Demo) / Tina Robin - Dear Mr D.J. Play It Again / The Exciters - He's Got The Power / Ruth Brown - Anyone But You