| Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era Contributor(s): Emerson, Ken (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143037773 ISBN-13: 9780143037774 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: Evoking a period when fear and frivolity, sputniks and hula-hoops simultaneously girded the globe, the author of "Doo-Dah!: Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture" reveals how 14 unlikely young songwriters forever changed American culture. 16-page photo insert. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Business Aspects - Music | Recording & Reproduction - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 781.660 |
| LCCN: 2006043276 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.58" W x 8.42" (0.91 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Manhattans 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 songwriterstunesmiths who melded black, white, and Latino sounds, integrated audiences before America desegregated its schools, and brought a new social consciousness to pop music. |