VA - This Magic Moment The Sound Of The Brill Building [2014] (2 x CDs)

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VA - This Magic Moment The Sound Of The Brill Building [2014] (2 x CDs)

EU-only two CD collection. The Brill Building is an 11-story Art Deco office block at 1619 Broadway, Manhattan; the hub of the US music industry it was where the songwriters who shaped 50s and 60s R&R, R&B and Pop music wrote and published their hit songs. It came to public prominence during the mid/late '50s when the term the Brill Building Sound was coined, to describe the R&R and R&B records being written there. By common consensus, the late 50s/early 60s Brill Building 'First Team' comprised seven songwriting duos, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, Gerry Goffin & Carole King, Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman, Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, and Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich. Other significant Brill Building songwriters at this time included Ben Raleigh, Jack Keller, Bob Hilliard, Phil Spector, Bert Berns, Hank Hunter, Helen Miller, Tony Powers, Larry Kolber, Artie Kaplan, Mark Barkan, Tommy Boyce, Bill Giant, Bernie Baum, Florence Kaye and Bobby Darin. (Jasmine)

This is a great compilation album. The real gem in this CD is Gene Pitney's "Take it Like a Man." This song was the B-side to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence." This song alone is worth the entire CD - although all the music is glorious. There are other stand outs like Ruth Brown's "I Can't Hear A Word You Say" and Dion's "Dream Lover."

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Track lists

CD 1

01. Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (2:43)
02. Drifters - This Magic Moment (2:28)
03. Dion - Dream Lover (2:19)
04. Everly Brothers - Crying In The Rain (2:02)
05. Bobby Vee - Run To Him (2:10)
06. Coasters - Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass (2:12)
07. Barry Mann - War Paint (2:20)
08. Neil Sedaka - Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen (2:36)
09. Del Shannon - (Marie's The Name) Of His Latest Flame (2:22)
10. Tony Orlando - Bless You (2:10)
11. Ben E. King - Yes (2:50)
12. Liitle Eva - The Locomotion (2:26)
13. Jay & The Americans - Dawning (2:27)
14. Myrna March - Our Love It Grows (2:18)
15. The Paris Sisters - I Love How You Love Me (2:06)
16. The Crickets - Don't Ever Change (2:16)
17. Fabian - Turn Me Loose (2:23)
18. Gene Vincent - Wear My Ring (2:36)
19. Jimmy Clanton - Another Sleepless Night (2:10)
20. Curtis Lee - Pretty Little Angel Eyes (2:48)
21. Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her (2:57)
22. Crystals - I Love You Eddie (2:00)
23. Cookies - Chains (2:31)
24. Playmates - Tell Me What She Said (2:21)
25. Vinnie Monte - Painting The Town With Teardrops (2:07)
26. Sam Cooke - Teenage Sonata (2:39)
27. Ruth Brown - I Can't Hear A Word You Say (2:30)
28. Connie Francis - Everybody's Somebody's Fool (2:40)
29. Buddy Holly - Early In The Morning (2:09)
30. Ben E. King - First Taste Of Love (2:31)
31. Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September (2:25)
32. Gene Pitney - Only Love Can Break A Heart (2:46)

CD 2

01. Connie Francis - Where The Boys Are (2:39)
02. TDrifters - Some Kind Of Wonderful (2:37)
03. Dion & The Belmonts - Teenager In Love (2:37)
04. Del Shannon - The Answer To Everything (2:47)
05. Barry Mann - Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) (2:47)
06. Coasters - Charlie Brown (2:23)
07. Neil Sedaka - One Way Ticket (To The Blues) (2:28)
08. Crystals - Uptown (2:22)
09. Gene Pitney - Take It Like A Man (2:23)
10. Ral Donner - So Close To Heaven (2:59)
11. Jay & The Americans - This Is It (2:45)
12. Bobby Vee - Sharing You (2:04)
13. Jimmy Clanton - Venus In Blue Jeans (2:26)
14. Everly Brothers - That's Old Fashioned (2:22)
15. Tony Orlando - Halfway To Paradise (2:36)
16. Frankie Avalon - Two Fools (2:20)
17. Ruth Brown - This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' (1:49)
18. Birdie Green - How Come (2:07)
19. Ronnetes - You Bet I Would (2:09)
20. Shirelles - It's Love That Really Counts (2:15)
21. Shelley Fabares - Telephone (2:41)
22. Crystals - What A Nice Way To Turn Seventeen (2:43)
23. Brenda Lee - It Started All Over Again (2:25)
24. Jamie Coe - Summertime Symphony (2:20)
25. Fabian - Kissin' And Twistin' (2:38)
26. Delicates - Dickie Went And Did It (1:50)
27. Neil Sedaka - You Mean Everthing To Me (2:39)
28. Ray Peterson - Be My Girl (2:14)
29. Chordettes - Just Between You And Me (2:09)
30. Connie Francis - Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart (2:39)
31. Drifters - Please Stay (2:16)
32. Ben E. King - Stand By Me (2:58)
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