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Always magic in the air, the bomp and brilliance of the Brill Building era, Ken Emerson

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Always magic in the air, the bomp and brilliance of the Brill Building era, Ken Emerson

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-316), discography (pages [317]-320), and indexThe original cool cats -- A Broadway divided -- Lonely avenue -- "My daughter bought it, what are you going to do about it?" -- Partners in chutzpah -- The young lovers -- Putting the bomp in the bomp, bomp, bomp -- In the garden of Aldon -- "It was just Jewish Latin" -- Baby talk -- At work in the Elvis atelier -- The magician and the mensch -- Selling out -- Seesaw -- Double trouble -- Golden girls -- "Somethin' died" -- Swinging London -- From the Monkees to Thomas Mann

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non fiction

Main title

Always magic in the air

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electronic resource eBook

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discographiesdictionariesbibliography

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Ken Emerson

Sub title

the bomp and brilliance of the Brill Building era

Summary

Profiles fourteen songwriters responsible for such hits as "Jailhouse Rock," "Uptown," and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling'," explaining how their blending of music from different genres affected social consciousness

Table Of Contents

The original cool cats -- A Broadway divided -- Lonely avenue -- "My daughter bought it. What are you going to do about it?" -- Partners in chutzpah -- The young lovers -- Putting the bomp in the bomp, bomp, bomp -- In the garden of Aldon -- "It was just Jewish Latin" -- Baby talk -- At work in the Elvis atelier -- The magician and the mensch -- Selling out -- Seesaw -- Double trouble -- Golden girls -- "Somethin' died" -- Swinging London -- From the Monkees to Thomas Mann

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