Brill Building

English + (genre) Etymology After the Brill Building in New York City, where some (though not most) of the songs were written. The building acquired its name from a haberdasher who operated a store there and subsequently purchased the building. Proper noun Brill Building en music genre historical attributive A style of pop music of the early 1960s, written by teams of professional songwriters to be performed by girl groups and teen idols. en 2001-08-25 Billboard (magazine) Billboard 0006-2510 44 https://books.google.com/books?id=_hMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44&dq=%22Brill+Building%22&hl=&cd=2&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Brill%20Building%22&f=false TV's ‘Hitmakers’ Spotlights Home of Brilliant Songwriting Jim Bessman Carol Anne Dolan But when a list of Brill Building songs was attached to the proposal, it seemed to go on forever and read like a history of pop music. en 2008 Jack R. Fischel Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture 33 As importantly, Brill Building music tended to utilize elements of African American music, often making use of vocal stylings characteristic of rhythm and blues—and, indeed, many songs typical of the Brill Building sound were sung by African American artists en 2016 Mark A. Moore The Jan & Dean Record 74 Located at Broadway and 51st St. in Manhattan, Aldon and Nevins-Kirshner were part of the famous Brill Building music scene. See also en Tin Pan Alley en eponyms