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Brill Building Pop applied the concept of professional songwriters in traditional pop to rock & roll. Numerous teams of professional songwriters worked at the Brill Building — a block of music publishing houses in New York City — writing songs for artists as diverse as the Coasters, the Drifters, the Shangri-Las, the Ronettes, Neil Sedaka, and Connie Francis. The songs were indebted not only to rock & roll and R&B, but also Tin Pan Alley pop, as the sophisticated lyrics and melodies proved. The productions on these early ’60s records were also more sophisticated than most rock & roll records, featuring orchestras and bands with large rhythm and guitar sections. Though it fell out of favor after the British Invasion, both British and American pop/rock demonstrated an enormous debt to Brill Building pop for years to come.
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karlx and Shy-Guy tagged Carole King with brill building pop. April 2009
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rslomkow tagged Lesley Gore – Judy's Turn to Cry, Lesley Gore – It's My Party and The Shirelles – Baby Its You with brill building pop. February 2009
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raggedy tagged Randy Newman with ‘brill building pop’. December 2008
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rslomkow tagged Bobby Vee – Take Good Care Of My Baby, Bobby Vee – The Night Has a Thousand Eyes and Tommy James & The Shondells – Crystal Blue Persuasion with brill building pop. November 2008
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daventrev tagged Neil Diamond – Do It and Neil Diamond – Thank the Lord for the Night Time with brill building pop. October 2008
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