Brill Building pop

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Brill Building pop is a style of 1960s American pop music characterized by professional songwriting teams crafting polished, melodic hits for vocal groups and solo artists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music genre ⓘ
pop music subgenre ⓘ
associatedWith Barry Mann ⓘ
Carole King ⓘ
Cynthia Weil ⓘ
Doc Pomus ⓘ
Ellie Greenwich ⓘ
Gerry Goffin ⓘ
Howard Greenfield ⓘ
Jeff Barry ⓘ
Jerry Leiber ⓘ
Little Eva ⓘ
Mike Stoller ⓘ
Mort Shuman ⓘ
Neil Sedaka ⓘ
Phil Spector ⓘ
The Chiffons ⓘ
The Cookies ⓘ
The Crystals ⓘ
The Drifters ⓘ
The Monkees ⓘ
The Ronettes ⓘ
The Shirelles ⓘ
businessModel factory-like song production ⓘ
publisher-controlled songwriting ⓘ
characteristic emphasis on singles ⓘ
polished production ⓘ
professional songwriting teams ⓘ
romantic themes ⓘ
strong melodies ⓘ
teen-oriented lyrics ⓘ
verse-chorus song structures ⓘ
cityOfOrigin New York City ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalOrigin early 1960s United States ⓘ
late 1950s United States ⓘ
declineFactor British Invasion ⓘ
industryContext music publishing ⓘ
songwriting-for-hire ⓘ
influenced 1960s pop rock ⓘ
adult contemporary music ⓘ
singer-songwriter movement ⓘ
influencedBy Broadway show tunes ⓘ
Tin Pan Alley songwriting tradition ⓘ
doo-wop ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationAssociatedWith Brill Building ⓘ
namedAfter Brill Building ⓘ
neighborhoodAssociatedWith Manhattan ⓘ
notableTheme adolescent romance ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
idealized teenage life ⓘ
peakPopularity early 1960s ⓘ
relatedMovement early 1960s teen pop ⓘ
girl group era ⓘ
songwritingApproach division of labor between lyricists and composers ⓘ
songs written to order for producers and labels ⓘ
stylisticOrigin Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
linked to: Tin Pan Alley era

pop music ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
typicalEra 1960s ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation backing vocal groups ⓘ
orchestral arrangements ⓘ
piano ⓘ
typicalPerformer solo pop singers ⓘ
vocal groups ⓘ

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Gerry Goffin → movement → Brill Building sound ⓘ
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Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller → influenced → Brill Building pop ⓘ
Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King → hasInfluence → Brill Building pop tradition ⓘ
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Will You Love Me Tomorrow → hasMusicStyle → Brill Building pop ⓘ
Will You Love Me Tomorrow → hasInfluenceOn → Brill Building songwriting tradition ⓘ
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One Fine Day → genre → Brill Building pop ⓘ
One Fine Day → partOf → Brill Building songbook ⓘ
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Carol Joan Klein → movement → Brill Building sound ⓘ
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Gerald Goffin → movement → Brill Building sound ⓘ
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Take Good Care of My Baby → partOf → Brill Building era of pop songwriting ⓘ
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Some Kind of Wonderful → hasMusicalStyle → Brill Building pop ⓘ
Halfway to Paradise → isAssociatedWithEra → Brill Building era ⓘ
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Take Good Care of My Baby → associatedMovement → Brill Building pop ⓘ
Barry Mann → movement → Brill Building sound ⓘ
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Cynthia Weil → movement → Brill Building sound ⓘ
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Jack Keller → movement → Brill Building sound ⓘ
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The Chiffons → genre → Brill Building pop ⓘ
The Chiffons → memberOf → Brill Building sound ⓘ
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Bell Records → era → Brill Building era ⓘ
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Doc Pomus → movement → Brill Building sound ⓘ
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Carole King → movement → Brill Building sound ⓘ
subject linked to: Carol King
linked to: Brill Building pop
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (book) → depicts → Brill Building era of pop songwriting ⓘ
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She & Him → influencedBy → Brill Building pop ⓘ
Da Doo Ron Ron → hasInfluenced → Brill Building pop ⓘ
Da Doo Ron Ron → associatedWithMovement → Brill Building sound ⓘ
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Then He Kissed Me → isClassicOf → Brill Building era ⓘ
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Then He Kissed Me → associatedWith → Brill Building songwriters ⓘ
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The Crystals → influencedGenre → Brill Building pop ⓘ
The Shangri-Las → genre → Brill Building pop ⓘ
Neil Sedaka → movement → Brill Building sound ⓘ
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Joel Adelberg → notableFor → Brill Building era pop music ⓘ
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Wall of Sound → associatedWith → Brill Building pop ⓘ
Gerry Goffin and Carole King → genre → Brill Building pop ⓘ
Gerry Goffin and Carole King → influenced → Brill Building sound ⓘ
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Judy's Turn to Cry → era → Brill Building pop era ⓘ
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I'll Cry If I Want To → era → Brill Building pop era ⓘ
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The Dixie Cups → era → Brill Building pop era ⓘ
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George Shadow Morton → movement → Brill Building sound ⓘ
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Aldon Music → partOf → Brill Building sound ⓘ
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Aldon Music → era → Brill Building era ⓘ
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