[ERA : 50s, 60s / Girl Group ]
11-story Art Deco office block, at 1619 Broadway, Manhattan, where the songwriters who shaped 1950s and 60s RnR, R&B and Pop music wrote, demoed and published their songs. The 'First Team' comprised seven songwriting duos: Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, Gerry Goffin & Carole King, Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman, Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield, Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, and Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich. Other significant Brill Building songwriters included Ben Raleigh, Jack Keller, Bob Hilliard, Phil Spector, Bert Berns, Hank Hunter, Helen Miller, Tony Powers, Larry Kolber, Tommy Boyce, Mark Barkan, Bobby Darin and others. The companion to three further Jasmine Brill Building compilations, this volume is an ALL GIRLS EDITION, which includes household names like The Shirelles, Dionne Warwick, Timi Yuro, Connie Francis, Carole King, Brenda Lee, Jackie DeShannon, Ruth Brown and many more /
Eydie Gorme - Blame It on the Bossa Nova * Shirelles - What a Sweet Thing That Was * Damita Jo - I'll Save the Last Dance for You * Joanie Sommers - Johnny Get Angry * Baby Jane & the Rockabyes - My Boy John * Kellie Douglas - My Mama Don't Like Him * Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over * Timi Yuro - The Love of a Boy * Connie Francis - Second Hand Love * Annette - Dreamin' About You * Connie Stevens - Why'd You Wanna Make Me Cry * Little Eva - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby * Brenda Lee - Your Used to Be * Curls - Why Didn't I Go * Ellie Gee & the Jets - Red Corvette * Ann-Margret - I Was Only Kidding * Jackie De Shannon - Heaven Is Being with You * Sammi Lynn - You Should Know I'm Still Your Baby * Lavern Baker - I Waited Too Long * Linda Scott - I Left My Heart in the Balcony * Crystals - No One Ever Tells You * Jane Morgan - Open Arms * McGuire Sisters - Just for Old Time's Sake * Jodie Sands - Hello Heartache * Cookies - Stranger in My Arms * Paris Sisters - He Knows I Love Him Too Much * Shelley Fabares - Funny Face * Jo-Ann Campbell - Bobby, Bobby, Bobby * Carole King - Crying in the Rain (Demo) * Tina Robin - Dear Mr D.J. Play It Again * Exciters - He's Got the Power * Ruth Brown - Anyone But You