Always Magic in the Air The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era

During the late 1950s and early 1960s, after the shock of Elvis Presley and before the Beatles spearheaded the British Invasion, fourteen gifted young songwriters huddled in midtown Manhattans legendary Brill Building and a warren of offices a bit farther uptown and composed some of the most beguiling and enduring entries in the Great American Songbook. "Always Magic in the Air" is the first thorough history of these renowned songwriterstunesmiths who melded black, white, and Latino sounds, integrated audiences before America desegregated its schools, and brought a new social consciousness to pop music.Emerson, Ken is the author of 'Always Magic in the Air The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era', published 2006 under ISBN 9780143037774 and ISBN 0143037773.