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Always Magic in the Air by Ken Emerson

Always Magic in the Air

The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era

The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era

By Ken Emerson

By Ken Emerson

By Ken Emerson

By Ken Emerson

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    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 Manhattan’s 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 songwriters-tunesmiths who melded black, white, and Latino sounds, integrated audiences before America desegregated its schools, and brought a new social consciousness to pop music.

    About Always Magic in the Air

    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 Manhattan’s 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 songwriters-tunesmiths who melded black, white, and Latino sounds, integrated audiences before America desegregated its schools, and brought a new social consciousness to pop music.

    About Ken Emerson

    Ken Emerson, the author of Doo-Dah!: Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture and coauthor of Stephen Foster, a documentary film for the PBS series The American Experience, has written widely about popular music and culture since the… More about Ken Emerson

    About Ken Emerson

    Ken Emerson, the author of Doo-Dah!: Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture and coauthor of Stephen Foster, a documentary film for the PBS series The American Experience, has written widely about popular music and culture since the… More about Ken Emerson

    Product Details

    Category: Music | Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs

    Paperback | $23.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Sep 26, 2006 | 352 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780143037774

    Category: Music | Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Sep 26, 2006 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9781101156926

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    Praise

    An insightful, delightful look at ‘the sounds pouring out of radios and jukeboxes in the 1950s and 1960s’ (The Wall Street Journal )

    Emerson takes flight…. Here we get the whole tale in a single entertaining package. (The New York Times Book Review)

    Superb… Witty, in love with the music, Emerson is the ideal companion for this narrative…. Beautiful stuff. (The Boston Globe)

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