Always magic in the air
Subtitle: the bomp and brilliance of the Brill Building era
By: Ken Emerson
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780670034567
Subjects: Composers; Popular music; History and criticism; Lyricists; Komponist; Popmusik
Description: Profiles fourteen songwriters responsible for such hits as "Jailhouse Rock," "Uptown," and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling'," explaining how their blending of music from different genres affected social consciousness.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-316), discography (p. [317]-320), and index.

The original cool cats -- A Broadway divided -- Lonely avenue -- "My daughter bought it, what are you going to do about it?" -- Partners in chutzpah -- The young lovers -- Putting the bomp in the bomp, bomp, bomp -- In the garden of Aldon -- "It was just Jewish Latin" -- Baby talk -- At work in the Elvis atelier -- The magician and the mensch -- Selling out -- Seesaw -- Double trouble -- Golden girls -- "Somethin' died" -- Swinging London -- From the Monkees to Thomas Mann.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: The Original Cool Cats -- 1 -- 2; title: A Broadway Divided -- 17 -- 3; title: Lonely Avenue -- 31 -- 4; title: "My Daughter Bought It. What Are You Going to Do About It?" -- 51 -- 5; title: Partners in Chutzpah -- 65 -- 6; title: The Young Lovers -- 84 -- 7; title: Putting the Bomp in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp -- 92 -- 8; title: In the Garden of Aldon -- 104 -- 9; title: "It Was Just Jewish Latin" -- 121 -- 10; title: Baby Talk -- 141 -- 11; title: At Work in the Elvis Atelier -- 155 -- 12; title: The Magician and the Mensch -- 167 -- 13; title: Selling Out -- 182 -- 14; title: Seesaw -- 195 -- 15; title: Double Trouble -- 208 -- 16; title: Golden Girls -- 214 -- 17; title: "Somethin' Died" -- 225 -- 18; title: Swinging London -- 238 -- 19; title: From the Monkees to Thomas Mann-- 249.