VA - Great American Songbooks: The Songs Of Leiber And Stoller (Remastered) (2022) Hi-Res

2010 a 25 track collection of unforgettable songs from the Great American Songbook. The so-called Brill Building era of American popular music—which can be conveniently traced from Elvis’s entrance into the Army in early 1958 until Beatlemania’s arrival from across the pond in early 1964—has, until recently, been granted precious little serious analysis by music critics and historians alike. Named for an art-deco building at 1619 Broadway in mid-town Manhattan, one of several on the street that housed songwriters, publishers, and aspiring performers of the day, this six-year span in pop music history does not neatly conform to the traditions of Tin Pan Alley before it or the rock and roll in its wake. Many of the most memorable works of the time — Elvis Presley “Hound Dog”, Ben E. King “Spanish Harlem”, The Clovers “Love Potions No.9”, to name just a few—endure as oldies radio staples. Yet the era—too youthful, brash and energetic for the generation before it, then later, too predictable, crafted, and whitewashed for rock and roll purists—has been slow in earning the respect of history.