Always Magic in the Air : The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era,9780670034567

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

by
ISBN13: 9780670034567
ISBN10: 0670034568
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-10-20
Publisher(s): Viking Adult
  • Free Shipping Icon

    This Item Qualifies for Free Shipping!*

    *Excludes marketplace orders.

List Price: $27.25

Rent Book

Select for Price
Add to Cart
There was a problem. Please try again later.

Digital

Rent Digital Options
Online:1825 Days access
Downloadable:Lifetime Access
$12.99
$12.99
Add to Cart

New Book

We're Sorry
Sold Out

Used Book

We're Sorry
Sold Out

Buy from our Marketplace starting at $3.61

How Marketplace Works:

  • This item is offered by an independent seller and not shipped from our warehouse
  • Item details like edition and cover design may differ from our description; see seller's comments before ordering.
  • Sellers much confirm and ship within two business days; otherwise, the order will be cancelled and refunded.
  • Marketplace purchases cannot be returned to eCampus.com. Contact the seller directly for inquiries; if no response within two days, contact customer service.
  • Additional shipping costs apply to Marketplace purchases. Review shipping costs at checkout.

Summary

"Always Magic in the Air is a family portrait of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, Neil Sedaka and Howie Greenfield, Gerry Goffin and Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, and Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. These songwriters melded black, white, and Latino sounds before multiculturalism became a concept, much less a cliche, integrated audiences before America desegregated its schools, and brought a new social consciousness to pop music."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

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 1960s. His articles and reviews have appeared in publications ranging from Rolling Stone to The Wall Street Journal. He is the former articles editor of The New York Times Magazine and op-ed editor of New York Newsday.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
1 The Original Cool Cats
1(16)
2 A Broadway Divided
17(14)
3 Lonely Avenue
31(20)
4 "My Daughter Bought It. What Are You Going to Do About It?"
51(14)
5 Partners in Chutzpah
65(19)
6 The Young Lovers
84(8)
7 Putting the Bomp in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp
92(12)
8 In the Garden of Aldon
104(17)
9 "It Was Just Jewish Latin"
121(20)
10 Baby Talk 141(14)
11 At Work in the Elvis Atelier 155(12)
12 The Magician and the Mensch 167(15)
13 Selling Out 182(13)
14 Seesaw 195(13)
15 Double Trouble 208(6)
16 Golden Girls 214(11)
17 "Somethin' Died" 225(13)
18 Swinging London 238(11)
19 From the Monkees to Thomas Mann 249(13)
Coda 262(7)
Acknowledgments 269(2)
Notes 271(36)
Bibliography 307(10)
Discography 317(4)
Index 321

An electronic version of this book is available through VitalSource.

This book is viewable on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and most smartphones.

By purchasing, you will be able to view this book online, as well as download it, for the chosen number of days.

Digital License

You are licensing a digital product for a set duration. Durations are set forth in the product description, with "Lifetime" typically meaning five (5) years of online access and permanent download to a supported device. All licenses are non-transferable.

More details can be found here.

A downloadable version of this book is available through the eCampus Reader or compatible Adobe readers.

Applications are available on iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and Windows Mobile platforms.

Please view the compatibility matrix prior to purchase.