brill building
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A style of pop music of the early 1960s, written by teams of professional songwriters to be performed by girl groups and teen idols.
Example Sentences
- "But when a list of Brill Building songs was attached to the proposal, it seemed to go on forever and read like a history of pop music."
- "As importantly, Brill Building music tended to utilize elements of African American music, often making use of vocal stylings characteristic of rhythm and blues—and, indeed, many songs typical of the Brill Building sound were sung by African American artists […]"
- "Located at Broadway and 51st St. in Manhattan, Aldon and Nevins-Kirshner were part of the famous Brill Building music scene."
Etymology
After the Brill Building in New York City, where some (though not most) of the songs were written. The building acquired its name from a haberdasher who operated a store there and subsequently purchased the building.