No single building in America has come to represent the American music industry better than the Brill Building in New York City. But how did an office building meant to be the tallest in the world become the 11-story home to most of America's most talented musicians and industry professionals? This is the story of how, and why, the vast majority of chart hits from America and beyond came from a single address in Midtown, Manhattan. Join author Will Friedwald (Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Village Voice, New York Observer) and learn about: - The origins of the Brill Building. - Why virtually every major star of the swing era had offices in the Brill Building, from Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman to Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. - The Brill Building publishers who published the majority of Hollywood's hit songs in their classic movie musicals. - The relationship between the Brill Building and iconic songwriters like Irving Berlin, Johnny Green, and Hoagy Carmichael. Q&A will follow.
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