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1619 Broadway: The Brill Building

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16/07/2008

BBC Radio Scotland - 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building

Songwriters Owen Parker and Richard Melvin ask if the Brill Building is still relevant.

Songwriters Owen Parker and Richard Melvin travel around Manhattan's musical community and ask if Broadway's Brill Building is still relevant in the modern day.

Join songwriters Owen Parker and Richard Melvin as they travel around Manhattan's musical community asking if Broadway's Brill Building is still relevant today. Throughout the 40s, 50s and 60s it was the world's most famous pop factory churning out hits for Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Dionne Warwick, The Righteous Brothers and many others. But what about now?

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