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More Great Hits From The Brill Building

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New York City's Brill Building was known as a "one stop shop" that produced some great music in the '50s and '60s.  Last February, Cyprus Avenue host Bill Shapiro focused on music written by two of the great writing teams from the building.  This time around, he focuses more on the great music that originated from the hit factory that the Brill Building became.

Track List:

Drifters - "This Magic Moment”

Shirelles - “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”

Dion - “Dream Lover”

Everly Brothers - “Cryin’ In The Rain”

The Paris Sisters - “I Love How You Love Me”

Little Eva – “The Locomotion”

The Cookies - “Chains”

Fabian – “Turn Me Loose”

Sam Cooke – “Teenage Sonata”

Connie Francis – “where The Boys Are”

Dion – “Teenager In Love”

Drifters – "Some Kind Of Wonderful"

Curits Lee – “Pretty Little Angel Eyes”

The Coasters – “Charlie Brown”

The Crystals – “Uptown”

Ruth Brown – “This Little Girl Is Gone Rockin’”

Drifters – “Stand By Me”

Ron Jones returned to KCUR in September, 2013 as Director of Community Engagement. He is now the program director. You can reach him at ron@kcur.org.
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