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The Brill Building (built 1931 as the Alan E. Lefcourt Building and designed by Victor Bark Jr.〔Gray, Christopher, ("Streetscapes: The Brill Building: Built With a Broken Heart" ), ''The New York Times'', December 30, 2009〕〔New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, ("Brill Building" ), New York City, March 23, 2010〕) is an office building located at 1619 Broadway on 49th Street in Theater District, Manhattan, New York City, just north of Times Square and further uptown from the historic musical Tin Pan Alley neighborhood. It is famous for housing music industry offices and studios where some of the most popular American music tunes were written. The building is 11 stories and has approximately of rentable area. The "Brill" name comes from a haberdasher who operated a store at street level and subsequently bought the building. The Brill Building was purchased by 1619 Broadway Realty LLC in June 2013 and is undergoing a significant renovation.〔 ==The "Big Band Era"== Even before World War II it became a center of activity for the popular music industry, especially music publishing and songwriting. Scores of music publishers had offices in the Brill Building. Once songs had been published, the publishers sent song pluggers to the popular white bands and radio stations. These song pluggers would sing and/or play the song for the band leaders to encourage bands to play their music. During the ASCAP strike of 1941, many of the composers, authors and publishers turned to pseudonyms in order to have their songs played on the air. Brill Building songs were constantly at the top of ''Billboard''s Hit Parade, and played by the leading bands of the day: * The Benny Goodman Orchestra * The Glenn Miller Orchestra * The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra * The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Publishers included: * Leo Feist Inc. * Lewis Music Publishing * Mills Music Publishing Composers included: * Burt Bacharach * Buddy Feyne * Carole King * Johnny Mercer * Rose Marie McCoy * Irving Mills * Billy Rose * Neil Sedaka * Peter Tinturin 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brill Building」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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