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<html> <head> <title>Brill Building</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Brill Building GROUP Vertically-integrated pop music publishing house. Best known for its stable of songwriters, overseen by <a href="/people/717/000025642/">Don Kirshner</a>. Location: <a href="/geo/631/000069424/" class=proflink>New York City</a> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/352/000024280/">Paul Anka</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Put Your Head on My Shoulder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/300/000023231/">Burt Bacharach</a></td> <td><center>Pianist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Incomparable composer of lounge music</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/192/000061009/">Jim Croce</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1973</tt></td> <td>Time in a Bottle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/103/000044968/">Bobby Darin</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-1973</tt></td> <td>Mack the Knife</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/164/000026086/">John Denver</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1997</tt></td> <td>Rocky Mountain High</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/159/000023090/">Neil Diamond</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Sweet Caroline</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/683/000022617/">Billy Joel</a></td> <td><center>Pianist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Didn't start the fire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/108/000023039/">Carole King</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Tapestry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/717/000025642/">Don Kirshner</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-2011</tt></td> <td>Mastermind behind The Monkees</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/908/000023839/">Kris Kristofferson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Me and Bobby McGee</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/416/000112080/">Jerry Leiber</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-2011</tt></td> <td>Hitmaker for Elvis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/809/000029722/">Barry Mann</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Put the bomp in the bomp sha-bomp</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/503/000024431/">Joni Mitchell</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Big Yellow Taxi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/073/000024001/">Neil Sedaka</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Laughter In The Rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/082/000023013/">Carly Simon</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>You're So Vain</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/167/000023098/">Paul Simon</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Simon and Garfunkel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/415/000112079/">Mike Stoller</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hitmaker for Elvis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/891/000024819/">James Taylor</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Mar-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Seen fire, rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/811/000029724/">Cynthia Weil</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Half of songwriting duo Mann and Weil</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? 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