Tin Pan Alley
An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song| By: | David A. Jasen |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781138870215 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781135949006 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2003 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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For nearly a century, New York's famous "Tin Pan Alley" was the center of popular music publishing in this country. It was where songwriting became a profession, and songs were made-to-order for the biggest stars. Selling popular music to a mass audience from coast-to-coast involved the greatest entertainment media of the day, from minstrelsy to Broadway, to vaudeville, dance palaces, radio, and motion pictures. Successful songwriting became an art, with a host of men and women becoming famous by writing famous songs.