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How Did Tin Pan Alley Get its Name and Become the Center of the Song Publishing Industry?

June 16, 2020 by Karen Hill

Tin Pan Alley is an actual place in New York City.

It’s the nickname for the side streets off Times Square, where for generations music publishers have auditioned new songs.

The name came from the late 1800s, when the awful sound of cheap tinny pianos coming through the open office windows of hundreds of publishers was likened to the beating of tin pans.

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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