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The Rise of Song Plugging in Tin Pan Alley
A retrospective on the old time song plugger and the evolution into today’s large scale music pitching. The piece traces vaudeville rooms, Broadway figures, and publishing houses driving the shift from sheet music to records, radio, and film. It notes changing salesmen, the shift in public taste, and the new era of plugged songs reaching millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Privac
Park Avenue
Nelson Dart
Thestall
Weacmvness
Ull
Melody Lane
Zilch Sisters
Doe
Broadway
Tin Pan Alley
America
Hollywood
Talking Pictures
Warner Brothers
Paramount
Radio Corporation
Phonograph
Picture and Record Organization
Willy Nilly
Dee
Vin Pan Alley
Melody Shop
Main Street
Mother
Charles K. Harris
Hello Central
Sousa
Primrose
Talking Picture
Paul Whiteman
Tanhere
Berlin
Hts
Alexander
Leo Feist
Flo
Manhattan
Feist
Whiteman
Radio Broadcasting Rooms
Mabel Wayne
Ramona
Wall Street
Ilu