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Denmark Street, London's Tin Pan Alley, where the Sex Pistols met Pink Floyd and a luverly bunch of coconuts, by Peter Watts
As it emerges from the upheaval of Cross Rail, music historian Peter Watts looks at this densely-packed thoroughfare between Charing Cross Road and Covent Garden, which started off selling sheet music, grew into the place where many writers sold their tunes for a few quid while a wise minority hung on and made fortunes, a street that continues to provide a home for music businesses to this day. Includes....
...the Victorian "rookeries" of St Giles
...how a coal mining accident made the street's first big hit
...the true meaning of the Old Grey Whistle Test
...when every office boy played the piano
...how the Beatles changed music publishing
...how the Rolling Stones made their first (and best ?) album
...how the Sex Pistols and the Stones made their first music yards from each other
...what exactly are they doing with Denmark Street today?
Buy Denmark Street - London's Street Of Sound here: https://www.paradiseroad.co.uk/denmark-street-londons-street-of-sound
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As it emerges from the upheaval of Cross Rail, music historian Peter Watts looks at this densely-packed thoroughfare between Charing Cross Road and Covent Garden, which started off selling sheet music, grew into the place where many writers sold their tunes for a few quid while a wise minority hung on and made fortunes, a street that continues to provide a home for music businesses to this day. Includes....
...the Victorian "rookeries" of St Giles
...how a coal mining accident made the street's first big hit
...the true meaning of the Old Grey Whistle Test
...when every office boy played the piano
...how the Beatles changed music publishing
...how the Rolling Stones made their first (and best ?) album
...how the Sex Pistols and the Stones made their first music yards from each other
...what exactly are they doing with Denmark Street today?
Buy Denmark Street - London's Street Of Sound here: https://www.paradiseroad.co.uk/denmark-street-londons-street-of-sound
Tickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21 Soho on Oct 30th here: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ysY3FvyFae
Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content here: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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