TIN PAN ALLEY | Johnny Punish (featuring Catarina Noir) Jazz Noir

Welcome to Tin Pan Alley Where broken records spin Tin Pan Alley Ohhhh Oh Oh Oh Oh We were a melody once, a diamond on the street Bright lights and promises, every chord so sweet But time pulled the curtain, and the echoes turned to rust Now the song we wrote together is buried in the dust I walk down these alleys where the music used to play Every note’s a memory that slowly fades away Welcome to Tin Pan Alley, where broken records spin Every love song’s a shadow of what could have been Voices haunt the silence, your ghost still calls my name Tin Pan Alley’s where I wander through the ruins of our flame Tin Pan Alley Tin Pan Alley Ohhhh Oh Oh Oh Oh We burned like an anthem, loud enough to shake the sky But verses turned to whispers, harmony ran dry Now I strum the emptiness, searching for a tune That once lit the midnight like a silver crescent moon The pianos sit abandoned, strings torn apart But I still hear your rhythm beating in my heart Welcome to Tin Pan Alley, where broken records spin Every love song’s a shadow of what it could have been Your voice still haunts the silence, your ghost still calls my name Tin Pan Alley’s where I wander through the ruins of our flame Tin Pan Alley Tin Pan Alley Ohhhh Oh Oh Oh Oh Yeah, the stage is empty, but I still take my bow The spotlight’s just a memory, nothing can save us now Love was our music, but the band has gone away Tin Pan Alley’s where the echoes play Tin Pan Alley, the jukebox out of time Every shattered chorus once used to be mine The song is over, but the ache still remains Tin Pan Alley’s a graveyard of love, love and pain Tin Pan Alley Tin Pan Alley Ohhhh Oh Oh Oh Oh Tin Pan Alley Tin Pan Alley Ohhhh Oh Oh Oh Oh Where the music fades to black -------------------- Written by Johnny Punish Produced by Punish Studios #swing #jazz #jazzmusic #jazznoir HISTORY OF TIN PAN ALLEY Tin Pan Alley was a collection of music publishers and songwriters in New York City that dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Originally, it referred to a specific location on West 28th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in the Flower District of Manhattan, as commemorated by a plaque on 28th Street between Broadway and Sixth. Several buildings on Tin Pan Alley are protected as New York City designated landmarks, and the section of 28th Street from Fifth to Sixth Avenue is also officially co-named Tin Pan Alley. The start of Tin Pan Alley is usually dated to about 1885, when a number of music publishers set up shop in the same district of Manhattan. The end of Tin Pan Alley is less clear cut. Some date it to the start of the Great Depression in the 1930s when the phonograph, radio, and motion pictures supplanted sheet music as the driving force of American popular music, while others consider Tin Pan Alley to have continued into the 1950s when earlier styles of music were upstaged by the rise of Rock and roll, which was centered on the Brill Building. Brill Building songwriter Neil Sedaka described his employer as being a natural outgrowth of Tin Pan Alley, in that the older songwriters were still employed in Tin Pan Alley firms while younger songwriters such as Sedaka found work at the Brill Building