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Auction History Result 9f210 TIN PAN ALLEY sheet music '40 Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Oakie, Payne, America I Love You! Date Sold 6/6/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Sheet Music (measures 9" x 12" [23 x 30 cm]; 6 pages) (Learn More) Tin Pan Alley, the 1940 Walter Lang New York City/London England boxing romantic songwriting musical ("Based on a story by Pamela Harris"; about two men who want to be songwriters, but have so little success that one boxes to pay their bills; they meet a pair of singing sisters, and one of them falls in love with one of the men, and she lends the men the money to buy a great song on the condition that she can sing it, but the men double-cross her when a famous star offers to sing it, so she goes to London to join her sister in an act there, and the men enlist in the Army and they get sent to London, where they are reunited with the sisters!) starring Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, John Payne, Allen Jenkins, Esther Ralston, Nicholas Brothers, and Ben Carter. Note that the meaning of the words "Tin Pan Alley" are pretty forgotten today, but in the days before television, just about every home had a piano, and sheet music sold in the millions! In New York City, starting around 1915, 46th Street and 8th Avenue became known as Tin Pan Alley, because that's where all of the song publishers were located, and every would-be songwriter would dream of selling their songs there! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this sheet music is for the song "America I Love You". Condition: good to very good. There are some creases and scuffs scattered on the cover. Learn More about condition grades 
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