On a hot day, the composers of Tin Pan alley were all working on music with the windows open. The cacophony of sound was likened to the noise of tin pans being struck by children. Thus the name.
No-one really knows how he got his name. Some say it is the sound that a piano makes all playing different tunes being exactly like the banging of many tin pans in an alleyway.
From ezinearticles.com/?Tin-Pan-Alley---Home-to-New-Yorks-Music-Publishers"Tin Pan Alley is a term that is synonymous with the American music publishing industry. But, is there actually a Tin Pan...
Tin Pan Alley was the name given to the music publishing business that hired composers and lyricists to create popular songs. "Tin Pan Alley" was actually a section of New York City, between Broadway...