Denmark Street is a short narrow road in central London, notable for its connections with British popular music, and is known as the British Tin Pan Alley. The road connects Charing Cross Road at its western end with St Giles High Street at its eastern end. Denmark Street is in the London Borough of Camden. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... Tin Pan Alley was the name given to the collection of New York City-centered music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. ... Charing Cross Road, London, looking North from its junction with Long Acre. ... The London Borough of Camden is an inner-London borough created in 1965 to replace the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, St Pancras. ...

Denmark Street appears on surveys from the 1730s. The area around it was known as 'the Rookery' a part of London that had developed in the 18th century as an unplanned slum to the west of the City. Though much of the area was cleared by the end of the 19th century, Denmark Street is one of the few roads in London to retain 17th century terraced facades on both sides and a small court connected by passages runs along the back of the north side of the street.

Venues on Denmark Street have strong connections with the histories of British jazz, rhythm and blues and punk music. The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix recorded in basements in the street. Elton John wrote his classic early song Your Song here. Later, the Sex Pistols punk band recorded their first demo in a small recording studio in the street. Britain has been home to a number of noted jazz musicians. ... Rhythm and blues (aka R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences — first performed by African American artists. ... Punk Rock is an anti-establishment music movement that began about 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified by The Ramones,the Misfits, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The Beatles, an English musical group from Liverpool, are one of the most critically acclaimed, commercially successful popular music artists in history. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John, CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Your Song is a ballad performed by British musician Elton John. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk band, formed in London in 1975. ...

Denmark Street in popular culture

Denmark Street is the name of a song on the Kinks' 1970 album Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One. The Kinks were a British rock group that rose to fame during the original British Invasion, and recorded and performed for over thirty years. ... See also: 1969 in music, other events of 1970, 1971 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Charles Wuorinen, aged 32, becomes the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. ... Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One is an album by British rock band, The Kinks. ...

Denmark Street is also the name of a critically acclaimed rock n roll band in Christchurch, New Zealand. Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the third largest city in the country. ...

See also

• 12 Bar Club

The 12 Bar Club logo on the main stage. ...

External links

• Covent Garden History information
• LondonTown.com information
• 360° view
• Denmark Street band myspace page