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There were many artists who made songs that ended up becoming Tin Pan Alley songs. Such artists include, but are not limited to, Irving Berlin who made God Bless America  and White Christmas, George Gershwin who made Swanee, Albert Von Tilzer who made Take Me Out to the Ball Game, George Cohan who made Give My Regards to Broadway and Over There, and Emerson, Howard, and Sterling who made Hello My Baby (Hello My Ragtime Gal).

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Tin Pan Alley's origin sparked in 1885 when music publishers would set their productions up in the same area. The 28th street between 5th avenue and Broadway, New York City lied the chaotic noise of several pianos being played at the same time, giving the genre the name "Tin Pan Alley". The movement of advancing technology requested more of a variety of music, and that was when the Tin Pan Alley songs blossomed.

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Most of Tin Pan Alley songs were created from an "AABA" form. AABA is a 32-measure form that combines 4-8 bar phrases. The first two "A's" refer to the first two phrases being similar, with the third "B' being completely different, then the last "A" being somewhat similar to the first two phrases. It sounds like music you'd hear being performed at a fancy party in the 1900's. The 2 A's were usually the main melodies, and the B was the shift in sound or music, typically being something that hasn't been heard in the song before.

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Heart And Soul - Hoagy Carmichael - 'Big' Theme Tune

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"A Bird in a Gilded Cage" (Harry Von Tilzer, 1900)

"After the Ball" (Charles K. Harris, 1892)

"Ain't She Sweet" (Jack Yellen & Milton Ager,1927)

"Alabama Jubilee" (Jack Yellen & George L. Cobb, 1915)

"Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin, 1911)

"All Alone" (Irving Berlin, 1924)

"At a Georgia Campmeeting" (Kerry Mills, 1897)

"Baby Face" (Benny Davis & Harry Akst, 1926)

"Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home" (Huey Cannon, 1902)

"By the Light of the Silvery Moon" (Gus Edwards & Edward Madden, 1909)

"Carolina in the Morning" (Gus Kahn & Walter Donaldson, 1922)

"Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" (Fred Fisher & Alfred Bryan, 1910)

"Down by the Old Mill Stream" (Tell Taylor, 1910)

"Everybody Loves My Baby" (Spencer Williams, 1924)

"For Sentimental Reasons" (Al Sherman, Abner Silver & Edward Heyman, 1936)

"Give My Regards to Broadway" (George M. Cohan, 1904)

"God Bless America" (Irving Berlin, 1918; revised 1938)

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The lyrical themes in tin pan alley songs generally tend to revolve around stories of love and heartbreak. For instance After the Ball is about an old single man explaining to a young girl why he is single and childless reflecting upon when his love had cheated on him at a Ball. Another example of these these lyrical themes of Love and Heartbreak shows up in A Bird in a Gilded Cage which tells of a beautiful girl unhappy with her marriage to a rich man and who dies unhappy.

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Tin Pan Alley function was for entertainment purposes. The music was most popular in the cities. The audience was usually targeted towards the middle class. The songs were created with the purpose of helping the audience forget about the harsh problems that were going on in their lives at the time.