The plaque, which is situated on the wall next to The Giaconda café, was revealed to a crowd of musical dignitaries including Donovan and BBC Radio DJ Mike Reid on 6 April.
It reads: ‘This street was 'Tin Pan Alley' 1911-1992. Home of the British Publishers and Songwriters and their meeting place The Giaconda.’
The plaque, which has been supported by the Music Publishers Association, has a QR code from which people can access more information.
Denmark Street has been a focal point of British music since mid last century, when publishers and songwriters gathered there to do business and hone their craft.
In the sixties, The Giaconda was graced by David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones and The Kinks, while Marc Bolan, Elton John and The Sex Pistols made it their own in the seventies.
The name Tin Pan Alley was originally given to an area in New York which housed a large number of music publishers and songwriters in the early twentieth century. But Denmark Street itself had a recording studio called Tin Pan Alley.
Revered UK music bibles NME and Melody Maker also began there.
It reads: ‘This street was 'Tin Pan Alley' 1911-1992. Home of the British Publishers and Songwriters and their meeting place The Giaconda.’
The plaque, which has been supported by the Music Publishers Association, has a QR code from which people can access more information.
Denmark Street has been a focal point of British music since mid last century, when publishers and songwriters gathered there to do business and hone their craft.
In the sixties, The Giaconda was graced by David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones and The Kinks, while Marc Bolan, Elton John and The Sex Pistols made it their own in the seventies.
The name Tin Pan Alley was originally given to an area in New York which housed a large number of music publishers and songwriters in the early twentieth century. But Denmark Street itself had a recording studio called Tin Pan Alley.
Revered UK music bibles NME and Melody Maker also began there.
