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Ben Yagoda


Ben Yagoda is the movie critic of the Philadelphia Daily News . His last article for American Heritage , a history of Tin Pan Alley , appeared in the October 1983 issue.

Articles by this Author

Wherever you go in search of history, there’s a good chance the first thing you reach for will be a road map. And road maps have a history too.
The ceaseless clatter of cheap pianos from a mid-Manhattan side street was once music to all America
LIFE and LOVES of the FATHER of the CONFESSION MAGAZINE
The curious career of the Hays Office