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Alexander's Ragtime Band
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Song
In 1911 Irving Berlin wrote Alexander's Ragtime Band, a cheerful song about a band that plays ragtime. The sheet music sold more than a million copies. Berlin had come to New York from Russia as a child, could not read music and played the piano on the black keys. Even so, he became one of the most successful songwriters of the century, with songs such as White Christmas and God Bless America.
Listening
Listening tip. This is Louis Armstrong's version from 1937. Hear how he breathes new life, with swing, into a song more than twenty years old.
Alexander's Ragtime Band · Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, 1937Apple Music ↗
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