• The Mississippi Rag has been reporting on traditional jazz and ragtime music since 1973?

Facts on topics related to Ragtime music

Ragtime

• "Frog Legs Rag" (listen) was the second highest selling ragtime song after "Maple Leaf Rag" in publisher John Stillwell Stark's catalog?
• racist coon songs (sheet music book pictured) paved the way for popular acceptance of ragtime music?

Maple Leaf Rag

• "Frog Legs Rag" (listen) was the second highest selling ragtime song after "Maple Leaf Rag" in publisher John Stillwell Stark's catalog?