Charleston Rag; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Maple Leaf Rag; The Red Rose Rag; What You Goin' To Do When The Rent Comes Round? (Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown); Cascades; Bennie Badoo; If You Like A Me; The ...

Notable early jazz musicians include Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Scott Joplin, and King Oliver. Singers like Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday gave jazz a global stardom, and a political edge in ...

Ragtime music was written down, not improvised. Scott Joplin was the most famous ragtime composer. When his 'Maple Leaf Rag' was first printed in 1899, it quickly sold a million copies.