Background
- Born in
- Bowie County
- Educated at
- George R. Smith College
- Awards
- 🏆 Songwriters Hall of Fame🏆 Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards
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Trending topics shown first"Listening to the strains of genuine negro ragtime, brokers forget their cares."
"That’s who I am. I don’t look much like him now with my foot wrapped up and all that kind of business."
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1868
Born
Birth1917
Died
Death
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