Today we tell about the life and work of one of America's greatest music writers: Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime.
Growing up listening to Scott Joplin's rags, James P. Johnson was one of the originators of the stride piano style.
Paul has tracked down an early recording of Scott Joplin playing one of his rags.
The Scott Joplin Organization in Sedalia, Missouri says Joplin wrote this rag, "The Chrysanthemum, " for his second wife.