Ben Harney
Songwriter, Musical Artist
1872 – 1938
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Who was Ben Harney?
Benjamin Robertson "Ben" Harney was an American songwriter, entertainer, and pioneer of ragtime music. His 1895 composition "You've Been a Good Old Wagon but You Done Broke Down" is regarded as one of the first published ragtime songs. In 1924, the New York Times wrote that Ben Harney "probably did more to popularize ragtime than any other person." Time Magazine termed him "Ragtime's Father" in 1938.
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- Born
- Mar 6, 1872
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Memphis
- Died
- Mar 2, 1938
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on July 23, 2013
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