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"Alexander's Ragtime Band" is a Tin Pan Alley song by American composer Irving Berlin released in 1911; it is often inaccurately cited as his first global hit. Despite its title, the song is a march as opposed to a rag and contains little syncopation.
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A 1938 musical film featuring 28 Irving Berlin songs and a story of a jazz band in San Francisco. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more on IMDb.
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- 1938-08-16
Alexander's Ragtime Band is a 1938 American musical film released by 20th Century Fox that takes its name from the 1911 Irving Berlin song "Alexander's Ragtime Band" to tell a story of a society boy who scandalizes his family by pursuing a career in ragtime instead of "serious" music.
Learn about the origins, performances, and recordings of Irving Berlin's classic ragtime song, published in 1911. Find out how Berlin wrote the melody in 1910 and the lyrics in 1911, and how the song influenced the form of American popular song.
A 1938 musical film starring Tyrone Power, Alice Faye and Don Ameche, featuring 28 songs by Irving Berlin. The film follows the rise and fall of a ragtime band in San Francisco from 1910 to 1938.
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