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Songwriter (s) Irving Berlin. " 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. [a] [5] Despite its title, the song is a march as opposed to a rag and contains little syncopation. [6] The song is a narrative sequel to Berlin's earlier ...
- English
- May 23, 1911, (phonograph recording)
- "Ocean Roll" by Eddie Morton
- March 18, 1911, (sheet music registration)
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Tyrone Power plays an aspiring ragtime singer named Alexander in the 1938 film Alexander's Ragtime Band. The title tune, along with a handful of other Berlin songs, is also featured in the movie. Oscar the Grouch performed this as "Oscar's Trashtime Band" in a 2007 episode of Sesame Street. The song was also used in 1980 on The Muppet Show ...
Alexander's Ragtime Band Lyrics: (Verse) / Oh my honey, oh my honey / Better hurry, let's meander / Ain't you goin', ain't you goin' / To the leader man / The ragged meter man / Oh my honey, oh my ...
Origins. 1910-1911: The beginnings of "Alexander's Ragtime Band" are told in a number of varying narratives. The points of agreement include that Berlin wrote or at least began to write the melody in 1910 but the lyric was not completed until the winter of 1911. The song was published and copyrighted, March 18, 1911.
