Learn about American composer Stephen Foster and his parlor ballad "Beautiful Dreamer," first published in 1864 after his death.
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Learn about singer Ruth Etting, who left her Nebraska home to become one of the most recognized voices of radio, recordings and movies in the 1920s and 30s.
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Learn about this timeless sentimental ballad from 1924, written by big band leader Isham Jones and movie lyricist Gus Kahn.

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Learn about singer, dancer and early recording artist, Eva Taylor, also known as Irene Gibbons, who was one of the first black voices heard on radio in the 1920s and the first singer to record classics like "Ain't Misbehavin'."
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Learn about the mostly forgotten Christmas song "Santa Claus Blues" from 1924, written by Charley Straight and Gus Kahn.
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Learn about pianist and composer Albert Von Tilzer, who co-wrote many memorable tunes, including baseball's theme, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame."
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Learn about Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth, entertainment power couple of the early 1900s.
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Learn about American music publisher Willis Woodward and the popular music factory of Tin Pan Alley in the late 19th and early 20th Century.
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Learn about this timeless American folk tune published in the 1880s.

Learn about Tom Turpin, pianist, composer, and owner of the Rosebud Cafe, ragtime capital in the early 20th Century.

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