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Ben Harney

Benjamin Robertson Harney (March 6, 1872 – March 2, 1938) 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 known as the first ragtime composition to be published and the first ragtime hit to reach the mainstream. The first Ragtime composition published…

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related to Compositions · 63
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Ben Harneyrelated to CompositionsBen Harney's0.60section
Ben Harneyrelated to CompositionsThe Sporting Life0.60section
Ben Harneyrelated to CompositionsSure Killing Me0.60section
Ben Harneyrelated to CompositionsTomahau0.60section
Ben Harneyrelated to CompositionsWissahickon0.60section
Ben Harneyrelated to CompositionsYou've Been0.60section
Ben Harneyrelated to CompositionsGood Old Wagon0.60section
Ben Harneyrelated to CompositionsYou Done Broke Down0.60section
Ben Harneyrelated to CompositionsJohnny Biller0.60section
Ben Harneyrelated to CompositionsMister Johnson0.60section
Ben Harneyrelated to CompositionsTurn Me Loose0.60section
Ben Harneyrelated to CompositionsLove My Honey0.60section

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