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Benjamin Robertson "Ben" Harney (6 March 1872 – 2 March 1938) was a United States of America 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.[citation needed] 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
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- Benjamin
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- male
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- United States
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- 1871-01-01
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- 1938-01-01
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- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
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