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Tom Turpin
Sign in to saveAlso known as Thomas Million John Turpin, Thomas Million Turpin
American ragtime composer and saloon-keeper (1871-1922)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Our ancestors in Pulaski County, Missouri
- Custom Rifles Mastery Of Wood Metal David Miller Co
- Abstracts of original concessions at New Madrid and Little Prairie
- Cole County, Missouri marriages, 1821-1850
- Cole County Missouri marriages, 1850-1900
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1986-05
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,529
- Total plays
- 3,519
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Thomas Million John Turpin (November 18, 1871 – August 13, 1922) was an African-American composer of ragtime music. Tom Turpin was born in Savannah, Georgia, a son of John L. Turpin and Lulu Waters Turpin. In his early twenties he opened a saloon in St. Louis, Missouri which became a meeting-place for local pianists and an incubation point for early folk ragtime, such as musician Joe Jordan. Turpin himself is credited with the first published rag by an African-American <a href="https://www.last
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tom
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Savannah
- Place of death
- St. Louis
- Occupation
- pianist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- TomTurpin.png
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- ethnic group
- African Americans
- date of birth
- 1871-11-18
- date of death
- 1922-08-13
- Commons category
- Tom Turpin
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Tom Turpin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana