Frog Legs Rag

"Frog Legs Rag"
Cover page to the sheet music. Full sheet music available at Wikisource.
Song by James Scott
LanguageEnglish
Written1906; 118 years ago (1906)
PublishedDecember 1906; 117 years ago (1906-12)
ReleasedDecember 1906; 117 years ago (1906-12)
LabelStark Music Company
Songwriter(s)James Scott

A full-length synthesized performance of "Frog Legs Rag" by Adam Cuerden.

"Frog Legs Rag" is a classic rag composed by James Scott and published by John Stillwell Stark in December 1906.[1] It was James Scott's first commercial success.[2] Prior to this composition Scott had published marches.[3] With "Frog Legs Rag", Scott embarked upon a career as a successful and important ragtime songwriter.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference jasengordongene was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Berlin, Edward A. (1995). King of ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-19-508739-0. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
  3. ^ a b Hentoff, Nat; McCarthy, Albert J. (1974). Jazz: New Perspectives on the History of Jazz by Twelve of the World's Foremost Jazz Critics and Scholars. New York: Da Capo Press. pp. 54–56. ISBN 978-0-306-80002-3. Retrieved 2008-09-26.