Happy Un-Birthday - Scott Joplin

Subject: Happy Un-Birthday - Scott Joplin - NOT 24/11/1867
From: manitas_at_work
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 06:40 AM

It seems that although today is usually celebrated as his birthday that this is wrong.


http://www.scottjoplin.org/biography.htm

Subject: RE: Happy Un-Birthday - Scott Joplin
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 07:47 AM

So all those sleeve notes are wrong then...

Ah well... he's worth a mention today.

LTS

Subject: RE: Happy Un-Birthday - Scott Joplin
From: Leadfingers
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 08:21 AM

And he DID produce some wonderful music !

Subject: RE: Happy Un-Birthday - Scott Joplin
From: Flash Company
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 09:41 AM

Getting birth dates right and musicians of that era don't go together, there is some doubt expressed about Louis Armstrong too.
Mind you, there was a lot of it about in the early part of the last century, my old man lied about his age to get into the army (fortunately, just as WW1 was ending). That one year added to his age haunted him for the rest of his life.

FC