[DOC] [TLE] 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' : NPR [PAR] Mar 20, 2000 ... "Alexander's Ragtime Band" was the revolutionary tune that launched ... songs 
until he said, you know, drops of sweat were pouring from his forehead ... With no 
formal training, Berlin always hired a musical secretary to set his... [DOC] [TLE] Alexander's Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin Songfacts [PAR] Alexander's Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin song meaning, lyric interpretation, 
video and ... Don Tyler says Irving Berlin wrote a ragtime song called "Alexander 
And His ... Berlin's first Alexander song was co-written with his boss Ted Snyder, 
but he ... "Alexander's Ragtime Band" was not Berlin's first hit, nor was it the first 
to... [DOC] [TLE] Ben and Brad - In the Media - 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' at One ... [PAR] Irving Berlin around the time of "Alexander's Ragtime Band" ... Berlin was a well-
established songwriter by 1911, having had his first song published in 1907 and 
... For he alone among the writers of the world seems to have no unpleasant .... 
Keep in mind that the song never says that it, itself, is ragtime, but rather it is a 
song... [DOC] [TLE] "Alexander's Ragtime Band": song history, Commentary ... [PAR] There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) song performed by Ethel 
Merman, Dan ... "Alexander's Ragtime Band," with Axel Stordahl and his 
orchestra, c. ... Before Berlin, he says, the "English influenced compositions of 
Stephen Foster... [DOC] [TLE] The Annotated "Ramble On Rose" [PAR] Blair Jackson, in Grateful Dead: the Music Never Stopped , had this to say: ... He 
then began his religious career, starting out as a desk clerk at the YMCA, working 
his way up ... "Alexander's Ragtime Band" was published in March of 1911, and 
was first ... It has been frequently pointed out that the song is not in real ragtime. [DOC] [TLE] Irving Berlin - Wikipedia [PAR] Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of 
the greatest ... "Alexander's Ragtime Band" sparked an international dance craze 
in places as ... During his 60-year career he wrote an estimated 1,500 songs, 
including the ..... "To me," said Berlin, "'God Bless America' was not just a song 
but an... [DOC] [TLE] Ragtime - Wikipedia [PAR] Ragtime  also spelled rag-time or rag time  is a musical genre that enjoyed its 
peak ... While the song's success helped introduce the country to ragtime rhythms
, ... years he admitted shame and a sense of "race betrayal" for the song while 
also .... composer of ragtime songs, and his "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1911) 
was... [DOC] [TLE] Alexander's Ragtime Band Lyrics - Irving Berlin [PAR] Heartbeat Song ... Irving Berlin  Alexander's Ragtime Band Lyrics ... turkey 
named "Turkey" and said that he hoped to bring him to his next awards show so 
that... [DOC] [TLE] Ragtime Piano, Musical Origins - The Parlor Songs Academy [PAR] A short history of Ragtime piano music, what it is and includes a biography of ... 
the most famous songs with a "ragtime" title, Alexander's Ragtime Band, is not a 
true rag. .... but The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, says either near 
Marshall, ... That year he published his first rags, Original Rags and Maple Leaf 
Rag. [DOC] [TLE] Alexander's Ragtime Band - TCM.com [PAR] A send-up of ragtime song and dance that begins in 1915 San Francisco when ... 
While Berlin's name is not mentioned in any dialogue, his name does appear ... 
of his that in 1940 he said, "I'd rather have Alice Faye introduce my songs than... [DOC] [TLE] Irving Berlin & The "Rhythmic Ballad"s - Just Another Tune [PAR] Musically and lyrically, ragtime coon songs were an antidote to the lachrymose ... 
This is the milieu where Irving Berlin started his career as a songwriter in 1907. ... 
Like many other popular songwriters

Question: He said his "Alexander's Ragtime Band" was a song about ragtime, not a ragtime song
Answer: Irving Berlin