The Entertainer Song

The song is a cynical and somewhat satirical look at the fleeting fame of a musician and fickle public tastes today i am your champion i may have won your hearts but i know the game you ll.

The entertainer song. Scott joplin was the first classically trained black composer to become a household name in america. Intro aa bb a cc intro2 dd. The entertainer is a 1902 classic piano rag written by scott joplin. As one of the classics of ragtime it returned to international prominence as part of the ragtime revival in the.

The song peaked at 34 on the us charts a top 40 hit for joel that year. The quote in this tony clarke song is i got plenty o nuttin from gershwin s porgy and bess. The entertainer is sub titled a rag time two step which was a form of dance popular until about 1911 and a style which was common among rags written at the time. It was sold first as sheet music and in the 1910s as piano rolls that would play on player pianos.

The entertainer is sub titled a rag time two step which was a form of dance popular until about 1911 and a style which was common among rags written at the time. It included five other joplin rags all of which were adapted by marvin hamlisch. The entertainer on synthesia. The first recording was by blues and ragtime musicians the blue boys in 1928 played on mandolin and guitar.

The entertainer continued a tradition of using quotes from classic tin pan alley songs as intros and or bridges in mid 60s r b hits.