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Benjamin Robertson "Ben" Harney (6 March 1872 – 2 March 1938) was a United States of America songwriter, entertainer, and pioneer of ragtime music. His 1895 composition "You've Been a Good Old Wagon but You Done Broke Down" is regarded as one of the first published ragtime songs.[citation needed] In 1924, the New York Times wrote that Ben Harney "probably did more to popularize ragtime than any other person." Time Magazine termed him "Ragtime's Father" in 1938. Ben Harney is generally said to have been born in Louisville, Kentucky. Although ...read more