(“the entertainer” is a ‘1902 classic piano rag’ written by “scott joplin”)
(it was sold first as ‘sheet music’, and in the ‘1910s’ as ‘piano rolls’ that would play on ‘player pianos’)
(the first recording was by ‘blues’ and ‘ragtime’ musicians, the ‘blue boys’ in 1928, played on ‘mandolin’ and ‘guitar’)
(as one of the ‘classics’ of ‘ragtime’, it returned to ‘international prominence’ as part of the ‘ragtime revival’ in the ‘1970s’, when it was used as the ‘theme music’ for the 1973 oscar-winning film the sting)
(‘composer’ and ‘pianist’ marvin hamlisch’s adaptation reached #3 on the billboard pop chart and spent a week at #1 on the ‘easy listening chart’ in ‘1974’)
(the sting was set in the ‘1930s’ (a full generation after the end of ragtime’s mainstream popularity), thus giving the inaccurate impression that ‘ragtime music’ was ‘popular’ at that ‘time’)
(the ‘recording industry association of america’ ranked it #10 on its “songs of the century” list)
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