Ragtime & Blues

One of the most influential blues divas of the 1920s.

• Janis Joplin

• Ma Rainey

• Mamie Smith

• Bessie Smith

She released "Crazy Blues" in 1920 which was the first blues recording by a Black singer.

• Mamie Smith

• Bessie Smith

• Ma Rainey

• Gladys Bentley

The most famous ragtime composer/performer, known as the "King of Ragtime"

• Irving Berlin

• Scott Joplin

• Charles K. Harris

• Frank Sinatra

Precursor to jazz. Highly syncopated march form, often played on piano.

• Blues

• R&B

• Vaudeville

• Ragtime

Song form with three line stanzas: It has an opening statement (A), repeats the statement (A), and then has a punch line or resolution (B).

• Blues Form

• Ragtime

• Vaudeville

• Tin Pan Alley