Talk:Alexander's Ragtime Band

Separation
Shouldn't we separate this into two articles, one about the song and the other about the movie? -- TonyM ｷﾀ━( °∀° )━ｯ!!  18:39, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * We can. If so, I think this article should be about the Irving Berlin tune (as that's the original meaning of the title), and the film split off to "Alexander's Ragtime Band (film)" -- Infrogmation 09:39, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree. The main article should be about the Irving Berlin song (which needs some extrapolation) and the film discussed as "Alexander's Ragtime Band" film (1928). Is there a way to differentiate the two with dates as well, like The Wizard of Oz?
 * Alexander's Ragtime Band (film) created.—Ketil Trout (&lt;&gt;&lt;!) 20:19, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Jack Alexander
I made a private note some years ago that the song was inspired by a part-time jazz band leader named Jack Alexander (1884 - 1 July 1958). Any truth to this? -- JackofOz 07:12, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

According to my family lore, this is true. Jack Alexander was a friend of Irving Berlin and married his singer, my Great Grandmother's sister Dora Benjamin.

Plagiarism claim
If anyone's interested, here's GoogleBooks' preview of the page that is cited in this article about the Joplin plagiarism claim. Seems like a section about this would be due weight. Dan56 (talk) 23:33, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Changing popular music ?
I just heard an interview on the radio - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04gqy6g - which asserted that this song changed popular music as it moved the beat from the previous 1 - 3 to the offbeat - 2 - 4. If so, that is worth noting. -- Beardo (talk) 16:32, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

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