Tom Turpin

American ragtime composer and saloon-keeper (1871-1922)

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Lived 1871–1922, aged 51United States

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1871–1922
Aged 51

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Updated 2026-07-17

Thomas Million John Turpin was an American composer of ragtime music. Turpin is credited with the first published rag by an African American, his "Harlem Rag" of 1897.

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