Charles Leslie Johnson was an American composer of ragtime and popular music. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas, died in Kansas City, Missouri, and lived his entire life in those two cities. He published over 300 songs in his life, nearly 40 of them ragtime compositions such as Doc Brown?s Cakewalk, Dill Pickles, Apple Jack, and Snookums Rag. His best selling piece, a sentimental ballad called Sweet and Low, sold over a million copies. Experts believe that had Johnson lived and worked in New Yo...
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