up until ragtime
what all kinds of music did we have?
classical
opera
folk/tribal
gospel
i cant think of any more
anyway
it was Scott Joplin that started the whole ragtime genre
(btw, ragtime was the first american genre)
which gave birth to damn near every genre we listen to today
so i vote for Scott Joplin to be King of Ragtime
(he already holds that title)
AND King of Rock & Roll
