Dubbed the ‘King of Ragtime’, Scott Joplin (c.1867-1917) was one of the most important and influential ... The Academy Award-winning 1973 film ‘The Sting’ used several of Joplin’s compositions, ...

For a long time, Scott Joplin was a forgotten musical genius ... which was followed by the movie The Sting in 1973, which featured his composition The Entertainer. Like Joplin, Chet Atkins ...