I think its trains but it also might be cars. I dont imagine there would be cars in rural areas. So probably Trains. If I’m wrong, please correct.
Scott Joplin was a very popular and successful Ragtime songwriter in the 1800s. He was known as the "King of Ragtime" and composed 44 Ragtime pieces, as well as two ballets, and a Ragtime ballet. The other three artists were popular musicians in the 1950s and 1960s and did not record in the Ragtime era or style.
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