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Tom Turpin (an African-American musician & businessman from Savannah, Ga) was born June 18, … | African american musicians, African american, Today in black history
David Wondrich on Twitter: "Sure would love to have spent an evening here. Tom Turpin was a true piano "Professor" and the first Black composer to get a rag published, with "Harlem
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