Timeline 2 Survey of American Music By slozier 1914 WC Handy St. Louis Blues It is known as the most recorded song of the first half of the 20th century. It was published in 1914 and recorded in 1916 1916 Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag 1940 Duke Ellington's "Cottontail" 1945 Bluegrass (when did it appear) 1957 Alan Freed (year he coined "Rock and Roll") 1959 Miles Davis' Kind of Blue Oct 10, 1966 Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” 1967 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album 1971 Dolly Parton "Coat of Many Colors" 1980 Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" 1986 "Walk This Way" Video (Aerosmith and Run DMC)