A viral song from 1909 turned American music sexy, rude, and violent

Posted on February 20, 2020 by billlefurgy Sex elbowed its way into American popular culture during the early years of the twentieth century. I learned more about this while researching my novel, Into the Suffering City, which is set in 1909 Baltimore. Romance had, of course, long been a staple of music played in the home and other…