Songs Written by Ernest HoganTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Ernest Hogan (born Ernest Reuben Crowdus; 1865 – May 20, 1909) was the first Black American entertainer to produce and star in a Broadway show, The Oyster Man in 1907, (shows at the African Grove Theatre preceded it by generations) and helped to popularize the musical genre of ragtime. A native of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Hogan worked in traveling minstrel shows as a dancer, musician, and comedian as a teenager. In 1895 Hogan composed several popular songs, including "La Pas... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Ernest Hogan first charted in 1896 with All Coons Look Alike to Me.The artist placed 2 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 2 of which reached the Top‑10.