# Was there a "Ragtime revival" trend in early 1970s rock?

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**Created:** [August 27, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-ragtime-revival-trend-in-early-1970s-rock/417078 "2007-08-27T12:58:03Z")\
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Listening to the 1970s channel on Sirius a while back, I noticed that quite a few songs from the early years of that decade have a very distinctive ragtime-y sound - specifically, a tinkling piano-kind of sound. Was there really a ragtime revival during the era, much like the swing influence in some popular music in the late 1990s?