Ella Hudson Day
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Ella Hudson Day's Fried Chicken Rag from 1912
Ella Hudson Day (born Luella Lucile Hudson, 1876 – November 4, 1951) was a ragtime musician from Texas best known for "Fried Chicken Rag."[1] She also wrote a few works about Texas due to an "overflow of patriotism." She also stated, "I do not write music because I want to – I write it because I must get it out of my system and that seems the only practical way to do it."[2]
Her husband, Eugene Day, and she moved to Rotan, Texas, in 1907, where they helped to found the settlement.[1]
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- American women composers
- American composers
- Ragtime composers
- Songwriters from Texas
- 1876 births
- 1951 deaths
- People from Rotan, Texas