The Rag-Time Four

The Rag-Time Four was an American Quartet performance group circa 1898 to 1899, they were known for popularizing a version of the cakewalk dance.

The group performed vaudeville in Chicago, along with in Milwaukee and Duluth.

One of the groups cakewalk events was named Coontown 400.

[3] The origin of the cakewalk was a way for enslaved people to mock their masters, during the Antebellum South-period.

[3] "The Two Real Ragtime Coons" was a name given to Suttle and Brown when they performed Vaudeville.

Saint Suttle and Gertie Brown, two members of The Rag-Time Four group
Old Jasper's Cake Walk , song written by Saint Suttle, a member of The Rag-Time Four