Watch Liberace’s mad skillz when he cranks the 12th Street Rag into double-time (around :58 seconds in).   It was literally the biggest pop tune of its day and is one of the most famous and best selling rag of the ragtime era.

The piano recording by Pee Wee Hunt was the Billboard number one single for 1948, selling over three million copies.    And it also serves as the the theme to the Joe Franklin Show.

YouTube – YOUNG LIBERACE in the 40′s Performing 12th Street Rag.