The State Historical Society of Missouri
Famous Missouri Musicians
Scott Hayden (1882 – 1915)
Scott Hayden was a performer and composer of ragtime music. He was born in Sedalia, Missouri, on March 31, 1882, to Marion and Julia Hayden. Hayden is best known for co-writing four rags with Scott Joplin: Sunflower Slow Drag, Something Doing, Felicity Rag, and Kismet Rag. He died in Chicago of tuberculosis on September 16, 1915.
