American Survey Test 2 Timeline By mandre54 1899 Scott Joplin "Maple Leaf Rag" 1914 WC Handy "St. Louis Blues" This song helped form 12 bar blues. 1940 Duke Ellington "Cottontail" 1945 Bluegrass 1951 Alan Freed Aug 17, 1959 Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" 1966 Good Vibrations May 26, 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1968 Dolly Parton "Coat of Many Colors" 1980 Sugarhill Gang "Rapper's Delight" Jul 3, 1986 Aerosmith and Run DMC "Walk This Way" Video