
Long considered the father of American music, Stephen Foster composed such classic songs as “Oh! Susanna,” “Camptown Races,” and “My Old Kentucky Home,” among many others. He is also the answer to the question Ralph Kramden famously missed in the “99,000 Question” episode of The Honeymooners, which was “Who is the composer of ‘Swanee River’?” Ralph’s answer: “Ed Norton.”