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- Dr. Patricia Backhaus: Charles K. Harris,
for his own entertainment, learned to play the banjo.
He started playing with a band,
and they would perform in different ballrooms.
And one of those was at Draper Hall in Oconomowoc.
Apparently, he saw an event happen there
that was a lovers' quarrel, and it inspired him
to write a piece of music called "After the Ball."
And the story in the song is that there's a young man
who goes to a dance and he takes his sweetheart.
And after the ball, she kisses another man goodbye
and he's heartbroken.
♪ After the ball ♪
That is the first piece to sell over a million copies,
and when all was said and done, although it's still selling,
but when all was said and done, it went over 5 million copies
and instantly made Charles K. Harris a millionaire
and internationally famous.
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