Tiger Rag

Date
1917Author
Durbin, Kelly
Stone, Winston
UT Dallas Pep Band
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
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The University's first fight song was written to the music and lyrics of "Tiger Rag," the famous jazz ballad produced in 1917 by the New Orleans group Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Tiger Rag is used as a fight song by the Detroit Tigers baseball team, as well as by the Louisiana State University Tigers.