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    • Dec 7, 1879
    Pop songwriter Rudolf Friml is born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Two songs he writes for Broadway--"Indian Love Call" and "Rose Marie"--emerge as country hits for Slim Whitman during the 1950s
    Sep 2, 1924
    "Rose-Marie" makes its Broadway debut. The show's title song--written by Rudolf Friml, Oscar Hammerstein and Otto Harbach--becomes a country hit for Slim Whitman 30 years later
    Jan 16, 1926
    The Broadway production of "Rose-Marie" comes to a close. The title song--written by Rudolf Friml, Oscar Hammerstein and Otto Harbach--finds new life in country music when Slim Whitman revives it in 1954
    Mar 8, 1971
    Capitol Records founder Johnny Mercer is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the New York Hilton. Other additions include Harry Warren, Rudolf Friml and Ira Gershwin
    Nov 12, 1972
    Songwriter Rudolf Friml dies in Hollywood. He composed 20 Broadway musicals, including "Indian Love Call" and "Rose Marie." The title songs from both those projects were rejiggered as country hits by Slim Whitman during the 1950s
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