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| | Fred Rose: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com |
 | | In tandem with publishing partner Roy Acuff [+], composer Fred Rose [+] contributed some of the most enduring songs in the annals of country and popular music, in the process nurturing the careers of numerous aspiring writers and performers, including the legendary Hank Williams [+]. |
 | | Born in Evansville, IN, on August 24, 1897, Rose studied piano as a child and was playing professionally by the age of ten; five years later, he traveled to Chicago to pursue a singing career, performing in nightclubs and recording player-piano rolls for the QRS company alongside future jazz titan Fats Waller [+]. |
 | | Around that time, Rose returned to Nashville and WSM, becoming the station's staff pianist; in the fall of 1942, he teamed with Grand Ole Opry star Roy Acuff [+] to form Acuff-Rose Publishing, the first music publishing firm centered in Nashville and the first devoted to country songs. |
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