Jerome Kern3 March 1927
Show Boat, music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, based on Edna Ferbers novel, becomes first hugely popular musical comedy
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Show Boat, music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, based on Edna Ferbers novel, becomes first hugely popular musical comedy
Show Boat, music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, based on Edna Ferbers novel, becomes first hugely popular musical comedy
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