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Dec 8, 1914
"Watch Your Step," the first Broadway production to feature a score by Irving Berlin, opens at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York City. Berlin, one of the most significant composers of the 20th century, has his song "Blue Skies" turned into a country hit by Willie Nelson
Dec 23, 1918
"Atta Boy" opens at the Lexington Theatre in New York. Among the Broadway show's cast is John Lair, the future founder of "The Renfro Valley Barn Dance"
Oct 6, 1919
"Hitchy-Koo" becomes the first theatrical production with a Cole Porter score to open in New York, where Porter eventually becomes a Broadway icon. Porter's credits will also include a country hit: Gene Autry's "Don't Fence Me In"
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
Dec 28, 1926
The musical "Betsy" opens at New York's' New Amsterdam Theatre. The Broadway production introduces the Irving Berlin song "Blue Skies," which becomes a country hit more than 50 years later in the hands of Willie Nelson
Jan 29, 1927
The Broadway musical "Betsy" closes at New York's New Amsterdam Theatre after a one-month run. The production introduced Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies," destined to become a 1978 country hit for Willie Nelson
Sep 19, 1928
Tex Ritter makes his first appearance on Broadway, with a bit part in "The New Moon" at the Imperial Theater
Jan 26, 1931
"Green Grow The Lilacs" makes its first theatrical appearance in New York, opening at the Guild Theatre. Record producer Art Satherley takes note of a singer in a minor cowboy role: Tex Ritter
Dec 12, 1934
Tex Ritter portrays Red Dog as "Mother Lode" opens at New York's Cort Theater. The show runs less than three weeks
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