- It was once commonly reported in error that Rose had written an entirely new set of songs for the 1929 part-talkie film version of Show Boat (1929), but he actually wrote only one song, "Here Comes the Show Boat," and for that one he wrote only the lyrics. Rose was never involved with any other film version of "Show Boat," but he did have an influence on the 1946 Broadway stage revival, for which he convinced orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett to arrange a new overture.
- Was hired by the creator of the Gregg shorthand system to prove its efficacy. This led to a position as stenographer to Bernard Baruch during WWI, where his duties included the reorganization of the War Manpower Commission's stenographic corps.
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
- Born at 11:00pm-EST.
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