In 1921, the estate and the publisher of Puccini's operas, G. Ricordi, sued all parties associated with the song, "Avalon", claiming the melody was "lifted" from the aria "E lucevan le stella" from Puccini's opera Tosca.
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In the late 1930s and early 1940s Rose and several of his fellow hitmakers formed a sensational review called Songwriters on Parade, performing all across the eastern seaboard on the Loew's and Keith circuits.
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