Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 7 August 2011

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Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s.

On this evening’s show, we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Nat D. Ayer, Carson Robison, Elmer Grosso and Abe Lyman, and play some poor little songs.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Poor Little…

Why Couldn’t It Be Poor Little Me? – Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
Poor Little Rich Girl – Geoffrey Goodhart AHO
Poor Little Butterfly Is A Fly Girl Now – All Star Trio
Poor Little Me – Marion Harris

Segment 2: Nat D. Ayer
Composer, and sometimes singer, Nat D. Ayer, was born on August 5 in 1887 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Oh, You Beautiful Doll – Henry King AHO / Siggy Lane, v.
Oh, How I’ve Waited For You – George Olsen and His Music / Edward Joyce, Fran Frey, Bob Rice,v.
If You Were The Only Girl In The World – Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees / Rudy Vallee
Where The Rainbow Ends – Paul Whiteman AHO

Segment 3: Carson Robison
August 4 marked the birth in 1890 in Oswego, Kansas of Carson J. Robison, also known as the Kansas Jayhawk.

Happy-Go-Lucky – Carson Robison
Springtime in the Rockies – Robison & Luther
Tree-Top Serenade – Fred Hartley AHO / Carson Robison, whistling
Tough Picking – Roy Smeck & Carson Robison

Segment 4: Beloved
A request for The Troubadours from listener John was the inspiration behind this beloved segment.

Beloved – The Troubadours
Uncle Dave’s Beloved Solo – Uncle Dave Macon
Believe It, Beloved – Fats Waller and His Rhythm

Segment 5

Havin Lots Of Fun – Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra
If Tears Could Bring You Back To Me (I’d Cry My Eyes Out For You) – Elmer Grosso and His Greenwich Village Orchestra / The Grosso Trio, v.

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