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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 do some harping, we’ll celebrate the birthdays of George Hamilton Green, and Al Jolson, and go to Paris at midnight. But first, we’ll get on with the show.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Show Time
May 28, 1929 marked the debut at the Winter Garden Theater in New York of Warner Brothers first all-color talking picture, “On With The Show”, inspiring this segment…

On With The Show Medley – Bob Haring AHO / Vaughn DeLeath, v.
The Punch and Judy Show – The Rhythmic Troubadors (Stan Greening)
Show That Fellow The Door – Paul Specht AHO / Johnny Morris, v.
The Show Is Over – Billy Cotton and His Band / Alan Breeze and Harold “Chips” Chippendall, v.

Segment 2: Harp
Listener Rich in Illinois requested anything by 1930s jazz harpist Mario “Harp” Lorenzi, which inspired this harp segment.

Some Of These Days – Mario “Harp” Lorenzi / Marjorie Stedeford
I Took My Harp To A Party – Billy Cotton and His Band
I’m A Demon On My Old Jew’s Harp – Al Bernard and Ernest Hare

Segment 3: Al Jolson
Lithuania of singer and actor Asa Yoelson didn’t know exactly when he was born, so he chose May 26 because he liked the idea of being born in the spring. Born in 1886 is better known as Al Jolson.

Avalon – Al Jolson
Morning Will Come – Al Jolson
You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet – Al Jolson

Segment 4: George Hamilton Green
May 23 marked the birth in 1893 in Omaha, Nebraska of Xylophonist George Hamilton Green.

The Ragtime Robin – George Hamilton Green w/ Frank Banta, piano
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Green Brothers’ Novelty Band
Just Blue – George Hamilton Green’s All Star Trio

Segment 5: Midnight

Midnight In Paris – Annunzio Montovani and His Tipica Orchestra / George Barclay, v.
Midnight Moonlight – Frank Ellis AHO
Business After Midnight – The Original Yellow Jackets

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