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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 Hal Kemp, Paul Specht, Norman Long, and the corkscrew and play some records at random.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Hal Kemp
March 27th marks the birth exactly one hundred seven years ago (that would be 1904) in Marion, Alabama, of bandleader Hal Kemp.

Charleston Cabin – Carolina Club Orchestra
Oh, Baby! – Hal Kemp AHO / Skinnay Ennis, v.
That’s What I Call Heaven – Hal Kemp AHO / Skinnay Ennis, v.

Segment 2: Paul Specht
March 24 marked the birth in 1895 in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania of bandleader Paul Specht.

Honey Bunch – Paul Specht AHO / Johnny Morris, v.
I’m Sailing On A Sunbeam – Paul Specht AHO
If All The Stars Were Pretty Babies – Paul Specht AHO / Johnny Morris, v.
That Wonderful Something Is Love – Paul Specht AHO / Unidentified, v.

Segment 3: Wine
March 27 in 1860, a United States Patent was issued to M. L. Byrn of New York City for a device which he called a “covered gimlet screw with a ‘T’ handle”, and which we refer to as a corkscrew. To commemorate M. L. Byrn’s invention, here are some rapidly rotating records about wine.

Wine Song – Joe Reichman Orchestra – Paul Small, v.
The Champagne Waltz – Joe Green ah Novelty Orchestra / Zora Layman, v.
Bubbles In The Wine – Isham Jones AHO / Joe Martin, v.

Segment 4: Norman Long
March 26 marked the birth in 1893 in Deal, Kent, England of Norman Long.

That Little Back Garden Of Mine – Norman Long
Aren’t We All – Norman Long
Hidden Heroes – Norman Long

Segment 5: At Random
How are records in a collection database found? And How did these songs end up on this segment? Listen to find out.

7598 Telling It To The Daisies – Fred Culley and His Royal York Hotel Orchestra
2551 Mean Man – Al Turk’s Orchestra
14978 Stardust – Ambrose AHO

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