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 meet a couple of Dorothys, have a canine set, a carnivorous set, some songs about radio and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Dorothy

Dorothy (J. Bodewalt Lampe / Clarence Gaskill) – Vincent Lopez AHO / Billy Jones, v.
Dotty Dimples – JH All Star Trio
Dorothy – Frank Banta

Segment 2: Meat
When I saw this first record it reminded me of my friend and old crew member John, who had the nickname “Beef”… which is the inspiration behind this meaty segment.

Slow Beef – Wisconsin University Skyrockets (Jesse Cohen, Director)
All That Meat And No Potatoes – Fats Waller
Smoked Meat Blues – Richard M. Jones Jazz Wizards
Meat On The Table – The New Orleans Owls

Segment 3: Dogs
I had another crewmember, Mary, who was known aboard ship as “Mad Dog”, inspiring this canine segment…

Mad Dogs and Englishmen – New Mayfair Dance Orchestra cond. Ray Noble / Noel Coward, v.
The Wild Dog – Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
Salty Dog – Fowler’s Washboard Wonders

Segment 4: Radio
Listener Sam in Ontario, Canada sent in a request that I unfortunately wasn’t able to find, but our conversations on vintage songs about radio let to this segment.

Radio Rhythm – Savannah Syncopators
List’ning On Some Radio – Bar Harbor Society Orchestra
Radio Times – Henry Hall and The BBC Dance Orchestra / Dan Donovan, v.
Mr. Radio Man – Joseph Samuels Orch

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Masculine Women and Feminine Men 0 Savoy Havana Band / Ramon Newton, v.
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo – Harry Roy and his Mayfair Hotel orch / Dinah Miller & Harry Roy, v.
Without You Sweetheart – Nat Shilkret AHO / Johnny Marvin, v.

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