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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 Smith Ballew, Leslie Sarony and Franklyn Baur, have some records about the organ, and listen to some silent film music.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Silent Film Accompaniments 

Cross Roads – Nat Shilkret AHO / Frank Munn, v.
Hearts and Flowers – J. H. Squires Celeste Octet
Gonna Get A Girl – Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks / Tom Stacks, v.

Segment 2: Franklyn Baur
January 24 marks the birth in 1904 in Brooklyn, New York of tenor Franklyn Baur

Chilly Pom Pom Pee – Ben Selvin AHO / Franklyn Baur, v.
One O’Clock Baby – Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders / Franklyn Baur, v.
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise – Nat Shilkret & Victor Orch / Franklyn Baur, v.
Imagination – Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO / Franklyn Baur, v.

Segment 3: All About Organs

The Organ Grinder – Hal Kemp / Pinky Kintzle, v.
When The Organ Played “Oh Promise Me” – Gene Kardos AHO / Donald Carroll, v.
When Icky Morgan Plays The Organ – Clark Randall AHO

Segment 4: Leslie Sarony
January 22 marked the birth in 1897 in Surrey, England of Leslie Frye. You may know him better as British entertainer, singer and songwriter Leslie Sarony.

My Wife Is On A Diet – Harry Hudson and His Melody Men / Leslie Sarony, v.
Sweet “Fanny Adams” – Joe Loss and His Band / Leslie Sarony & Leslie Holmes
Jolity Farm – Jack Hylton AHO / Leslie Sarony, v.

Segment 5: Smith Ballew
January 21 marked the birth in 1902 in Palestine, Texas, of singer, bandleader and actor, Smith Ballew.

From Now On – Ben Pollack ah Park Central Orch / Smith Ballew, v.
Charming – Ben Selvin AHO / Smith Ballew, v.
The Moonlight March – Ted Wallace ah Campus Boys / Smith Ballew

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