Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 7 June 2009

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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 have some tunes about June, play some gypsy music, and celebrate the birthdays of Percival Mackey, Howard Johnson and Kentucky.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: June

We’ll Be Married In June – Cliff Jackson and His Crazy Kats
June Brought The Roses – Ben Selvin
It Was A Night In June – Jan Garber AHO / Virginia Hamilton, v.
Give Me A Night In June – Clyde Doerr AHO / Scrappy Lambert, v.

Segment 2: Gypsy

Gypsy Dream Rose – A & P Gypsies / Scrappy Lambert, v.
Play Gypsies – Dance Gypsies – Fred Rich ah Hotel Astor Orch / Columbia Dance Bands
Roam On My Little Gypsy Sweetheart – Sheridan Entertainers (Harry Reser) / Tom Stacks, v.
Only The Girl – A & P Gypsies / Scrappy Lambert, v.

Segment 3: Kentucky
Kentucky was admitted to the union as the 15th state on June 1, 1792.

Sweet Kentucky Lou – California Ramblers / Elmer Feldkamp, v.
Kentucky’s Way Of Saying “Good Morning” – The Jazz Pilots / Tom Stacks, v.
The Colonel From Kentucky – George Olsen and His Music / Ethel Shutta, v.

Segment 4: Howard Johnson
June 2 marked the birth in 1887 in Waterbury, Connecticut, of lyricist Howard Johnson.

If Tears Could Bring You Back To Me – Park Lane Orchestra / Vaughn De Leath, v.
Am I Wasting My Time On You – Imperial Dance Orch (Sam Lanin) / Billy Jones, v.
Sing (A Happy Little Thing) – Justin Ring Orchestra / Irving Kaufman, v.

Segment 5: Percival Mackey
June 1, marked the birth in 1894 in West London of Thomas Percival Montague Mackey.

After I Say I’m Sorry – Percival Mackey and His Band
Spread A Little Happiness – Percival Mackey and His Band
Da Da ‘n Da – The Ever Bright Boys (Percival Mackey) / Fred Douglas, v.

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