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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’re gonna have some misery, play with fire, have some mustard, celebrate the birthday of Walter Donaldson and go cuckoo.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Misery

Misery Farm – Leslie Sarony
Missouri Misery – Jerry Johnson AHO Dir. Dick Roebrtson
Sweet Misery of Love – Bunny Berigan
I Got A Misery – Jimmy Noone

Segment 2: Fire
February 10 in 1863, the fire extinguisher was patented by Alanson Crane. So here to commemorate Mr. Crane’s achievement, are some rapidly rotating records about fire.

Fire – Washboard Rhythm Kings
Yellow Fire – Reuben Reeves and His River Boys
You Set Me On Fire – Jimmie Lunceford AHO / Dan Grissom, v.

Segment 3: Mustard

Hot Mustard – Fletcher Henderson
Too Much Mustard – James Reese Europe’s Society Orchestra
Grandma’s Mustard Plaster – Murry K. Hill

Segment 4: Walter Donaldson
February 15 marks the birth in 1893 in Brooklyn, New York of composer Walter Donaldson.

An Earful of Music – Emil Coleman and His Riviera Orchestra
Love Me or Leave Me – Jack Hylton AHO / Sam Browne, v.
Just Like A Melody Out Of The Sky – Geo Olsen and His Music / Fran Frey, v.

Segment 5: Cuckoo

Cuckoo In The Clock – New Mayfair Orchestra Dir. Ray Noble
Cuckoo – Piccadilly Revels Band / Maurice Elwin, v.
I’m Cuckoo Over You – Bennie Krueger

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