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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 Fats Waller, George Hamilton Green and Ernest Stoneman, play some records for no particular reason and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: For No Particular Reason
In putting together this week’s show, I came across several records that didn’t fit into specific topics, but are interesting, unusual or otherwise warrant sharing, and here they are:

When You Were The Girl On The Scooter – Abe Lyman & CA Ambassador Hotel Orch / The Revere Sisters, v
Old Macdonald Had A Farm – Sam Patterson in a vocal trio
A Precious Little Thing Called Love – Sam Lanin and His Orchestra

Segment 2: Fats Waller
May 21 marked the birth in 1904 in Waverly, New York of Thomas Wright Waller, better known as “Fats”.

Black Raspberry Jam – Fats Waller and His Rhythm
Sweet And Slow – Fats Waller and His Rhythm
Armful O’ Sweetness – Fats Waller and His Rhythm

Segment 3: Ernest V. Stoneman
May 25 in 1893, Ernest Van Stoneman was born in Carroll County, Virginia. On February 12 of this year, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

All I’ve Got’s Gone – Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers
The Eastbound Train – Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers
Watchman Ring That Bell – Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers

Segment 4: George Hamilton Green
May 23 marked the birth in 1893 in Omaha, Nebraska of Xylophonist George Hamilton Green.

If All The Stars Were Pretty Babies (And I Were The Man In The Moon) – Green Brothers Novelty Band
Dotty Dimples – All-Star Trio – Masters of the Xylophone
Four Little Blackberries – Green Brothers Novelty Marimba Band

All of those records are courtesy of the Green Brothers nephew, Lew Green and you can learn more about the Green Brothers, Lew and Mary Green, and the next generation, Jeff Hamilton Green at their website, www.greensmusic.com.

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Buffalo Rhythm – Johnny Ringer’s Rosemont Orchestra (May 24, 1927)
There’s A Wah Wah Gal In Agua Caliente – Rube Bloom and His Bayou Boys (May 24, 1930)
Me And My Shadow – The Rangers (Sam Lanin) / Unidentified, v. (May 23, 1927)

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