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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 birthday of Bessie Smith, have a barn dance, commemorate the sinking of Titanic, run a marathon, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Running
We’re going to commemorate the first Boston marathon run on April 19, 1897.

Running Between The Raindrops (Dryenforth) – Andy Sanella & His Pennzoil Orchestra
Running Round The Trees – Ray Noble New Mayfair Orch / Leslie Sarony, v.
Running After You – Original Indiana Five

Segment 2: Barn Dance
April 19 marked the debut in 1924 on WLS radio in Chicago of “The Chicago Barn Dance”. It was the first country music show on radio, predating the “Grand Ole Opry” which began in 1925 in WSM in Nashville. Chicago Barn Dance changed its name to “National Barn Dance” and in 1932 was airing on the NBC Blue network. So here to commemorate the National Barn Dance, are some rapidly rotating records about Barns.

May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister – Radio Mac w/ Haywire Mac’s Orchestra
Barnyard Serenade – G. B. Grayson & Henry Whitter
In A Little Red Barn – Don Bestor AHO / Neil Buckley, v.

Segment 3: Titanic
April 15 marked the sinking in 1912 at 2:27 AM of the “unsinkable” luxury liner “Titanic”. There are a number of songs about the tragedy, and although Titanic sank in 1912, the records are all from the mid 20s.

The Last Scene of The Titanic – Frank Hutchinson
When That Great Ship Went Down – William & Versey Smith
The Sinking of the Titanic – Vernon Dalhart

Segment 4: Bessie Smith
April 15 marked the birth in 1894 of one of the greatest of the classic blues singers of the 20s, Bessie Smith.

I’m Wild About That Thing – Bessie Smith
Baby Doll – Bessie Smith
Lock and Key – Bessie Smith

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History
Playing rapidly rotating records celebrating birthdays, having been recorded this past week in years past.

Feelin’ Good – Gus Arnheim and His Ambassador Hotel Orchestra
But There’s Everything Nice About You – Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra
Goodnight, Lovely Little Lady – Debroy Somers and His Band / Dan Donovan, v.
It’s A Happy Old World After All – La Lynn’s Music Masters

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