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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 Esther Thomas, Roger Wolfe Kahn and Jelly Roll Morton, fulfill a request and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Gone
Listener Chris was asking about sheet music or vintage recordings by Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band. The song is “Gone”, which was written in 1930 by Fats Waller, Andy Razaf and Harry Link. I’m afraid I couldn’t help with the sheet music, but here’s some Gone songs

Gone – Abe Lyman and His California Orch. / Sonny Schuyler, v.
Now That You’ve Gone – Ruth Etting
If You Hadn’t Gone Away – Jack Hylton’s Kit-Cat Band

Segment 2: Esther Walker
October 18 marked the birth in 1894 in Louisville, Kentucky of Esther Thomas, before she adopted the stage name Esther Walker.

Hard To Get Gertie – Esther Walker
You Gotta Know How To Love – Esther Walker
I Ain’t That Kind Of A Baby – Esther Walker

Segment 3: Roger Wolfe Kahn
October 19th marked the birth in 1907 in Morristown, New Jersey, of bandleader and composer Roger Wolfe Kahn.

Just The Same – Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO
Jersey Walk – Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO
South Wind – Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO
Wouldn’t You – Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO

Segment 4: Jelly Roll Morton
October 20 marked the birth in 1890 in New Orleans of Ferdinand Joseph Morton, better known as “Jelly Roll” Morton. A

Hams and Eggs – Johnny Dunn and His Original Jazz Hounds
Pep – Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen
Climax Rag – Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Baby Feet Go Pitter Patter (‘Cross My Floor) – Harry Reser’s Syncopators / Tom Stacks, v. (October 19, 1927)
A Year From Today – Leo Reisman AHO / Lou Levin, v (October 18, 1929)
Laughing Waltz – Jack Hylton’s Jazz Band (October 18, 1921)
Runnin’ Ragged (Bamboozlin’ the Bassoon) – Joe Venuti’s Four (October 18, 1929)

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