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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 Rudy Vallee and Buddy Clark, hear some close harmony, fulfill a request and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Bluebirds
Longtime listener Dan sent an email recently asking for a set of “bluebird” songs.

Lonely Little Bluebird – Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO / Franklyn Baur, v.
I’m Looking For A Little Bluebird – Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers
Old Man Sunshine (Little Boy Bluebird) – Piccadilly Players Dir. Mel Morris

Segment 2: Rudy Vallee
July 28 marked the birth in 1901 in Island Point, Vermont, of Hubert Prior Vallee, better known as Rudy.

Doin’ The Raccoon – Rudy Vallee
Reminiscing – Rudy Vallee AH Connecticut Yankees
My Time Is Your Time – Rudy Vallee

Segment 3: Buddy Clark
July 26 marked the birth in 1912 in Dorchester, Massachusetts of Samuel Goldberg. You may know him better as crooner Buddy Clark.

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans – Dick McDOnough AHO / Buddy Clark, v.
Evening – Gus Arnheim and His Coconut Grove Orch / Buddy Clark, v.
Rainbow On The River – Lud Gluskin and His Continental Orch / Buddy Clark, v.

Segment 4: The Comedian Harmonists
Listener Barbara Sunday, who, along with Bob Lynes, hosts “Don’t Touch That Dial”, a program featuring old time radio shows, on KPFK, 90.7 FM in Los Angeles. Barbara wanted to hear some records by the Comedian Harmonists, a group who had a widely varied repertoire, ranging from classics to folksongs to popular hits of the day. They quickly became popular throughout Europe, but since three of the members of the group were Jewish, they were eventually banned from performing in public, and their last concert was in Munich on March 25, 1934.

Tea For Two – The Comedian Harmonists
Creole Love Call – The Comedian Harmonists
Auf Wiederseh’n, My Dear – The Comedian Harmonists

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

Hoodle Dee Doo Dee Doodoo – Art Kahn AHO of Chicago / Vocal (July 28, 1926)
I Still Get A Thrill (thinking of You) – The Clevelanders (July 24, 1930)
What Is It? – The High Hatters / Frank Luther, v. (July 29,1931)
Louisiana Bo Bo – Lew Weimer’s Black and Gold Aces / Eddie Stone (July 28, 1928)

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