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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 test our luck, celebrate the birthdays of Mort Dixon, George Olsen and Ozzie Nelson, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Luck
I was in Las Vegas for a business conference, but I did manage to get get out and pull a few slot handles, and contrary to the usual pattern, I actually came home with more money than I left with. So here’s a set of rapidly rotating records about luck.

Lady Luck – Ted Lewis AHO
I Was Lucky – Abe Lyman AHO / Louis Rapp, v.
Lucky Day – Howard Lanin’s Orchestra / Irving Kaufman , De Sylva, v.

Segment 2: Mort Dixon
March 20 marked the birth in 1892 in New York City of composer and vaudeville actor Mort Dixon.

Nagasaki – Nat Gonella and His Georgians / Nat Gonella, v.
Happiness Ahead – The Pickens Sisters
In The Sing Song Sycamore Tree – Newport Society Orch / Lewis James, v.

Segment 3: George Olsen
March 18 marked the birth in 1893 in Portland, Oregon of bandleader George Olsen.

Pink Elephants – George Olsen and His Music / Fran Frey, v.
That’s You Baby – George Olsen and His Music
Blue Baby (Why Are You Blue) – George Olsen and His Music
All For You – George Olsen and His Music

Segment 4: Ozzie Nelson
March 20 marked the birth in 1907 in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, of Oswald George Nelson, better known as Ozzie.

But Where Are You – Ozzie Nelson AHO / Harriet Hilliard, v.
And Then Some – Ozzie Nelson AHO / Ozzie Nelson, v.
Tiger Rag – Ozzie Nelson AHO

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Waitin’ At The Gate For Katie – Don Bestor AHO / Maurice Cross (March 22, 1934)
Breeze – Will Quintrell & His Tivolians / Len Maurice, v.
Waitin’ for Katy – Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians / Vocal Trio

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