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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’re going to celebrate the birthdays of a quite diverse group of artists: Carroll Gibbons, Fred Van Eps, Oscar Celestin and Al Bowlly, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Resolutions
Before we start, because it’s perfectly suited for this, the first Rapidly Rotating Records show of the new year 2007, here’s Leslie Sarony singing about his resolutions for 1932.

Resolutions for 1932 – Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra / Leslie Sarony, v.

Segment 1: Carroll Gibbons
January 4 marked te birth in 1903 in Clinton, Massachusetts of Richard Carroll Gibbons.

You’ve Got Everything – Carroll Gibbons and His Boyfriends w/Johnny Green, 2nd piano
You’ve Got To Admit – Carroll Gibbons and His Boyfriends
When It’s Sleepy Time Down South – Carroll Gibbons and His Boyfriends

Segment 2: Fred Van Eps
December 30, marked the birth in 1878 in Somerville, New Jersey of banjoist Fred Van Eps.

Hill and Dale Rag – van Eps Banjo Orchestra
Florida Rag – Van Eps Trio
Vamping Rose – Van Eps Quartet

Segment 3: Oscar Celestin
New Years Day marked the birth in 1884 in Napoleanville, Louisiana of Oscar Celestin

Station Calls – Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orch
Dear Almanzoer – Oscar Celestin’s Orig. Tuxedo Jazz Orch
Black Rag – Original Tuxedo Jazz Orch.

Segment 4: Al Bowlly
January 7 marked the birth in 1899 in Mozambique of Albert Alick Bowlly.

You Ought To Be In Pictures – Ray Noble AHO / Al Bowlly
From Me To You – Lew Stone and The Monsignor Band / Al Bowlly
Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries – Roy Fox Orch/Al Bowlly

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History
The semi-regular segment where we play rapidly rotating records celebrating birthdays, having been recorded this past week in years past.

Lucky Me-Lovable You – The Clevelanders / Scrappy Lambert (January 3, 1930)
I Want Somebody To Cheer Me Up – Fletcher Henderson AHO (January 6, 1926)
Funny Dear, What Love Can Do – Ben Selvin AHO / Unknown, v. (January 7, 1930)

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