Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 16 July 2006

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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 Ted Koehler, Noble Sissle and Eddie Farley, go nuts and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Red Koehler
July 14 marked the birth in 1894 in Washington, D. C. of lyricist Ted Koehler.

Get Happy – Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra / The High Hatters
Let’s Fall In Love – Gus Arnheim AHO / Jimmy Newell
As Long As I Live – Benny Goodman AHO / Jack Teagarden

Segment 2: Eddie Farley
July 16 marked the birth in Newark, New Jersey of trumpeter Eddie Farley.

Lookin’ For Love – Mike Riley and Eddie Farley and Their Onyx Club Boys
I Wished On The Moon – Ted Russell AHO (Riley-Farley & Onyx Club Boys)
The Music Goes ‘Round and Around – Billy Cotton and His Band / Teddy Foster & Ellis Jackson

Segment 3: Noble Sissle
July 10 marks the birth in 1889 in Indianapolis, Indiana of Noble Sissle.

Confessing That I Love You – Noble Sissle and His Sizzling Syncopators / Noble Sissle, v.
Got The Bench, Got The Park – Noble Sissle AHO
Okey-Doke – Noble Sissle’s Swingsters

Segment 4: Nuts

I’m Nuts About Nuts – Ed Smalle and Jerry Macy
From Soup To Nuts – Felix Arndt (Piano Solo)
Nuts About Mutts – Hal Kemp AHO / Saxie Dowell
I’m Nuts About Screwy Music – Jimmie Lunceford AHO / Willy Smith, v.

Segment 5: This Week In Recording History

Let’s Get Friendly – The New York Twelve / Smith Ballew, v. (July 16, 1931)
A Young Man’s Fancy – Art Hickman’s Orchestra (July 10, 1920)
As Far As I’m Concerned – Five Birmingham Babies (July 15, 1925)
That’s Just My Way Of Forgetting You – Jean Goldkette AHO / Jean Napier

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