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 Irving Caesar, Joe Young and Seger Ellis, go to the beach, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Joe Young
Born on the same day as the US, but a few years later, in 1889, was lyricist Joe Young

Was That The Human Thing To Do? – Ben Selvin AHO / Helen Rowland, v.
Snuggled On Your Shoulder – Savoy Hotel Orpheans / Al Bowlly, v.
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter – Fats Waller and His Rhythm

Segment 2: Irving Caesar
July 4th marked the birth in 1895 in New York City of lyricist Irving Caesar.

You’re A Real Sweetheart – Broadway Nitelites (Selvin) / Unknown v.
I Want To Be Happy – Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians / Clare Hanlon, Will Morgan, Poley McClintock, v.
Tea For Two – Marion Harris
Sometimes I’m Happy – Bert Firman’s Dance Orch. / Maurice Elwin, v.

Segment 3: Seger Ellis
Also born on the fourth of July, but in 1904 in Houston, Texas, was Seger Ellis.

Nobody But You – Seger Ellis
Three Little Words – Seger Ellis, v.
If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight – Seger Ellis

Segment 4: Oceans
This coming week I’ll be spending part of my vacation at the beach, which deserves a set of rapidly rotating records about the ocean.

On the Beach With You – Chester Leighton and His Sophomores
Song of the Sea – Ambrose AHO
We Saw The Sea – Henry Hall and His BBC Dance Orch. / Dan Donovan, v.

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History


It’s The Girl – The Boswell Sisters (July 8, 1931)
Here We Are – Ed Smalle & Jerry Macy (July 3, 1929)
The Pink Plant Pot – Al Starita and the Picadilly Revels Band (July 7, 1928)
Wa Da Da (Everybody’s Doing It Now) – Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang (July 7, 1928)

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