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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.

This being Mother’s Day, this evening’s show is all about mothers, mamas, grandmas, mammys, and maybe even a mother-in-law or two.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Happy Mothers Day
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed Mother=s Day as a national holiday to be held on the second Sunday of May.

My Mother – Ambrose AHO / Sam Browne, v.
A Letter to My Mother – Ray Noble and His Orchestra / Al Bowlly, v.
I’m Gonna Take My Mother Out Tonight – Brian Lawrence and His Quaglino’s Quartet / Brian Lawrence, v.

Segment 2: Sweet and Sentimental

Mother, The Queen of My Heart – Jimmie Rodgers
You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She Is Gone – Fiddlin’ John Carson
t’s Been Years (Since I’ve Seen My Mother) – Jimmie Davis

Segment 3: Mother

Saving Up Coupons for Mother – Nat M. Wills
Dream Mother – George Olsen and His Music
Your Mother and Mine – Paul Whiteman
Let Every Day Be Mother’s Day – Clarence Williams

Segment 4: Names for Mother

That’s My Mammy – Dorsey Brothers and Their Orchestra / Bill Dutton, v.
Mama Inez – Fred “Sugar” Hall and His Sugar Babies / Fred Hall, Arthur Fields, v.
My Mammy Knows – The California Ramblers
My Mommie Sent Me To The Store – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller

Segment 5: Have A Tissue Handy

My Mother’s Eyes – Waring’s Pennsylvanians/Clare Hanlon
M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means The World To Me) – Henry Burr
Baby Your Mother Like She Babied You – Joy/ Vaughn deLeath

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