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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 birthday of Alexander Graham Bell and the state of Florida, go trotting, check the time, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Trot
March 3 in 1887, the American Trotting Association was formed in Detroit, Michigan. So, to commemorate them we’re going to do some trotting of our own.

The Stop Trot – Al Starita and The Picadilly Players / Eddie Grossbart
East Coast Trot – Junie Cobb’s Hometown Band
Cocoanut Trot – Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra
The Boop-Boop A Doopa Trot – Spike Hughes and His Decca-Dents

Segment 2: Time
March 2 in 1923, the first issue of the weekly “Time” magazine appeared on newsstands.

Tapping The Time – Ray Starita and the Picadilly Revels Band / Ray Starita
Got No Time – Wally Erickson’s Coliseum Orch
Tappin’ the Time Away – Washboard Serenaders

Segment 3: Bells
March 3 marked the birth in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland of inventor and educator, Alexander Graham Bell. So here to commemorate Alexander Graham Bell’s invention are some rapidly rotating records about bells.

Cow Bell Blues – Original Indiana Five
Six Bells Stampede – Spike Hughes AHO
I Want To Ring Bells – Joe Venuti and His Orchestra

Segment 4: Sunshine
March 3 in 1845, Florida became the 27th of the United States of America. Florida is known as “The Sunshine State”, so to commemorate Florida’s admission to the union, here’s a set of sunshine songs.

Cover Me Up With Sunshine – Jean Goldkette AHO
Old Man Sunshine – Bernie Cummins ah Biltmore Orch.
My Sunshine – Checker Box Boys

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Calling – Harry Reser & Bill Wirges (March 2, 1927)
Mary Ann – Louis Lillienfield and His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra (March 1, 1928)
Everything That’s Nice Belongs to You – Owen Fallon’s Californians (March 2, 1931)

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