Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 2 October 2005

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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 Vincent Youmans, Ted Weems, and George Gershwin, fulfill a couple of requests, and have some, eh….indelicate songs.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Vincent Youmans
Sept. 27, marked the birth in New York City in 1898 of composer Vincent Youmans.

Tea for Two – Ben Bernie ah Hotel Roosevelt Orch
I Want to Be Happy – Trocadero Melody Boys
Great Day – Paul Whiteman AHO / Bing Crosby

Segment 2: Rudy Vallee
Listener Len requested a couple of records by Rudy Vallee, and I’m happy to play them.

Doin the Raccoon – Rudy Vallee and His Yale Men
Walkin’ Cane Stomp – Kentucky Jug Band
Outside – Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees

Segment 3: Ted Weems
September 26 marked the birth in 1901 in Picairn, Pennsylvania of Wilfred Theodore Weymes. You may know him better as bandleader Ted Weems.

I’m All Broken Up Over You – Ted Weems AHO
You Never Did That Before – Ted Weems AHO / Arthur Jarrett
Siberia – Ted Weems AHO

Segment 4: George Gershwin
September 26 marked the birth in Brooklyn NY in 1898 of Jacob Gershowitz. You know him better as George Gershwin.

Waiting for the Sun to Come Out – Lambert Murphy
Somebody Love Me – Henry Lange and His Baker Hotel Orchestra
He Loves and She Loves – Al Starita and the Picadilly Players / Eddie Grossbart

Segment 5: Indelicate
There’s a lot of vintage records with double entendre and sexual innuendo. Well, don’t misconstrue, but here’s a set of ummmmm…..indelicate songs.

Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama – Butterbeans and Susie
Lollypop – Hunter and Jenkins
My Handy Man – Ethel Waters w/ James P. Johnson, piano

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