Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 18 September 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 J C Johnson, William McKinney, Fred Ahlert, Al Casey and have a vocabulary lesson

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Al Casey
Although September 15 marked the birth in 1915 in Louisville, of guitarist Al Casey, he unfortunately died this past week, just four days shy of his 90th birthday.

Louisiana Fairy Tale – Fats Waller & His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.
Buck Jumpin’ – Fats Waller and His Rhythm (Al Casey, guitar.)
Tiger Rag – Fats Waller /Louis Armstrong/Al Casey

Segment 2: James C. Johnson
Pianist and songwriter James C. Johnson, born this past week, September 14, 1896 in Chicago.

Alabama Stomp (l. Henry Creamer) – Gus C. Edwards AHO/Cliff Covert
Do What You Did last night (w/razaf) – Ethel Waters
She Belongs to Me (w/Razaf) – Ted Weems AHO / Parker Gibbs, Bill Comfort, Dusty Rhodes

Segment 3: William McKinney
September 17 marked the birth in 1895 in Paducah, Kentucky of drummer William McKinney.

Okay, Baby – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers / George Thomas, v.
Hello – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers / Dave Wilborn v.
Do Something – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

Segment 4: Word of the Week: Farrago
The word for today is farrago, a noun meaning a confused mixture, an assortment, a hodgepodge or a medley. So here’s a farrago of farragoes.

Sizzling One Step Medley – Frank Trumbauer’s Orchestra / Johnny Mercer and The Nite Caps
On With the Show Medley – Edison All Star Ensemble
Ziegfeld Follies Medley – Nat Shilkret/Victor Orch./ Brox Sisters; Fairchild & Rainger; Franklyn Baur

Segment 5: Fred Ahlert
September 18 marked the birth in 1892 in New York City of composer Fred Ahlert.

I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down – Billy Jones
Mean to Me – B. A. Rolfe and his Lucky Strike Orchestra / Unknown v.
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter – Boswell Sisters

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