Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 7 August 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 Caron Robison, Abe Lyman and Arthur Fields, celebrate the life of Hildegarde and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Abe Lyman
August 4, marked the birth in 1897 in Chicago, Illinois of drummer, bandleader and composer Abe Lyman.

I Think of What You Used to Think of Me – Lyman’s California Orchestra
Fleurs d’amour – Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra
High Society – Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra

Segment 2: Carson Robison
August 4 marked the birth in 1890 in Oswego, Kansas of Carson J. Robison. He was known as the Kansas Jayhaw.

Happy-Go-Lucky – Carson Robison
Springtime in the Rockies – Robison & Luther
Tree-Top Serenade – Fred Hartley AHO / Carson Robison, whistling

Segment 3: Arthur Fields
August 6 marked the birth in 1888 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of Abe Finklestein. You hear him singing on this show quite often, but under the name Arthur Fields.

Honey Bunch – Broadway Bellhops / Arthur Fields
Temperance is Coming – Arthur Fields and His Trio / Arthur Fields
Butternut – Fred “Sugar” Hall and His Sugar Babies / Arthur Fields

Segment 4: Hildegarde
Almost all of the artists we feature on this show are long since gone, and unfortunately, we recently lost another. Nightclub entertainer Hildegarde died July 29 in New York at age 99. She was born Hildegarde Loretta Sell in Adell, Wisconsin.

Honey Coloured Moon – Henry Hall and His BBC Dance Orchestra / Hildegarde
Pennies from Heaven – William Wirges AHO / Hildegarde
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Carroll Gibbons AHO / Hildegarde

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Sing a Little Song – Golden Gate Dance Orchestra (August 7, 1924)
Just as Long as the World Goes ‘Round and Around – Fats Waller ah Rhythm/Fats Waller, v. (August 2, 1935)
How Many Times – Seattle Harmony Kings (August 2, 1926)

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