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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.

We’re going to go to some lengths on this evening’s show and we’ll celebrate Ted Koehler’s birthday, go to the beach, dream some dreams, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Ted Koehler
July 14 marked the birth in 1894 in Washington, D. C. of lyricist Ted Koehler.

Truckin’ – Fats Waller AH Rhythm /Fats Waller, v.
I Like That – Frankie Trumbauer AHO
Stormy Weather – Ted Lewis And His Band
Ill Wind – Art Taum, Piano

Segment 2: Dreams
July 16 in 1934, the musical drama “Dreams Come True” debuted on the NBC Red Radio Network. So here to commemorate “Dreams Come True”, are some rapidly rotating records about dreams.

Out of My Dreams – Fred Elizalde and His Cinderella Roof Orch
A Japanese Dream – The Whoopee Makers (Cr. Dixie Daisies) /Claude Reese, v.
A Siren Dream – Edwin J. McEnelly’s Orch / Elliot Shaw

Segment 3: Beach
This past week was spent on vacation at the annual stay at Hermosa beach. So here’s a set of rapidly rotating records about the beach.

Riptide – Ruth Etting
On the Beach at Bali Bali – Billy Merrin ah Commanders /Ken Crossley
On the beach with You – Chester Leighton ah Sophomores (Ben Selvin)

Segment 4: Measurement
July 14 in 1868, Mr Fellows was issued a patent for his improvement of the tape measure by adding a spring click would hold the tape at any desired position. So, I’ve gone to great lengths to assemble the following set of rapidly rotating records having to do with measurement.

Is It Gonna Be Long – Vaughn DeLeath
It Won’t Be Long – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra
How Long Blues – Count Basie (Piano)

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Little White Lies – Cliquot Club Eskimos (July 16, 1930)
So Beats My Heart for You – Fred Waring & Penn/Stuart Churchill (July 17, 1930)
Pardon Me, Pretty Baby – The Rhythmic Eight (July 13, 1931)
Indiana Stomp – The Original Indiana Five (July 14, 1925)

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