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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’re going to go Mad, celebrate March and The Sunshine State, enjoy some water, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Mad
March 1 marked the birth in 1922 of publisher William Gaines, founder of Mad Magazine. So here in honor of William Gaines and Mad Magazine, are some “Mad” songs.

Mad (Cause you treat me this way) – New Orleans Rhythm Kings
Pleasure Mad – Eddie Mitchell AHO
Charleston Mad – Lovie Austin and Her Blues Serenaders

Segment 2: Marches
This being the first show of March, here’s a set of marches.

March of the Mannikins – Broadway Dance Orch
(Step By Step – Mile By Mile) I’m Marching Home to You – Carolina Club Orch (Hal Kemp)
Marching Along Together – Anson Weeks AHO / Bob Crosby, v.

Segment 3: Water
March 5, marked the birth in 1893 in Yankton, South Dakota of Emmett Joseph Culligan, inventor of the water softener and founder in 1936 of Culligan Water Systems, which has inspired this set of rapidly rotating records about water.

In the Land of Smiling Waters – Atlantic Dance Orchestra
Moonlit Waters – The Columbians / Franklyn Baur, v.
Sloppy Water Blues – Fats Waller, Organ

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

Old Man Sunshine – Bernie Cummins ah Biltmore Orchestra
Dip Your Brush in the Sunshine – Ted Lewis AHO / Ted Lewis, v.
Sunshine – Sam Lanin AHO / Scrappy Lambert, v.

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History
This is where we play rapidly rotating records celebrating birthdays, having been recorded this past week in years past.

Puttin’ on the Ritz – Carl Webster’s Yale Collegians / Stew Pletcher, v. (March 1, 1930)
Some Sweet Day – Bob Haring AHO / Dick Robertson, v. (February 27, 1929)
Swanee River Moon – Intl. Novelty Orch (March 2, 1922)
Gimme a Little Kiss – Whispering Jack Smith (May 3, 1926)

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