Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 24 October 2004

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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 Jelly Roll Morton, Benny Rolfe, Roger Wolfe Kahn and the Metropolitan Opera House.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: B.A. Rolfe
Exactly 125 years ago, October 24 marked the birth in 1879, of B. A. Rolfe. Benjamin Adolphus Rolfe, or “Benny”, was born in Brasher Falls, New York

Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) – B. A. Rolfe and His Lucky Strike Orchestra
Chinese Moon – B. A. Rolfe’s Palais d’Or Orchestra
Why Can’t You? – B. A. Rolfe AHO/J. Donald Parker

Segment 2: Opera
October 22 in 1883, the first performance by the Metropolitan Opera was presented in their new Opera House, on Broadway between 39th and 40th. So here’s a set of rapidly rotating records in honor of the Metropolitan Opera.

Harlem’s Araby – Leroy Smith’s Orch. Cr. Metropolitan Dance Orch
Operatic Rag – Joseph Moskowitz
After the Opera – Willie Howard and Eugene

Segment 3: Roger Wolfe Kahn
October 19th marked the birth in 1907 in Morristown, New Jersey, of bandleader and composer Roger Wolfe Kahn.

Pep – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra
South Wind – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra
Do What You Do – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra

Segment 4: Jelly Roll Morton
October 20 marked the birth in 1890 in New Orleans of Ferdinand Joseph Morton, better known as “Jelly Roll” Morton.

Black Bottom Stomp – Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers
Shreveport Stomp – Jelly Roll Morton Trio
Low Gravy – Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers

Segment 5: More Roger Wolfe Kahn

Anything You Say – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra
Just the Same – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra
Lucky Boy – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra

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