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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 could do an entire show on each one of them, but on this evening’s show we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Billy Rose, Emer Schoebel, Gus Arnheim, Lou Handman and Arthur Freed.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Billy Rose
September 6 marked the birth in 1899 on New York’s lower East Side, of William Samuel Rosenberg. You may know him
better as lyricist, producer, and nightclub and theater owner Billy Rose.

When the Morning Glories Wake Up in the Morning – Jacques Renard and his Cocoanut Grove Orch.
Does the Spearmint Los Its Flavor on the Bedpost Over Night? – Billy Jones & Ernest Hare
Here Comes the Showboat – Jean Goldkette AHO / Myron Schultz, Ray Porter, Harold Stokes

Segment 2: Elmer Schoebel
September 8 marked the birth in 1896 in East St. Louis, Illinois of pianist, composer and arranger Elmer Schoebel.

Copenhagen – Elmer Schoebel and His Friars Society Orchestra
Farewell Blues – Elmer Schoebel and His Friars Society Orchestra
Spanish Shawl – The Broadway Broadcasters (Sam Lanin)

Segment 3: Gus Arnheim
September 11 marked the birth in 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of Gus Arnheim.

Sweet Georgia Brown – Gus Arnheim AHO
All I Want is Just One Girl – Gus Arnheim AHO/Fred MacMurray
You Don’t Know What You’re Doing – Gus Arnheim AHO/Loyce Whiteman
There’s Nothing Too Good for My Baby – Gus Arheim AHO/Harry Barris

Segment 4: Lou Handman
September 9 marked the birth in 1894 in New York City of composer Lou Handman.

Can’t Your Friend Find a Friend for Me? – Jack Hylton’s Kit-Cat Band
Nothin’ – Nat Shilkret AHO
Remarkable Girl – Ted Weems AHO/Country Washburn

Segment 5: Arthur Freed
September 9 marked the birth in 1894 of songwriter and producer Arthur Freed.

You Were Meant for Me – Nat Shilkret Victor Orchestra/ Scrappy Lambert, v.
Singin’ in the Rain – Fred Rich AHO/The Rollickers
Wedding of the Painted Doll – Layton and Johnstone

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