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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 Fred Waring and Al Dubin, have a vocabulary lesson, and listen to this past week in recording history. But we’re gonna get started by doing some sinning.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Sins
I received request from new listener Vinny in Albany, New York for “It’s No Sin”. I may not have that record, but I have plenty of others about sin, and here are some of them.

My Sin – California Ramblers / Ed Kirkeby
Sing You Sinners – The Revelers
Tain’t No Sin – Dan Russo a/h Oriole Orchestra

Segment 2: Fred Waring
June 9 marked the birth in 1900 in Tyrone, Pennsylvania of bandleader, songwriter and inventor Fred Waring.

Any Way the Wind Blows – Waring’s Pennsylvanians
Here or There, As Long As I’m With You – Waring’s Pennsylvanians / Tom Waring, v.
Won’t You Tell Me Hon (When We’re Gonna Be One) – Waring’s Pennsylvanians / Fred Waring, Bill Townsend, Francis Foster, Fred Culley, Poley McClintock, v.

Segment 3: Faineant
The word for this weeks vocabulary lesson is faineant. As a noun, a faineant is an irresponsible idler. As an adjective, it refers to being idle and ineffectual; indolent or lazy. So here’s a set of faineant songs.

I Ain’t Lazy, I’m Just Dreamin’ – Eddie Elkins AHO / Chick Bullock, v.
Lazy Lazy River – Mississippi Sheiks / Walter Vinson, v.
Lazybone Blues – King Brady’s Clarinet Band

Segment 4: Al Dubin
June 10 marked the birth in 1891 in Zurich, Switzerland of lyricist Al Dubin.

Young and Healthy – Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians / Tom Waring, v.
Sing a Little Theme Song – Imperial Dance Band (Sam Lanin) / Scrappy Lambert, v.
Be Sweet to Me – Lee Morse ah Bluegrass Boys /Lee Morse, v.

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Baby, Oh Where Can You Be – Ben Bernie ah Hotel Roosevelt Orch (June 10, 1929)
By Heck – Dorsey Brothers and Their Orchestra (June 13, 1933)
Don’t You Know or Don’t You Care – Fats Waller ah Rhythm/Fats Waller (June 9, 1937)

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