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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 Johnny Dodds and Howard Phillips, we’ll tiptoe through the tulips, have some songs about money, and listen this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Johnny Dodds
April 12 marked the birth in 1892 in New Orleans, Louisiana, of clarinetist Johnny Dodds.

Hot Potatoes – Blind Blake w/Johnny Dodds and Jimmy Bertrand
New Orleans Stomp – Johnny Dodds’ Black Bottom Stompers
Ape Man – Blythe’s Washboard Ragamuffins

Segment 2: Howard Phillips
April 12 also marked the birth, but in 1909 in New York of baritone vocalist and composer Howard Phillips.

Happy as the Day is Long – Adrian Rollini AHO/Howard Phillips
Hiawatha’s Lullaby – Joe Venuti’s Blue Five / Howard Phillips
You and I Know – Dick McDonough AHO / Howard Phillips

Segment 3: Tulips
April 12 marked the birth in 1932 in New York of Herbert Buckingham Khaury. You may know him better as Tiny Tim, who became nationally famous in 1968 when he appeared on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, singing his signature song “Tiptoe Through the Tulips”.

Tiptoe Through the Tulips With Me – Nick Lucas
Two Lips – Al Friedman AHO
Green Tulips – Billy Mayerl & Austin Croom Johnson
Tiptoe Through the Tulips With Me – Eddie Lloyd’s Singing Boys (Ted Wallace AHO) Smith Ballew

Segment 4: Money
Last week was tax day here in the US. So here in recognition of the IRS, are some rapidly rotating records having to do with money.

I Owe You – Helen Kane
Money in My Pockets – Mills Bros
Last Dollar – Eddie Droesch AHO

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Ya Got Love – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra /Jimmy Rushing (April 15, 1931)
Toddle, Introducing “Maori” – Benson Orch Chicago (April 11, 1921)
There Ain’t No Maybe in My Baby’s Eyes – Al Lynn’s Music Masters / John Ryan (April 14, 1927)

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