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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 Paul Whiteman and Harry Houdini, take a gamble, have a vocabulary lesson, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Escape
March 24 marked the birth in 1874 in Budapest, Hungary of Erich Weiss. You may know him better as the foremost magician and escape artist of his time, Harry Houdini.

I Can’t Escape From You (Medley) – Charlie Kunz Casani Club Orch/George Barclay
I Can’t Escape From You – Eddie Duchin AHO/Jerry Cooper
Narrow Escape – George McClennon’s Jazz Band

Segment 2: Paul Whiteman
March 28 marked the birth in 1890 in Denver, Colorado, of Paul Whiteman.

Doo Wacka Doo – Paul Whiteman AHO/ Billy Murray
Night Owl – Paul Whiteman AHO /The Rhythm Boys
Sitting on a Rainbow – Paul Whiteman AHO / The King’s Jesters

Segment 3: Epistemic
It’s time now for this week’s vocabulary lesson. The word for this evening is epistemic, an adjective that means “of or relating to knowledge or knowing.” And I just know you’re gonna love this next set of rapidly rotating records.

Don’t Know and Don’t Care – Memphis Jazzers
You Gotta Know How – Arcadian Serenaders / Morty Livington
My Baby Knows How – Missouri Jazz Band (Adrian Schubert AHO) / Arthur Fields
I Didn’t Know – Jean Goldkette AHO

Segment 4: Gambling
I’m just back from Las Vegas where I visited with my aunt and cousin who were out here from Boston for a little vacation. So here’s a set of rapidly rotating records having to do with gambling.

Nickel in the Slot – Zez Confrey AHO
Ace in the Hold – Al Katz and His Kittens
Buckin’ the Dice – Fats Waller and His Rhythm

Segment 5: This Week In Recording History

Ragamuffin – Victor Arden and Phil Ohman, Duo-Pianists (March 26, 1929)
Cock-A-Doodle, I’m Off My Noodle – Jack Hylton’s Hyltonians / Al Starita, v. (March 25, 1927)
Somebody’s Lonely – Ben Bernie Hotel Roosevelt Orch (March 23, 1926)

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