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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 Al Bowlly, Carroll Gibbons, Oscar Celestin and Gracie Fields, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Carroll Gibbons
January 4 marked the birth in 1903 in Clinton, Massachusetts of Richard Carroll Gibbons.

On the Air – Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans / Harry Bentley
A Garden in the Rain – George Olsen and His Music / Fran Frey
Funny Face – Carroll Gibbons and the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra / Whispering Jack Smith
Magic Notes – Carroll Gibbons and His Boyfriends

Segment 2: Gracie Fields
January 9 in 1898, Grace Stansfield was born in Lancashire, England. You may know her better as Gracie Fields.

I’m a Dreamer, Aren’t We All – Gracie Fields
Singing in the Bathtub – Gracie Fields
Looking on the Bright Side – Our Gracie

Segment 3: Oscar Celestin
New Years Day marked the birth in 1884 in Napoleanville, Louisiana of Oscar Celestin.

Original Tuxedo Rag – Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra
As You Like It – Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra
It’s Jam Up – Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra

Segment 4: Al Bowlly
January 7 marked the birth in 1899 in Mozambique of Albert Alick Bowlly.

My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes – Howard Godfrey’s Waldorfians/Al Bowlly
Over the Blue – Roy Fox Band / Al Bowlly
A Great Big Bunch of You – Carroll Gibbons Savoy Hotel Orpheans/Al Bowlly

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Say Young Lady – George Olsen and His Music / Dick Gardner (January 11, 1933)
The Sleepy Town Express – Ben Bernie AHO / Ben Bernie (January 10, 1931)
Good for You, Bad for Me – Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians / Three Girlfriends, v. (January 9, 1930)

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