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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 Dave Dreyer, Vaughn DeLeath, Ted Weems and Vincent Youmans, and do some waltzing.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Dave Dreyer
September 22 marked the birth in 1894 in Brooklyn, New York of composer Dave Dreyer.

Golden Gate – Milt Shaw ah Detroiters / Al Shane
I’m Keeping Company – Lloyd Keating ah Music
Cecilia – Whispering Jack Smith

Segment 2: Ted Weems
September 26 marked the birth in 1901 in Picairn, Pennsylvania of Wilfred Theodore Weymes. You may know him better as bandleader Ted Weems.

Remarkable Girl – Ted Weems and His Orchestra / Joe “Country” Washburn
Play That Hot Guitar – Ted Weems and His Orchestra /Parker Gibbs
My Baby Just Cares for Me – Ted Weems and His Orchestra /Art Jarrett

Segment 3: Vaughn DeLeath
September 26 marked the birth in 1894 in Pulaski, Illinois of Leonore Vonderleith. When she began a career as a performer, she changed her last name into her full name and became Vaughn DeLeath.

Giggling Gertie – Vaughn DeLeath
I Wanna Be Loved By You – Broadway Nitelites
Everything We Like We like alike – Vaughn DeLeath

Segment 4: Waltzing
September 27 in 1933, “Waltz Time” debuted on NBC radio. So here to commemorate “Waltz Time” are a couple of waltzes.

Whistling Waltz – Arthur Tracy
Rolling Stones Waltz – Jaudas Band

Segment 5: Vincent Youmans
Sept. 27, marked the birth in New York City in 1898 of composer Vincent Youmans.

Toodle-Oo – Arthur Lange AHO
I Know That You Know – Jimmy Noone’s Apex Club Orch
Hallelujah! – Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra /Franklyn Baur, v.

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