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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 do some dreaming, try to keep from falling down, have a workshop, and do some archaeology.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Ted Koehler
July 14 marked the birth in 1894 in Washington, D. C. of lyricist Ted Koehler.

Get Yourself a New Broom – Duke Ellington ah Famous Orch
I Love a Parade – Harry Richman
As Long As I Live – Clarence Williams AHO / Chick Bullock

Segment 2: Rosetta
July 19 in 1799, a rock with an inscription in three different scripts that become the key to interpretation of Egyptian hieroglyphics was in Egypt by Pierre Francois Xavier Bouchard. So here is a set of rapidly rotating records to commemorate the rosetta stone.

Rosetta – Earl Hines AHO
I Gotta Code in My Doze – Rosetta Duncan
Rosetta – Earl Hines, piano

Segment 3: Dreams
July 16 in 1934, the musical drama “Dreams Come True” debuted on the NBC Red Radio Network. So here to commemorate “Dreams Come True”, are some rapidly rotating records about dreams.

May You Laugh in Your Dreams – Kaplan’s Melodists / James Doherty
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams – Rhythmic Eight
Dream On – Adrian Rollini AHO / Red McKenzie

Segment 4: Topic
July 18 in 1936 the drama series “The Columbia Workshop” debuted on CBS Radio. The series was a workshop for newcomers to radio, but many prominent actors were involved, as well as young performers, writers, directors and producers. In commemoration, here’s a set of Columbian themed rapidly rotating records.

Lazy Bones – Columbia Jazz Band / Midge Williams
The Free and Easy – Columbia Photo Player
Me and My Shadow – The Columbians / Franklyn Baur, v.

Segment 5: Falling
July 14 marked the birth in 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska of the 38th President of the United States, Gerald R. Ford. Despite his having been a former athlete, he was prone to occasional physical clumsiness which became the basis for a weekly bit on Saturday Night Live in which he was played by Chevy Chase, so here to commemorate Ford’s his birthday is a set of rapidly rotating records about falling

I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling – The New Englanders/Annette Hanshaw
Fancy You Falling For Me – Jack Hylton AHO
Fallen Arches – The Red Heads

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