Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 22 June 2003

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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.

This is an all birthday show, and we’ll be celebrating the birthdays of Guy Lombardo, Bud Collyer, Kay Kyser, Sammy Fain, and someone you’ve probably never heard of.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Frank Roane
Last week, June 16 marked the birth in 1893 in Lowell, Massachusetts of Francis John Roane. He was generally called Frank, and also went by the nickname of “Peach”.

Is I In Love? I Is – Roane’s Pennsylvanians/”Snowball” , Cliff Nazarro, v.
Chinatown, My Chinatown – Roane’s Pennsylvanians / Bobby Roberts, v.
Sleep, Come On and Take Me – Roane’s Pennsylvanians / Cliff Nazarro, v.

Segment 2: Guy Lombardo
June 19 marked the birth in 1902 in London, Ontario, Canada of violinist and bandleader Gaetano Lombardo, better known as Guy.

Cotton Pickers Ball – Guy Lombardo’s Royal Canadians
So This is Venice – Guy Lombardo’s Royal Canadians
Cy – Guy Lombardo’s Royal Canadians

Segment 3: Kay Kyser
June 18 marked the birth in 1905 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina of James Kern Kyser. You may know him better by his middle initial, Kay Kyser.

I Fell Up to Heaven – Kay Kyser AHO/Ginny Simms
Collegiate Fanny – Kay Kyser AHO
You Can’t Sleep Up Here – Kay Kyser AHO/ Sully Mason, Ginny Simms, Bill Storer, v.

Segment 4: Bud Collyer
June 18 marked the birth in New York City in 1908 of Clayton Johnson Heermance, Jr., better known as Bud Collyer.

I Was True – Ray Noble/Al Bowlly
The Camera Doesn’t Lie – Eddy Duchin AHO/Buddy Clark
Tell Her the Truth (Medley) – Carroll Gibbons ah boyfriends/Bobbie Howes, Carlyle Cousins, v.

Segment 5: Sammy Fain
June 17 marked the birth in 1902 of Samuel Feinberg. You may know him better as Sammy Fain, but if not, you certainly know his songs. For over 40 years, the Oscar-winning musician and composer wrote for stage and screen.

By a Waterfall – Layton and Johnstone
What a Day – Sammy Fain
When I Take My Sugar to Tea – Sunshine Boys

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