Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 25 May 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.

On this evening’s show we’ll celebrate a couple of people birthdays and a state birthday, so sit back, relax, tilt your recliner back.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Rocking Chairs
May 22 in 1841 a patent for the first reclining chair was issued. I don’t have any rapidly rotating records about recliners, but I do have some about rocking chairs.

Rockin’ Chair Swing – Mal Hallet AHO/Teddy Grace
Georgia Rockin’ Chair – George Scott Wood AHO/Frank Kerslake
Rockin’ Chair – Jack Teagarden AHO / Nappy Lamare and Eddie Miller

Segment 2: Fats Waller
May 21 marked the birth in 1904 in Waverly, New York of Thomas Wright Waller, better known as “Fats”.

Handful of Keys – Fats Waller
How Ya, Baby? – Fats Waller and His Rhythm
The Joint is Jumpin’ – Fats Waller and His Rhythm

Segment 3: Horace Heidt
May 21 marked the birth in Alameda, California in 1901 of bandleader Horace Heidt.

Turn on the Heat – Horace Heidt and His Californians
Dawn of a New Day – Horace Heidt AHO
Melancholy – Horace Heidt and His Californians

Segment 4: Carolina
May 23 in 1788, South Carolina became the eighth of the United States, so here in honor of South Carolina’s statehood, are a few Carolina songs.

Lay Me Down to Sleep in Carolina – Golden Gate Orch
When Carolina Smiles – Billy Hays AHO/Andrew T. Stanton
Carolina in the Morning – Van and Schenk

Segment 5: More Fats
Earlier I promised another set of songs from Fats Waller, so here he is.

Smashing Thirds – Fats Waller
Lulu’s Back in Town – Fats Waller and his Rhythm
Turn on the Heat – Fats Waller

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