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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’re celebrating a few birthdays, seeing what happened this week years ago and remembering a few girl friends.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: The Ziegfeld Follies
March 15 marked the birth in 1867 of Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., in Chicago, where his father ran the Chicago Musical College. But he’s best known for producing elaborately staged revues designed to emphasize the glamour and beauty of the American girl”, including 21 Follies between 1907 and 1931. So here in honor of Florenz Ziegfeld, is a set of songs from The Ziegfeld Follies.

Shaking the Blues Away – Paul Whiteman AHO
Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 – The Victor Light Opera Company
Shake Your Feet – Fletcher Henderson AHO

Segment 2: The Girl Friend
March 17, 1926, “The Girl Friend”, with music by Richard Rogers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart opened at the Vanderbilt Theater in New York City, and ran for 301 performances. So here to commemorate the debut of “The Girl Friend” are three songs from that show.

The Girlfriend – California Ramblers
Mountain Greenery – Romeo Dance Orchestra
The Blue Room – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

Segment 3: This week in Recording History
A new feature on Rapidly Rotating Records where we play records which were recorded this past week in history.

A Good Man is Hard to Find – Ted Lewis AHO
Brown Eyes – Johnny De Droit and The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Hello Montreal – Seven Little Polar Bears / Tommy Stacks

Segment 4: Jean Goldkette
March 18 marked the birth in 1899 in Valencienne, France, of bandleader Jean Goldkette.

Sunny Disposish – Jean Goldkette AHO / Harold Stokes
Just a Bird’s-Eye View of My Old Kentucky Home – Jean Goldkette’s Book-Cadillac Orchestra
Forgetting You – Jean Goldkette AHO / Gene Napier

Segment 5: Ozzie Nelson
March 20 marked the birth in 1907 in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, of Oswald George Nelson, better known as Ozzie.

Swampfire – Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra
Between a Kiss and a Sigh – Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra
Tiger Rag – Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra

Segment 5: Extra

Huggable Kissable You – Sunshine Boys

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