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 fulfill a request, celebrate several birthdays, and in one segment of the show we’ll hush up.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Art Gillham
January 1 marked the birth in 1895 of “The Whispering Pianist”, Art Gillham.

In Your Green Hat
I’m Sittin’ On Top of the World
Now I Won’t Be Blue

Segment 2: Oscar Papa Celestin
Exactly fifteen years before Art Gillham, Oscar “Papa” Celestin was born in Napoleanville, Louisiana on January 1, 1884.

Black Rag – Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra
My Josephine – Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra
t’s Jam Up – Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra

Segment 3: Bix Restored
Here for listener John in North Carolina are three records featuring Bix, one from each of the first 3 volumes of the Bix Restored project from the Origin Jazz Library.

Davenport Blues – Bix and His Rhythm Jugglers
Royal Garden Blues – Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang
Somebody Stole My Gal – Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang

Segment 4: Texas
Here to commemorate Texas’ becoming the 28th state to join the union, on December 29, 1845, are some songs about Texas.

Saturday Night on Texas Avenue – Three Fifteen and His Squares/Dave Blunston
Waco Texas Blues – Bennie Moten/Lamar Wright/ Mary Bradford
The Eyes of Texas – Carolina Club Orchestra / Hal Kemp, v.

Segment 5: Hush
December 29 in 1945, the mystery voice of Mr. Hush was heard for the first time on the radio show “Truth or Consequences”, hosted by Ralph Edwards. So here to commemorate Mr. Hush, are some hush songs.

Hush-A-Bye – Jean Goldkette Band
n the Hush of the Night – Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra /Scrappy Lambert, v.
Honey Hush – Fats Waller

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