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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 visit Penn Station, get a CARE package, get a haircut, hear some songs from a Cole Porter musical, and celebrate the birthday of William Enos.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Pennsylvanian Groups
November 27 way back in 1910, the largest railway station in the world opened, Pennsylvania Station, more fondly known as Penn Station. So here to commemorate Penn station, are some rapidly rotating records by some Penn groups.

Since My Best Girl Turned Me Down – Winegar’s Penn Boys
You’ve Got that Thing – Tommy Bohn Penn / Sirens Orch
Collegiate Sam – Teddy Joyce Penn State Recorders

Segment 2: Caring
November 27 in 1945, CARE was founded by 22 American private voluntary organizations to distribute surplus military rations to the poor of post World War II Europe. So here are some rapidly rotating records about caring.

Suppose Nobody Cared – Charlie Davis AHO / Dick Powell
What Do I Care – Annette Hanshaw
Sing Your Cares Away – Geoffrey Goodhart AHO

Segment 3: Hair
November 29 in 1825, Rossini’s “Barber of Seville” was presented in New York City, and it was the first Italian opera to be presented in the United States. So here to commemorate the “Barber of Seville”, are some rapidly rotating records about hair.

Belle of the Barber’s Ball – Billy Murray/Ada Jones
Silver Hair and Heart of Gold – Layton & Johnstone
Red Hair and Freckles – Phillip Lewis and His Dance Band

Segment 4: The Gay Divorce
November 29 in 1932, the Cole Porter musical “The Gay Divorce” opened in New York City. So here’s a set of songs from “The Gay Divorce”.

The Continental – Django Reinhardt and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France
A Needle in a Haystack – Leo Resiman/Lew Conrad
Don’t Let it Bother You – Joe Reichman AHO / Mildred Monson
Night and Day – Leo Resiman/Fred Astaire

Segment 5: Busby Berkeley
November 29 marked the birth in 1895 of William Enos. You probably know him better as Busby Berkeley, one of the greatest choreographers in US movie musical history, Here’s a set of songs from Busby Berkeley musicals.

Shuffle Off to Buffalo – Hal Kemp AHO
Young and Healthy – Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians
Honeymoon Hotel – Chick Bullock AHO

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