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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’ve got some songs for Halloween, which is coming up in a few days.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: B.A. Rolfe
But to get us started, last week, October 24 marked the birth in 1879, of B. A. Rolfe.

No Parking – B. A. Rolfe and His Lucky Strike Orchestra
Together We Two – B. A. Rolfe and Palais D’Or Orch
If I Had You – B. A. Rolfe and His Lucky Strike Orchestra

Segment 2: Ghostly
Halloween in a few days means it’s time for a set of ghostly songs.

White Ghost Shivers – New Orleans Owls
The Skeleton in the Closet – J Dorsey AHO
Ghost of the Blues – Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra

Segment 3: Dress Up

Ghost Dance – Truett & George
Masquerade – Anson Weeks AHO / Fred Scott, v.
Goblin Market – Joe Haymes AHO

Segment 4: Black Cats

The Little Black Cat – Billy Merrin and His Commander
Mr. Ghost Goes to Town – The Five Jones Boys
Mysterioso – Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five

Segment 5: Haunted

Skeleton Jangle – The Original Dixieland Five
The Haunted House – Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra / The Three Ginx, v.
Boneyard Shuffle – Hitch’s Happy Harmonists

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