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 songs composed by Terry Shand, we’ll play some midnight music, we’re going to check into some hotels, get religion, and hopefully we’ve not bitten off more than we can chew.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Terry Shand
October 1 marked the birth in 1904 in Uvalde, Texas of pianist, bandleader and composer Terry Shand.

My Extraordinary Gal – Bert Hirsch Hit of the Week Orchestra /Ralph Kirberry
I’m Sitting High on a Hilltop – Victor Young / Dick Robertson
I Double Dare You – Jack Harris AHO/Joanne Andrews

Segment 2: Midnight
September 30 in 1939, “Captain Midnight” was heard on radio for the first time. “Captain Midnight” was the undercover name for pilot and secret agent Jim “Red” Albright, but by the end of the first season, many listeners knew him only by that name. So here to commemorate Captain Midnight, are some rapidly rotating records about midnight,

Midnight Mama – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra
Midnight Dan – Edgar Dowell’s Chi. Waddlers
Half a Moon – Midnight Serenaders / Irving Kaufman

Segment 3: Gum
September 30 marked the birth in 1861 of someone whose name is familiar to most everyone here on the island…William Wrigley Jr. So here to celebrate William Wrigley Jr.’s birthday are some rapidly rotating records about…gum.

Swinging at the Chat and Chew – Original Yellow Jackets
Eee By Gum – Gracie Fields
Gum Tree Canoe – Frank Crumit

Segment 4: Religion
October 5 in 1930 marked the radio network debut of one of the most controversial figures in early broadcasting. Father Charles Edward Coughlin, known as “The Fighting Priest”, was first heard over WJR, Detroit on October 17, 1926. So here to commemorate Father Coughlin are some songs about religion.

Cathedral Blues – Tiny Parham
Confessin’ – Ben Pollack /Chester Gaylord
Washin’ the Blues from My Soul – Hal Kemp / Skinnay Ennis, v.

Segment 5: Hollywood Hotel
October 5 in 1934, the first major network radio show to originate from Hollywood made its debut, as “Hollywood Hotel” aired for the first time on CBS. So here to commemorate the debut of “Hollywood Hotel” are some songs performed by hotel orchestra

Rosie (Make it Rosey for Me) – Vanderbilt Hotel Ork
Clap Yo Hands – Hotel Commodore Ork
Somebody Stole My Gal – Bontsema’s Famous Hotel Fuller Ork

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