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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 songs about roses and drums, and we’ll celebrate the birthdays of George Gershwin and the “original radio girl”.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Vaughn DeLeath
September 26 marked the birth in 1894 in Pulaski, Illinois of Leonore Vonderleith, known as the “First Lady of Radio”, and later as “The Original Radio Girl”, when she began a career as a performer, she changed her last name into her full name and became Vaughn DeLeath.

I Wanna Be Loved By You – Broadway Nitelites (Selvin) / Vaughn DeLeath
The Man I Love – Paul Whiteman / Vaughn DeLeath
S’Wonderful – Ernie Golden AHO / Vaughn DeLeath

Segment 2: Roses
September 24 in 1933 marked the debut on CBS radio of “Roses and Drums”, which presented historical dramas with a Civil War background. So here to commemorate “Roses and Drums” are some songs about roses.

Blue Rose – Ted Weems AHO
Rose Marie – Nat Shilkret and His Orchestra /Nelson Eddy, v.
Sunshine Rose – Will Oakland

Segment 3: Drums
Well, we had some songs about roses to commemorate “Roses and Drums”. I suppose we ought to have some songs about drums.

Devil Drums – The Raymond Scott Quintette
Bass Drum Dan – Frank Trumbauer and His Orchestra
Jungle Drums – Sidney Bechet and His Orchestra

Segment 4: George Gershwin
September 26 marked the birth in Brooklyn NY in 1898 of Jacob Gershowitz. You know him better as George Gershwin. So here to begin a trio of songs by George Gershwin.

Clap Yo Hands – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra
That Certain Feeling – The Cabaet Novelty Orchestra
Evening Star – The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra / Scrappy Lambert

Segment 5: Vaughn DeLeath & George Gershwin
Vaughn DeLeath and George Gershwin share the same birthday, September 26. I already played a couple of Vaughn DeLeath renditions of Gershwin songs in the first segment of the show, but here are a couple more.

I’m in Love Again – Vaughn DeLeath / Cole Porter
I’m Ka-razy for you – Vaughn DeLeath
I Got Rhythm – Paul Ash and His Merry Mad Musical Gang

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