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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’re going to celebrate several birthdays, including that of a cartoon character. Are you ready? Set? Let’s go.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Abe Lyman
August 4 marked the birth in 1897 in Chicago, Illinois of of Abraham Simon Lyman.

Varsity Drag – Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra
Havin’ Lots of Fun – Abe Lyman
A Jazz Holiday – Abe Lyman

Segment 2: Harry Richman
August 11 marked the birth in 1895 in Cincinnati, Ohio of Harry Reichman. You know him better as Harry Richman.

Lucky Day – Harry Richman
Your Broadway and My Broadway – Harry Richman
Ain’t She Sweet – Harry Richman

Segment 3: Annie
August 5 in 1924, the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” debuted in the New York “Daily News”. In the original concept, the main character was a boy named Otto, it’s a good thing Gray changed the name of the strip from Little Orphan Otto to Little Orphan Annie, because I don’t think I have any songs about Ottos, but I have some about Annies.

Little Orphan Annie – Coon-Sanders Orchestra
Annie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – Billy Cotton
Ragtime Annie – Ervin Solomon and Joe Hughes

Segment 4: Benny Carter
Last week marked the birth on August 8 in 1907 in New York of jazz musician Benny Carter.

Royal Garden Blues – Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet
Devil’s Holiday – Benny Carter AHO
Nightfall – Benny Carter AHO

Segment 5: Ready, Set, Go!
Last week on August 9 in 1963, the rock music TV program “Ready, Set, Go!” premiered on the BBC in London, England. So, are you ready? Set? GO!

Have it Ready – Fletcher Henderson AHO
Between Sets – Billy Kyle
I Go for That – Dorothy Lamour

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