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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 spotlight “The Poet of the Organ”, we’ll have a set of digital songs, sell some stuff and celebrate a birthday.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Selling
May 19 in 1912, the Associated Advertising Clubs of America held its first convention in Dallas, Texas, so to commemorate the National Federation of Advertising Clubs of America and the Better Business Bureau, here are some songs about selling.

Selling That Stuff – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
Sell This Jelly – Noah Lewis’ Jug Band / Miss Van Hunt, v.

Continuing this commerce set of songs on Rapidly Rotating Records

Love for Sale – Roy Fox and His Band
That’s No Bargain – Red Nichols and His Five Pennies

Segment 2: Fingers
At the beginning of the show I mentioned a set of digital songs. Not digits meaning ones and zeroes, but digits meaning fingers. Last week, May 19 in 1911, in New York, Caesar Cella was the first person to be convicted of a crime using fingerprint identification. So to commemorate Mr. Cella’s conviction, here are some songs about fingers.

Don’t Cross Your Fingers – Blue Barron AHO
Cross Your Fingers – The Crooners

Still crossing, and also snapping…
I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed – Alice Faye
Snap Your Fingers – Ambrose AHO / Sam Browne, v.

Segment 3: Jesse Crawford
Normally we commemorate artists around their birthdays, but in response to a request from, and with the help of listener Ian down under in Brisbane, Australia, we’re going to spotlight “The Poet of the Organ”. May 27th marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Jesse Crawford.

Tiptoe through the Tulips
So Beats My Heart for You

Here are two more from Jesse Crawford.

I Love to Hear You Singing
What are You Waiting For, Mary

Segment 4: Lonesome
May 20 marked the birth in 1919 of Emmy award winning actor and comedian George Gobel. His favorite saying was “Well I’ll be a dirty bird” and his nickname was “Lonesome George”. So here in honor of “Lonesome George”, are some lonesome songs

Lonely Me – Bernie Cummins and His Orchestra
I’ve Grown so Lonesome Thinking of You – Paul Specht and his Orchestra / Johnny Morris, v.
Lonesome Blues – Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five in Chicago
Lonesome in the Moonlight – Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra

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