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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 bemoan April 15, take a midnight ride, and celebrate the birthday of Thornton Wilder.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Cigarettes & Smoking
April 17 in 1933, former hotel bellhop Johnny Roventini, pillbox hat and all, uttered the words, “Call for Philip Morris” for the first time on radio. The phrase “Call for Philip Morris” became one of the most famous in all of advertising. So here to commemorate Johnny Roventini, are some songs about cigarettes and smoking.

They Satisfy – King Cole and His Music Weavers
Cigarettes, Cigars – Ruth Etting

While a Cigarette Was Burning – Joe Loss and His Orchestra / Chick Henderson, v.
Smoke Rings – Richard Himber and His Essex House Orchestra /Joey Nash

Segment 2: Midnight
April 18 in 1775 at about 10 P.M., three men took to their horses to ride from Boston to Concord, MA to warn the citizens of the approaching British army. So here, in honor of their midnight ride, are some songs about midnight.

Business After Midnight – Original Yellow Jackets
Harlem After Midnight – Mills Blue Ribbon Band

Midnight Ramblers Stomp – Orig. Midnight Ramblers Ork
Midnight Stomp – Jeannette James and Her Synco Jazzers

Segment 3: Broke
April 15 was tax day. I hope you got a great big refund. But here are some songs for those who had to shell out even more than was withheld,

Broke Again – Princeton Triangle Jazz Band
Cash Money Blues – Kaiser Clifton

Poor Kid – Ben Selvin AHO
Money Blues – Fletcher Henderson AHO

Segment 4: Towns
April 17 marked the birth in 1897 in Madison, Wisconsin of novelist and playwright Thornton Wilder. He won 3 Pulitzer Prizes including for his play “Our Town”. So here to commemorate Thornton Wilder, are some songs about towns, starting off, of course, with one about OUR town, Avalon.

Avalon – Charles Harrison
Mishawaka Blues – Cotton Pickers
Baltimore – Jack Crawford AHO
hreveport Stomp – the Morton Trio

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