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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.

Without his trademark battered top hat and clarinet you might not recognize the person above as bandleader, instrumentalist and vocalist Ted Lewis. This photograph is from the late 1910s, probably aboard RMS Olympic. The “High-Hatted Tragedian of Song” will be getting a birthday segment with three of his records not heard on the show before. Howard Johnson will also have a birthday segment and other topics include Joe Raymond, “someday” and “dearie.” There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Dearie

The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues – Percival Mackey and His Band / Harry Glen, v.
Dearie If You Knew – Grosvenor Dance Orchestra (Jack Hylton AHO)
Ka-Lu-A Intro.: Blue Danube Blues – Broadway Dance Orchestra

Segment 2: Joe Raymond AHO

Hollywood – Joe Raymond AHO
My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn’t Say Where, When Or Why) – Joe Raymond AHO
I Wonder Who’s Dancing With You To-Night – Joe Raymond AHO

Segment 3: Someday

Someday Soon – Adolph Hofner and His Texans / Adolf Hofner, v.
Someday, Sweetheart – King Oliver’s Dixie Syncopators
Someday You’ll Say O.K! – Vincent Lopez and His Casa Lopez Orchestra / Irving Kaufman, v.

Segment 4: Howard Johnson

Who Said I Was A Bum? – Bud Billings
Down Alongside Of The Docks – Vaughn De Leath & Frank Harris
It’s Not Your Nationality (It’s Simply You) – Billy Murray

Segment 5: Ted Lewis

Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful – Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.
Sweet Little You – Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.
No – Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.