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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.

Do you know who this lady is? She’s Canadian pianist Vera Guilaroff, known as “Canada’s Melody Girl” and the “Princess of the Radio.” In addition to a medley of film hits recorded in London in 1937, you’ll hear one of her early Canadian records. We’ll also have a birthday salute for composer James Cavanaugh. Bandleader Sammy Stewart gets his own segment this week, but not necessarily a birthday salute, since we don’t know his actual date of birth. In other segments, we’ll belly up to the bar and call ’em as we see ’em. 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. Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Belly Up To The Bar

The Barroom Message – Jimmie Davis
De Face On De Barrum Floor – Henry Burbig
Bill The Bar Fly – Tex Ritter

Segment 2: Sammy Stewart

Copenhagen – Sammy Stewart AHO
My Man Rocks Me – Sammy Stewart and His Ten Knights of Syncopation
Wob-a-ly Walk – Sammy Stewart AHO

Segment 3: Vera Guilaroff

A Cup Of Coffee, A Sandwich And You – Vera Guilaroff / Herbert S. Berliner, v.
Film Hits Medley – Vera Guilaroff

Segment 4: James Cavanaugh

That Co-ed Party – Bernie Cummins and His New Yorkers / Band, v.
Mister Magician – Sam Robbins and His Hotel McAlpin Orchestra / Sam Robbins, v.
Eagle Eye Finkle – Eddie DeLange Orchestra / Elisse Cooper, v.

Segment 5: That’s What I Call…

That’s What I Call Heaven – Leo Reisman AHO / Ran Weeks, v.
That’s What I Call Sweet Music – Jim Kelleher’s Piccadilly Band / Unidentified, v.
That’s What I Call Keen – Emerson Gill and His Bamboo Garden Orchestra / Pinky Hunter, v.