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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 evenings show we’ll be looking back at this past week in history, we’ve got songs about dogs, mail, kisses, and more.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Harry Reser
Last week I promised to play a banjo solo by Harry Reser, so here you are:

Lollypops – Harry Reser

Segment 2: Mail
On September 11 in 1883, James Cutler was issued a patent for…the mail chute. So, here’s a trio of songs about….OK, you’re way ahead of me again…mail.

You’ve Been Reading My Mail – Fats Waller
Postage Stomp – Maynard Baird
One Sweet Letter from You – Miff Mole’s Molers

Segment 3: Dogs
Last week on September 12 in 1954, “Lassie” was seen on CBS-TV for the first time. Despite the name, “Lassie” was, in reality, a male dog. As a matter of fact there were more than a half-dozen Lassie dogs doing stunts for the show. So, in commemoration of “Lassie” are some songs about…..dogs.

Mean Dog Blues – Dunk Rendleman and The Alabamians
Walkin’ the Dog – Carmichael’s Collegians
Bow Wow Blues – Original Dixieland Jazz Band
On the Puppy’s Tail – The Get Happy Band

Segment 4: Maurice Chevalier
September 12 marked the birth in 1888 of Maurice Chevalier. Maurice Chevalier’s first working job was as an acrobat, until a severe accident in 1908 turned him toward singing and making short films in France.

Mama Inez – Maurice Chevalier
Sweeping the Clouds Away – Maurice Chevalier

Segment 5: Wine
Yesterday was the fifth annual Catalina Island Wine Festival, coinciding with the week-end’s Catalina Art Festival. The wine festival is a fund raiser presented by the Catalina Island Women’s Forum.

Say When – Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra
Feelin’ No Pain – Red Nichols and the Charleston Chasers

Segment 6: Kisses
September 13 marked the birth in 1857 of Milton S. Hershey. By the time he was in his mid-30s he had developed the ‘‘Great American Chocolate Bar” which became the foundation of his company and of Hershey, Pennsylvania. In 1907, Hershey’s kisses were introduced. So here to commemorate Milton Hershey and his kisses are some songs about….kisses!

Whistling for a Kiss – Leo Reisman
Gimme a Little Kiss Will Ya Huh – Jack Smith
Dream Kisses – Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
One Little Kiss – Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards / The Eton Boys

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