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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’re gonna visit the graybar hotel, save face, and celebrate the birthdays of Lou Gold, Howard Phillips and Charles N. Daniels.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Charles N Daniels
April 12 marked the birth in 1878 in Leavenworth, Kansas of composer, lyricist and music publisher, Charles N. Daniels.

Chloe (Song Of The Swamp) – Sam Lanin AHO / Irving Kaufman, v.
She’s Funny That Way – Ted Lewis
You Tell Me Your Dreams – B. A. Rolfe and His Lucky Strike Orchestra / Theo Alban, v.
Rose Of Monterey – Herman Kenin’s Multnomah Hotel Orch / Van Fleming, v.

Segment 2: Prison

Sing Sing Prison Blues – Bessie Smith
Within The Prison Of My Dreams – Jesse Crawford, Organ, with Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra
Don’t Send My Boy To Prison – Jimmy Green AHO / Unidentified Male Vocal

Segment 3: Faces

Funny Face – Arden-Ohman / Johnny Marvin, v.
Two Faced Women – Hal Kemp AHO / Skinnay Ennis
Faces At The Window – Bert Firman and The Rhythmic Eight
Baby Face – Ben Selvin AHO / Ben Selvin, v.

Segment 4: Howard Phillips
April 12 marked the birth in 1909 of vocalist Howard Phillips.

We Belong Together – Leo Reisman AHO / Howard Phillips, v.
My Dancing Lady – Joe Venuti AHO / Howard Phillips, v.
An Old Flame Never Dies – Dick McDonough AHO / Howard Phillips, v.

Segment 5: Lou Gold
April 15 marked the birth in 1890 in Russia of Louis Milton Goldwasser, better known as Lou Gold.

Sad ‘n’ Blue – Virginia Creepers (Lou Gold) / Scrappy Lambert, v.
Humming To Myself – Lou Gold AHO
Here I Am Broken Hearted – Virginia Creepers (Lou Gold) / Jimmy Kern, v.

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