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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 say hello, goodbye, ring some bells and take time to smell the roses.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Hello
We’re going to start off this edition of the show with some “hello” songs. Why? Well, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and had suggested using the greeting of “Ahoy” when answering the telephone. Obviously, that didn’t take. But last week On August 15, in 1877 – Thomas Edison stated that the word, “hello” would be a more appropriate greeting than““ahoy,” and so it is that we pick up the phone and say: Helloooooo.”

Hello, Sunshine – Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orch
Hello, Montreal – Ted Lewis AHO
Hello, Baby – Bert Lown
Hello, Swanee, Hello – Al Lentz’s Orchestra

Segment 2: Goodbye
Well, you might have known, if we had a set of “hello” songs, we’d have a set of “goodbye” songs!

Smile When You Say Goodbye – Gracie Fields
Bye Bye Blues – Bert Lown’s Biltmore Hotel Orchestra / the Biltmore Rhythm Boys, v.
Mama’s Gone, Goodbye – Thelma Terry and Her Boyfriends
Goodbye Blues – Mills Brothers

Segment 3: Lights Out
This past week, August 16 in 1939, marked the last time that radio’s ultimate horror show, “Lights Out”, was heard on NBC radio. Here, in commemoration of “Lights Out”, are some “low light”, but definitely non-scary songs.

Don’t Wait Until the Lights Are Low – Al Friedman AHO
When Lights are Low – Teddy Joyce AHO
Let’s Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep – Bing Crosby

Segment 4: Cowbells
One Hundred Forty-four years ago yesterday, Gail Borden of Brooklyn, NY, patented his process for condensed milk. So here, to commemorate Gail Borden, and Elsie, the Borden cow, you can hear Cowbells.

Cowbells – Zez Confrey AHO

Segment 5: Roses
Now, the really hard core gardeners among you out there probably know that last week, on 8/18 in 1931 US Patent Office awarded its first plant patent to Henry F. Bosenberg of New Brunswick, New Jersey, for inventing a climbing rose that blooms successively throughout the year. So here, in honor of Henry Bosenberg, is a trio of of “rose” songs.

Yankee Rose – Roger Wolfe Kahn
So Red the Rose – Jack Hylton AHO
Broadway Rose – The Original Dixieland Jazz Band

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