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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’ll celebrate the birthdays of Nacio Harb Brown, Frank Munn and Rubey Cowan, and snack on some musical peanuts and onions.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Rubey Cowan
February 27 marked the birth in 1891 in Brooklyn, New York of composer and pianist Rubey Cowan.

Lonely And Blue – Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra
Mine, All Mine – Ben Bernie ah Hotel Roosevelt Orch / Scrappy Lambert & Billy Hillpot
Living A Life Of Dreams – The Rhythmic Eight
I Had A Sweet Mama – Tennessee Tooters

Segment 2: Nacio Herb Brown
February 22 marked the birth in 1896 in Deming, New Mexico of composer Nacio Herb Brown.

Oh Vera! – The Ambassadors / Irving Kaufman, v.
The Rag Doll – The Varsity Four
Alone – Eddie Paul and The Paramount Orchestra

Segment 3: Peanunts
Listener Ted was home listening to a 78 of “Why Do Peanuts Whistle” and wrote to ask if there were enough vintage songs about peanuts. Well. There’s some inspiration!

Hot roasted Peanuts – Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra / Vocal Duet, v.
Get ‘em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) – Lil Johnson
Hot Peanuts – Vance Dixon and His Pencils / Vance Dixon, v.

Segment 4: Frank Munn
February 27 marked the birth in 1894 in the Bronx, New York of “The Golden Voice Of Radio”, Frank Munn.

Don’t Be Sorry For Me – Frank Munn
Too Wonderful For Words – All Star Orchestra / Frank Munn, v.
My Angeline – Frank Munn
Meadowlark – Isham Jones AHO / Frank Munn, v.

Segment 5: Onions
Listener James sent an email a couple of weeks ago asking me to play “In Sweet Onion Time (I’ll Breath My Love To You)” by The Duncan Sisters? I’m afraid I don’t have that – I wish I did, because it’s an intriguing title – but I do have some other songs about onions.

Red Onion Drag – Louis Dumaine’s Jazzola Eight
Onion Eating Mama – Clifford Carlisle as Bob Clifford
She Knows Her Onions – Jay C. Flippen and His Gang / Jay C. Flippen, v.

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