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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’ve got some songs about hair, Mississippi, we’ll be celebrating Connee Boswell’s birthday and more.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Hair
On November 29 in 1825, Rossini’s “Barber of Seville” was presented in New York City. So, to celebrate, I am going to play a set of songs about…hair

Red Hair & Freckles – The Charleston Chasers
Curly Head – Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra
From the Top of Your Head – Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans / Brian Lawrence, v.
Gee I Got a GI Haircut – Spike Jones and the City Slickers

Segment 2: Mississippi
November 30 marked the birth in 1835 of Samuel Clemens. You know him better by his pen name, Mark Twain, author of The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Roughing It and Life on the Mississippi.

Roll on, Mississippi – Roy Carroll and His Sand Point Orchestra
Mississippi Mud – Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra / Bing Crosby
Mississippi, Here I Am – Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra
Mississippi Stomp – Slim Lamar and His Southerners

Segment 3: Connee Boswell
December 3 marked the birth in 1907 in New Orleans of Connee Boswell, known for singing and arranging vocals for her jazz singing trio The Boswell Sisters, with Martha and Helvetia. Here to spotlight Connee Boswell is a trio of songs featuring Connee minus the trio.

Underneath the Arches – Connee Boswell
Humming to Myself – Connee Boswell
Looking for the Silver Lining – Victor Young and His Orchestra / Connee Boswell
That’s How Rhythm was Born – The Boswell Sisters

Segment 4: 42nd Street
November 29 marked the birth in 1895 of William Enos. You probably know him better as Busby Berkeley, one of the greatest choreographers in US movie musical history. Here are two songs from 42nd Street. Not from the soundtrack, but from Roy Smeck, Harlan Lattimore and Charlie Palloy.

Shuffle off to Buffalo – Roy Smeck , Harlan Lattimore
Young and Healthy – Charlie Palloy

Segment 5: Lady Be Good
On December 1 in 1924, “Lady Be Good”, opened in New York City. George Gershwin wrote the music and it starred Fred and Adele Astaire.

Lady Be Good – Frankie Reynolds AHO / Barbara Lane, v.

Segment 6: Bus
November 27 marked the birth in 1870 of Joseph Mack. He and his brothers John, Augustus, and William opened their first truck manufacturing plant in 1900, So here in tribute to the Mack brothers, we’re going on a bus.

Us on a Bus – Fats Waller

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