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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.

Summary of this week’s show.

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Segment 1: Shadows
On December 26, 1954, one of radio’s most popular programs, “The Shadow”, was heard for the last time on the Mutual Radio network, where vigilante crime-fighter Lamont Cranston had battled greed and corruption. So here to commemorate “The Shadow”, are some songs about…that’s right, you guessed it…shadows

Blue Shadows – Jan Garber AHO
Chasing Shadows – Quintet of the Hot Club of France / Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli
Me and My Shadow – Scrappy Lambert
Shadow Waltz – Dick Powell

Segment 2: Hear Hear
On December 29 in 1952, the first transistorized hearing aid was offered for sale by Sonotone Corporation. So “here” is a set of songs to commemorate the transistorized hearing aid.

Do I Hear You Saying I Love You – Paul Whiteman AHO
I Heard – Savoy Hotel Orpheans – Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans / Al Bowlly, v.
Listen to that Rhythm – Bertini and the Tower Blackpool Dance Orchestra / Maurice Elwin, v.

Segment 3: St Louis Blues
On December 26 in 1939 – the legendary blues composer W.C. Handy, recorded the classic “St. Louis Blues”.

St. Louis Blues – W. C. Handy

Segment 4: Life
Following 36 years of publication, the last weekly issue of “LIFE” magazine hit the newsstands last week on December 29, 1972. So here to commemorate Life Magazine are some songs about Life, in general.

What a Life (Trying to Live Without You) – Coon-Sanders Orchestra / Joe Sanders, v.
The Little Things in Life – Fred Rich AHO / Smith Ballew, v.
The Best Things in Life are Free – Jack Hylton AHO / Jack Hylton, v.
Laughing at Life – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

Segment 5: New Years Eve
The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays. It will be 2001 in just a few hours, so we’re going to wrap up this last segment of this last show of the year 2000 with some songs for New Years Eve.

Happy New Year – Spike Jones
New Years Eve in a Haunted House – Raymond Scott and the Quintette

Segment 5: Auld Lang Syne
The song, “Auld Lang Syne,” is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.
Wishing you a safe, healthy and exceedingly prosperous New Year, I thank you for your very kind attention

Auld Lang Syne – Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians

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