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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.

Around this time of the year, a number of composers, songwriters and bandleaders sometimes don’t get featured so that we can present vintage Christmas music on our special Christmas show. This evening, we’ll try to make up for some of that by celebrating the birthdays of Ted FioRito, Fletcher Henderson, Nat Shilkret and Vincent Lopez.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Fletcher Henderson
December 18 marked the birth in 1898 in Cuthbert, Georgia, of Fletcher Henderson.

I Want To See A Little More Of What I Saw In Arkansas – Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
Sugar Foot Stomp – Connie’s Inn Orch
Hi-Diddle Diddle – Dixie Stompers

Segment 2: Ted FioRito
December 20 marked the birth in 1900 in Newark, New Jersey, of Ted FioRito.

Copenhagen – Russo & FioRito’s Oriole Orch
Roll Along, Prairie Moon – Ted FioRito AHO
I Don’t Believe It But Say It Again – Russo & FioRito’s Oriole Orch

Segment 3: Nat Shilkret
Christmas Day marked the birth in 1889 in Queens, New York of Nathaniel Shilkret.

That Wonderful Something – Mark Kel’s Happy Go Lucky Boys
The Lonesome Road – Gene Austin
There Is A Happy Land – Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra
But There’s Everything Nice About You – Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra

Segment 4: Vincent Lopez
December 30, marked the birth in 1898 in Brooklyn, New York of bandleader, pianist and composer Vincent Lopez.

Without You – Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra.
Nola – Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra
What Do You Do Sunday, Mary? – Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra
Dear One – Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra

Segment 5: Happy New Year
This, of course, is the last Rapidly Rotating Records show of 2006. I want to thank you all for listening, and for your requests and expressions of thanks and support through your e-mail. With best wishes for a safe, healthy, happy and extraordinarily prosperous New Year, I thank you for your very kind attention and I’ll see you next year.

Auld Lang Syne – Frank C. Stanley

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