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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’re gonna roll ‘em, celebrate the birthday of Bing, introduce a new segment to the show, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Polly
Last week I had the great pleasure of attending the theater organ concert at The Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar. The artist was Martin Ellis, and one of the songs he played at the concert at San Sylmar was his own arrangement for theater organ of a “finger buster” titled “Polly”. Given the parameters of the show, I can’t play Martin’s recording of “Polly”, but I do have a few other Polly’s to play.

Polly – Percival Mackey
When Polly Walks Through The Hollyhocks – Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra / Scrappy Lambert & Billy Hillpot, v.
Polly-Olly-O – Green Brothers Novelty Band

Segment 2: Bing Crosby
May 3 marked the birth in Tacoma, Washington in 1903 of Harry Lillis Crosby, better known as “Bing”,

Ho-Hum – Gus Arnheim AHO / Bing Crosby & Loyce Whiteman, v.
Love In Bloom – Irving Aarson ah Commanders
Livin’ In The Sunlight, Lovin’ In The Moonlight – Paul Whiteman AHO / Bing Crosby

Segment 3: Rolling
At Ian Whitcomb’s Monday evening salon one of the group brought a number of pieces of vintage sheet music to show, one of which was a song called “Roll ‘em, Girls”. Those unfamiliar with the song, guessed that it had to do with rolling cigarettes, until they read the lyrics – and now you get to find out what it’s about (and a few other Rolling songs)


Roll ‘em Girls – Billy Murray / Jack Shilkret AHO
Roll Out Of Bed With A Smile – Eddie Stone, v.
Roll Down The Line – Allen Brothers
I Just Roll Along – Ben Bernie

Segment 4: For No Particular Reason
This evening, for no particular reason, is a set of rapidly rotating records about stairs.

Climbing The Stairs – Jack Denny Orch / Scrappy Lambert, v.
Sitting On The Stairs (Counting The Stars) – Charles W. Hamp
Upstairs – Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History
It’s here where we play rapidly rotating records celebrating birthdays, having been recorded this past week in years past.

Dustin’ The Donkey – The Golden Gate Orchestra (May 4, 1925)
Get Out And Get Under The Moon – Billy Hays AHO (Sam Lanin) (May 4, 1928)
Old Fashioned Love In My Heart – Joe Haymes AHO (May 4, 1932)
I Love That Dawning – Harry Hunt’s Imperial Orchestra of Alabama USA / Bob Canfield, v. (May 1927)

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