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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 have some colorful songs, and we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Ira Gershwin and Connee Boswell.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Chinese
December 2 in 1932, the mystery series “The Adventures of Charlie Chan” was first heard on the NBC Blue radio network. So here in commemoration of Chinese detective Charlie Chan, are some Chinese songs.

China Boy – McKenzie & Condon’s Chicagoans
Yodeling Chinaman – George Van Dusen
Since Tommy Atkins Taught the Chinese How to Charleston – Jay Whidden and His Orchestra
Chinatown, My Chinatown – Red Nichols and His Five Pennies

Segment 2: Full Technicolor
December 3 in 1922, the first successful Technicolor motion picture, “The Toll of the Sea”, was shown at the Rialto Theatre in New York City. So here to commemorate that first successful Technicolor picture, are some colorful songs.

Auburn Ave. Stomp – J. Neal Montgomery and His Orchestra
Blue, Turning Grey Over You – Nat Shilkret and His Victor Orchestra / Scrappy Lambert, v.
A Study in Brown – Casa Loma Orchestra
Red Pepper – Harry Roy and His Orchestra

Segment 3: Connee Boswell
December 3 marked the birth in 1907 in Kansas City of Connee Boswell. Although she was a victim of polio and worked from her wheelchair, she never let this get in the way of playing several musical instruments including the cello, singing and arranging vocals for her jazz singing trio The Boswell Sisters, with Martha and Helvetia, better known as Vet. Here to spotlight Connee Boswell is a set of songs featuring Connee minus the trio.

In the Middle of a Kiss
Humming to Myself
The Night When Love Was Born
Time on My Hands

Segment 4: Ira Gershwin
December 6 marked the birth in 1896 of Israel Gershovitz. You know him better as Ira Gershwin.

The Man I Love – Sam Lanin / Irving Kaufman
Strike Up the Band – Arden-Ohman AHO
Cheerful Little Earful – Fred Rich AHO / Smith Ballewm, v.

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