Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – April 3, 2022

Happy Halloween

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.

Do you know who this lovely lady is? She’s Scottish vocalist Mary Lee who passed away March 13 at age 100.  She sang with the bands of Roy Fox, Ambrose, Jack Payne, Jack Jackson and Harry Roy. She was born August 13, 1921 and will be getting a birthday segment on the August 14 show, which will include a complete biography, but you’ll hear three of her records in the fourth segment of this week’s show. In other segments, we’ll celebrate  Eddie Ward’s birthday, we’ll hear some songs about red hair and freckles, we’ll continue last week’s vocabulary lesson and take musical trip to the Congo.  There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and be magically transported back to an earlier–and we think better–musical era. 

ENJOY THE SHOW!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Eddie Ward

Ah! Ah! Archie – Arcadia Peacock Orchestra of St. Louis
Ain’t That Too Bad – Harry Halstead AHO
That Means Nothing To Me – Irene Bordoni

Segment 2: Red Hair And Freckles

Red Hair And Freckles – The Edisongsters
Freckles – Billy Murray
That Red-Head Gal – The Collegians

Segment 3: Verecund 

Bashful Bachelor – Dave McCarn
So Shy – Billy Cotton and His Band / Teddy Foster, v.
Bashful Baby – Abe Lyman’s California Ambassador Hotel Orchestra / Phil Neely, v.

Segment 4: Mary Lee

I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck – Roy Fox AHO / Mary Lee, v.
Shoe Shine Boy – Roy Fox AHO / Mary Lee, v.

You Do The Darndest Things, Baby – Roy Fox AHO / Mary Lee, c.

Segment 5: Congo

In The Congo – Harry Hudson and His Melody Men / Henry Hudson & Chorus, v.
Congo Stomp – Frank Bunch and His Fuzzy Wuzzies
Congo Caravan – Mills Blue Rhythm Band

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

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2 Comments

  1. Scott Breitbart

    As always, a great show. Question: Mary Lee was only 16 when she recorded “I’ve got beginners luck”? Wow!

    Reply
    • Glenn Robison

      Hi, Scott. Thanks for posting and for your kind words. Yes, hard to believe, but true. Mary Lee will be getting her own birthday segment on the 15 AUG 2022 show with a full biography.

      Reply

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