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.

We have just one birthday salute on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, that of Joe Garland, composer of “In The Mood.”  You’ll hear the premiere recording of the tune in the first segment of the show, along with a couple of other Garland tunes.  In other segments, we’ll go down the river, play “One Thing In Common” and in the last two segments of the show, lay it all on the line.   There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and be magically transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. 

ENJOY THE SHOW!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Joe Garland

Harlem After Midnight – Mills Blue Rhythm Band
Congo Caravan – Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Lucky Millinder, Dir.
In The Mood – Edgar Hayes Orchestra  

Segment 2: Down The River

Comin’ Down The River – Grace and Curly Gray
Down The River Of Golden Dreams – Ray Seeley AHO / Unidentified, v.
Drifting Down The River Of Dreams – Everett Hoagland AHO / Homer Rhodes, v.

Segment 3: One Thing In Common

I’ve Got An Invitation To A Dance – Al Mitchell AHO / Dick Robertson, v.
Congratulations – The Manhattan Melody Makers (Harry Bidgood) / John Thorne, v.
Sam The Vegetable Man – Stuff Smith AHO / Stuff Smith, v.

Segment 4: On The Line

Dead Cat On The Line – Rev. J. M. Gates & Congregation
Pig Meat On The Line – Memphis Minnie
Roll Down The Line – Austin & Lee Allen

Segment 5: More On The Line

Dead Cats On The Line – Tampa Red & Georgia Tom Dorsey
A Little Nightie Hanging On The Line – Bert Firman / Tommy Handley, v.
On The Dummy Line – The Pickard Family