Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 18 September 2011

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. This weeks edition of Rapidly Rotating Records was recorded LIVE! We’re here in the massive KISL studio complex in the greenhouse in Avalon City Park, and helping to prove to me that there is actually someone out there listening people called in to the studio. On this evening’s show, we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Alfred Bryan, J. C. Johnson, Chick Bullock, Earl Carroll and several others. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Alfred Bryan Lyricist Alfred Bryan was born Brantford, Ontario, Canada on 15 September in 1871. Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away – Mike Markel’s Orchestra / Russell Douglas, v. Some Other Bird Whistled A Tune – Emerson Dance Orchestra Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue? – B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra / Joseph M. White, v. She Wore A Jacket Of Blue – Debory Somers and His Band / Gerry Fitzgerald, v. Segment 2: Jay C. JohnsonSeptember 14 marked the birth in 1896 in Chicago, Illinois of pianist and composer Jay C.Johnson. Crying For You (Baby Mine) – J. C. Johnson and His Five Hot Sparks Lone Western Blues – Wabash Trio Dusky Stevedore – Frankie Trumbauer AHO / Frankie Trumbauer & Trio, v. Rhythm & Romance – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v. Segment 3: Charles “Chick” BullockBorn 14 September 1894 in Butte, Montana, Charles “Chick” Bullock didn’t become a doctor as his parents hoped, instead he sang his heart out until 15 September 1981. How’s Your Uncle? – The Troubadours / Chick Bullock, v. The Cute Little Things You Do – The High Hatters / Chick Bullock, v. Smiles – Chick Bullock Moon Over Miami – Art Karle and His Boys / Chick Bullock, v. Segment 4: Earl Carroll September 16 marked the birth in 1893 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of theatrical producer, director, songwriter and composer, Earl Carroll. Pretty Peggy – The Columbians It’s Always Orange Day in California – Peerless Quartet Rhythm Of The Day – Ross Gorman and His Earl Carroll Orchestra Blue Shadows – The Revelers Segment 5: Ben Ryan Composer Bennett A. “Ben” Ryan was born March 30, 1892 in Kansas City, Missouri. Love Tales – Carl Ravazza AHO / Carl Ravazza, v. I’ve Got A Sweet Somebody To Love Me – The Travelers (Jimmy Dorsey, Dir.) Scrappy Lambert, v. Melancholy – Vic Meyers’ Music / Unknown, v. Inka Dinka Doo – Jimmy Durante Segment 6: Happy Birthday French actor, singer and vaudeville entertainer Maurice Chevalier was born in Paris on 12 September 1888. Singer Mae Questel was born 13 September 1908 in New York City. Shep Fields was born in Brooklyn, New York on 12 September 1910. Band leader William McKinney was born 17 September 1895 in Paducah, Kentucky. Walkin’ My Baby Back Home – Maurice Chevalier with Leonard Joy AHO On The Good Ship Lollipop – Mae Questel Sittin In The Sand A Sunnin’ – Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra / Charles Chester, v. Hulabaloo – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers Segment 7: Requests Sweetheart Of All My Dreams – Irving Aaronson / Charlie Trotta, v. Whispering – Whispering Jack Smith I’m The Medicine Man For The Blues – Johnny Marvin My One And Only – Jane Green THANKS FOR LISTENING!  If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.RRR is also available as a podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play Music. Simply enter Rapidly Rotating Records in the search box in any of those apps and a link to the show will appear. If you listen to the podcast, please subscribe and leave a rating and comment. 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