Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 25 April 2004

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, there’ll be a whole lotta shakin’ goin’on, you can take it or leave it, we’ll have some rhymes, and celebrate the birthdays of Kay Swift and Alex Hill. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Take it Or Leave itLast week on April 21 in 1940, the program, “Take It or Leave It”, was first heard on CBS radio. The show offered contestants a top prize of a whopping $64. and there were no lovely parting gifts or consolation prizes. Losing contestants just left. The show was later known as The $64 Question. So here to commemorate ATake It Or Leave It No One Can Take Your Place – Frankie Trumbauer AHO / Smith Ballew Take Your Tomorrow – Edwin J. Mcenelly AHO / Miller & Farrell Don’t You Leave Me Here – Charlie Johnson’s Original Paradise Ten Segment 2: ShakingThis past week on April 18 in 1906 at 5:13 am, the great San Francisco Earthquake occurred. Honey Don’t You Shake Me Down – New Orleans Jazz Band Memphis Shake – Dixieland Jug Blowers Shake It and Break It – Lanin’s Southern Serenaders / Sam Lanin Segment 3: RhymesNew listener Cleon in Upland, California reminded me the other day that April is National Poetry month. Now of course not all poems rhyme, but here in honor of National Poetry month are some rapidly rotating records about rhymes. A Rhyme of Love – Fats Waller and His Rhythm Rhymes – Fred Waing and His Pennsylvanians / Johnny “Scat” Davis, Poley McClintock and Orch. How Many Rhymes Can You Get – Jack Harris AHO / Elsie Carlisle and Sam Brown / Jack Harris AHO Trees – Eddie Harkness AHO / Harold Dana Segment 4: Katherine Faulkner SwiftApril 19 marked the birth in 1897 in New York City of composer Katherine Faulkner Swift. Can This Be Love? – Victor Arden & Phil Ohman, Duo-Pianists/ Frank Luther Fine and Dandy – The Travelers (Jimmy Dorsey, Dir.) / Scrappy Lambert Segment 5: Alex Hill April 19 marked the birth in 1906 in Little Rock, Arkansas of composer, arranger, pianist and bandleader Alex Hill. Shake That Jelly Roll – Junie C. Cobb and His Grains of Corn Stompin’ ‘em Down – Alex Hill / Johnny Wells, d. Chicago Rhythm – Jimmy Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra 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. THANK YOU!We are proud and happy that Rapidly Rotating Records is also part of Global Community Radio, supplying campus and community radio stations worldwide with hosted music and spoken word programming from sources including public broadcasters, other community radio stations, and independent producers from around the globe.The Rapidly Rotating Records telephone request line is now OPEN! In addition to sending cards or letters, sending email, or posting to the the show’s website or Facebook page, you can now call in to request a particular artist, song or topic segment, leave feedback about the show, or ask questions or comment about the music. Of course, I’d be happy if you just call in to say “Hi!” and let me know you’re out there listening. The easy-to-remember number is 234-PLAY 78s or 234-752-9787.If you’re a member of Facebook, but haven’t “liked” the show, won’t you please consider doing so? Just go to http://www.facebook.com/rapidlyrotatingrecordsAnd finally, please consider becoming a member of KISL. A basic membership is just $20 and a premium membership is $50. While most of you are not on Catalina Island and can’t take advantage of the merchant discounts and offers that go with membership, you’ll be supporting community radio on Catalina Island and beyond. I am not paid for the show, nor is it underwritten. I do the show because I love the music and the people, stories and culture behind it. Visit http://www.kislavalon.com/membership. Thanks! The post Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 25 April 2004 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.