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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 play some red hot songs, we’ll do some swinging, do some steppin’ out, fulfill a request and celebrate the birthdays of Nacio Herb Brown and William Kernell. We also translate a little Portuguese.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Red Hot
Longtime listeners Tom and Rita in England requested a vocal or instrumental version of “Red Hot Mama”. Well, we aim to please on this show, so in this “red hot” segment, they’re gonna get both, beginning with Ben Selvin’s Dance Orchestra.

Red Hot Mama – Ben Selvin’s Dance Orchestra
I’m Red Hot From Harlem – Adelaide Hall
Red Hot Hottentot – J. C. Johnson and His Five Sparks
Red Hot Mama – Georgia Melodians / Vernon Dalhart, v.

Segment 2: Swingin’ 

Swingin’ ‘Em Down – Freddy Jenkins Harlem Seven
Swingin’ Down The Lane – Isham Jones AHO / Frank Sylvano, v.
Swinging In A Hammock – Jock McDermott and His New Carlton Players / Fred Douglas, v.

Segment 3: Steppin’ Along”

Steppin’ Ol’ Fool – Fowler’s Washboard Wonders
Steppin’ Around – Jan Garber AHO / Jan Garber, v.
Steppin’ In Society – Selvin

Segment 4: Nacio Herb Brown

February 22 marked the birth in 1896 of composer Nacio Herb Brown. He died in San Francisco on September 28, 1964 and was inducted in to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He wrote some of the greatest standards of his era,including, “Singin’ In The Rain”, “Broadway Melody”, “You Are My Lucky Star”, “You Were Meant For Me” and “The Doll Dance”, as well as these:

Should I – Arden-Ohman Orchestra
Our Big Love Scene – Dick Himber and His Essex House Orchestra / Joey Nash, v.
Broadway Melody – Ben Selvin AHO / Jack Parker, v.

Segment 5: William Kernell

Sally Of My Dreams – Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
Pair Of Blue Eyes – Ed Loyd AHO / Smith Ballew, v.

Segment 6: Bessie Tucker

I received a very nice email written in Portuguese from new listener Caio in Brazil. I don’t know a word of Portuguese, but fortunately there’s Google translate, so I was able to find out that Caio is a fan of Bessie Tucker. Bessie Tucker was from East Texas, and as a blues singer and writer of songs about prison and railroads, I wouldn’t say that she swings, but here for listener Caio is one of the 24 recordings, including alternate takes, that she made in two sessions for Victor the first in Memphis, Tennessee in 1928 and the second in Dallas, Texas in 1929.

Better Boot That Thing – Bessie Tucker

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