Episode Details

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 celebrate the birthdays of Ted Lewis, Percival Mackey and Bert Lown, hear from the Rev. J. M. Gates and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Ted Lewis
June 6 marked the birth in 1891 in Circleville, Ohio of bandleader, clarinetist and vocalist Theodore Leopold Freidman, better known as Ted Lewis.

A Jazz Holiday – Ted Lewis
My Little Dream Boat – Ted Lewis
Maybe – Who Knows? – Ted Lewis

Segment 2: There’s A Dead Cat On The Line
According to Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang, “there’s a dead cat on the line” is a phrase used when something seems suspicious or not quite right.

Dead Cat On The Line – Rev. J. M. Gates
There’s A Dead Cat On The Line – Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
Dead Cat On The Line, Part 2 – Rev. J. M. Gates

Segment 3: Bert Lown
June 6 marked the birth in 1903 in White Plains, New York, of bandleader and composer Bert Lown.

Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone – Bert Lown and His Biltmore Hotel Orch. / Elmer Feldkamp, v.
Heartaches / Bert Lown and His Biltmore Hotel Orch / The Biltmore Trio, v.
Jazz Me Blues – Bert Lown and His Loungers

Segment 4: Percival Mackey
June 1, marked the birth in 1894 in West London of Thomas Percival Montague Mackey.

I’ve Never Seen A Straight Banana – Percival Mackey and His Band
I’d Rather Charleston With You – Percival Mackey and His Band
This Is The Day Of Days – Percival Mackey and His Kit-Cat Band / Phyllis Robins, v.

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History
This is the regular segment where we play rapidly rotating records celebrating birthdays, having been recorded this past week in years past.

You’re Wonderful – Nat Shilkret AHO / Franklyn Baur, v. (June 8, 1928)
Ev’ry Little Bit Of Me (Loves Ev’ry Little Bit Of You) – Joe Haymes AHO / Jimmy Underwood, v. ( June 7, 1932)
Around The Corner – Ben Selvin AHO / Unidentified v. (June 5, 1930)
There’s A Trick In Pickin’ A Chick-Chick-Chicken – Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks (June 8, 1927)

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