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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 celebrate the birthdays of Vincent Lopez, Art Gillham, Carroll Gibbons and Fred Van Eps, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Vinvent Lopez
December 30, marked the birth in 1898 in Brooklyn, New York of bandleader, pianist and composer Vincent Lopez.

TNT – Vincent Lopez and His Casa Lopez Orch
Little White Lies – Vincent Lopez AHO / Scrappy Lambert
Stomp Off, Let’s Go – Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orch.

Segment 2: Art Gillham
January 1 marked the birth in 1895 of “The Whispering Pianist”, Art Gillham.

What Wouldn’t I Do
Flutter By Butterfly
So That’s The Kind of a girl you are

Segment 3: Carroll Gibbons
January 4 marked the birth in 1903 in Clinton, Massachusetts of Richard Carroll Gibbons.

It’s An Old Southern Custom – Carroll Gibbons and His Boyfriends / Marjorie Stedeford, v.
Rise ‘n’ Shine – Carroll Gibbons and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans / Anne Lenner & Brian Lawrance, v.
Two Friends In Harmony – Johnny Green and John W. Green

Segment 4: Fred Van Eps
December 30, marked the birth in 1878 in Somerville, New Jersey of banjoist Fred Van Eps.

Florida Rag – Van Eps Trio – I’ll Dance Til de sun breaks through (Fred & William Van Eps, banjo / Feliz Arndt, piano)
Hill and Dale Rag – Van Eps Banjo Orchestra
Dinah – Fred Van Eps (Banjo)

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History
Here’s a few rapidly rotating records celebrating birthdays, having been recorded this past week in years past.

How Could Red Riding Hood – Southern State Dance Band (Syd Roy) / Eddie Collis, v.
Back In Your Own Back Yard – Ruth Etting
Mama Don’t Allow – The Ink Spots
Baby Brown – Fats Waller

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