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 Rube Bloom, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Noone, Michael H. Cleary, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Rube Bloom
April 24 marked the birth in 1902 in New York of pianist, composer, arranger and vocalist Rube Bloom.

The Man From The South (With A Big Cigar In His Mouth) – Rube Bloom and His Bayou Boys / Roy Evans, v.
On The Green – Rube Bloom, Piano Solo
My Blue Heaven – Rube Bloom, Piano Solo
Mysterious Mose – Rube Bloom and His Bayou Boys incl. Benny Goodman/Roy Evans, v.

Segment 2: Michael H. Cleary
April 27 marked the birth in 1902 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, of composer Michael H. Cleary.

Singin’ In The Bathtub – The High Hatters
Bathtub Ran Over Again – Joe Haymes AHO
When A Lady Meets A Gentleman Down South – Ted Weems AHO

Segment 3: Jimmie Noone
April 23 marked the birth in New Orleans of Jimmie Noone.

Every Evening (I Miss You) – Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra
Oh Sister Ain’t That Hot – Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra
Off Time – Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra

Segment 4: Duke Ellington
April 29, marks the birth in 1899 in Washington, D.C. of Edward Kennedy Ellington. You know him better as Duke Ellington, a nickname he received from a schoolmate because of his style and impeccable dress.

Hot Feet – Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orch
Black Beauty – Duke Ellington, Piano Solo
Syncopated Shuffle – The Harlem Footwarmers

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History
It’s time to play rapidly rotating records celebrating birthdays, having been recorded this past week in years past.

Was It A Dream? – Frank Munn w/Orch Dir by W. F. Wirges (April 25, 1928)
Hot Feet – Paul Specht AHO / Johnny Morris (April 27, 1927)
How DO I Know It’s Sunday? – Dorsey Bros. Orch./Vocal Trio (April 23, 1934)
I’m Feathering A Nest – Gus Arnheim AHO / Craig Leitch (April 28, 1929)

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