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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…..no one! But we will do some traveling, spread a little happiness, get healthy, hold on to some things and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Happy
We’re going to start off with some happy songs, because exactly 66 years ago today on October 16 in 1939, listeners to the NBC Blue Network heard the 15 minute radio drama “Right to Happiness” for the first time.

I’ll Do My Best to Make You Happy – Jack Payne and His Band / Jack Payne
Spread a Little Happiness – Al Starita and His Novelty Band/Binney Hale, v.
Song of Happiness – The Rhythmic Eight / Maurice Elwin, John Thorne, Cavan O’Connor, v.

Segment 2: Holding
October 10 in 1928, the show “Hold Everything” opened at the Broadhurst Theater in New York, inspiring a set of rapidly rotating records about holding things.

Don’t Hold Everything – Jack Hylton AHO / Sam Browne, v.
Hold Me – Hotel Commodore Orchestra
Hold Everything Here Comes My Girl – Bill Haid’s Cubs / Frank Wells, v.

Segment 3: Health Advice
October is a big month for awareness with three of my personal favorites being: National Sarcastics Awareness Month, National Toilet Tank Repair Month and Go Hog Wild – Eat Country Ham Month. Since it’s also Health Literacy Month and Child Health Month, here are some songs with some health advice.

Why Aren’t You Eating More Oranges – Jones & Hare
My Sweet Tooth Says I Wanna (But My Wisdom Tooth Says No) – Gus Arnheim
Love is good for anything that ails you – Joe Orlando and His Gleneagles Hotel Orch

Segment 4: Traveling
October 14 marked the birth in 1905 of Eugene Fodor, who pioneered the modern travel guidebook, so here in honor of Eugene Fodor is a little traveling music.

Goin’ Places – Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang
Among My Souvenirs – The Revelers
Traveling Blues – Polla’s Clover Gardens Orchestra

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Sweet Jennie Lee! – Ted Wallace AHO (Cr. Roof Garden Orch)/ Dick Dixon, Ed Kirkeby, v.
Who’ll Be the One- Art Landry AHO / Al Martineau, v. (October 15, 1926)
The Lovin’ Johnson Rag – Ted Brownagle AHO (October 13, 1926)
Blossoms that Bloom in the Moonlight – Nat Shilkret AHO (October 16, 1928)

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