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 Clarence Williams, Johnny Burke, Milton Ager and Vernon Duke, and have a vocabulary lesson.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Sempiternal
The word for today is sempiternal, an adjective and means of never ending duration; everlasting; endless; having beginning, but no end; or dateless.

Always in My Heart (Forever on My Mind) – Isham Jones AHO / Eddie Stone, v.
Forever – Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra / Franklyn Baur, v.
Always – George Olsen and his music / Edward Joyce, Fran Frey, Bob Rice, v.

Segment 2: Clarence Williams
October 8 marked the birth in 1898 outside of New Orleans, Louisiana of Clarence Williams.

Candy Lips – Clarence Williams Jazz Kings
Trouble – Clarence Williams and His Washboard Band
Wildflower Rag – Clarence Williams, Piano

Segment 3: Johnny Burke
October 3 marked the birth in 1903 in Antioch, California of composer Johnny Burke.

Annie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – Billy Cotton and His Band
My Very Good Friend the Milkman – Jack Jackson AHO
The Beat of My Heart – Paul Whiteman AHO, Ramona and Her Grand Piano

Segment 4: Milton Ager
October 6 marked the birth in 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, of composer Milton Ager.

Ain’t She Sweet – Clyde Doerr AHO
Happy Feet – Spike Hughes and His Dance Orchestra
Happy Days are Here Again – Ben Selvin AHO / The Rollickers
A Bench in the Park – Paul Whiteman AHO / The Brox Sisters & The Rhythm Boys

Segment 5: Vernon Duke
October 10 marks the birth in 1903 in Prafianovo, Russia of Vladimir Alexandrovich Dukelsky, composer of classical music. You may know him better as one of the most successful American composer of popular songs, Vernon Duke.

What is there to say? – Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees
April in Paris – Henry Hall BBC Dance Orchestra/ Les Allen, v.
I’m Only Human, After All – Joe Venuti ah New Yorkers / Scrappy Lambert, v.

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