Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon.
Rapidly Rotating Records 78RPM Show – April 17, 2016
Do you know why the HAL 9000 computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" sings "Daisy Bell?" Listen to this week's show to find out. In addition to a segment about daisies, we'll also get fragged around, we'll get cuckoo and celebrate the birthdays of Otto Motzan and Bud Freeman. There are a number of records making their RRR debut this week.
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Here's the complete playlist:
Segment 1: Otto Motzan
Where Are You Dream Girl – Rudy Marlow AHO (Ben Selvin)
Marie – Paul Whiteman AHO
Bye Bye Baby – Ace Brigode and His Fourteen Virginians
Segment 2: Drags
Midnight Frolic Drag – Williamson's Beale Street Frolic Orchestra
The Drag – Charlie Davis AHO
Vine Street Drag – The Missourians
Segment 3: Daisies
Tell Me Little Daisy – Winegar's Penn Boys
Ups-A-Daisy – Constance Mering & Muriel Pollock, Piano Duet
I'm Knee Deep In Daisies – Bill Foley's Keystone Serenaders (Direction of Ray McConnell)
Segment 4: Cuckoo
You Remind Me Of A Naughty Springtime Cuckoo – The Revelers
Cuckoo In The Clock – Glenn Miller AHO / Marian Hutton, v.
I'm Cuckoo Over You – Nathan Glantz AHO
Segment 5: Bud Freeman
After A While — Benny Goodman's Boys
Easy To Get – Bud Freeman and His Summa Cum Laude Orchestra
The Buzzard – Bud Freeman and His Windy City Five
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