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Welcome to 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.

Rapidly Rotating Records Show – November 13, 2016

This week's brand new edition of Rapidly Rotating Records is brought to you by Spitalny, Spanier, Moten, Whiting & Stacks. No, it's not a high power law firm but artists and composers Phil Spitalny, Muggsy Spanier, Bennie Moten, Richard Whiting and Tom Stacks, all of whom had birthdays last week. And, there are several 78RPM records making their Rapidly Rotating Records debut on tonight's show. 

RRR is also available as a podcast on iTunes. Simply enter Rapidly Rotating Records in the iTunes search box and a link to the show will appear. Our iTunes ID has changed, and is now https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rapidly-rotating-records/id1166703514. Unfortunately, with the change, we lost all of the comments and ratings for the podcast. If you use iTunes, please subscribe to the podcast and leave a rating and comment. THANK YOU! 

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We're also proud and happy to now be rebroadcast over Global Community Radio! We're on GCR's music channel GRC-2 and can be heard on the University of Wisconsin's station WRST-FM 90.3 in Oshkosh at www.wrst.org Saturday mornings at 8 AM (Eastern).  Wwe're also now heard on WXDR, 98.9, in New Orleans, Louisiana. WXDR, known on the air as Dolphin Radio, is the student station at Delgado Community College at 7:00 AM (Central). You can find out more about Global Community Radio at globalcommunityradio.blogspot.com.

As always, just click on the link below to instantly listen streaming online and/or download the show. A number of records are making their RRR debut and your comments, topic suggestions and requests are always welcome. Let us know what your favorite record is by posting a comment to the website or to our Facebook page.

Enjoy the show!

Here's the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Phil Spitalny

Segment 2: Muggsy Spanier

Hot Mittens – The Bucktown Five
Eccentric – Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band
Dip Your Brush In The Sunshine – Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.

Segment 3: Bennie Moten

Moten Stomp – Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
Moten's Blues – Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
Moten Swing – Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Segment 4: Richard A. Whiting

Breezin' Along With The Breeze – The Revelers
"Yo Te Amo" Means "I Love You" – Colonial Club Orchestra (Bob Haring) / Drick Robertson, v.
Precious – Al Goering's Collegians / Frank Munn, v.

Segment 5: Tom Stacks

Mine, All Mine – The Bluebirds / Tom Stacks, v.
Cross Roads – Cliquot Club Eskimos / Tom Stacks, v.
I Want To Be Known As Susie's Feller – Isham Jones AHO / Tom Stacks, v.

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