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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 – December 25, 2016

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! This is the final Rapidly Rotating Records of 2016. THANK YOU for listening and for your support and encouragement through posts to the website and Facebook pages, email and memberships to KISL. I would like to make one request. Right now, we are at 592 "Likes" on the Rapidly Rotating Records Facebook page. I would consider it a spectacular Christmas gift to get to 600 by the end of the year. If you are on Facebook, but have not "Liked" the page, won't you please consider doing so this week? I generally only post once or twice a week with the playlist and links to the show. THANK YOU!

On this week's edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, we have a special birthday celebration for Henry "Bubbles" Reber, whose great-neice contacted me some time ago. We'll also celebrate the birthdays of Cab Calloway and Nat Shilkret, blow some bubbles and have some songs for the season.

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! 

The Rapidly Rotating Records telephone request line is waiting for your call! In addition to sending cards or letters, sending email, or posting to the the show's website or facebook page, you can now call in to request a particular artist, song or topic segment, leave feedback about the show, or ask questions or comment about the music. Of course, I'd be happy if you just call in to say "Hi!" and let me know you're out there listening. Listen to the show for the easy-to-remember number.

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:

Here's the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Henry "Bubbles" Reber

When The Morning Glories Wake Up In The Morning – Wisconsin Roof Orchestra / Henry "Bubbles" Reber, v.
Ready For The River – Wisconsin Roof Orchestra / Henry "Bubbles" Reber, v.
Wob-aly Walk – Wisconsin Roof Orchestra / Henry "Bubbles" Reber, v.

Segment 2: Bubbles

I'm Turning My Troubles Into Little Bubbles – Plaza Band (Henry Hudson) / Henry Hudson, v.
Blowing Bubbles All Day Long – Paul Whiteman AHO
Floating On A Bubble – Abe Lyman AHO / Sonny Schuyler, v.
I'm Bubbling Over – Skeeter Palmer AHO / Skeeter Palmer, v.

Segment 3: Cab Calloway

Gotta Darn Good Reason Now (For Bein' Good) – Cab Calloway AHO / Cab Calloway, v.
Hot Water – Cab Calloway AHO (Instrumental)
Hotcha-Razz-Ma-Tazz – Cab Calloway AHO / Cab Calloway, v.

Segment 4: Nat Shilkret

Dance Of The Toy Regiment – Joe Green (Xylophone)
Wipin' The Pan – The High Hatters / The Revelers, v. (Uncredited)
Some Sweet Day – Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra -/ Johnny Marvin, v.

Segment 5: Merry Christmas!

The Fairy On The Christmas Tree – BBC Dance Orchestra Dir. Henry Hall / The Three Sisters, v.
The Only Thing I Want For Christmas (Is Just To Keep The Things That I've Got) – Eddie Cantor with Jerry Joyce AHO and The Robert Mitchell – St. Brendan's Boychoir
The Spirit Of Christmas – Gloria Geer & Company

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

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