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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.

This week’s show is bigger and better than ever, and we’ll prove it in the bigger and better and than ever segments. We’re also going to do some shuffling in the final segment, but to start, we’re going to jump through some hoops.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Hoops

Hula Hu – Norman Clark and His South Sea Islanders
Hoops – Fred and Adele Astaire
Whoop ’em Up Blues – Curtis Mosby and His Dixieland Blue Blowers

Segment 2: Bigger

Your Eyes Are Bigger Than Your Heart – Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye / The Three Barons, v.
I Wish I Knew A Bigger Word Than Love – Carroll Gibbons and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans / Maurice Elwin, v.
Bigger And Better Than Ever – Spike Hughes And His Dance Orchestra / Val Rosing, v.

Segment 3: And Better

They Don’t Come Better Than Betty – Clarence Sherman’s Orchestra (Billy James Dance Orchestra)
Two Hearts Are Better Than One – Lawrence Welk AHO / Bob Page, v.
You Know Better Than That – Adrian Schubert’s Dance Orchestra / Irving Kaufman, v.

Segment 4: Than Ever

More Beautiful Than Ever – Ted FioRito AHO / Vera Van, v.
More Than Ever – Isham Jones AHO / Joe Martin, v.
Bigger And Better Than Ever – Frances Williams

Segment 5: Shuffle

Shanghai Shuffle – Sam Wooding’s Orchestra
Band Box Shuffle – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra
Lake Charles Shuffle – Happy Fats and His Rayne-Bo Ramblers
Toledo Shuffle – Bernard Addison and His Rhythm (Freddie Jenkins’ Harlem Seven)

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