Welcome to the first Rapidly Rotating Records show of 2022, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s.

Do you know who the fellow is pictured above?  He’s pianist and bandleader Vincent Lopez. He’s heard regularly on the show, but this week gets his own birthday segment, along with banjoist Fred Van Eps and tenor James Melton. We’ll also celebrate the “birth” of the State of Texas and do some begging. (Don’t worry, this isn’t a pledge drive show!)  There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so get your New Year off to a great start by setting aside an hour with your favorite beverage and being magically transported back to a different (and we think better!) musical era. 

ENJOY THE SHOW!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Vincent Lopez

By The Sapphire Sea – Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Music
Homesick – Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Music
Watching My Dreams Go By – Vincent Lopez AHO / Rodman Lewis (Scrappy Lambert), v.

Segment 2: Mendicant Mendicants

The Beggar – Harold Rose and His Southerners (Marion McKay AHO)
Beggars Of Life – The Troubadours / Male Vocal Quartet, v.
Beggar’s Blues – Sonny Greer and His Memphis Men

Segment 3: Texas Statehood

I’m A Texas Cowboy – The Arkansas Woodchopper (Luther Ossenbrink)
New London, Texas School Tragedy – Elton Britt
Texas Fox Trot – Muriel Polock (Piano Roll)

Segment 4: Umbrellas

Umbrellas To Mend – Van Eps Trio
In Search Of A Husband – Fred Van Eps Acc. by Hager’s Dance Orchestra
Persiflage – Fred Van Eps Acc. by Felix Arndt, Piano

Segment 5: James Melton

Blue Is The Night – Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra / James Melton, v.
 The Old Refrain – James Melton
Make Believe – Victor Young and The Brunswick Concert Orchestra / James Melton, v.

THANKS FOR LISTENING!