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.

National Barbershop Quartet Day was last month on April 11, so I decided to have a different secular black male vocal group start off each segment of this week’s show, with the subject of their song be the segment topic. The group pictured above is the Golden Gate Quartet, but you’ll also hear from the Rust College Quartet, the Variety Four, and the Monarch Jazz Quartet. As a special “bonus,” you’ll hear the Oleanders. The topics includes “What’s the matter,” “Down on the Farm,” “Laughing at Life,” “Annabelle” and “Bonnets.”  There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and be magically transported back to a different–and we thing better–musical era. 

ENJOY THE SHOW!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: What’s the matter?

What’s The Matter Now? – Monarch Jazz Quartet
What’s The Matter With Father – Billy Murray
Oh, Dear. What Can The Matter Be? – Mike Riley and His Round and Round Boys

Segment 2: Laughing at Life

Laughing At Life – Lewis Bronzeville Quartet
You’re Laughing At Me – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.
Laughing At The Rain – Roy Fox (The Whispering Cornetist) and His Band / Al Bowlly, v.

Segment 3: Down on the Farm

Old McDonald Had A Farm – Rust College Quartet
A Farmyard Caprice – Conway’s Band
Jolity Farm – Jack Hylton AHO / Leslie Sarony, v. 

Segment 4: Annabelle

Miss Annabelle Lee – Variety Four
Fare Thee Well, Annabelle – Sydney Kyte and His Piccadilly Hotel Band / Norman Phillips, v.
That’s Annabelle – Harmonians / Irving Kaufman, v.

Segment 5: Bonnets

Bonnet – Golden Gate Quartet
Sunbonnet Sue – Light Crust Dough Boys
Blue Bonnet, You Make Me Feel Blue – Jack Hylton AHO / Jack Hylton, v.

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