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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.

Do you know who this fellow is? He’s pianist Alec Templeton who became popular on radio in the US for his talent in playing serious classical music, but also for his satirical parodies of the classics. You’ll hear one of them, “Mendelssohn Mows ‘Em Down” in the fourth segment of the show. We’ll be celebrating two birthdays this week, those of Ben Quillian and German bandleader Max Rumpf. We’ll also have a poetry recitation and we’ll meet again. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era.

THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Max Rumpf

Cocktail Party – Tanzorchester Max Rumpf
Oh, Mary Lou – Tanzorchester Max Rumpf
Hick Stomp – Tanzorchester Max Rumpf

Segment 2: Ben Quillian

Good Right On – Rufus & Ben Quillian
It’s Dirty But Good – Rufus & Ben Quillian
Holy Roll – Rufus & Ben Quillian with James McCrary

Segment 3: We’ll Meet Again

Some Day We’ll Meet Again – Egizi Olympic Theatre Orchestra
May We Meet Again (Florence Mills) – Eva Taylor
If We Never Should Meet Again – George Olsen and His Music / Jack Gifford, v.

Segment 4: Mow ’em Down

Mendelssohn Mows ’em Down – Alec Templeton
When The New Moon Shines On The New Mown Hay – Freddy Martin AHO / Unidentified Vocal Trio
Out In The New Mown Hay – Macy and Smalle – The Radio Aces

Segment 5: The Rolling English Road

The Rolling English Road – Edith Evans
Rolling In His Little Rolling Chair – Willie Weston
My Road – The Merry Sparklers