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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.

Did you know that James P. Johnson, the father of stride piano, wrote an opera? Do you know the name of it? Do you know Blind Sammie’s real name? Do you know who was behind the creation of Mother’s Day? Find out the answers to those questions and much more on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. We’re going to go all night long, satisfy our hunger, stroll down some lanes, do some strutting and celebrate Mother’s Day. There are a number of records being heard on the show for the first time, so click in or tune in for some great “toe-tapping music.”

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: All Night Long

All Night Long – Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers
All Night Long – Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye / Four Keydettes, v.
Mama Stayed Out All Night Long – Clarence Williams AHO / Ed Allen, Floyd Casey, sp.

Segment 2: Hunger

Hungry Blues – Jimmy Johnson AHO / Anna Robinson, v.
I’m Hungry For Beautiful Girls – Eddie Cantor
Hungry Sam – Emmett Miller, Assisted by Roy Cowan

Segment 3: Down The Lane

Sweetheart Lane – Herman Kenin AHO / Van Fleming, v.
Down Sunnyside Lane – Jack Payne and His BBC Dance Orchestra / Billy Scott-Coomber, v.
Sweetheart Lane – Paul Whiteman AHO

Segment 4: Strutting

Strutter’s Drag – Fletcher Henderson and His Club Alabam Orchestra
Atlanta Strut – Blind Sammie (Blind WIllie McTell)
Pig Ankle Strut – Gus Cannon and His Jug Stompers

Segment 5: Mother’s Day

Mother O’ Mine – Richard Crooks / Frederick Schauwecker, Piano
A Boy’s Best Friend Is His Mother – Joe Peterson (Master Wilfred Eaton), v.
Little Mother – Franklyn Baur

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