Do you know who this fellow is? He’s American tenor ballad singer Charles Harrison. You’ll hear him in the third segment of the show singing “Last Night Was The End Of The World” on a 4 minute Edison Amberol cylinder.  This week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records starts with a birthday salute to pianist and bandleader Ernest Borbee.  In other segments we’ll engage in some word play, find out what happened last night and play Dungeons and Dragons. There are a couple of 4 minute Edison Amberol cylinders on the playlist, and there are four records in the DnD segment, so the final segment consists of just one record, but it’s a good one!   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 think better–musical era. Click the audio player above to listen streaming online and/or download the show to listen at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Ernest Borbee

Just The Kind Of A Girl You’d Love To Make Your Wife – Borbee’s Jass Orchestra
The Ragtime Volunteers Are Off To War – Borbee’s Jass Orchestra
Maggie! Yes, Ma’am! Come RIght Upstairs – Original Georgia Five / Arthur Hall, v. 

Segment 2: Word Hero

Words – Benson Orchestra of Chicago UDO Don Bestor
One Little Word Led To Another – Pennsylvanian Collegians (Tom Berwick’s Ritz-Carlton Orchestra / Joe Lucarell (James Harkins), v.
Cross-Word Puzzle Blues – Duncan Sisters

Segment 3: Last Night

Last Night, Honey (I Only Wish I Had You With Me) – Jesse Stafford and His Palace Hotel Orchestra / Charlie Blane, v.
Last Night Was The End Of The World – Charles Harrison
Last Night On The Old Back Porch – Broadway Melody Makers (Joseph Samuels)

Segment 4: Dungeons And Dragons

In The Dungeon – Tony Parenti’s New Orleanians / Jack Brian, v.
Song Of The Turnkey (In The Dungeon Deep) – Gus Reed
Draggin’ The Dragon – Cotton Blossom Orchestra
Marcha Dragona – Banda Internacionál

Segment 5: 

List’ning On Some Radio – Herman Popper and His SS George Washington Orchestra

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