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 bandleader Bobby Byrne and he’ll be starting off the final segment of this week’s show, all about orchids. And speaking of flowers, there’s also a wildflower segment on the show. In other segments, we’ll also reach as high as we possibly can, and hear from a quartet of quartets. The show starts off with an episode of “Compare and Contrast” in which we’ll play songs by Clay Boland and Binkley Reichner and Frank Loesser and Burton Lane. 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. Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Compare and Contrast

Midnight On The Trail – Tommy Dorsey AHO / Jack Leonard, v.
Dancing On A Dime – Gray Gordon and His Tic Toc Rhythm Orchestra / Jack Leonard, v.

Segment 2: Wildflowers

Wildflower – Harry Breuer
Wildflower Rag – Clarence Williams AHO
Where The Wild Wildflowers Grow – Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO

Segment 3: National Barbershop Quartet Day

Whisper – Sh! – Esther Walker w/Quartet
Where The Golden Daffodils Grow – Cliquot Club Eskimos / The Strollers Quartet
Mosquito – Livingstone College Male Quartet
Hinkey Dinkey Dee – Dan Hornsby Novelty Quartet

Segment 4: National Reach as High as You Can Day

Reaching For Someone (And Not Finding Anyone There) – The Rhythmic Eight
Reaching For The Cotton Moon – Mills Blue Rhythm Band / Adelaide Hall. v.
Reach Out For A Rainbow – Van Phillips and His Band / Sam Browne, v.

Segment 5: Orchids

Orchids For Remembrance – Bobby Byrne Orchestra . Jack Palmer, v.
An Orchid To You – Eddy Duchin AHO / Lew Sherwood, v.
Blue Orchids – Jack Hylton AHO / Denny Dennis, v.

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