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You’re no doubt familiar with the tune “Chinatown, My Chinatown,” but perhaps not with “It’s Tulip Time in Holland,” written by Richard Whiting. This is a fun and unique record featuring a “street piano” purportedly “played” by Signor “Grinderino” no doubt meant to conjure up an image of an organ grinder. It has been suggested that the instrument is a Bruder brand band organ, but whatever it is, it’s a delightful sound.  There are no birthday salutes on this week’s program but composer Gerhard Groitzsch get his own segment anyway. He even has another of his compositions played in the first segment to start off the show. In other segments we’ll have some songs about debutantes, we’ll take a musical trip to the Netherlands, hear some college fight songs, have a vocabulary lesson and do some wandering.  There’s lots of great music and interesting information (perhaps a little too much information in the case of Amou Haji!) so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and be magically transported back to an earlier–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to instantly listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.        

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Debutantes

Debutante Waltz – West End Celebrity Orchestra
The Debutante – Billy Cotton and His Band
Debutante Waltz – Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra / Eddie Holly, v.

Segment 2: Dartmouth

Football March Medley – Dartmouth College Band
College Medley No. 1 – Prince’s Band
Roar, Lion, Roar – All American Glee Club

Segment 3: Gerhard Groitzsch

Kletteraffen – Hans Bund
In Der Arena – Ferdinand Krish and His Concert Ensemble
Steeplechase – Pall Mall Revellers

Segment 4: The Netherlands

Little Dutch Mill – Chick Bullock
Rolland From Holland – George Beaver (Irving Kaufman)
It’s Tulip Time In Holland (Intro: Chinatown, My Chinatown) – Signor “Grinderino”

Segment 5: Wanderin’

Wanderin’ – Vernon Dalhart
Wandering Home – Mary Williams
Papa Dip – New Orleans Wanderers

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