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.

On this evening’s show we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Claude Hopkins, Bob Haring, Benny Davis and Fred Rose, and play some “Cinderella” songs (if you stay listening, we might even have something extra).

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Claude Hopkins
August 24 marks the birth in 1903 in Alexandria, Virginia, of pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, Claude Hopkins.

Shake Your Ashes – Claude Hopkins AHO
Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Claude Hopkins AHO
Mad Moments – Claude Hopkins AHO

Segment 2: Bob Haring
August 21 marked the birth in 1896 in Montclair, New Jersey, of bandleader and composer Bob Haring.

One Little Day – Bob Haring AHO / Arthur Hall, v.
I’m In The Market For You – Bob Haring AHO – Unidentified, v.
The Winding Trail – Society Night Club Orchestra (Bob Haring) / Unidentified, v.

Segment 3: Benny Davis
August 21 marked the birth in 1895 in New York City of lyricist Benny Davis.

Oh How I Miss You Tonight – Benson Orch. / Cloyd Griswold
Carolina Moon – Gene Austin
My Baby Knows How – Coon-Sanders Orch / Joe Sanders
She’s Got “It” – Six Jumpingn Jacks / Tom Stacks

Segment 4: Fred Rose
August 24 marked the birth in 1897 in Evansville, Indiana, of composer, lyricist, vocalist and pianist Fred Rose.

Number Ten – Jack Hylton’s Hyltonians
Pensacola – Fletcher Henderson AHO
Jacksonville Gal – Original Memphis Five

Segment 5: Cinderella

Cinderella Brown – Spike Hughes and His Dance Orchestra
Cinderella Sweetheart – Jack Hylton AHO / Peggy Dell, v.
Cinderella’s Wedding Day – Frank Trumbauer AHO / LeRoy Buck, v.

Segment 6: For No Particular Reason
Guess what? We’ve got just enough time for one more rapidly rotating record, so here, for no particular reason, from the original Harmony 78 is Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby’s “Up In The Clouds”, from “The Five O’Clock Girl”.

Up In The Clouds – Nat Shilkret & Victor Orchestra / Franklyn Baur, v.

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