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 Roy Bargy and Rudy Vallee, do some howling, play some records for no particular reason, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Roy Bargy
July 31 marked the birth in 1894 in Newaygo, Michigan of pianist Roy Bargy.

Oh Gee! Oh Gosh! (My Feet Won’t Behave – The Benson Orchestra of Chicago
K’nice and K’nifty – Roy Bargy
Na-Jo – The Benson Orchestra of Chicago

Segment 2: Rudy Vallee
July 28 marked the birth in 1901 in Island Point, Vermont, of Hubert Prior Vallee, better known as
Rudy Vallee.

Where Are You Dream Girl – Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees
I’ll Be Reminded Of You – Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees
Pretending – Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees

Segment 3: Wolves
Exactly 86 years ago today, on August 3 in 1922, WGY radio in Schenectady, New York, presented radio’s first full-length melodrama. The work was “The Wolf”, a play of the Canadian woods, written by Eugene Walter. So here to commemorate “The Wolf”, are some rapidly rotating records about wolves.

Howling Wolf Blues – Josh White
Wolf Wobble – Joe Venuti’s Rhythm Boys
Oscar Woods – Lone Wolf Blues

Segment 4: For No Particular Reason

Turn On The Heat – Earl Burtnett ah Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra
Cinderella – Harmonians
I’ll Make Fun For You – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History
Did you know that it was common practice at the time for bands and vocalists to be unidentified on vintage record labels?

Susquehana Home – Ben Selvin’s Dance Orch (August, 1924)
Boomerang – Band (August, 1916)
St. Louis Hop – University Six (August 2, 1926)

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