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 Benjamin Samberg, aka Benny Bell, among a number of other pseudonyms. Fans of the Dr. Demento show will know him from his “mind rhyme” songs “Shaving Cream” and “The Automobile Song,” but he wrote and performed many more than just those two. Benny gets not just one, but two segments in this week’s show. One features songs he wrote, sung by others, and the other features Benny singing his own songs. We’ll also celebrate the birthday of Leroy Montesanto, take a walk and hear from The Krakajax.   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 thing better–musical era. 

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Leroy Montesanto

Will You Be True? – Imperial Dance Orchestra / Leroy Montesanto, v.
A Pretty Girl, A Pretty Tune – Bob Green’s Dance Orchestra  / Roy Silver (Leroy Montesant), v.
My Sue – Missouri Jazz Band / Leroy Montesanto, v.

Segment 2: Take A Walk

Walkin’ The Dog – Ed Lang AHO
Walkin’ The Streets (Until My Baby Comes Home) – Wingy Manone AHO
Walking The Rails – Mike Speciale AHO

Segment 3: Benjamin Samberg

Oh That Dumb-Bell – Frank Luther
The Bum’s Rush – Hobo Jack Kelly (Ernest Hare)
Sweet Violets – Bob Dickson (Dick Robertson) 

Segment 4: Benny Bell

The Automobile Song – Benny Bell
Hetzaleh Getzaleh Goo – Benny Bell
The Boat Song (Take A Ship For Yourself) – Frankie “Miggs” Rand and His Band / Benny Bell, v.
Shaving Cream – Paul Wynn

Segment 5: The Krakajax

If Harlem Came To May-Fair – The Krakajax
Tap Your Tootsies – The Krakajax
High Rhythm And Low Moanin’ – The Krakajax 

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