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Rapidly Rotating Records

Music, Music History

Glenn Robison’s weekly, hour-long radio program of “music to which you can't NOT tap your toes" from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s.

Episodes
1,228
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
1 hr
On air since
2000
Latest episode
2 days ago

Episodes

1,228 episodes, newest first

  1. An "All Birthday" Edition of RRR # 1,372 November 1, 2026

    Show notes

    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.

    This week it’s a all birthday show, with Larry Yoell, Tommy Morton, James Cavanaugh, Nisse Lind and Des Tooley all having birthday segments.

    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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Larry Yoell

    When Mother Nature Sings Her Lullaby - Richard Himber and His Essex House Orchestra / Stuart Allen, v.
    I Love You - Ted Lewis AHO / Ted Lewis, v.
    Walkin’ Around In A Dream - Ruth Etting

    Segment 2: Tom Morton

    My Melancholy Baby - Original Indiana Five / Tom Morton, v.
    Somebody’s Making A Fuss Over Somebody - Dixie Jazz Band (OI5) / Lawrence King (Tom Morton), v.
    Broadway Baby Dolls - Tom Morton’s Orchestra (Featuring Original Indiana Five) / George Kay (Irving Kaufman), v.

    Segment 3: James Cavanaugh

    Woe! Is Me - Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.
    And They Said It Wouldn’t Last - Wingy Manone AHO . Wingy Manone, v.
    The Man With The Mandolin - Kurt Hohenberger mit seinem Soliten-Orchester

    Segment 4: Nisse Lind

    Dinah - Nisse Lind’s Hot Trio
    Tiger Rag - Nisse Lind
    Alla Tider Lilla Flicka - Nisse Lind’s Swing Band

    Segment 5: Des Tooley

    Am I Blue - Des Tooley
    Walking With Susie - Des Tooley
    Tiptoe Through The Tulips With Me - Des Tooley

    1 hr
  2. A "Witchy" Episode of RRR # 1,371 October 25, 2026

    Show notes

    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 week's show, Alfredo Campoli, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Hugh Cross, and Jelly Roll Morton all have birthday segments. And we’ll wrap things up with some Halloween tunes.

    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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Hugh Cross

    Smiles - Hugh Cross and Riley Puckett
    Down Where The Swanee River Flows - Mr. And Mrs. Hugh Cross
    Wabash Cannon Ball - Hugh Cross

    Segment 2: Alfredo Campoli

    La Petite Tonkinoise - Alfredo Campoli and His Salon Orchestra
    Hiawatha Cakewalk - Alfredo Campoli and His Novelty Orchestra
    Neapolitan Serenade - Alfredo Campoli and His Salon Orchestra

    Segment 3: Roger Wolfe Kahn

    Ting-A-Ling The Bells’ll Ring - Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO
    Into My Heart - Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO / Scrappy Lambert, v.
    South Wind - Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO

    Segment 4: Jelly Roll Morton

    Georgia Swing - Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers Dance Orchestra
    Shoe Shiner’s Drag - Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers Orchestra
    Sidewalk Blues - Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers

    Segment 5: Halloween

    Witches’ Dance - Leopold Godowsky
    The Little Black Cat - Billy Merrin and His Commanders / Ken Crossley, v.
    Greenwich Witch - Zez Confrey

    1 hr
  3. An "Incognito" Edition of RRR # 1,370 October 18, 2026

    Show notes

    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 week's show, Charles Remue and Joseph M. White each have their first birthday segment. We’ll also celebrate Gerald Marks’ birthday, we’ll have a nocturnal segment and do some crying.

    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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Charles Remue

    Vladivostok - Charles Remue and His New Stompers Orchestra
    Slow Gee-Gee - Charles Remue and His New Stompers Orchestra
    Ain’t She Sweet - Charles Remue and His New Stompers Orchestra

    Segment 2: Don't Cry Over...

    Who’ll Be The Next One To Cry Over You - Metropolitan Dance Players
    You’re Going To Cry Over Somebody Else - Arthur Fields
    I Wish I Had Someone To Cry Over Me - Lewis James

    Segment 3: In The Night

    Serenade In The Night - Jan Garber AHO / Russell Brown, v.
    Theif In The Night - Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.
    Blues In The Night - Cab Calloway and The Palmer Brothers

    Segment 4: Joseph M. White

    Over In Erin - J. Malachy White
    My Story Weather Pal - The Silver-Masked Tenor
    You Only Want Me When You’re Lonesome - Victor Orchestra / The Silver-Masked Tenor (Joseph M. White), v.

    Segment 5: Gerald Marks

    Baby, What Else Can I Do? - Ethel Waters with Ed Mallory AHO
    You’re The One (You Beautiful Son-Of-A-Gun) Waring’s Pennsylvanians
    She’s Drivin’ Me Wild - Don Bestor AHO

    1 hr
  4. Another "Correction" Edition of RRR # 1,369 October 11, 2026

    Show notes

    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 week's show, we’ll celebrate the birthday of C. A. Bixio, we’ll celebrate Native American Day, we’ll hear tree tree tunes, and hear some tunes about panthera tigris sondaica. But first. In what seems to be becoming a regular feature of the show, we'll have a correction.

    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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Maybe Redux

    Maybe - The Ink Spots
    I'm Dreaming So Much About You - Jay Wilbur and His Band
    May Be - George Alexander

    Segment 2: C. A. Bixio

    Mamma - Carlo Buti
    Serenata En La Noche - Marimba Pan-Americana
    Vivere - Tito Schiipa

    Segment 3: Native American Day

    Indian Butterfly - Original London Radio Dance Band
    Indian War Whoop - Hyter Colvin
    The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry’s String Band

    Segment 4: The General Sherman

    The Song Of The Trees - Lew Stone and His Band / Alan Kane, v.
    Trees - Patricia Rossborough, Piano - H. Robinson Cleaver, Organ
    Running Round The Trees - Ray Starita and His Ambassadors / Sam Browne, v.

    Segment 5: Panthera tigris sondaica

    Tiger Moan - State Street Ramblers
    Tiger Stomp - Curtis Mosby and His Dixieland Blue Blowers
    Super Tiger Rag - Billy Cotton and His Band

    1 hr
  5. A "Collegian" Episode of RRR # 1,368 October 4, 2026

    Show notes

    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 week's show, we’ll be doing some waiting, we’ll hear from some collegians, maybe have a maybe segment and birthday segments for Durward Cline and John Schonberger.

    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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: John Schonberger

    I’ll Think Of You - Joe Gumin AHO
    Moonlight On The River Danube - Lud Gluskin and His Continental Orchestra / Don Darcy, v.
    Tell Me A Story - Kaplan’s Melodists

    Segment 2: Waiting

    Waiting At The End Of The Road - All Star Orch. / The Melody Three, v.
    Blue Days Waiting For You - The Melody Hounds / , v.
    Waiting For A Train - Riley Pucket

    Segment 3: Durward Cline

    Peruna - Cline’s Collegians / Vocal Chorus
    Violets - Clines Collegians / Jimmy McMahon, v.
    Chicadore Stomp - Cline’s Collegians

    Segment 4: Collegians

    Lovelight in The Starlight - Jack White and His Astoria Ballroom Collegians / Tony White, v.
    You Gotta Know How To Love - Chic Nelson’s Collegians (Sam Lanin) / Athur Fields, v.
    Dream Child - Carl Webster’s Yale Collegians

    Segment 5: Maybe

    Maybe - Jesse Crawford, Organ w/Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orhcestra
    Maybe - The Georgians UDO Frank Guarente / Dolly Kay, v.
    Maybe - The Swing Rhythm Boys

    1 hr
  6. An "OTIC" Edition of RRR # 1,367 September 27, 2026

    Show notes

    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 week's show, we’ve got birthday segments for Don Bestor, Vincent Youmans, Ted Weems and Dave Dreyer, but the show starts off with another episode of OTIC (One Thing in Common).

    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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: One Thing In Common

    Dear Old Southland - Eddie South
    Show Me How - Selvin’s Novelty Orchestra
    After You’ve Gone - Bennie Payne and Fats Waller

    Segment 2: Vincent Youmans

    Wildflower - Harry Breuer
    Nicodemus - Beatrice Lillie
    Mississippi - Duke Ellington Orch.

    Segment 3: Don Bestor

    Tell Me You’re Sorry - Don Bestor AHO / George C. Jager, v.
    Baby Your Mother - Don Bestor AHO / Franklyn Baur, v.
    Down By The Winegar Woiks - Johnny Marvin

    Segment 4: Ted Weems

    This Is My Love Song - Ted Weems AHO / Wes Vaughn, v.
    Smile A Little Bit - Ted Weems AHO / Dusty Rhodes, v.
    Sittin’ Up Waitin’ For You - Ted Weems AHO / Red Ingle, v.

    Segment 5: Dave Dreyer

    What A Night For Spooning - Harry Reser’s Syncopators / Tom Stacks, v.
    Pals Just Pals - The Melody Three
    Giggling Gertie - The Happiness Boys

    1 hr
  7. A "Sunny" Edition of RRR # 1,366 September 20, 2026

    Show notes

    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 week's show, we’ll do some stomping, we’ll head out for some destinations, we’ll take some musical journeys, look for the fountain of youth and have a sunny segment.

    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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Headin' For...

    Headin’ For Louisville - Barney Barnum with Bill Bailey (The Globe Trotters)
    Headin’ For Harlem - Brown-Morris Orchestra / Arthur Fields, v.
    Headin’ for Better Times - Lew Reynolds Flexo Recording Orchestra

    Segment 2: Stompers

    Ain’t Love Grand - John Hyman’s Bayou Stompers
    The Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo - Douglas Finnell and His Royal Stompers / Sammy Price, v.
    Plantation Joys - Luis Russell’s Heebie Jeebie Stompers

    Segment 3: The Odyssey

    Lonesome Journey Blues - Thomas Morris Past Jazz Masters
    Journey’s End - Paul Whiteman AHO
    My Long Journey Home - The Monroe Brothers

    Segment 4: Horaphthia

    Accent On Youth - George Hall and His Hotel Taft Orchestra / Dolly Dawn, v.
    Fountain Of Youth - Ray Bourbon
    Flaming Youth - Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra

    Segment 5: Sunny

    Sunny - Ernie Golden’s Hotel McAlpin Orchestra / Arthur Hall, v.
    Sunny Days - Layton and Johnstone
    Sunny Side Up - Carlton Dance Orchestra / Irving Kaufman, v.

    1 hr
  8. A "Who Loves Ya, Baby?" Edition of RRR # 1,365 Sept. 13, 2026

    Show notes

    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 week's show, Bert Ralton gets his first birthday segment, and Arthur Freed also has a birthday segment. In other segments, we’ll find out oh, dear, what can the matter be, we’ll find out who loves ya and we’ll go pearl diving.

    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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Bert Ralton

    Headin’ For Home - Bert Ralton and His Havana Band
    What’s The Good Of Leaving The Dear Old Home? - Bert Ralton and His Havana Band / Bert Ralton, v.
    Isn’t She The Sweetest Thing? - Bert Ralton and His Havana Band

    Segment 2: Arthur Freed

    The Moon Is Low - Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards)
    Chant Of The Jungle - Paul Specht AHO / Johnny Morris, v.
    You’re Simply Delish - The High Steppers / Walter Van Brunt, v.

    Segment 3: Who Loves Ya, Baby?

    Nobody Loves You Like I Do - Meyer Davis’ Le Paradis Band UDO W. Spencer Tupman
    Somebody Loves You - Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.
    Who Loves You Now - Roy Collins’ Dance Orchestra (Nathan Glantz)

    Segment 4: Oh, Dear, What Can The Matter Be?

    What’s The Matter Now - Mamie Harris
    What Was The Matter With Rachmaninoff? - Flotsam And Jetsam
    What’s The Matter - Memphis Jug Band / Will Shade & Band, v.

    Segment 5: Pearls

    Allahabad (Pearl of the East) - Charles Remue and His New Stompers Orchestra
    Pearl O’Mine - Lyrical Melody - Plaza Theatre Orchestra
    Pearl Of Malabar - Savoy Orpheans / Cyril Ramon Newton, v.

    1 hr
  9. A "Cherry" Edition of RRR # 1,364 September 6, 2026

    Show notes

    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 week's show, we’ll go to dreamland, we’ll present you with some take-aways, have not-birthday segments for John E. Guernsey and Harry Geise and pay a musical visit to the cherry trees in Washington, D.C.

    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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Doc Cook

    Spanish Mama - Cook and His Dreamland Orchestra
    The Memphis Maybe Man - Cook’s Dreamland Orchestra
    High Fever - Cookie’s Gingersnaps

    Segment 2: Harry Geise

    31st Street Blues - Bennie Krueger’s Orchestra
    Blue Bird Blues - Wendell Hall w/The Virginians UDO Ross Gorman
    How Do You Do - The Radio Twins

    Segment 3: Take Away

    Don’t Take Away Those Blues - Eddie Kuhn’s Dance Specialists (of Kansas City)
    Don’t Take Away My P.W.A. - Jimmie Gordon
    Take Oh Take Those Lips Away - Brooke Johns Orchestra / Brooke Johns, v.

    Segment 4: Guernsey and Thompson

    You Ain’t Been Living Right - Vernon Dalhart
    Papa’s On The House Top - Leroy Carr
    The Circus Song - Jim Kweskin Jug Band

    Segment 5: Cherry Trees

    Wild Cherry Rag - Ed. Morton
    Cherry Tree Blues - Lil Green
    Cherry Blossoms On Capitol Hill - Vaughn Monroe AHO / Vaughn Monroe, v.

    1 hr
  10. A "Rooftop" Edition of RRR # 1,363 August 30, 2026

    Show notes

    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 week's show, we’re going to visit some ultra chic cabarets, go up on the roof, and learn about harem life. We’ll also have an architecture lesson and another vocabulary lesson.

    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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Ultra Chic

    Swingin’ At The Chez Florence - Willie Lewis and His Negro Band
    Chez Maxim’s Scene - Carl Brisson
    A Cup Of Coffee A Sandwich And You - Orchestre Chez Fysher ( Selvin’s Orchestra) / Unidentified, v.

    Segment 2: Mansard Roof

    Leaky Roof Blues - Lange-McKay Orchestra
    On A Roof In Manhattan - Waring’s Pennsylvanians / Clare Hanlon-Nelson Keller-Stuart Churchill, v.
    Tootin’ Through The Roof - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra

    Segment 3: Roof Orchestras

    Cinderella Blues - Herb Wiedoeft’s Cinderella Roof Orchestra
    She’s Still My Baby - Devine’s Wisconsin Roof Orchestra
    High Society - Monk Hazel and His Bienville Roof Orchestra

    Segment 4: Nithing

    Cruel Papa But A Good Man To Have Around - Irene Scruggs / Clarence Williams, p.
    He’s A Mean, Mean Man - Edith Wilson and Her Jazz Hounds
    Stingy Woman Blues - Memphis Jug Band

    Segment 5: Harems

    Pearl Of The Harem - Fred Van Eps
    Harem Life - Paul Biese & His Novelty Orchestra
    Please Don’t Take My Harem Away - Sophie Tucker Acc. By her Five Kings of Syncopation

    1 hr
  11. A "Wild, Wild" Edition of RRR # 1,362 August 23, 2026

    Show notes

    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 week's show, Wendell Hall, Charlie Kunz and Al Piantadosi have birthday segments. We’ll also take a musical trip to the Salton Sea and meet some wild, wild women!

    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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Salton Sea

    Salt Water Blues - Bessie Smith
    The Salt Of The Sea For Me - Frank C. Stanley
    My Man Jumped Salty On Me - Rosetta Crawford Acc. By James P. Johnson’s Hep Cats

    Segment 2: Al Piantadosi

    I’m A Yiddish Cowboy - Edward Meeker
    I’m Tired Of Making Believe - Harold Yates
    The Wild, Wild Women (Are Making A Wild Man Of Me) - Spike Jones and His City Slickers / Del Porter, v.

    Segment 3: Wild Women!

    I Can’t Tame Wild Women - Bill Boyd’s Cowboy Ramblers / Audry Davis, v. (Art Davis)
    Can You Tame Wild Wimmen? - Billy Murray
    Good-Bye, Wild Women, Good-Bye! - Arthur Fields

    Segment 4: Charlie Kunz

    You Gotta Know How To Dance - Charlie Kunz and His Casani Club Orchestra / Pat O/ Malley, v.
    When Eliza Rolls Her Eyes - Charlie Kunz and His Chez Henri Club Band
    Lazin’ - Charlie Kunz and His Casani Club Orchestra / Dawn Davis, v.

    Segment 5: Wendell Hall

    Sunshine (Ain’t The Sunshine Grand) - Wendell Hall
    Where’s Elmer? - Wendell Hall & Orchestra
    Hot Feet - Wendell Hall’s Red Pepper Rhythms

    1 hr
  12. An "Ecstacy" Edition of RRR # 1,361 August 16, 2026

    Show notes

    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 lovely lady is? She was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, but you know here better as Austrian-American actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr. You'll find out a little bit about one of her first films in the third segment of this week's shoe. In other segments, Harry Akst and Mike Markels have birthday segments. Well also engage in some ecstasy (no not that kind, the other kind), listen to some naughty records and have another Rapidly Rotating Records vocabulary lesson.

    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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Harry Akst

    Sweet Henry (The Pride of Tennessee) Noble Sissle / Eubie Blake, p.
    Away Down South - Melody Dance Players
    That Bran’ New Gal O’ Mine - Garber-Davis Orchestra

    Segment 2: Mike Markels

    Don’t Bother Me - Markels Orchestra
    Once In A Lifetime - Mike Markels Society Orchestra
    Just A Little Dance - Mike Markels Orchestra

    Segment 3: Ecstasy

    Ecstacy Waltz - Edith Lorand and Her Vinnese Orchestra
    Happy - Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra
    You Are My Heart’s Delight - Edythe Baker

    Segment 4: Ecstasy

    She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor - Johnny Messner
    Peaceful Street - Ernest Butcher
    With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock - George Formby

    Segment 5: Hypergargalesthesia

    I Tickled ‘Em - New Arkansas Travelers
    I Tickled Her Under The Chin - Asa Martin
    My Name Is Ticklish Reuben - Smyth Country Ramblers / Malcolm Worley & Jack Pierce, v.

    1 hr
  13. A "Lucky" Edition of RRR # 1,360 August 9, 2026

    Show notes

    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 week's show, Luckey Roberts and Abe Lyman have birthday segments. We’ll check on the weather, hear about Jack and Jill and play One Thing in Common.

    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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Charles Luckeyth Roberts

    Rosetime And You - Atlantic Dance Orchestra
    Rockaway - Irving Kaufman
    I'm Done - Eddie Hunter and Alex Rogers / C. Luckeyth Roberts, piano

    Segment 2: Jack and Jill

    Jack And Jill - Jay Whidden and His Band
    Jack And Jill - The All Star Trio
    The Wedding Of Jack And Jill - Mae Questel

    Segment 3: The Sizzlers

    Forty-Second Street - The Sizzlers
    Somebody Stole My Gal - The Sizzlers
    Gotta Go Places (And Do Things) - The Sizzlers

    Segment 4: Abe Lyman

    Twelfth Street Rag - Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
    Hullanaloo - Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
    High Society - Abe Lyman's California Orchestra

    Segment 5: One Thing In Common

    Tenderly - Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders
    Mandalay - Harry Raderman's Dance Orchestra
    Driftwood - George Olsen and His Music / Bob Borger, v.

    1 hr
  14. A "Lesson Learned" Edition of RRR # 1,359 August 2, 2026

    Show notes

    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 week's show, Lew Stone and Sylvester Weaver have birthday segments. We’ll have a vocabulary lesson and learn some other lessons. 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Stack O' Lee

    Stack O' Lee Part 1 - Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards)
    Stack O' Lee Blues - Waring's Pennsylvanians
    Stack O' Lee Part 2 - Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards)

    Segment 2: Lessons

    The Ukulele Lesson - May Singhi Breen
    Let That Be A Lesson To You - Jack and Jill
    Lessons In Love - Adrian Rollini Orchestra

    Segment 3: Lew Stone

    Rain, Rain Go Away - Lew Stone and The Monseigneur Band / Al Bowlly, v.
    Let Him Live - Lew Stone and The Monseigneur Band / Nat Gonella, v.
    I Hate Myself - Lew Stone and The Monseigneur Band / Tiny Winters, v.

    Segment 4: Cingulomania

    You're Always In My Arms (But Only In My Dreams) - Bebe Daniels
    I'm Gonna Put You In Your Place (And Your Place Is In My Arms) - Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.
    My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Jazz-Bo's Carolina Serenaders

    Segment 5: Sylvester Weaver

    Guitar Rag - Sylvester Weaver
    Me And My Tapeworm - Sylvester Weaver
    Six String Banjo Piece - Sylvester Weaver

    1 hr
  15. The 26th Anniversary Edition of RRR # 1,358 July 26, 2026

    Show notes

    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 week's show, in addition to celebrating four artists’ birthdays, we’re celebrating the 26th birthday of the show!! Rapidly Rotating Records debuted in late July, 2000 on KISL 88.7 FM Avalon, our home until last year when sad to say, the station went off the air. But, against all odds, we’re still here, I don’t know if for another 26 years, but certainly, for as long as we possibly can. But for tonight, we’ve got birthday salutes for Henry Brown, Dock Walsh, Theodure Bendix and Julie Wintz. 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Henry Brown

    Deep Morgan Blues - Henry Brown
    Twenty-First Street Stomp - Henry Brown
    Eastern Chimes Blues - Henry Brown

    Segment 2: Dock Walsh

    A Precious Sweetheart From Me Has Gone - Dick Walsh
    We Courted In The Rain - Dock Walsh
    Educated Man - Dock Walsh

    Segment 3: Theodore Bendix

    The Cat And The Canary - Kaplan's Melodists
    Lamb's Gambol - Fred Van Eps
    The Magpie And The Parrot - Prince's Orchestra

    Segment 4: Julie Wintz

    I Gotta Have You - Julie WIntz and His Mayflower Orchestra / Jim Andrews (Irving Kaufman), v.
    Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues - Julie Wintz and His Hofbrau Orchestra / Bill Zimmer, v.
    When The Little Red Roses (Get The Blues For You) - Julie Wintz AHO / Arthur Fields, v.

    1 hr
  16. A "Clarify and Correct" Edition of RRR # 1,357 July 19, 2026

    Show notes

    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 week’s show, we’ll maintain a flawless tempo as we hear some tunes about crows and potatoes and a birthday salute to Fud Candrix. And we’ll finish up not with Compare and Contrast segments, but Clarify and Correct segments.

    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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Fud Candrix

    Swingnight In Dixieland (Christmas In Dixieland) - Fud Candrix mit seinem Tanzorchester
    Always - Fud Candrix mit seinem Orchester
    Two Left Feet - Tanzorchester Fud Candrix

    Segment 2: Competitive Ballroom Dancing

    Here Am I - Henry Jacques and His Strict Tempo Orchestra
    Gangway - Joe Loss and His Band
    Romany - Jack Harris and His Orchestra at Ciro’s Club, London

    Segment 3: Spud Cells

    Hot Potatoes - Blind Blake
    Sweet Potato Blues - Lonnie Johnson
    Sweet Potato Piper - Dorothy Lamour

    Segment 4: Correct

    Ingen Ros Utan Tornen (No Rose Without Thorns) - Helge Lindberg’s Orchestra
    DaSpirar Alltid Upp Ett Litet Hopp (Then A Little Hope Always Sprouts) - Vernons Orchester
    Ska Jag? Ska Jag? (Should I?) - Gunnar Gregor

    Segment 5: Clarify

    Dream Garden - Henry Thies & His Castle Farm Orchestra
    Royal Garden Blues - Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds
    In A Little Garden (You Made Paradise) Waring’s Pennsylvanians / Tom Waring, v.

    1 hr
  17. A "Beautiful" Edition of RRR # 1,356 July 12, 2026

    Show notes

    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 composer, arranger and pianist Percy Grainger and his birthday segment starts off this week's edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. But we also have two other birthday salutes this week for Phil Cardew and Willard Hodgin. We'll also visit some wigwams and hear both some beautiful TUNES and some BEAUTIFUL tunes. 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens - Alta Hill
    Shepherd's Hey - Columbia Symphony Orchestra UDO Percy Grainger
    Sheep And Goat Walkin' To The Pasture - Percy Grainger

    Segment 2: Phil Cardew

    Plastered In Paris - The Band Waggoners UDO Phil Cardew / Ferrie's Jackdauz, v.
    I've Got A Date With A Dream - The Band Waggoners UDO Phil Cardew / Ferrie's Jackdauz, v.
    Blue Skies Are 'Round The Corner - The Band Waggoners UDO Phil Cardew / Ferrie's Jackdauz, v.

    Segment 3: Willard Hodgin

    Love Is A Ticklish Thing - Willard Hodgin
    I'm Just A Ramblin' Gambler - Banjo Joe (Willard Hodgin
    Courtin' The Widow - Mountain Dew Dare (Willard Hodgin)

    Segment 4: Wigwams

    Wigwam Blues - Lloyd Barber's Green Mill Orchestra
    Wigwam - Murray's Melody Men
    Winona - A Wigwam Wooing - Columbia Orchestra

    Segment 5: Beautiful

    Beautiful - Jack Crawford AHO
    Hello! Beautiful - Sam Lanin's Dance Ensemble / Unidentified, v.
    America The Beautiful - Walter B. Rogers' Band

    1 hr
  18. A "Patriotic" Edition of RRR # 1,355 July 5, 2026

    Show notes

    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.

    It may be the day after Independence Day, but it's still the holiday weekend, so this week's show end with a couple of patriotic tunes and some food for thought. I made the announcement in the intro that we had two birthday segments on the show. While Harry M. Snodgrass does have a birthday salute, even though I announced it, Alvin Kaufman does not. The playlist was changed just before I recorded the show and I forgot to update the intro in the script and read it without remembering the change. Instead, there's a segment about islands. We'll also visit the zoo and do some waddlin'. 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Harry M. Snodgrass

    The Prisoner's Song - Harry M. Snodgrass "King of the Ivories"
    Land Of My Sunset Dreams - Harry M. Snodgrass "King of the Ivories"
    Maple Leaf Rag - Harry M. Snodgrass "King of the Ivories"

    Segment 2: Islands

    I Wish I Were An Island In An Ocean Of Beautiful Girls - from "The Prisoner Pat"
    Song Of The Islands - The Three Keys
    Susie (Of The Islands) - The Wolverine Orchestra

    Segment 3: Gorillas

    Mein Gorilla hat 'ne im Zoo - Weintraub Syncopators
    The Zoo Step - Harold Veo's Orchestra
    Big Gorilla Man - Gladys Bentley

    Segment 4: Waddlin'

    Waddlin' At The Waldorf - Fud Candrix un sein Orchester
    Wa Wa Waddle Walk - Waring's Pennsynvanians
    Washington Waddle - American Quartet

    Segment 5: Independence Day

    American Republic March - Walter B. Rogers Band
    Stars And Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa Conducting the U S Marine Band
    Americanism - Franklin D. Roosevelt

    1 hr
  19. A "Felonious" Edition of RRR #1,354 June 28, 2026

    Show notes

    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.

    So why is there a photograph of a harp featured in this week's playlist? Well because the subject of the first segment of the show is harpist Louis Chicco. You may also have noticed the title of this week's episode is "felonious," which also refers to Louis Chicco. How in the world is that? Listen to the show and find out! In other segments, we'll have not one, but two vocabulary lessons. We'll also take a buggy ride and hear some songs about Jimmy. 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

    THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

    Here’s the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Louis Chicco

    I'm Feelin' Like A Million - George Hamilton and His Music Box Music
    Would You Like To Buy A Dream? - George Hamilton and His Music Box Music
    Sun Showers - George Hamilton and His Music Box Music

    Segment 2: Fluctisonant

    I'm On The Crest Of A Wave - Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers / Scrappy Lambert, v.
    Over The Waves - Adrian Schubert's Concert Orchestra
    Tidal Wave - Fletcher Henderson AHO

    Segment 3: Solipsism

    All By Myself - Ted Lewis Jazz Band
    Me! - The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin) / Dick Robertson, v.
    Me, Myself And I - Nat Gonella and His Georgians

    Segment 4: Druve-thru

    Covered Wagon Days - Frank Banta and Cliff Hess
    The Buggy Song - Heinz Wehner and HIs Legendary Orchestra from the Delphi Palace Theatre
    Old Chuck Wagon Days - Montana Slim (Wilf Carter)

    Segment 5: Jimmy

    Jimmy (I Love But You) - Joseph M. Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
    Jimmy Had A Nickel - Todd Rollins AHO / Chick Bullock
    Ol' Jimmy - Jo Boullion et son Orchestre

    1 hr
  20. A "Glorious" Edition of RRR August 14, 2005

    Show notes

    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 fulfill a couple of requests, visit some fields and streams, celebrate Boop Day and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show!

    Here's the complete playlist:

    Segment 1: Glory

    Listener Alvin sent a nice e-mail a couple of weeks ago saying that he had been thinking about our flag, which, of course is sometimes referred to as “Old Glory”, and suggesting a set of “glory” songs.

    Good Morning Glory - George Hall’s Taft Hotel Orch. / Loretta Lee
    Glory - Gene Kardos AHO / Dick Robertson
    I’m Riding to Glory - Picadilly Players

    Segment 2: The Happiness Boys

    I got another nice e-mail a couple of weeks ago from listener Paul, who listens each week with his daughter, who is just 15. It’s nice to know that some of my listeners are actually younger than the records I play. They requested something by Billy Jones and Ernest Hare, The Happiness Boys.

    Pardon Me While I Laugh - The Happiness Boys
    I Can’t Sleep in the Movies - The Happiness Boys
    Billy Jones and Ernest Hare - The Happiness Boy
    What? No Women? - Jones & Hare

    Segment 3: Boop

    August 8 in 1930, Paramount Studios released the animated cartoon “Dizzy Dishes”, which contained the first appearance of Betty Boop. So, at the suggestion of listener Jim, we’re going to celebrate Boop Day.

    Betty Boop - Phil Spitalny’s Music
    Boop-Boop-a-Doopa Trot - Spike Hughes and His Decca Dents
    Betty Boop - Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees / Mae Questel

    Segment 4: Field & Stream

    August 14 in 1873, the first issue of “Field and Stream” magazine was published, so commemorating 132 years, here are some rapidly rotating records about fields and streams.

    By a Rippling Stream - Johnny Hamp
    Song from a cotton field - Bessie Brown
    Beside a Lazy Stream - Frank Black AHO

    Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

    It’s here where we play rapidly rotating records celebrating birthdays, having been recorded this past week in years past.

    Them Ramblin’ Blues - The Goofus Five (August 11, 1924)
    Just a Dancing Sweetheart - Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Dance Orch/Al Bowlly (August 14, 1931)
    It Was So Beautiful - Harry Richman (August 15, 1932)
    It’s the Tune That Counts - Fats Waller and His Rhythm/Fats Waller (August 10, 1939)

    THANKS FOR LISTENING!

    1 hr