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.

Did you know that James P. Johnson, the father of stride piano, wrote an opera? Do you know the name of it? Do you know Blind Sammie’s real name? Do you know who was behind the creation of Mother’s Day? Find out the answers to those questions and much more on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. We’re going to go all night long, satisfy our hunger, stroll down some lanes, do some strutting and celebrate Mother’s Day. There are a number of records being heard on the show for the first time, so click in or tune in for some great “toe-tapping music.”

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: All Night Long

All Night Long – Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers

Segment 2: Hunger

Hungry Blues – Jimmy Johnson AHO / Anna Robinson, v.

Segment 3: Down The Lane

Sweetheart Lane – Herman Kenin AHO / Van Fleming, v.

Strutter’s Drag – Fletcher Henderson and His Club Alabam Orchestra

Segment 5: Mother’s Day

Mother O’ Mine – Richard Crooks / Frederick Schauwecker, Piano

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