Rapidly Rotating Records

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 

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

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.

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.