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 evening’s show we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Jelly Roll Morton, Benny Rolfe, Roger Wolfe Kahn and the Metropolitan Opera House.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: B.A. Rolfe
Exactly 125 years ago, October 24 marked the birth in 1879, of B. A. Rolfe. Benjamin Adolphus Rolfe, or “Benny”, was born in Brasher Falls, New York

Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) – B. A. Rolfe and His Lucky Strike Orchestra
Chinese Moon – B. A. Rolfe’s Palais d’Or Orchestra
Why Can’t You? – B. A. Rolfe AHO/J. Donald Parker

Segment 2: Opera
October 22 in 1883, the first performance by the Metropolitan Opera was presented in their new Opera House, on Broadway between 39th and 40th. So here’s a set of rapidly rotating records in honor of the Metropolitan Opera.

Harlem’s Araby – Leroy Smith’s Orch. Cr. Metropolitan Dance Orch
Operatic Rag – Joseph Moskowitz
After the Opera – Willie Howard and Eugene

Segment 3: Roger Wolfe Kahn
October 19th marked the birth in 1907 in Morristown, New Jersey, of bandleader and composer Roger Wolfe Kahn.

Pep – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra
South Wind – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra
Do What You Do – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra

Segment 4: Jelly Roll Morton
October 20 marked the birth in 1890 in New Orleans of Ferdinand Joseph Morton, better known as “Jelly Roll” Morton.

Black Bottom Stomp – Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers
Shreveport Stomp – Jelly Roll Morton Trio
Low Gravy – Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers

Segment 5: More Roger Wolfe Kahn

Anything You Say – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra
Just the Same – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra
Lucky Boy – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

 If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

RRR is also available as a podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play Music. Simply enter Rapidly Rotating Records in the search box in any of those apps and a link to the show will appear. If you listen to the podcast, please subscribe and leave a rating and comment. THANK YOU!

We are proud and happy that Rapidly Rotating Records is also part of Global Community Radio, supplying campus and community radio stations worldwide with hosted music and spoken word programming from sources including public broadcasters, other community radio stations, and independent producers from around the globe.

The Rapidly Rotating Records telephone request line is now OPEN! In addition to sending cards or letters, sending email, or posting to the the show’s website or Facebook page, you can now call in to request a particular artist, song or topic segment, leave feedback about the show, or ask questions or comment about the music. Of course, I’d be happy if you just call in to say “Hi!” and let me know you’re out there listening. The easy-to-remember number is 234-PLAY 78s or 234-752-9787.

If you’re a member of Facebook, but haven’t “liked” the show, won’t you please consider doing so? Just go to http://www.facebook.com/rapidlyrotatingrecords

And finally, please consider becoming a member of KISL. A basic membership is just $20 and a premium membership is $50. While most of you are not on Catalina Island and can’t take advantage of the merchant discounts and offers that go with membership, you’ll be supporting community radio on Catalina Island and beyond. I am not paid for the show, nor is it underwritten. I do the show because I love the music and the people, stories and culture behind it. Visit http://www.kislavalon.com/membership. Thanks!

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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 get happy, have a vocabulary lesson, have some songs about cats and fiddles and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Happy
On October 16 in 1939, listeners to the NBC Blue Network heard the 15 minute radio drama “Right to Happiness” for the first time, to commemorate we’re having a segment that will hopefully bring you some happiness too.

There is a Happy Land – Nat Shilkret & His Victor Orch
Happy Days are Here Again – Jack Cloakey’s Tait’s at the Beach Orch / Paul Slobody
Happy Times – Hal Kemp AHO / Skinnay Ennis
It’s a Hap-Hap-Happy Day – Bob Zurke and His Delta Rhythm Band / Claire Martin

Segment 2: Poltroonery
Here’s something we haven’t had in a while, a vocabulary lesson. The word for this evening is poltroonery, a noun meaning cowardice or pusilianimity. So here’s a set rapidly rotating records about poltroonery.

I’m Afraid of You – George Fisher and His Kit-Cat Band / Eddie Grossbart, v.
Who’s Afraid of Love – Fats Waller and His Rhythm
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf – Dick Himber and His Essex House / Elmer Feldkamp, Terry Shand & Trio

Segment 3: Fiddles
October 15 marked the debut in 1931 at Broadway’s Globe Theater of Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach’s “The Cat and The Fiddle”. We’ve got a couple of segments of the show to dedicate to “The Cat and The Fiddle”, the first about fiddles

Fit as a Fiddle – Roger Wolf Kahn / The Kahn-a-Sirs, v.
Gypsy Fiddles – Ray Noble AHO / Al Bowlly
(The Lady of My Dreams) Taught Me How to Play the Second Fiddle – Frank Crumit

Segment 4: Kitty
Well, we had a set of fiddle songs to commemorate “The Cat and The Fiddle”, so here’s a set of kitty songs.

If I Had You – Arthur Rosebery and His Kit Cat Dance Band / Len Lees
Ring Around the Moon – Cliff Jackson and His Crazy Kats
Harlem Joys – Willie “The Lion” Smith and His Cubs
Ace in the Hole – Al Katz and His Kittens

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

No News or What Killed the Dog – Nat M. Wills (October 14, 1908)
It Makes No Difference Now – Sweatman’s Brownies (October 10, 1924)
My Scandinavian Girl – Irving Aaronson & His Commanders / Phil Saxe & Chorus (October 16, 1928)

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

 If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

RRR is also available as a podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play Music. Simply enter Rapidly Rotating Records in the search box in any of those apps and a link to the show will appear. If you listen to the podcast, please subscribe and leave a rating and comment. THANK YOU!

We are proud and happy that Rapidly Rotating Records is also part of Global Community Radio, supplying campus and community radio stations worldwide with hosted music and spoken word programming from sources including public broadcasters, other community radio stations, and independent producers from around the globe.

The Rapidly Rotating Records telephone request line is now OPEN! In addition to sending cards or letters, sending email, or posting to the the show’s website or Facebook page, you can now call in to request a particular artist, song or topic segment, leave feedback about the show, or ask questions or comment about the music. Of course, I’d be happy if you just call in to say “Hi!” and let me know you’re out there listening. The easy-to-remember number is 234-PLAY 78s or 234-752-9787.

If you’re a member of Facebook, but haven’t “liked” the show, won’t you please consider doing so? Just go to http://www.facebook.com/rapidlyrotatingrecords

And finally, please consider becoming a member of KISL. A basic membership is just $20 and a premium membership is $50. While most of you are not on Catalina Island and can’t take advantage of the merchant discounts and offers that go with membership, you’ll be supporting community radio on Catalina Island and beyond. I am not paid for the show, nor is it underwritten. I do the show because I love the music and the people, stories and culture behind it. Visit http://www.kislavalon.com/membership. Thanks!

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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 Clarence Williams, Johnny Burke and George Westinghouse, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Clarence Williams
October 8 marked the birth in 1898 outside of New Orleans, Louisiana of Clarence Williams.

On the Sunny Side of the Street – Clarence Williams AHO
A Pane in the Glass – Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings
The Shim Sham Shimmy Dance – Clarence Williams Jug Band / Eva Taylor, v.

Segment 2: Johnny Burke
October 3 marked the birth in 1903 in Antioch, California of composer Johnny Burke.

Imagination – Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO / Franklyn Baur, v.
You’re So Darn Charming – Fats Waller and His Rhythm
Pennies From Heaven – Bing Crosby
Annie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – Lew Stone and His Band / Joe Crossman

Segment 3: Sure
October 6 marked the birth in 1846 of inventor George Westinghouse, what does this have to do with rapidly rotating records about being sure? Listen and find out.

(You’re always sure of) My Love For You – Harold Lem AHO/Smith Ballew
I’m Sure of Everything But You – Ted Lewis AHO/ Ted Lewis, v.
So Sure of You – Jack Whitney AHO

Segment 4: This Week in Recording History
It’s the segment where we play rapidly rotating records celebrating birthdays, having been recorded this past week in years past… and this week we’re going to have two celebratory segments.

Choo Choo – Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (October 10, 1930)
Don’t Wait Too Long – Eddie Elkins AHO (October 7, 1925)
Got a Date with an angel – Debroy Somers Band/Dan Donovon (October 9, 1931)

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History Part 2

All of the Time – Edwin J. McEnelly’s Orchestra / Jim Miller, Charley Farrell, v. (October 8, 1928)
I’m Gonna Hang Around My Sugar – Original Indiana Five (October 8, 1925)
Blue Night – Colonial Club Orch (Bob Haring) / Oliver Smith, v. (October 8, 1925)

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

 If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

RRR is also available as a podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play Music. Simply enter Rapidly Rotating Records in the search box in any of those apps and a link to the show will appear. If you listen to the podcast, please subscribe and leave a rating and comment. THANK YOU!

We are proud and happy that Rapidly Rotating Records is also part of Global Community Radio, supplying campus and community radio stations worldwide with hosted music and spoken word programming from sources including public broadcasters, other community radio stations, and independent producers from around the globe.

The Rapidly Rotating Records telephone request line is now OPEN! In addition to sending cards or letters, sending email, or posting to the the show’s website or Facebook page, you can now call in to request a particular artist, song or topic segment, leave feedback about the show, or ask questions or comment about the music. Of course, I’d be happy if you just call in to say “Hi!” and let me know you’re out there listening. The easy-to-remember number is 234-PLAY 78s or 234-752-9787.

If you’re a member of Facebook, but haven’t “liked” the show, won’t you please consider doing so? Just go to http://www.facebook.com/rapidlyrotatingrecords

And finally, please consider becoming a member of KISL. A basic membership is just $20 and a premium membership is $50. While most of you are not on Catalina Island and can’t take advantage of the merchant discounts and offers that go with membership, you’ll be supporting community radio on Catalina Island and beyond. I am not paid for the show, nor is it underwritten. I do the show because I love the music and the people, stories and culture behind it. Visit http://www.kislavalon.com/membership. Thanks!

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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 Vincent Youmans’ birthday, play “Double or Nothing”, have some songs about farm and home, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Vincent Youmans
Sept. 27, marked the birth in New York City in 1898 of composer Vincent Youmans.

Great Day – Paul Whiteman AHO
More Than You Know – Ruth Etting
Tea for Two – Red Nichols and His Five Pennies
Time on My Hands – Nat Shlikret & Orch / Russ Columbo

Segment 2: Double
September 29 in 1940, the radio quiz show “Double or Nothing” was first heard on the Mutual Radio Network, so here to commemorate “Double or Nothing” are some “double” songs.

Double Trouble – Red McKenzie and His Rhythm Kings
I Double Dare You – Lew Stone and His Band/Al Bowlly
Double Check Stomp – Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orch

Segment 3: Farm
October 2, 1929, “The National Farm and Home Hour”, debuted on NBC radio. So, to commemorate “The National Farm and Home Hour”, we’ve got a couple of sets of rapidly rotating records about farm and home.

Misery Farm – Fred Elizalde and His Anglo American Band / Al Bowlly, v.
Down on the Farm – Gene Kardos AHO / Dick Robertson, v.
How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm – Arthur Fields, v.

Segment 4: Home
We had a set of “farm” songs in connection with the debut of “The National Farm and Home Hour” on NBC radio, so here’s a set of “home” songs.

Home – Peter Van Steeden Orch / Dick Robertson, v.
That’s My Home – Nat Gonella and His Trumpet
Paddlin’ Madeline Home – Flash Miller AHO

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Please – Tom Berwick and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra / Rex Blaine, v.
Don’t Wake Me Up, Let Me Dream – Howard Lanin AHO (September 29, 1921)
Bimini Bay – Benson Orch of Chicago (September 28,1921)
Cherry – The Big Aces / George Thomas, v.

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

 If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

RRR is also available as a podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play Music. Simply enter Rapidly Rotating Records in the search box in any of those apps and a link to the show will appear. If you listen to the podcast, please subscribe and leave a rating and comment. THANK YOU!

We are proud and happy that Rapidly Rotating Records is also part of Global Community Radio, supplying campus and community radio stations worldwide with hosted music and spoken word programming from sources including public broadcasters, other community radio stations, and independent producers from around the globe.

The Rapidly Rotating Records telephone request line is now OPEN! In addition to sending cards or letters, sending email, or posting to the the show’s website or Facebook page, you can now call in to request a particular artist, song or topic segment, leave feedback about the show, or ask questions or comment about the music. Of course, I’d be happy if you just call in to say “Hi!” and let me know you’re out there listening. The easy-to-remember number is 234-PLAY 78s or 234-752-9787.

If you’re a member of Facebook, but haven’t “liked” the show, won’t you please consider doing so? Just go to http://www.facebook.com/rapidlyrotatingrecords

And finally, please consider becoming a member of KISL. A basic membership is just $20 and a premium membership is $50. While most of you are not on Catalina Island and can’t take advantage of the merchant discounts and offers that go with membership, you’ll be supporting community radio on Catalina Island and beyond. I am not paid for the show, nor is it underwritten. I do the show because I love the music and the people, stories and culture behind it. Visit http://www.kislavalon.com/membership. Thanks!

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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 evening we’re not playing the usual Red Nichols version of our theme song, “Avalon”, but a 1935 version by Harry Roy and His Orchestra, that’s because, at the suggestion of listener Mort in Great Neck, New York, this evening’s show is made up of rapidly rotating records all by British bands.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Let’s Get Started
With special greetings to Mort, new listener Malcolm in England, and to the members of the British Dance Band newsgroup, we’ll get started.

The Roy Rag – Harry Roy AHO
Fairy on the Clock – The Rhythmic Eight
Spread a Little Happiness – Percival Mackey and His Band

Segment 2: Without Further Ado
Starting with one of new listener Malcolm’s favorites.

Look What You’ve Done – Debroy Somers AHO / Dan Donovon
Miss Annabelle Lee – Harry Hudson’s Melody Men
Bedtime Story – Ray Noble & His New Mayfair Orch / Al Bowlly
Crazy Rhythm – Original Havana Band

Segment 3: A Knees Up

Just Once for All Time – Sydney Kyte and his Picadilly Hotel Band / The Three Ginx
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile – Billy Cotton and His Band
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails – Ambrose AHO / Jack Cooper

Segment 4: Bob’s Your Uncle

When the Poppies Bloom Again – Joe Loss AHO / Chick Henderson
Tiger Rag – The Rhythm Rascals
Miss What’s-Her-Name – Jack Payne and His Band
My Very Good Friend the Milkman – Jack Jackson AHO / Jack Jackson and Unidentified

Segment 5: Ta-ra

Sugar Foot Stomp – Devonshire Restaurant Dance Band
Borneo – Jack Hylton AHO
I Want to Be Happy – Georffrey Goodhart AHO

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

 If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

RRR is also available as a podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play Music. Simply enter Rapidly Rotating Records in the search box in any of those apps and a link to the show will appear. If you listen to the podcast, please subscribe and leave a rating and comment. THANK YOU!

We are proud and happy that Rapidly Rotating Records is also part of Global Community Radio, supplying campus and community radio stations worldwide with hosted music and spoken word programming from sources including public broadcasters, other community radio stations, and independent producers from around the globe.

The Rapidly Rotating Records telephone request line is now OPEN! In addition to sending cards or letters, sending email, or posting to the the show’s website or Facebook page, you can now call in to request a particular artist, song or topic segment, leave feedback about the show, or ask questions or comment about the music. Of course, I’d be happy if you just call in to say “Hi!” and let me know you’re out there listening. The easy-to-remember number is 234-PLAY 78s or 234-752-9787.

If you’re a member of Facebook, but haven’t “liked” the show, won’t you please consider doing so? Just go to http://www.facebook.com/rapidlyrotatingrecords

And finally, please consider becoming a member of KISL. A basic membership is just $20 and a premium membership is $50. While most of you are not on Catalina Island and can’t take advantage of the merchant discounts and offers that go with membership, you’ll be supporting community radio on Catalina Island and beyond. I am not paid for the show, nor is it underwritten. I do the show because I love the music and the people, stories and culture behind it. Visit http://www.kislavalon.com/membership. Thanks!

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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 Fred Ahlert and William McKinney, get an adjustment, have some crackers and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Fred Ahlert
September 18 marked the birth in 1892 in New York City of composer Fred Ahlert.

The Free and Easy – Sam Lanin AHO (Cr. High Hat Revellers)/ Frank Luther, v.
There’s a Cradle in Caroline – Frank Trumbauer AHO
Mean to Me – Dorsey Brothers and Their Orchestra

Segment 2: William McKinney
September 17 marked the birth in 1895 in Paducah, Kentucky of drummer William McKinney.

There’s a Rainbow Round My Shoulder – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers / Dave Wilborn, v.
Okay Baby – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers / George Thomas, v.
If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers /George Thomas, v.

Segment 3: Bones
September 18 way back in 1895, Daniel David Palmer gave the first chiropractic adjustment, leading to the inspiration of this segment of rapidly rotating records about bones.

Dry Bones – Fats Waller & His Rhythm
Shake Yo Bones – Nate Leslie AHO
‘Tain’t No Sin To Dance Around in Your Bones – Vincent Lopez AHO/Jack Parker, v.

Segment 4: Crackers
My granddaughters wanted to hear “Animal Crackers in My Soup”, wo, here for Miss Miranda and Miss Allison, is a set of rapidly rotating records about crackers.

Animal Crackers in My Soup – Mrs. Jack Hylton and Her Band
Cheese and Crackers – Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
I’m Just Wild About Animal Crackers – Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Doin’ the Raccoon – George Olsen and His Music /Fran Frey, Bob Borger, Bob Rice, v.
That’s Just My Way of Forgetting You – Annette Hanshaw (September 13, 1928)
China Girl – Henry Halstead AHO (September 12, 1924)
I’m Satisfied Beside That Sweetie o’ Mine – The Little Ramblers (September 18, 1924)

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

 If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

RRR is also available as a podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play Music. Simply enter Rapidly Rotating Records in the search box in any of those apps and a link to the show will appear. If you listen to the podcast, please subscribe and leave a rating and comment. THANK YOU!

We are proud and happy that Rapidly Rotating Records is also part of Global Community Radio, supplying campus and community radio stations worldwide with hosted music and spoken word programming from sources including public broadcasters, other community radio stations, and independent producers from around the globe.

The Rapidly Rotating Records telephone request line is now OPEN! In addition to sending cards or letters, sending email, or posting to the the show’s website or Facebook page, you can now call in to request a particular artist, song or topic segment, leave feedback about the show, or ask questions or comment about the music. Of course, I’d be happy if you just call in to say “Hi!” and let me know you’re out there listening. The easy-to-remember number is 234-PLAY 78s or 234-752-9787.

If you’re a member of Facebook, but haven’t “liked” the show, won’t you please consider doing so? Just go to http://www.facebook.com/rapidlyrotatingrecords

And finally, please consider becoming a member of KISL. A basic membership is just $20 and a premium membership is $50. While most of you are not on Catalina Island and can’t take advantage of the merchant discounts and offers that go with membership, you’ll be supporting community radio on Catalina Island and beyond. I am not paid for the show, nor is it underwritten. I do the show because I love the music and the people, stories and culture behind it. Visit http://www.kislavalon.com/membership. Thanks!

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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.

We could do an entire show on each one of them, but on this evening’s show we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Billy Rose, Emer Schoebel, Gus Arnheim, Lou Handman and Arthur Freed.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Billy Rose
September 6 marked the birth in 1899 on New York’s lower East Side, of William Samuel Rosenberg. You may know him
better as lyricist, producer, and nightclub and theater owner Billy Rose.

When the Morning Glories Wake Up in the Morning – Jacques Renard and his Cocoanut Grove Orch.
Does the Spearmint Los Its Flavor on the Bedpost Over Night? – Billy Jones & Ernest Hare
Here Comes the Showboat – Jean Goldkette AHO / Myron Schultz, Ray Porter, Harold Stokes

Segment 2: Elmer Schoebel
September 8 marked the birth in 1896 in East St. Louis, Illinois of pianist, composer and arranger Elmer Schoebel.

Copenhagen – Elmer Schoebel and His Friars Society Orchestra
Farewell Blues – Elmer Schoebel and His Friars Society Orchestra
Spanish Shawl – The Broadway Broadcasters (Sam Lanin)

Segment 3: Gus Arnheim
September 11 marked the birth in 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of Gus Arnheim.

Sweet Georgia Brown – Gus Arnheim AHO
All I Want is Just One Girl – Gus Arnheim AHO/Fred MacMurray
You Don’t Know What You’re Doing – Gus Arnheim AHO/Loyce Whiteman
There’s Nothing Too Good for My Baby – Gus Arheim AHO/Harry Barris

Segment 4: Lou Handman
September 9 marked the birth in 1894 in New York City of composer Lou Handman.

Can’t Your Friend Find a Friend for Me? – Jack Hylton’s Kit-Cat Band
Nothin’ – Nat Shilkret AHO
Remarkable Girl – Ted Weems AHO/Country Washburn

Segment 5: Arthur Freed
September 9 marked the birth in 1894 of songwriter and producer Arthur Freed.

You Were Meant for Me – Nat Shilkret Victor Orchestra/ Scrappy Lambert, v.
Singin’ in the Rain – Fred Rich AHO/The Rollickers
Wedding of the Painted Doll – Layton and Johnstone

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

 If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

RRR is also available as a podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play Music. Simply enter Rapidly Rotating Records in the search box in any of those apps and a link to the show will appear. If you listen to the podcast, please subscribe and leave a rating and comment. THANK YOU!

We are proud and happy that Rapidly Rotating Records is also part of Global Community Radio, supplying campus and community radio stations worldwide with hosted music and spoken word programming from sources including public broadcasters, other community radio stations, and independent producers from around the globe.

The Rapidly Rotating Records telephone request line is now OPEN! In addition to sending cards or letters, sending email, or posting to the the show’s website or Facebook page, you can now call in to request a particular artist, song or topic segment, leave feedback about the show, or ask questions or comment about the music. Of course, I’d be happy if you just call in to say “Hi!” and let me know you’re out there listening. The easy-to-remember number is 234-PLAY 78s or 234-752-9787.

If you’re a member of Facebook, but haven’t “liked” the show, won’t you please consider doing so? Just go to http://www.facebook.com/rapidlyrotatingrecords

And finally, please consider becoming a member of KISL. A basic membership is just $20 and a premium membership is $50. While most of you are not on Catalina Island and can’t take advantage of the merchant discounts and offers that go with membership, you’ll be supporting community radio on Catalina Island and beyond. I am not paid for the show, nor is it underwritten. I do the show because I love the music and the people, stories and culture behind it. Visit http://www.kislavalon.com/membership. Thanks!

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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 Sam Lanin, Harry Tobias, and Phil Baxter, we’ll search for tomorrow and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Sam Lanin
Sept. 4 marked the birth in 1891 of bandleader and band contractor Sam Lanin.

Sunshine – Sam Lanin AHO
Sweet Child (I’m Wild About You) – Sam Lanin’s Dance Orchestra
Singin’ in the Bathtub – Sam Lanin’s Dance Orch.
I’m Always Smiling – Billy Hays and His Orch.

Segment 2: Labor Day
I hope you’re enjoying your Labor Day week-end. I know I am. And in honor of Labor Day, here’s a set of rapidly rotating records having to do with labor.

Whistle While You Work – Pauline Alpert, Piano
I Gotta Get Up and Go To Work – Adrian Rollini AHO
Where Do You Work-a John? – Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks

Segment 3: Phil Baxter
Exactly 108 years ago today, September 5, in 1896, Phil Baxter was born in Navarro County, Texas.

Down Where the Bluebonnets Grow – Phil Baxter
If I Had You and You Had Me – Phil Baxter and His Texas Tommies
I Don’t Love Nobody But You – Phil Baxter AHO / Phil Baxter, v.

Segment 4: Tomorrow
September 3, in 1951, what was to become the longest-running TV soap opera was seen for the first time as “Search for Tomorrow” debuted on CBS-TV, join us in our own search for tomorrow.

Tomorrow Who Cares? – Ruth Etting
Tomorrow is Another Day – Billy Merrin and his Commanders / Rita Williams
Take Your Tomorrow and Give Me Today – Jackson and His Southern Stompers

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Beyond the Blue Horizon – George Olsen AHO / Bob Borger & Geo. Olsen (September 5, 1930)
Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine – Glen Oswald’s Serenaders (June 16, 1924)
My Gal Sal – Miff Mole’s Molers (September 1, 1927)

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

 If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

RRR is also available as a podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play Music. Simply enter Rapidly Rotating Records in the search box in any of those apps and a link to the show will appear. If you listen to the podcast, please subscribe and leave a rating and comment. THANK YOU!

We are proud and happy that Rapidly Rotating Records is also part of Global Community Radio, supplying campus and community radio stations worldwide with hosted music and spoken word programming from sources including public broadcasters, other community radio stations, and independent producers from around the globe.

The Rapidly Rotating Records telephone request line is now OPEN! In addition to sending cards or letters, sending email, or posting to the the show’s website or Facebook page, you can now call in to request a particular artist, song or topic segment, leave feedback about the show, or ask questions or comment about the music. Of course, I’d be happy if you just call in to say “Hi!” and let me know you’re out there listening. The easy-to-remember number is 234-PLAY 78s or 234-752-9787.

If you’re a member of Facebook, but haven’t “liked” the show, won’t you please consider doing so? Just go to http://www.facebook.com/rapidlyrotatingrecords

And finally, please consider becoming a member of KISL. A basic membership is just $20 and a premium membership is $50. While most of you are not on Catalina Island and can’t take advantage of the merchant discounts and offers that go with membership, you’ll be supporting community radio on Catalina Island and beyond. I am not paid for the show, nor is it underwritten. I do the show because I love the music and the people, stories and culture behind it. Visit http://www.kislavalon.com/membership. Thanks!

The post Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 5 September 2004 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM 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 evening’s show we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Fred Rose, Nick Lucas and Jack Payne, and cook up a musical meal.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Topic
The last couple of weeks the promos and Ids on the show have had some new music in the background. Those records are all from the band of Edwin J. McEnelly, and I thought I’d take this opportunity to let you hear those wonderful records in their entirety, unadulterated by my voice.

My Sunday Girl – Edwin J. McEnelly
Take Your Tomorrow – Edwin J. McEnelly
Blue Eyed Baby – Edwin J. McEnelly

Segment 2: Culinary
America’s First Lady of Cooking, Julia Child passed away a couple of weeks ago on August 13, just two days shy of her 92nd birthday. So here in celebration of Julia Child’s life, are some culinary songs.

String Beans – Vinvent Rose and His Montmarte Orch
What! No Spinach? – Irving Aaronson and His Commanders
Sweet Butter – Kaplan’s Meoldians
If My Baby Cooks as Good as She Looks – The Roving Romeos (Harry Reser) / Tom Stacks

Segment 3: Nick Lucas
August 22 marked the birth in 1897 in Newark, New Jersey of “The Crooning Troubador”, Nick Lucas.

Painting the Clouds With Sunshine – Nick Lucas
Picking the Guitar – Nick Lucas, Guitar Solo
Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue? – Nick Lucas

Segment 4: Fred Rose
August 24 marked the birth in 1897 in Evansville, Indiana, of composer, lyricist, vocalist and pianist Fred Rose.

Mobile Blues – The Bucktown Five
Number Ten – Jack Hylton’s Hyltonians
That’s All There Is There Ain’t No More – The Original Indiana Five

Segment 5: Jack Payne
August 22 marked the birth in 1899 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, of Wesley Vivian Payne, better known as Jack Payne.

My Baby Just Cares for Me – Jack Payne and His BBC Dance Orchestra
Choo Choo – Jack Payne and His BBC Dance Orchestra
Hot Bricks – Jack Payne and His BBC Dance Orchestra
Tokio – Jack Payne and His BBC Dance Orchestra

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

 If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

RRR is also available as a podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play Music. Simply enter Rapidly Rotating Records in the search box in any of those apps and a link to the show will appear. If you listen to the podcast, please subscribe and leave a rating and comment. THANK YOU!

We are proud and happy that Rapidly Rotating Records is also part of Global Community Radio, supplying campus and community radio stations worldwide with hosted music and spoken word programming from sources including public broadcasters, other community radio stations, and independent producers from around the globe.

The Rapidly Rotating Records telephone request line is now OPEN! In addition to sending cards or letters, sending email, or posting to the the show’s website or Facebook page, you can now call in to request a particular artist, song or topic segment, leave feedback about the show, or ask questions or comment about the music. Of course, I’d be happy if you just call in to say “Hi!” and let me know you’re out there listening. The easy-to-remember number is 234-PLAY 78s or 234-752-9787.

If you’re a member of Facebook, but haven’t “liked” the show, won’t you please consider doing so? Just go to http://www.facebook.com/rapidlyrotatingrecords

And finally, please consider becoming a member of KISL. A basic membership is just $20 and a premium membership is $50. While most of you are not on Catalina Island and can’t take advantage of the merchant discounts and offers that go with membership, you’ll be supporting community radio on Catalina Island and beyond. I am not paid for the show, nor is it underwritten. I do the show because I love the music and the people, stories and culture behind it. Visit http://www.kislavalon.com/membership. Thanks!

The post Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 29 August 2004 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM 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 evening’s show, we’ll fulfill a couple of requests, celebrate the Count’s birthday, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Past, Present, Future
Listener George from Odessa, Ontario, Canada wrote to ask for a couple of songs by The Boswell Sisters. So here’s the first of two sets, each containing one of George’s requested songs, this one inspiring some fortune telling.

Let’s Drink a Drink to the Future – Ben Selvin AHO
My Future Just Passed – Boswell Sisters
You’re My Past, Present and Future – Abe Lyman AHO / Frank Sylvano

Segment 2: Count Basie
August 21 marked the birth in 1904 in Red Bank, New Jersey, of pianist, composer and bandleader William Basie, better known as “Count” Basie.

The Dirty Dozens – Count Basie, Piano
Lester Leaps In – Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven
Prince of Wails – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

Segment 3: Faults
George in Odessa, Ontario, Canada. Are you listening? Here’s your other request.

It’s All My Fault – Connee Boswell
It’s All Your Fault – Don Redman AHO / Harlan Lattimore
It Ain’t No Fault of Mine – Fred “Sugar” Hall and His Sugar Babies / Arthur Fields

Segment 4: Midwest
Listener Ron is from here in southern California, but was recently in Chicago and sent in a request for some songs about the Midwest.

Chicago Breakdown – Sonny Clay’s Plantation Orchestra
Little Joe from Chicago – Mary Lou Williams (Piano)
Chicago – The Original Memphis Five
Red Hot Chicago – Fred Waring ah Pennsylvanians / Fred Waring, v.

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

Shaking the Blues Away – Paul Whiteman AHO
Barbara – The Texans (Sam Lanin) (August 19, 1827)
How Am I To Know – Ben Selvin AHO (August 13, 1929)
Woe! Is Me – Fats Waller and His Rhythm (August 20, 1935)

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

 If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

RRR is also available as a podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play Music. Simply enter Rapidly Rotating Records in the search box in any of those apps and a link to the show will appear. If you listen to the podcast, please subscribe and leave a rating and comment. THANK YOU!

We are proud and happy that Rapidly Rotating Records is also part of Global Community Radio, supplying campus and community radio stations worldwide with hosted music and spoken word programming from sources including public broadcasters, other community radio stations, and independent producers from around the globe.

The Rapidly Rotating Records telephone request line is now OPEN! In addition to sending cards or letters, sending email, or posting to the the show’s website or Facebook page, you can now call in to request a particular artist, song or topic segment, leave feedback about the show, or ask questions or comment about the music. Of course, I’d be happy if you just call in to say “Hi!” and let me know you’re out there listening. The easy-to-remember number is 234-PLAY 78s or 234-752-9787.

If you’re a member of Facebook, but haven’t “liked” the show, won’t you please consider doing so? Just go to http://www.facebook.com/rapidlyrotatingrecords

And finally, please consider becoming a member of KISL. A basic membership is just $20 and a premium membership is $50. While most of you are not on Catalina Island and can’t take advantage of the merchant discounts and offers that go with membership, you’ll be supporting community radio on Catalina Island and beyond. I am not paid for the show, nor is it underwritten. I do the show because I love the music and the people, stories and culture behind it. Visit http://www.kislavalon.com/membership. Thanks!

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