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.

You simply *must* come over to hear this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. Jack Stanley and Louis Noiret have birthday segments this week. Jack Stanley is the Stanley in the label above and you’ll hear all about Ann and her little sedan in the first segment of the show. In other segments we’ll get invited over, enjoy some ice cream and have a 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. Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Jack Stanley

I Had Someone Else Before I Had You (And I’ll Have Someone After You’re Gone) – Benson Orchestra of Chicago, Don Bestor, Dir. / Cloyd Griswold, v.
I’m Knee Deep In Daisies – Raderman’s Roysterers / Billy West (Billy Jones), v.
Ann And Her Little Sedan – Phil Baker

Segment 2: Louis Noiret

Very, Very Welcome Home, Mr. Swanson – Jean Stuers Musette Orchestra / Louis Noiret, v.
Skal-Skal-Skal – The Viking Accordion Band

Segment 3: You Must Come Over

Ya Gonna Be Home To-night? – Bob Pierce (Old King Cole)
You Must Come Over – Savoy and Brennan
Won’t You Come Over To My House? Ford & Glenn

Segment 4: Vanilla

I Love Vanilla – Bob Pierce (Old King Cole) (Arthur Schutt, Piano)
I’ll Have Vanilla – Eddie Cantor (Frank Ferera, Ukulele
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream – Paul Johnson (Jack Kaufman)

Segment 5: Toxophilite

Flying Arrow – Sousa’s Band, Herbert L. Clark, Dir.
Flaming Arrow – Edison Concert Band
Dog-Gone! – The Nifty Three

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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.

Last week’s show was an “All Birthday” edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. This week, we’re celebrating just one birthday, that of novelty pianist Billy Mayerl. As you can see from the sheet music above, Billy was also a composer, and you’ll hear “Georgie Porgie” performed by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra. “Georgie Porgie” was co-composed by Gee Paul, but that’s not his real name. You’ll find out his real name and a little about him in the first segment of the show. In other segments, we’ll do some studying, some dancing, some mountain climbing and we’ll get sloppy. 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. Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Billy Mayerl

Georgie Porgies – Paul Whiteman AHO / Gaylord, Fulton & Young, v.
Masculine Women-Feminine Men – Billy Mayerl & Gwen Farrar
Medley from “Nippy” – Billy Mayerl, Piano

Segment 2: Cakewalk

American Cakewalk – John J. Kimmel
Cake Walking Babies From Home – Clarence Williams’ Blue Five / Eva Taylor, v.
The Dream Of The Rarebit Fiend (The Perman’s Brooklyn Cakewalk) – Guido Deiro

Segment 3: Studies

A Study In Red – Larry Clinton AHO
A Study In Brown – Teddy Hill and The NBC Orchestra
A Study In Blue – Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra

Segment 4: Sloppy

Sloppy Water Blues – Fats Waller
Sloppy Joe – Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra / Sonny Greer, v.
Sloppy Drunk Blues – Washboard Rhythm Kings

Segment 5: Kami Rita Sherpa

I’d Climb The Highest Mountain (If I Knew I’d Find You) – Whispering Jack Smith
I’m Up On A Mountain (Talking To The Sky) – Jack Miller
Mountains Ain’t No Place For Bad Men – Frank Crumit

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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.

Do you know who this fellow is? He’s Ernest Van Stoneman and has been called “The Unsung Father of Country Music.” You’ll find out all about him and hear a couple of examples of his music in the last segment of this week’s show. This week is an “All Birthday” edition of Rapidly Rotating Records and we’ll also be celebrating the birthdays of Harold Rome, Jerry Herst, George Hamilton Green and several others. 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. Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Harold Rome

My Heart Is Unemployed – Hal Kemp AHO / Bob Allen, v.
One Big Union For Two – Cab Calloway AHO / Cab Calloway, v.
Sunday In The Park – Abe Lyman and His Californians / Eddie Holly, v.

Segment 2: Jerry Herst

So Rare – Gus Arnheim AHO / Jimmy Farrell, v.
Rare Old Irish Whiskey – John McGettigan
What Is So Rare – Hoosier Hot Shots

Segment 3: George Hamilton Green, Jr.

The Humming Bird – George Hamilton Green (Frank Banta, Piano)
If I Had My Way – Jack Hylton AHO / Sam Browne +2, v.
Southern Dream – George Hamilton Green

Segment 4: More Birthdays

Carefree – Libby Holman
Corky Stomp – Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy
At Peace With The World – Carl Fenton’s Orchestra (Gus Haenschen) / Al Jolson, v.

Segment 5: Ernest Stoneman

Barney McCoy – Uncle Eck Dunford & Ernest Stoneman
Peek-A-Boo – Ernest Stoneman and Kahle Brewer

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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.

Regular listeners to this show will probably immediately recognize the jovial gentleman at the keyboard as “Fats” Waller. He’ll be getting a birthday salute in the second segment of this week’s show. He’s usually heard on the show as piano or organ soloist or with Fats Waller and His Rhythm, but this time he’ll be playing a secondary role as accompanist. Longtime listeners are familiar with the little quiz we call “One Thing In Common” but we start off the show with a new feature we’re calling “Nothing Whatsoever In Common.” In other segments we’ll have a vocabulary lesson, mix things up and play some “wrap” music! 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. Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Nothing Whatsoever in Common

Queen Mary Waltz – William Hannah
Lost Boy Blues – Palmer McAbee
Eskimo Shivers – Billy Mayerl

Segment 2: “Fats” Waller

‘Tain’t Nobody’s Bus’ness If I Do – Sara Martin (T. Waller, piano)
Florence – Juanita Stinnette (Thomas Waller, organ)
When You’re With Somebody Else – Shilkret’s Rhyt-Melodists (Thomas Waller, pipe organ)

Segment 3: Neanimorphic

Make Up Your Mind You’re Gonna Be Young – Society Serenaders (Stan Greening) / Richard Neller, v.
Mamma’s Grown Young, Papa’s Grown Old – Goofus Five and Their Orchestra / Scrappy Lambert, v.
He May Be Old, But He’s Got Young Ideas – Billy Murray

Segment 4: All Mixed Up

Mixed Up Rag – Will Ezell
Mixed Up Blues – Washboard Sam
General Mixup U. S. A. March – Walter B. Rogers and His Band

Segment 5: “Wrap: Music

Wrap Me Up And Send Me C.O.D. To Tennessee – The Happiness Boys
Wrapped In A Red, Red Rose – Ed Kirkeby AHO
I Wanna Wrap You Up (And Take You Home With Me) – Frankie Masters AHO / Frankie Masters, v.

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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.

Avalon, written by Al Jolson and Vincent Rose, is, of course, our theme song on the show, and you’ve heard plenty of versions of it over the years, but never this one by Vernon Geyer on the Hammond Electric Organ in 1938. You’ll find out all about Vernon Geyer in his birthday segment. We’ll be starting off the show with another birthday salute, for Billy Thorburn. In other segments, we’ll have some laughs, hear some regal records–not on the Regal label– and stop and smell the flowers. 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. Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Billy Thorburn

It Costs So Little – The Organ, The Dance Band And Me / Jimmy Messini, v.
I’m All Alone (But I’m Not Lonely) – The Organ, The Dance Band And Me / Terry Devon, v.
Happy Days, Happy Months, Happy Years – The Organ, The Dance Band And Me / Leslie Douglas, v.

Segment 2: Vernon Geyer

Avalon – Vernon Geyer
Lullaby In Rhythm – Vernon Geyer
Sweet Jennie Lee – Vernon Geyer

Segment 3: Laughing

I Laughed So Hard I Nearly Died – Rex Cole’s Mountaineers
You’re Laughing At Me – Wayne King AHO
I’m Laughing – Frank Luther AHO / Frank Luther Trio, v.

Segment 4: Coronation

King For A Day – George Olsen and His Music / George Olsen, v.
Buckingham Palace – Frank Luther
The King Is Still In London – Carroll Gibbons and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans / Sam Browne, v.

Segment 5: April Shower Bring May Flowers

In A Flower’d Garden – Hollywood Dance Orchestra (Nathan Glantz)
Moorland Flowers – John Bull London Orchestra
We Want The Flowers Now – Vernon Dalhart & Thomas Chalmers (as Lawrence E. Gilbert)

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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.

Harris, Briegel & Gilbert in the title of this week’s show is not a high-powered Washington D. C. law firm but refers to the three birthday we’re celebrating on this week’s show. The “partner” show above is Charles Kassell Harris, a name which may not ring a bell, but whose most famous tune probably does. The others in the birthday spotlight this week are Joseph Gorge Gilbert and George F. Briegel. In other segments, we’ll hear from some mountaineers and commemorate Arbor Day with a couple of songs about trees. 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. Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Charles Harris

Just Break The News To Mother – Carson Robison Trio
Hello, Central, Give Me Heaven – The Carter Family
After The Ball – Vernon Dalhart and Company

Segment 2: Joseph Gilbert

Sweet Suzanne – Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees / Rudy Vallee, v.
Say A Little Prayer For Me – Morton Downey
Sunny Skies – Billy Cotton and His London Savannah Band / Sid Buckman & Joe Ferrie, v.

Segment 3: George F. Briegel

Go Your Way And I’ll Go Mine – Glen Oswald’s Serenaders
Song Of The Army Engineer – Victor Military Band
Slide, Kelly, Slide – Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band

Segment 4: Mountaineers

After The Old Barn Dance – Eddie Younger and His Mountaineers
Biss Wishes He Was Single Again – Bill Chitwood and His Georgia Mountaineers
I Like Mountain Music – Wenatchee Mountaineers

Segment 5: Arbor Day

The Three Trees – Frank Crumit
Trees – Richard Tauber

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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 week is a special edition of Rapidly Rotating Records as we play records by the Hurtado Brothers for the Hurtado Brothers and their mother, Diane! The record above starts off the final segment of the show in which you’ll find out just what we mean. To start off the show we’ll right a wrong and we’ll be celebrating three birthdays, those of Lee Sims, Jules Levy and Parker Gibbs. 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. Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Orville Andrews

From Monday On – Jimmy Joy AHO / Orville Andrews, v.

Segment 2: Jules Levy

Du, Du: With Variations – Jules Levy
Blue Bells Of Scotland – Constance Mering, Piano
Our Own Make Polka – Jules Levy, Jr.
Spread Yo’ Stuff – Joseph Samuels’ Music Masters

Segment 3: Parker Gibbs

Panhandle Pete – Ted Weems AHO / Parker Gibbs, v.
I Like To Hear A Military Band – Ted Weems AHO / Parker Gibbs, v.
What A Day! – Ted Weems AHO / Parker Gibbs, v.

Segment 4: Lee Sims

Mine – All Mine – Lee Sims
Improvisations – Lee Sims w/Orchestra
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate – Lee Sims w/Trumpet

Segment 5: Hurtado Brothers

Diane – Hurtado Brothers Marimba Orchestra
Cielo De Guatemala – Hurtado Brothers Royal Marimba Band
Catalina – Hurtado Brothers Royal Marimba Orchestra of Guatemala

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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.

Do you know who this fellow is? He’s bandleader Jimmy Joy. Well, that’s not his real name, but you’ll find out his real name and hear three of his recordings in the first segment of this week’s show. We also have birthday segments for Little Brother Montgomery and Shaun O’Nolan. In the fourth segment you’ll hear about pizza and pipes and in the final segment we’ll take some musical steamboat excursions. 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. Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Jimmy Joy

St. Louis Blues – Jimmy Joy’s St. Anthony Hotel Orchestra
Can’t You Understand – Jimmy Joy AHO / Unidentified v.
Last Night’s Gardenias – Jimmy Joy AHO / Art Lund, v.

Segment 2: Little Brother Montgomery

Farish Street Jive – Little Brother Montgomery
A & V Railroad Blues – Little Brother Montgomery
Shreveport Farewell – Little Brother Montgomery

Segment 3: Shaun O’Nolan

The Irish Fiddler – Shaun O’Nolan
|Tailor’s Thimble – Shaun O’Nolan

Segment 4: Organ Stop Pizza

Back In Your Own Back Yard – Milton Charles, Organ – Charles Kaley, v.
Why Can’t You – Jesse Crawford
Mary Lou – Harold Reider, Organ

Segment 5: Dolly Steamboat

Steamboat Sal – Garber-Davis Orchestra
Steamboat Keep Rockin’ – Vernon Dalhart & Carson Robison
Steamboat Rag – Ethel Smith

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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.

Do you know who this fellow is? He’s bandleader Bobby Byrne and he’ll be starting off the final segment of this week’s show, all about orchids. And speaking of flowers, there’s also a wildflower segment on the show. In other segments, we’ll also reach as high as we possibly can, and hear from a quartet of quartets. The show starts off with an episode of “Compare and Contrast” in which we’ll play songs by Clay Boland and Binkley Reichner and Frank Loesser and Burton Lane. 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. Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Compare and Contrast

Midnight On The Trail – Tommy Dorsey AHO / Jack Leonard, v.
Dancing On A Dime – Gray Gordon and His Tic Toc Rhythm Orchestra / Jack Leonard, v.

Segment 2: Wildflowers

Wildflower – Harry Breuer
Wildflower Rag – Clarence Williams AHO
Where The Wild Wildflowers Grow – Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO

Segment 3: National Barbershop Quartet Day

Whisper – Sh! – Esther Walker w/Quartet
Where The Golden Daffodils Grow – Cliquot Club Eskimos / The Strollers Quartet
Mosquito – Livingstone College Male Quartet
Hinkey Dinkey Dee – Dan Hornsby Novelty Quartet

Segment 4: National Reach as High as You Can Day

Reaching For Someone (And Not Finding Anyone There) – The Rhythmic Eight
Reaching For The Cotton Moon – Mills Blue Rhythm Band / Adelaide Hall. v.
Reach Out For A Rainbow – Van Phillips and His Band / Sam Browne, v.

Segment 5: Orchids

Orchids For Remembrance – Bobby Byrne Orchestra . Jack Palmer, v.
An Orchid To You – Eddy Duchin AHO / Lew Sherwood, v.
Blue Orchids – Jack Hylton AHO / Denny Dennis, v.

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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.

Do you know who this fellow is? He’s Vernon Geyer, an early proponent of the Hammond organ, invented by Laurens Hammond. It was patented in 1934 and went on sale the following year. You’ll hear Geyer play the Hammond A in the first segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, a birthday salute to S. Bickley Reichner. In other segments, the gloves are comin’ off, we’ll go from good enough to too good, and have a human 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. Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: S. Bickley Reichner

When I Go A Dreamin’ – Dick Todd
Stop Beatin’ ‘Round The Mulberry Bush – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.
Ya Got Me – Vernon Geyer, Hammond Electric Organ Solo

Segment 2: Good Enough is NOT Good Enough

Waikiki Is Good Enough For Me – Johnny Noble and His Hawaiian Music
Single Life Is Good Enough For Me – Rambling Red Foley
Good Enough To Keep (Airmail Special) – Benny Goodman Sextet

Segment 3: Too Good

Too Good To Be True – Benny Goodman Trio / Helen Ward, v.
Good-bye, It’s Too Good To Be True – Bernard Ette AHO
Too Good For The Average Man – Ramona and Her Grand Piano

Segment 4: The Gloves Are Off

You Forgot Your Gloves – Waring’s Pennsylvanians / Clare Hanlon, v.
Pardon The Glove – Ross Gorman’s Virginians
Rotten Cotton Gloves – Harry Fay

Segment 5: Humanism

Was That The Human Thing To Do – Pickens Sisters
Human Hearts – Dornberger’s Dance Orchestra
My Best Girl – Cogert & Motto (The Human Jazz Band)

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