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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? That’s right! Accordionist and songwriter Bobby Gregory. His is the first of three birthday segments on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. The other two birthdays we’ll be celebrating are those of Rube Bloom and Michael H. Cleary. Also, for no particular reason, we’ll have a segment of “stormy” songs. For no particular reason. And we’ll also have a set of songs about that thing. You know. That thing. No, not that thing, that thing! 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.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Bobby Gregory

Am I Dreaming? – Jolly Coburn Orchestra / Harold van Emburgh
Who Threw The Much In Grandpa’s Whiskers? – Peg La Centra / Jerry Sears Orchestra
Blue-Eyed Baby – Tennessee Ramblers

Segment 2: That Thing

You’ve Got That Thing – Leo Reisman AHO / Frank Luther, v.
Doggin’ That Thing – Walter Pichon
Shake That Thing – The Jim Dandies

Segment 3: Stormy

Stormy Weather – Joe Robichaux and His New Orleans Rhythm Boys
The Stormy Sea Of Love – Irving Kaufman
My Stormy Weather Pal – The Cavaliers / Oscar Grogan, v.

Segment 4: Rube Bloom

That Futuristic Rag – Rube Bloom (Piano Solo)
On Revival Day – Rube Bloom and His Bayou Boys / Irving Kaufman, v.
I Want Somebody To Cheer Me Up – Esther Walker (Piano accompanied by Rube Bloom)

Segment 5: Michael H. Cleary

It Took A Lot Of Blues (To Take My Blues Away) – Dixie Daisies
My Arms Are Open – Ed Lowry
Nobody But You – Imperial Dance Orchestra / Irving Kaufman, 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.

Yes, you’re right. The preferred spelling of dumbbell is with two “b”s, but only as it applies to the weight-training apparatus. The Dumbells above, with one “b” aren’t weightlifters, but Capt. M. W. Plunkett’s Dumbells musical troupe. You’ll find out all about them and hear three numbers presented in their 1920s shows in the first segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. With The Masters just concluded we’ll hit the links and celebrate Nat Osborne’s birthday. We’ll also have a two-segment vocabulary lesson, not about specific words, but explaining two different but related figures of speech with musical examples. 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.

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Segment 1: The Dumbells

K-K-Kiss Me Again – Albert Plunkett
Come Back, Old Pal – Reese Williams
It’s Canada (The Land For Me) – Al. Plunkett

Segment 2: Synecdoche

Tickling The Strings – Michael Flanagan
Bread Line Blues – Slim Smith
Kitten On The Keys – Frank Banta and Jack Austin (Piano Duet)

Segment 3: Metonymy

You’re My Dish – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.
Big House Blues – Harlem Footwarmers (Duke Ellington)
Is It True What They Say About Dixie? – Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees / Rudy Vallee, v.

Segment 4: Golf

Since They Are All Playing Miniature Golf – Saunders and White
The Human Chatterbox Plays Golf – Julius Tannen
And Then He Took Up Golf – Frank Crumit

Segment 5: Nat Osborne

When They Changed My Name To A Number – Art Gillham
You Wanted Someone To Play With, I Wanted Someone To Love – Johnny Marvin
That’s The Song Of Songs For Me – Harvey Hindermeyer

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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 dapper gentleman is? That’s right! Pianist and bandleader Eddy Duchin. His is one of four birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. We’ll also fete Edmund Jenkins, Fred Hall and Debroy Somers. And we’ll also have a segment about what’s coming down the pike. There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be taken back to an earlier–and we think better-musical era. Just click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Edmund Thornton Jenkins

A Trombone Cocktail – “Queen’s” Dance Orchestra
Laughing Waltz – Jack Hylton’s Jazz Band
Little Miss Springtime – Jack Hylton’s Jazz Band

Segment 2: Fred Hall

African Blues – Sam Manning
Pappy’s Buried On The Hill – Pop Collins and His Boys / Pop Collins (Fred Hall? Arthur Fields?), v.
Sobbin’ Blues – Fred “Sugar” Hall and His Sugar Babies

Segment 3: What’s To Come

Morning Will Come – Zez Confrey AHO
Winter Will Come – Capt. Plunkett’s Overseas Orchestra
The Time Will Come – Vernon Dalhart & Company

Segment 4: Debroy Somers

Mimosa – Debroy Somers Band / Ramon Newton, v.
I Can’t Do Without You – Ciro’s Club Dance Band UDO Debroy Somers / Ramon Newton, v.
When The Love-Bird Leaves His (sic) Nest – Debroy Somers Band / Ramon Newton, v.

Segment 5: Eddy Duchin

You’ve Got Something – Eddy Duchin AHO / Jerry Cooper, v.
The Song Is You – Eddy Duchin and His Central Park Casino Orchestra / Frank Munn, v.
Ol’ Man Mose – Eddy Duchin AHO / Patricia Newman, 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.

Last year had a segment featuring Mickey Guy, but not because he was having a birthday. This year he gets his own birthday segment in which you’ll find out the significance of the poster above. In other segments, we’ll quit (not really!), hear some songs about the morning, take a ride in a gondola 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 taken back to an earlier–and we think better-musical era. Just click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Mesonoxian

Dixie Dawn – Zaidee Jackson and Her Midnight Orchestra
Honey – Midnight Ramblers / Roland Lance, v.
There’s A New Day Coming – The Midnight Minstrels / Sam Browne + Trio, v.

Segment 2: Michael / Mickey / Mike Guy

Deep Hollow – Kingsway Revel’s Dance Band
Pumpernickel – Blue Steele AHO
Gee, But I’m Lonesome Tonight – McFarland and Gardner

Segment 3: You Can’t Quit. You’re FIRED!

I’m Gonna Quit…Saturday – Bert Williams
If Your Good Man Quits You, Don’t Wear No Black – Viola McCoy with Fletcher Henderson’s Jazz Five
You Gonna Quit Me Blues – Blind Blake

Segment 4: In My Gondola

I My Gondola – Nathan Glantz AHO . Frank Bessinger, v.
Gondola Veneziana – Charles Magnante and Anthony Torre
Una Notte In Gondola (Night In A Gondola) – The Three Vagrants

Segment 5:

Early In The Morning Blues – The Virginians UDO Ross Gorman
What Good Is Good Morning – Cliff Edwards

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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 these seven fellows are? They’re the German jazz ensemble Die Goldene Sieben, or in English, The Golden Seven. You’ll hear three of their records from the 1930s in the second segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. In other segments, we’ll celebrate the birthday of Roy Harvey, go to the tobacco auction, hear from the Three Tobacco Tags and find out what a “Mad Apple” is. There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be taken back to an earlier–and we think better-musical era. Just click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: “Mad Apples”

Red Apple Rag – Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith and His Dixieliners
Eve Wasn’t Modest Till She Ate That Apple – Imperial Band
There’s A New Apple Tree – Joe Loss AHO / Clem Stevens, v.

Segment 2: Die Goldene Sieben (The Golden Seven)

Weil der D-Zugführer heute Hochzeit macht (Because The Express Train Driver Has A Wedding Today) – Die Goldene Sieben
Donner, Blitz Und Sonnenschein (Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine) – Die Goldene Sieben
Hinter, Schloss Und Riegel (Behind Lock and Key) – Die Goldene Sieben

Segment 3: Three Tobacco Tags

That’s Why We Got Reno Now – Three Tobacco Tags
I’m A Handsome Man – Bob Hartsell acc. The Three Tobacco Tags
Ridin’ The Rails – Three Tobacco Tags

Segment 4: Tobacco Auctioneer

A Chew Of Tobacco And A Little Drink – Leonard Stokes
Lucky Strike Presents Lee Riggs, Tobacco Auctioneer
The Tobacco Auctioneer – Raymond Scott

Segment 5: Roy Harper

Steamboat Man – Roy Harper and Earl Shirkey
A Hobo’s Pal – Earl Shirkey and Roy Harper
We Have Moonshine In The West Virginia Hills – Roy Harper and Earl Shirkey

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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.

March is Women’s History Month and we here at Rapidly Rotating Records are joining in to commemorate, and encourage the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history and recording history. All of the records on this week’s show are by or about women. The second record on tonight’s show is in fact “Fall In Line,” subtitled “Suffrage March” written by Zena S. Hawn. The cover of the Tams sheet music is shown above. Other topics on the show have to do with women in aviation, women in film and women in the military. The last two sets are songs written by and/or performed by women. There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be taken back to an earlier–and we think better-musical era. Just click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Aren’t Women Wonderful – Sophie Tucker

Fall In Line (Suffrage March) – Victor Military Band
Old Country Fiddler On Women’s Suffrage – Charles Ross Taggart
Since My Margaret Became A Suffragette – Maurice J. Burkhardt

Mildred Doran’s Last Flight – Vernon Dalhart

Your Mother’s Gone Away To Join The Army – Billy Murray
Wait Till The Girls Get Into The Army, Boys – Terry Shand AHO / Terry Shand, v.

Come Out Of The Kitchen, Mary Ann – M. J. O’Connell

When The Women Get In Power – Bill Cox

Close Your Eyes – Ruth Etting
Old Lonesome Blues – Bowman Sisters
High Hat – Constance Mering and Muriel Pollock

New Orleans – Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds
A Guy What Takes His Time – Mae West

Jazzband aus Krahwinkel – L:ucie Bernardo mit Jazz-Orchester

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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.

So why is there a bottle of Green River Bourbon on this post instead of a Tin Pan Alley composer or a vaudeville artist or other ’20s or ’30s vocalist, instrumentalist, band orchestra? Well, you’ll find out in the final segment of this week’s special St. Patrick’s Day edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. In other segments, we’ll do some messin’ around and hear some songs about birth and death. Don’t worry, it’s not nearly as morbid as it sounds. There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be taken back to an earlier–and we think better-musical era. Just click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. Best wishes for a pleasant St. Patrick’s Day. Please drink responsibly and NEVER drink and drive!

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Segment 1: St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day – Sean Nolan’s Dublin Orchestra
Irish Delight – Flanagan Brothers
In The Garden Where The Irish Potatoes Grow – Dr. Smith’s Champion Hoss Hair Pullers

Segment 2: Messin’ Around

Everybody Mess Aroun’ – Georgia Strutters / Perry Bradford, v.
Messin’ Around – Joe Candullo and His Everglades Orchestra
Don’t Mess Around With Me – Mississippi Maulers / Roy Evans, v.

Segment 3: The Birth Of…

The Birth Of The Blues – Carroll Gibbons (Piano) and His Boy Friends
The Birth Of The Shamrock – Charles Massinger
The Birth Of Radio (The Romance of Marconiphone)

Segment 4: Death

I’m Tickled To Death I’m Me – The Piccadilly Players Dir. Al Starita / Betty Bolton, v.
Slow Death – Douglas Williams
I’m Starving To Death For Love – Three Tobacco Tags

Segment 5: Wearin’ O’ The Green

Floating Down The Old Green River – Billy Murray
Roll Right Offa My Green – Dale Wimbrow (Pete Dale) The Del-Mar-Va Songster and His Rubeville Tuners
In Your Green Hat – The University Six

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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 A. P. (Alfred Pace) Randolph, composer of “How Could Red Riding Hood.” It’s one of my favorite songs regardless of who performs it, but we’ll be hearing a version on tonight’s show not heard on the show before. And one of the reasons we’re playing “How Could Red Riding Hood” is that we’re celebrating–albeit a little belatedly–National Fairy Tale Day which was actually last month on February 26. We’ll also have a set of rapidly rotating records about some elderly men and we’ll engage in some bullying. Musically, not physically. And because I apparently didn’t talk a lot, or we had short records, we have time for a Bonus Segment with one record having to do with Daylight Saving Time. There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be taken back to an earlier–and we think better-musical era. Just click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: National Fairy Tale Day

Do You Believe In Fairy Tales – Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights / Larry Cotton, v.
Louisiana Fairy Tale – Jack Jackson AHO / Fred Latham, v.
Fairy Tale In E Minot, Op. 34, No. 2 (Medtner) – Benno Moiseiwitsch, Piano

Segment 2: Eugene Quaw

Old Man Jazz – All Star Trio
My Old Man – The Nephews (The Spirits of Rhythm)
Old Man Blues – Harlem Footwarmers

Segment 3: Bully

Sauerkraut Is Bully – Ralph Richardson
At That Bully Wooly Wild West Show – Peerless Quartet
I’m Looking For The Bully Of The Town – Memphis Jug Band

Segment 4: National Fairy Tale Day #2

When All Your Castles Come Tumbling Down – Joseph Knecht’s Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra
O Maiden, My Maiden – Jack Hylton AHO
The Reluctant Dragon – King’s Men

Segment 5: National Fairy Tale Day #3

Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf – BBC Dance Orchestra / Les Allen, v.
How Could Red Riding Hood – Jan Garber AHO / Harry Goldfield, v.
Cinderella Blues – Paul Biese AHO

Segment 6: Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Savin’ Blues – Gulf Coast Seven

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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 Luther William Ossenbrink. Doesn’t ring a bell? You may know him better as the Arkansas Woodchopper or Arkie. You’ll learn a little bit about him and hear three of his records in the first segment of this week’s show. In other segments we’ll celebrate Ohio’s statehood, take a musical trip down to the mill, hear some songs about the buccal cavity 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 taken back to an earlier–and we think better-musical era. Just click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Luther “Arkansas Woodchopper” Ossenbrink

The Dying Ranger – Arkansas Woodchopper
Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder – Arkansas Woodchopper
I’m A Texas Cowboy – Arkansas Woodchopper

Segment 2: Bob’s Red Mill

Little Dutch Mill – Roy Fox at the Cafe de Paris / Denny Dennis, v.
What’s The Matter With The Mill – Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe
An Old Water Mill By A Waterfall – Milton Brown and His Brownies / Milton Brown and Derwood Brown, v.

Segment 3: Shut Your Pie Hole

Hush My Mouth (If I Ain’t Goin’ South) – Cliff Edwards
Shut Your Mouth – Joe Sims and Clarence Williams
Mushmouth Shuffle – Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers

Segment 4: Ohio Statehood

Hi-Hi-Ohio – Frank Crumit
My Ohio Home – Sam Lanin and His Troubadours / Scrappy Lambert, v.
Ohio And Across The Field – Criterion Make Quartet

Segment 5: George Stuart Christie

On A Good Old-Time Straw Ride – Byron G. Harlan

Bonus TracksL Gigglemug

Your Smiling Face – Fess Williams and His Royal Flush Orchestra
I’m Always Smiling – Lanin’s Famous Players / Irving Kaufman, v.
Always Smiling – Kurt Engel

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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 and Broadway composer Harry Rankle Auracher And on this week’s show he gets not one, but two segments! One with recordings by his orchestra and another with his compositions played by others. We’ll also be celebrating the birthday of vocalist and bandleader Randall “Ranny” Weeks. We’ll remind you that 2024 is an intercalary or leap year and we’ll celebrate World Radio Day. There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be taken back to an earlier–and we think better-musical era. Just click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Harry Archer

Get A Load Of This – Harry Archer AHO
I Feel At Home With You – Harry Archer AHO / Scrappy Lambert, v.
It Must Be Love – Harry Archer AHO

Segment 2: Randall “Ranny” Weeks

Sweet Chewaukla, The Land Of Sleepy Water – Leo Reisman AHO / Ranny Weeks, v.
It’s You I Love – Colonial Club Orchestra / Ranny Weeks, v.
Out Of Nowhere – Ranny Weeks Orchestra / Ranny Weeks, v.

Segment 3: Harry Archer Played by Others

No Means Yes – Silver Slipper Orchestra
I’m Lookin’ For A Girl – Walter O’Keefe
So Sympathetic – High Hatters / Frank Luther, v.

Segment 4: World Radio Day

My Radio Girl – Eddie Morris
Broadcasting The Nightingale – Clown Argo & Company
Mr. Radio Man – Henry Scott (Lewis James)

Segment 5: Leap Year

Look Before You Leap – North Carolina Ramblers / Charlie Poole, v.
This Place Is Leaping – Ollie Shepard and His Kentucky Boys
Lester Leaps In – Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven

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