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.

Do you know who this fellow is? No, he’s not a lunatic, as the title of this show might suggest. He’s singer, bandleader, composer and radio entertainer Dan Hornsby. You’ll hear him in three of those roles in the fourth segment of this week’s show. We’ll also be celebrating the birthday of John Burckhardt, as pianist and playing bells. In other segments, we’ll hear from some maniacs, get colorful and try to identify just what belongs to whom. 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: Five Harmaniacs

It Takes A Good Woman (To Keep A Good Man At Home – Five Harmaniacs
Sadie Green (Vamp Of New Orleans) – Five Harmaniacs / Claude Shugart, v.
What Makes My Baby Cry? – Five Harmaniacs / Waler Howard, v.

Segment 2: Chromatic

Copper Colored Gal – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.
I Used To Be Color Blind – Ray Noble AHO / Fred Astaire, v.
Chromatic – George Hamilton Green

Segment 3: John Burckhardt

Grace And Beauty – Fred Van Eps, Banjo / John Burckhardt, Piano
Annie Laurie / Home, Sweet Home – John F. Burckhardt, Bells
Someone Is Losin’ Susan – Ponce Sisters / John Burckhardt, Piano

Segment 4: Dan Hornsaby

Lunatic’s Lullaby – Dan Hornsby
Take Me Out To The Ball Game – Dan Hornsby’s Novelty Quartet
History In A Few Words – Dan Hornsby

Segment 5: Belongings

Put Your Arms Where They Belong (For They Belong To Me) – The Harmonians / Jimmy Flynn, v.
The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else – Sophie Tucker
Everything That’s Nice Belongs To You – Owen Fallon’s Californians

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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 is the logo of the ICAO. “What in the world is the ICAO?” I hear you ask. The ICAO is the International Civil Aviation Organization.”. On November 1, 1951, the ICAO adopted its phonetic alphabet as a universal standard for communicating English letters over a phone or radio to lower the chance of miscommunication and increase operational safety in aviation. On last week’s show you heard songs representing the first three letters of the ICAO alphabet, Alpha, Bravo and Charlie for A, B and C. Well this week we’re going to continue reciting the ICAO alphabet. We won’t have time enough to get all the way through in this hour, but we’ll come pretty close and besides, I have no idea what record I could use for the letter X, represented by X-Ray. As it is, we’ll be going a bit outside our normal ’20s and ’30s timeline in a couple of cases, but 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. Think you know what tunes I’ll be playing for the various words representing letters in the phonetic alphabet? Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Delta, Echo, Foxtrot

Delta Serenade – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Cabaret Echoes – Parenti’s Liberty Syncopators
Do The Funny Foxtrot – National Promenade Band

Segment 2: Golf, Hotel, India

Golfing Papa – Mamie Smith
Bar Hotel – Al Dexter and His Troopera / Al Dexter, v.
Song Of India – Paul Whiteman AHO

Segment 3: Juliett, Kilo, Lima

What Did Romie-O-Juliet (When He Climbed Her Balcony) – The Five Hamoniacs (sic)
Kilocycle Stomp – Sons of the Pinoeers
Lima – Etienne Lorin et son Orchestre Musette

Segment 4: Mike, November, Oscar

Military Mike – Original Memphis Five
November Rose – John Steel
Oscar’s Boogie – Oscar Peterson

Segment 5: Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra

Papa’s Gone – Fred Gardner’s Texas University Troubadors / Jay “Bird” Thomas, v.
Dans Les Rues De Quebec – Charles Trenet
Ragamuffin Romeo – Mills’ Ten Blackberries
Sierra Sue – Henry Russell and His Romancers

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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 composer and musicologist Peter Schickele and discoverer of P. D. Q. Bach, “the oddest of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 20-odd children.” I’ve been a fan of Professor Schickele and of P. D. Q. Bach ever since high school. and I was greatly saddened last month upon his death, even though his primary focus was not music of the 1920s and ’30s, the first segment is dedicated to him and has a connection to a piece from 1925. If you are unfamiliar with Peter Schickele and/or P/ D/ Q/ Bach, I encourage you to visit the website, www.schickele.com and check out the many youtube videos of their music. In other segments, we’ll make hay, celebrate Fritz Kreisler’s birthday and have another episode of “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. Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Peter Schickele

Ney Nonny Nonnio from P.D.Q. Bach’s Schleptet in E-flat Major – I Virtuosi di Hoople
The New Charleston – Jazz Miami Dance Orchestra
P. D. Q. Blues – Clarence Williams’ Washboard Band / Clarence Lee, v.

Segment 2: Hey!

Hey! Hey! And Hee! Hee! (I’m Charleston Crazy) – International Novelty Orchestra / Vernon Dalhart & Ed Smalle, v.
Hey! Babe! Hey! – Ted Weems AHO / Red Ingle, Elmo Tanner & Parker Gibbs, v.
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! (Hey! Hey! Hey! Your Cares Away) – Tempo King and His Kings of Tempo

Segment 3: Hay!

Needle In A Haystack – Leo Reisman AHO / Lew Conrad, v.
The Old Hayloft Waltz – The Farmhands
On The Old Hay Ride In The Morning – Eddie Younger and His Mountaineers (Arthur Fields and Fred Hall)

Segment 4: One Things In Common

From Alpha To Omega – Joseph Rines St. Regis Hotel Orchestra / Joseph Rines, v.
Rio Bravo – Tovar’s Mexican Players
Charlie’s Idea – Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders

Segment 5: Fritz Kreisler

Tambourin Chinois – Fritz Kreisler, Violin; Carl Lamson, Piano
Du Alter Stefansturm – F. E. Burgstaller, Zither
Liebesfreud – Quintette of the Hot Club of France

Segment 6: Bonus Track

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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 Percy Wenrich, also known as “The Joplin Kid.” He’s been heard numerous times of the show before, but is getting his own birthday segment for the first time on this week’s show. The show will end with three of Wenrich’s compositions, sung by his wife, vaudeville star Dolly Connolly. In between, we’ll have yet another Rapidly Rotating Records vocabulary lesson, and hear some songs about posies. Recently I was gifted several 78s by fellow 78 collector Matias Bombal, and I’ll play three of those sides. 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.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Percy Wenrich

The Smiler Rag – Fred Van Eps
I Ain’t Got Weary Yet – Arthur Fields
By The Old Oak Tree – Bud Billings and Carson Robison

Segment 2: Sidereal

By The Light Of The Stars – Ernie Golden and His Hotel McAlpin Orchestra
When The Stars Go To Sleep – Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra / Eddie Holly, v.
Singing A Song To The Stars – Leo Reisman AHO / Unidentified, v.

Segment 3: Rosy Posy – Rudy Wiedoeft’s Californians
Don’t Bring Me Posites (When It’s Shoesies That I Need) – Perfect Dance Orchestra
‘A Vuchella – Enrico Caruso

Segment 4:

I’m Sittin’ Pretty In A Pretty Little City – Irving Kaufman with Ben Selvin’s Orchestra
If You Knew Susie – Bourne and Ellis
Paddelin’ Madelin’ Home – Whitey Kaufman AHO

Segment 5: Dolly Connolly

Open Your Eyes – Dolly Connolly
I’ve Got Feathers On My Head – Dolly Connolly
Moonlight Bay – Dolly Connolly

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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 lovely lady is? She’s vocalist Rose Blane. She’s been heard on the show just three times before and on this week’s show she’ll be heard Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra singing “I Wish I Had A Dime.” Fun fact: Rose Blane was Mrs. Abe Lyman. In addition to the “dime” segment, Jim Kelleher is getting his own segment for the first time. It’s now a birthday segment, because unfortunately, I couldn’t find his date of birth! No matter. There will be a segment about acheta domesticus grylladae (Crickets) and we’ll have another Rapidly Rotating Records vocabulary lesson. There’ll also be an unexpected 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.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Jim Kelleher

You’re The Cream In My Coffee – Jim Kelleher’s Piccadilly Orchestra / Harry Fay, v.
Mean To Me – Jim Kelleher’s Piccadilly Orchestra / Fred Douglas, v.
Broadway Melody – Jim Kelleher’s Piccadilly Orchestra / Fred Douglas, v.

Segment 2: It’s Not Cricket

The Cricket’s Serenade – Joseph Belmont
That’s Not Cricket – Eleanor Powell
Cricket Dance – Billy Mayerl

Segment 3: Dimes

Love And A Dime – Johnny Johnson AHO / Vi Mele, v.
Dancing On A Dine – Gray Gordon and His Tic Toc Orchestra / Art Perry, v.
I Wish I Had A Dime – Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra / Rose Blane, v.

Segment 4: The Unexpected

You Can’t Expect Kisses From Me – Ada Jones & Billy Murray, v.
Unexpectedly – Bert Williams
So Unexpectedly – Ben Pollack AHO / Paula Gayle, v.

Segment 5: Cachination

:Laughter And Lemons – Charles Penrose
Make That Trombone Laugh – Plantation Jazz Orchestra
Laugh And The World Laughs With You (The Cameo Laughing Record) – Al Weston & Irene Young

Segment 6: It Isn’t Cricket

It Isn’t Cricket, Parts 1 and 2 – Clapham and Dwyer

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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.

Welcome to a “Halley, Halley and Halley” edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. In addition to William J. Halley’s birthday, we’ll be celebrating Seymour Simons’ birthday. Pictured above is one of the records you’ll be hearing his segment. The Jazz-O-Harmonists was a pseudonym for Louis Katzman and His Orchestra. To start off the show we’ll be shining our shoes, and there’s also a “seventeen” segment. Vocalist Will Halley is not to be confused with composer Bill Halley, so he also has a segment on this week’s show. 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.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Shoe Shine

Shoe Shiner’s Drag – Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers
Shoe Shine Boy – Jones-Smith Incorporated
A Shine On Your Shoes (Introducing: Louisiana Hayride) – Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO / The Kahn-A-Sirs Quartet, v.

Segment 2: Seymour Simons

(The One I Love) Can’t Be Bothered With Me – Sammy Fain (The Crooning Composer)
Salt Your Sugar 0 Jazz-O-Harmonists (Louis Katzman AHO)
A Big Bouquet For You – Johnny Johnson AHO / Fred Kintz, v.

Segment 3: William J. Halley

I Love The Ladies – Will Halley
Ruff Johnson’s Harmony Band – Will Halley
Do You Take This Woman For Your Lawful Wife? – William Halley

Segment 4: Seventeen

Seventeen – Jan Garber AHO
Sweet Seventeen – Ted Wallace and His Campus Boys / Smith Ballew, v.
When You And I Were Seventeen – Halley AHO (Nathan Glantz AHO)

Segment 5: Bill Halley

Roll Along, Kentucky Moon – Montana Slim (Wilf Carter)
Miss The Mississippi And You – Jimmie Rodgers

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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.

Welcome to the very first Rapidly Rotating Records show of 2024! On this week’s show we’ll celebrate the birthdays of James “Slap” White and Emerson Gill. We’ll also welcome the new year by having a “Happy,” a “New” and “Year” segments. 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.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: James “Slap” White

Pussyfoot March – Six Brown Brothers
Walkin’ The Dog – Carmichael’s Collegians
When Aunt Dinah’s Daughter Hannah Bangs On That Piano (And Sambo Sings Those Southern Blues) – Sox Brown Brothers

Segment 2: Emerson Gill

(I Don’t Believe It, But) Say It Again – Emerson Gill and His Castle of Paris Orchestra / Pinky Hunter, v.
Will You Be Sorry? – Emerson Gill and His Bamboo Garden Orchestra / Pinky Hunter, v.
Lonely Little Cinderella – Gary Dawson and His Collegians / Gary Dawson, v.

Segment 3: Happy

Happy Days Are Here Again – Phil Baker, Accordion / J. H. Muldowney, v.
I’m Happy When You’re Happy – Snooks and His Memphis Stompers
Singing A Happy Song – Paul Whiteman AHO / Ramona, v.

Segment 4: New

That Brand New Gal O’ Mine – Jack Gordon (Johnny Marvin)
Brand New Charleston – O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
Wait’ll You See My Brand New Mama – University Six

Segment 5: Year

While The Years Go Drifting By – Art Landry AHO / Weston Vaughn, v.
This Year’s Kisses – Teddy Wilson Orchestra / Billy Holiday, v.
A Year From Today – Meyer Davis’ Hotel Astor Orchestra / Unidentified, 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 this fellow is? He’s guitarist and banjo virtuoso Perry Bechtel, known as “The Man With 10,000 Finger.” He’s getting his first birthday segment on this, the last Rapidly Rotating Records show…of 2023. In other segments, we’ll play “One Thing In Common” and as an educational public service, have another RRR Vocabulary Lesson. We’ll also do some scufflin’ and play some songs to help ring in the New Year. 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.

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BEST WISHES FOR A SAFE, HEALTHY, HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Perry Bechtel

My Sweetie And Me – Virginia Entertainers
Satisfaction Blues – Ben Quillian and Rufus Quillian (Blue Harmony Boys)
I Saw Stars – Perry Bechtel AHO / Dan Hornsby, v.
Rubber Dolly – Perry Bechtel AHO / Dan Hornsby, v.

Segment 2: Scufflin’

Scufflin’ Blues – Barrel House Five
Scuffling Woman Blues – Lil Johnson

Segment 3: Eloign

Going Away Blues – Leroy’s Dallas Band / Unidentified v.
Something Tells Me You Are Going Far Away From Here – Jay C. Flippen
I’m Going Away To Wear You Off My Mind – Original Memphis Five

Segment 4: One Thing in Common

Adoration Waltz – Bob Haring AHO
Sympathy Waltz – The Cavaliers
Ecstasy Waltz – Edith Lorand’s Vinennese Orchestra

Segment 5: Happy New Year!

Zum Neuer Jahr (New Year) – Karl Erb
Frigidaire’s New Year’s Message
Neujahrs Gruss (New Year’s Greeting) – Peter Stahl’s Band
Letting The New Year In – George Formby

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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 what this cute little animal is? It’s scientific name is urocyon littoralis catalinae, more commonly known as the Catalina Island Fox. So why post a picture of a fox on a vintage music radio show site? Well, because we’ll be playing a set of rapidly rotating records about foxes in the fourth segment of the show. But also to bring attention to the fact that the Catalina Island Fox is threatened with extinction. Lots of dedicated people are working hard to make sure that not only doesn’t that happen, but that the species can once again thrive. In other segments, we’ll explore the differences between basements and cellars (and you thought they were the same!), we’ll celebrate Walter Rolfe’s birthday, and as a public service, point out a new law taking effect on January 1 here in California. We’ll also tell you all about a “peach” of an offer about a fundraiser by the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra for their ambitious 15th anniversary CD and video project. I’ll tell you about it in the show, but more information is available here. 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.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Walter Rolfe

The Portly Major March – Victor Orchestra Conducted by Walter B. Rogers
Sunbeam Dance – Chris Chapman
Sunshine and Roses (A Novelette) – Prince’s Orchestra

Segment 2: Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra

It’s A Peach – Malvin M. Franklin

Segment 3: Basements and Cellars

Basement Blues – Noble Sissle AHO / Noble Sissle, v.
Basement Boogie – Pete Johnson

It’s The Smart Little Feller Who Stocked Up His Cellar That’s Getting The Beautiful Girls – Maurice Burkhart
Down Deep Within The Cellar – Wilfred Glenn

Segment 4: Catalina Island Fox

Fox And The Hounds – Henry Thomas
Fox In The Mountain – Fruit Jar Guzzlers
Fox Hunter Jig – M. (Michael) Coleman

Segment 5: Do You Know…

Do You Know Why? – Frankie Masters AHO / Marion Francis, v.
What Do You Know About That? – Clarence Williams Blue Seven / Clarence Williams-Joe Sims, v.
Hold Me (Intro: Do You Know) – Palace Trio

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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 week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records we’ll be celebrating the birthdays of Thomas Allen and Louis Mitchell. With apologies to Neal Sedaka, we’ll also commemorate “International Break Up Day” with a set of songs about breaking up! We’ll have a set of songs by some “Wileys” and as an educational public service, we’ll have another RRR Vocabulary Lesson in which the record above figures prominently. 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.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Thomas Allen

Low Bridge! Everybody Down! (aka Fifteen Years On The Erie Canal) – Billy Murray
By The Watermelon Vine – Shannon Quartet
Arrival Of The Robins – Victor Orchestra / Joseph Belmont, Whistling

Segment 2: Louis Mitchell

Toot-Toot-Tootsie (Goo’bye) – Mitchell’s Jazz Kings
Indecision (Big Or Small Hat) – Mitchell’s Jazz Kings
C’est Paris – Mitchell’s Jazz Kings

Segment 3: Wileys

Windy City – Arnold Wiley
I Got A Right To Sing The Blues – Dorsey Brothers Orchestra / Lee Wiley, v.
Havin’ Lots Of Fun – Al Handler’s Alamo Cafe Orchestra

Segment 4: International Break Up Day

The Hour Of Parting – Fred Rich AHO / Scrappy Lambert, v.
Go Your Way And I’ll Go Mine – Herb Wiedfoeft’s Cinderella Roof Orchestra
Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine) – Bob Haring AHO / Dick Robertson, v.

Segment 5: Vocabulary Lesson: P I Z E U X I S

Salty Dog Hey Hey Hey – Allen Brothers
Does She Do, Do, Do What She Shouldn’t Do – Sam Lanin and His Troubadours
Ho-Ho-Ho Hogan – Davy’s Broadway Syncopators (Meyer Davis’ Swanee Syncopators

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