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.

In the fourth segment of the show you’ll hear the record above as part of a “nonsense title” segment. Clarinetist and composer Wilton Crawley gets his own birthday segment for the first time to start off the show. In other segments, we’ll spend some time in jail, look to the future and cut a rug. If you don’t know what that means, don’t worry, all will be revealed. 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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Segment 1: Wilton Crawley

Geechie River Blues – Wilton Crawley
Tall Tillie’s Too Tight – Wilton Crawley
She’s Got What I Need – Wilton Crawley AHO

Segment 2: Rug Cutters

At The Rug Cutters’ Ball – Teddy Hill AHO
Rug Cutter Swing – Henry Allen AHO
Ol’ Man River – Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters / Jerry Kruger, v.

Segment 3: Jail

I’m Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail – Karl & Harty
Big City Jail – Billy Vest
Please Take Me Out Of Jail – Morris’ Hot Babies (w/Fats Waller, Organ)

Segment 4: Nonsense Titles

Zugity Zugity Stomp – James De Berry and His Memphis Playboys
Hoddle Dee Doo Dee Doodoo – Art Kahn AHO / Charles Kaley, v.
Hokey Pokey Diddlel Dee Rum – Wendell Hall

Segment 5: The Future

My Future Just Passed – Colonial Club Orchestra (Bob Haring) / Irving Kaufman, v.
You’re My Past, Present and Future – Joe Venuti AHO / Don Elton, v.
My Future Star – Alice Faye

Segment 6: Bonus

Mobile County Blues – Nelstone’s Hawaiians

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Welcome to the 23rd Anniversary Edition of 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 fellows are? On the right is Carson Robison and in the center is Frank Luther. You hear the two of them regularly on the show, both individually and as a duo. On the right is Phil Crow, a pseudonym for Phil Luther, Frank’s brother. You’ll hear them together on this week’s show as “The Lewis Trio” in the first segment about “happy days.” In other segments, we’ll visit the butcher shop, take a musical trip to Louisville, find out what a cunctator is (!), and fluff some pillows. 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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Segment 1: Happy Days

Back To Those Happy Days – Bertini and His Band / Donald Peers, v.
Happy Days Will Come – Emerson Dance Orchestra
Happy Days Are Here Again – The Lewis Trio

Segment 2: Butchers

Oh! Ma-ma (The Butcher Boy) – Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees / Red Stanley and The Gentlemen Songsters, v.
My Butcher Man – Memphis Minnie
He Rambled Till The Butcher Killed Him Dead – Razaf (The Music Man)

Segment 3: Vocabulary Lesson – Cunctator

Yes Sir! That’s Lazy Bones – Dixie Daisies
Loafin’ Time – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller and Herman Autrey, v.
Lazy Drag – Stomp – Thomas Morris and His Seven Hot Babies

Segment 4: Louisville

Louisville (Sez Which, Sez How) – Broadway Dance Orchestra
Louisville Blues – Handy’s Orchestra
Headin’ For Louisville – The Red Heads

Segment 5: Pillows

My Pillow And Me – Lucy Miles (Spencer Williams, Piano)
No Place To Pillow My Head – Karl & Harty (of the Cumberland Ridge Runners)
Nobody Knows But Me And My Pillow – Benson Orchestra of Chicago UDO Don Bestor

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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 fiddler, composer and bandleader Shelly Lee Alley. For his first birthday segment on the show, you’ll hear three recordings by his late ’30s group Shelly Lee Alley and His Alley Cats, including two of his own compositions. We’ll also be celebrating Harold Dellon’s birthday with three of his songs. All this after I make a correction from last week’s show and play a record which got cut from last week’s show because of time. In other segments this week, we’ll hear three of Justin Ring’s bands, do some screaming and have some fun. 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:

Cut from last week’s show:
Me And My Brother Joe – Eddie Younger and His Mountaineers

Segment 1: Harold Dellon

Tenderly – Daniel’s Famous Orchestra
You’re Drifting Away – J. Donald Parker
Oh! Boy (I’ve Found The Baby For Me) – Casino Dance Orchestra

Segment 2: Shelly Lee Alley

Brint It On Home To Grandma – Shelly Lee Alley and His Alley Cats
Train Whistle Blues – Shelly Lee Alley and His Alley Cats
Let’s Do It, Honey – Shelly Lee Alley and His Alley Cats

Segment 3: Tunes by Others Played by Justin Ring

You’re Lucky To Me – Justin Ring and His Dance Orchestra / Ted Bancroft (Irving Kaufman), v.
Dream River – William Dutton (Scrappy Lambert) with Justin Ring Trio
Why Can’t You – Justin Ring’s String Ensemble / Ircing Kaufman, v.

Segment 4: Scream Real Loud!

Hopkins Scream – Claude Hopkins AHO
Screamin’ The Blues – Maggie Jones
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream – Paul Johnson (Irving Kaufman)

Segment 5: Fun

Have A Little Fun – Waring’s Pennsylvanians
I’ll Make Fun For You – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers / George Thomas, v.
Havin’ Lots Of Fun – Abe Lyman and His Californians / Frank Sylvano, 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 pianist and composer William F. Wirges and his is one of three birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. The other two are Benjamin Hapgood Burt and Justin Ring. In other segments, we’ll take a musical trip to “The City by the Bay” and hear about some pairings. 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: Benjamin Hapgood Burt

My Fox-Trot Wedding Day – Irving Kaufman
Wal, I Swan! – Byron G Harlan & Chorus
The Pig Got Up And Slowly Walked Away – Billy Cotton and His Band / Alan Breeze, Teddy Foster & Chorus, v.

Segment 2: Justin Ring

Swanee Smiles -Clyde Doerr AHO
Grandma’s Music Box – Victor Novelty Orchestra
Dancing Notes – Victor Young AHO

Segment 3: William F. Wirges

The Glory of Spring = William F. Wirges AHO / Scrappy Lambert, v.
Sweet Elaine – Ritz Quartet, William F. WIrges, Piano
Afraid of You – William Wirges AHO

Segment 4: San Francisco

San Francisco Souvenir March – Pietro
On San Francisco Bay – Billy Murray
Peacock Strut – Lou Chiha “Frisco”

Segment 5: Me And…

Me And The Clock – Roy Ingraham AHO / Roy Ingraham & Male Chorus, v.
Me And Mine Are Doing Fine – Oscar Rabin and his Romany Band / The Three Ginx, 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? You should, since he signed his name right on the photograph. He’s British bandleader Bram Martin and he’s getting his own birthday segment for the first time on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. In other segments, we’ll take a dip and hear some songs about alces alces (moose!) We’ll also “Keep On Keepin’ On” and have a couple of random rapidly rotating records. 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: Bram Martin

San Francisco – Bram Martin and His Band
Carelessly – Nram Martin and His Band / Gene Crowley, v.
When My Dreamboat Comes Home – Bram Martin and His Band / The Heron Sisters, v.

Segment 2: alces alces

The Moose – Vess L. Ossman
The Rescue From Moose River Gold Mine – Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)
Lasses Trombone – Mooseheart Concert Band
Always – Howard Peterson, Organ Solo

Segment 3: Swimming

Mother, May I Go In To Swim? – Ada Jones
Her First Swimming Lesson – Ray Bourbon
In The Swim At Miami – Percival Mackey’s Band

Segment 4: Keep On Keepin’ On

Keep On Keepin’ On – Bob Miller and His Hinky Dinkers
Keep On Dancing – Benson Orchestra of Chicago UDO Don Bestor
Keep On Croonin’ A Tune – Phil Roman AHO

Segment 5: Random Records

That Too, Do – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra
Cuttin’ Up – Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders

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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 Lupino Lane and during his career he covered every aspect of show business as a comedian, singer, actor, mime, acrobat, producer, director and theatre owner. You’ll find out his real name and hear three of his recordings in his birthday salute in the third segment of the show. Others in the birthday spotlight this week are Red Foley and Blind Alfred Reed. In other segments, we’ll engage is some merrymaking and offer a penny for your thoughts. 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: Roysterers

Bad Girl – Paul Mills and His Merry Makers
Ev’ry Night I Cry Myself To Sleep Over You – The Manhattan Merrymakers UDO Hugo Frey
Over The Radio Waves – Synco Merrymakers

Segment 2: Red Foley

Yodeling Radio Joe – Rambling Red Foley
The 1936 Floods – Rambling Red Foley
Daffy OVer Taffy – Lule Belle and Burrhead

Segment 3: Lupino Lane

We All Go Oo! Ha! Ha! Together – Lupino Lane
An Elephant Never Forgets – Lupino Lane
I Wish It Were Sunday Night Tonight – Lupino Lane

Segment 4: Pennies

Down On Penny’s Farm – Bentley Boys
You Dropped Me Like A Red Hot Penny – Ted FioRito AHO / Muzzy Marcellino, v.
Pennies From Heaven – Count Basie AHO / Jimmy Rushing, v.

Segment 5: Blind Alfred Reed

Explosion In The Fairmont Mines – Blind Alfred Reed
Woman’s Been After Man Ever Since – Blind Alfred Reed
The Wreck Of The Virginian – Blind Alfred Reed

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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.

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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