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.

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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Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you “toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30.”

Do you know who this fellow is? He’s lyricist, playwright, producer and actor Edward Eliscu. His is one of two birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s edition of the show. The other birthday spotlight this week is on composer Harold Weeks. In other segments we’ll be at a fever pitch, we’ll play the fool and hear all about Malinda. There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be magically 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: April Fools Day

Stompin’ Fool – The Arkansaw Travellers
Just A Horn Tootin’ Fool – Henry Busse’s Orchestra
I’d Be A Fool Again – Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra / Bobby Goday, v.

Segment 2: Harold Weeks

The Fuzzy Wuzzy Bird – Herbert Berger and His St. Louis Club Orchestra
Hindustan – Dan and Harvey’s Jazz Band
Chong (He Come From Hong Kong) – Savoy Quartet

Segment 3: Fever Pitch

Spring Fever – Constance Mering and Muriel Pollock
Charleston Fever – Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band
High Fever – Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra

Segment 4: Edward Eliscu

From Now On – The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin) / Smith Ballew, v.
More Than You Know – Ruth Etting
They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree – Buck Wilson and His Rangers

Segment 5: Malinda

Change Your Name, Malinda Lee – Al Bernard & Ernest Hare
Oh! Malinda – Te Roy Williams AHO
Here Comes Malinda – The Little Ramblers

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Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you “toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30.”

Do you know who these lovely ladies are? They’re the Phelps Twins. They recorded only two sides, but you’ll hear both of them in the third segment of this week’s show. In other segments we’ll have not one, but two vocabulary lessons, engage in some foolishness and celebrate Spring. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be magically transported to a different–and we think better–musical era. Simply click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download the show for listening at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Hiraeth

Homesick – Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, Whistling
Back Home – Terry Shand AHO / Terry Shand, v.
Longing For Home – International Concert Orchestra

Segment 2: Novalunosis

Star Gazing – Joe Reichman AHO / Joe Martin, v.
Gazing At The Stars – Art Gillham
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven – The Georgia Collegians (Williw Creager) / Arthur Fields, v.

Segment 3: The Phelps Twins

Like Me Less, Love Me More – Don Howard & The Phelps Twins
Sing A Little Love Song – Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra / Don Howard, v.
Fascinating You – Don Howard & The Phelps Twins

Segment 4: Foolishness

These Foolish THings (Remind Me Of You) – Joe Sanders AHO / Joe Sanders, v.
It’s Foolish But It’s Fun – The Organ, The Dance Band and Me / Terry Devon, v.
Wild And Foolish – The Red Heads

Segment 5: Spring

Spring Is Here – Lou Gold AHO
The Glory Of Spring – William F. Wirges AHO / Scrappy Lambert, v.
In The Spring – Bob Haring AHO

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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.

If the concrete stools in the photograph look like mushrooms, it’s no accident. This is the outdoor dance floor of the Toad Stool Inn in Avondale, near Cincinnati, Ohio in 1924. You’ll find out just why we’re sharing this picture in the third segment of this week’s show, a birthday salute to Bernie Cummins. Joe Moss also has a birthday segment to start off the show. Last week we heard songs performed by Paul Ash AHO, but this week we’ll hear tunes written by Paul Ash played by others. And we’ll visit the fortune teller and give you the finger!  Well, not really, but we will give you a couple of songs about fingers. You’ll find out why in the fourth segment of the show. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and be magically transported back to an earlier–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to instantly listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.          

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Joe Moss

Banking On The Weather-A Great Big Bunch Of You – Joe Moss AHO / Audrey Marsh & Sammy Fain, v.
Saddle Your Blues To A Wild Mustang – Joe Moss and His Society Dance Orchestra / Buddy Clark, v.
Blue Is The Night – Meyer Davis’ Hotel Astor Orchestra UDO Joe Moss

Segment 2: Paul Ash

You’re The One For Me – Ben Pollack’s Californians / Ilomay Bailey, v.
Just Once Again – Ruth Etting
Thinking Of You (I’ve Grown So Lonesome) – The Clevelanders / Tom Stacks, v.

Segment 3: Bernie Cummins

Home Folks Blues – Bernie Cummins and His Toad Stool Inn Orchestra UDO Gene King
Lonely – Bernie Cummins and His Hotel New Yorker Orchestra / Walter Cummins, Paul Roberts, Bernie Cummins, v.
Minnie The Mermaid (A Love Song In Fish Time) – Bernie Cummins and His Hotel New Yorker Orchestra / Orch., v.

Segment 4: Fingers

One Finger Joe – Rube Bloom
Music In My Fingers – Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra / Frank Luther, v.

Segment 5: Fortune Teller

The Fortune Teller – Overture
Sam ‘n’ Henry Visit The Fortune Teller’s – Sam ‘n’ Henry (Freeman F. Gosden and Charles J. Correll)
The Fortune Teller – Johnny Green AHO / Peg LaCentra, 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 the fellow playing piano in the photo above is? He’s pianist and singer Freddy Johnson and he starts off this week’s show with his first birthday salute. Freddy isn’t the only one getting a birthday salute this week.  In the second segment you’ll hear three records from Jan Ralfini and His Band and in the final segment, Paul Ash gets his own segment for the first time.  We’ll also have a segment of songs about nothing and a segment about some different kinds of girls. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and be magically transported back to an earlier–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to instantly listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.          

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Freddy Johnson

Harlem Bound – Freddy Johnson and His Harlemites
Jam With Bacon – Freddy Johnson and His Orchestra
Harlem Hot Club Stomp – Freddy Johnson-Les Van Spall and Their Orchestra / Rosie Poindexter, v.

Segment 2: Jan Ralfini

An Earful Of Music – Jan Ralfini and His Band / Unidentified, v.
Cheerie-Cheerie-o, Chin Chin – Jan Ralfini and His Band / Fred Douglas, v.
Pardon Me, Pretty Baby – Jan Ralfini and His Band / Tom Barrett, v.

Segment 3: The Kind

So That’s The Kind Of A Girl You Are – Art Gillham
You’re The Kind Of A Girl I Can’t Forget – Society Night Club Orchestra (Adrian Schubert) / Ralph Haines (Scrappy Lambert), v.
You’re Not The Kind – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.

Segment 4: Nothing

She’s Nothing But Nice – Wilton Crawley
That Means Nothing To Me – Jeffries and His Rialto Orchestra
Sweet Nothing – Shilkret’s Rhyth-Melodists

Segment 5: Paul Ash

Wa Wa Waddle Walk – Paui Ash and His Granada Orchestra
You Don’t Like It, Not Much – Paul Ash AHO / Paul Small, v.
I’m Tellin’ The Birds, Tellin’ The Bees How I Love You – Paul Ash AHO / The Foursome, v.

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