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.

On this week’s show, we’ll be making merry!  In the third segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, you’ll hear two records by Mickey Guy and His Rose-Tree Café Orchestra and two records by Mickey Guy and His Hottentots, but not because Mickey Guy is getting a birthday salute.  So why then play four records by this one band?  Well, for listener Jennifer.  So why does listener Jennifer get not one, but four records played for her? Well, because her great-uncle, Norman Thoms, was the trumpeter on all seven records by Mickey Guy’s orchestras.  It may not be Mickey Guy’s birthday, but Lummie Lewis is getting a birthday salute which starts off the show.  Lummie Lewis is much better known for his law enforcement career than for his musical career, so tune in to find out why.  Do you know who Delcevare King is? You’ll find out in the fourth segment of the show.  On last week’s show you heard one record by the West End Celebrity Orchestra and I hope you liked it, because in the second segment of this week’s show, you’ll hear three more! And in the final segment of the show you’ll find out all about the Yale fight song, “Boola Boola.”   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: Lummie Lewis

Travelin’ Blues – Lummie Lewis and His Merrymakers
Sweetheart Of Mine – Lummie Lewis and His Merrymakers
Merrymakers Stomp – Lummie Lewis and His Merrymakers

Segment 2: West End Celebrity Orchestra

Frog King’s Parade – West End Celebrity Orchestra
Tea Dolls’ Parade – West End Celebrity Orchestra
In Party Mood – West End Celebrity Orchestra

Segment 3: Norman Thoms

Rose Tree Strut – Mickey Guy and His Rose-Tree Cafe Orchestra
So That’s The Kind Of A Girl You Are – Mickey Guy and His Rose-Tree Cafe Orchestra
Two Ton Tessie – Mickey Guy and His Hottentots
Rhythm Rag – Mickey Guy and His Hottentots

Segment 4: Johnny Harvard

Johnny Harvard – Orpheus Quartet
Harvardiana – All American Glee Club

Segment 5: Yale Boola March

Beela Boola – Joseph Samuels’ Music Masters
Bamboola – Ken Sisson AHO / Vaughn De Leath, v.
Boola Boola – Columbia Military Band

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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’re no doubt familiar with the tune “Chinatown, My Chinatown,” but perhaps not with “It’s Tulip Time in Holland,” written by Richard Whiting. This is a fun and unique record featuring a “street piano” purportedly “played” by Signor “Grinderino” no doubt meant to conjure up an image of an organ grinder. It has been suggested that the instrument is a Bruder brand band organ, but whatever it is, it’s a delightful sound.  There are no birthday salutes on this week’s program but composer Gerhard Groitzsch get his own segment anyway. He even has another of his compositions played in the first segment to start off the show. In other segments we’ll have some songs about debutantes, we’ll take a musical trip to the Netherlands, hear some college fight songs, have a vocabulary lesson and do some wandering.  There’s lots of great music and interesting information (perhaps a little too much information in the case of Amou Haji!) 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: Debutantes

Debutante Waltz – West End Celebrity Orchestra
The Debutante – Billy Cotton and His Band
Debutante Waltz – Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra / Eddie Holly, v.

Segment 2: Dartmouth

Football March Medley – Dartmouth College Band
College Medley No. 1 – Prince’s Band
Roar, Lion, Roar – All American Glee Club

Segment 3: Gerhard Groitzsch

Kletteraffen – Hans Bund
In Der Arena – Ferdinand Krish and His Concert Ensemble
Steeplechase – Pall Mall Revellers

Segment 4: The Netherlands

Little Dutch Mill – Chick Bullock
Rolland From Holland – George Beaver (Irving Kaufman)
It’s Tulip Time In Holland (Intro: Chinatown, My Chinatown) – Signor “Grinderino”

Segment 5: Wanderin’

Wanderin’ – Vernon Dalhart
Wandering Home – Mary Williams
Papa Dip – New Orleans Wanderers

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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 E. T. Paull. known as “the other march king” for the great number of patriotic and military marches he authored. But he was also a music publisher and in the first segment of this week’s edition of the show, you’ll not only find out what the E. T. in E. T. stands for (hint: it’s NOT Extra Terrestrial!) and you’ll find out his secret for selling his sheet music, which is still in great demand by collectors to this day.  There are also two other birthday celebrations this week, for bandleader Anson Weeks and cornetist Freddie Keppard.  In other segments we’ll do some juggling and play some football.  There’s lots of great music and interesting information (perhaps a little too much information in the case of Amou Haji!) 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: E. T. Paull

Napooleon’s Last Charge – Prince’s Band
Battle Of Gettysburg – Conway’s Band
Silver Sleigh Bells – Victor Orchestra

Segment 2: Anson Weeks

Tear Drops – Anson Weeks and His Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra / Unidentified Vocal Trio, v.
I’m Writing You This Little Melody – Jesse Stafford AHO / Jane Jones, v.
You Can Tell She Comes From Dixie – Anson Weeks and His Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra

Segment 3: Freddie Keppard

Cutie Blues – Tate’s Vendome Orchestra 
Stock Yard Strut – Freddy Keppard’s Jazz Cardinals
Brainstorm – Doc Cook and His 14 Doctors of Syncopation

Segment 4: Juggling

Juggling A Jigsaw – Ted Weems AHO / Red Ingle, v.
Joseph The Juggler – Roy Fox and His Band / Sid Buckman, v.
The Juggler – Charlie Kunz AHO / Tommy Blades, Xylophone

Segment 5: Super Bowl

Yen Yards To Go – Joe Haymes AHO / Cliff Weston, 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 had his first and only birthday segment back in 2002, so it’s high time he was honored again. He’s pianist, composer, comedian and singer (?) Jimmy Durante. In the final segment of this week’s show, you’ll hear three of his compositions, one of them played by his own jazz band.  The other birthday segment on this week’s show is for William A. Kennedy. In other segments, we’ll do some knocking, have a twist on our usual vocabulary lessons and do some knocking. There’s lots of great music and interesting information (perhaps a little too much information in the case of Amou Haji!) 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: William A. Kennedy

At The End Of An Irish Moonbeam – William A. Kennedy
The Minstrel Boy – William A. Kennedy
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling – William A. Kennedy

Segment 2: Shoogly

Elephant’s Wobble – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra 
Georgia Wobble Blues – Carroll County Revellers
Mississippi Wobble – Jimmy Wade and His Dixielanders 

Segment 3: Knocking

Knock At The Door – Musical Comrades
Who’s That Knockin’ At My Door? – Libby Holman
Always Lift Him Up And Never Knock Him Down – Blind Alfred Reed

Segment 4: Panthera Leo

The Lion Tamers – Emmett Miller and Dan Fitch
He Went In Like A Lion (And Came Out Like A Lamb) – Carolina Buddies
The Lion And The Lamb – Willie “The Lion” Smith and Joe Bushkin

Segment 5: Jimmy Durante

I Got My Habits On – Lenzberg’s Riverside Orchestra
Why Cry Blues – Jimmy Durante’s Jazz Band
I Ain’t Never Had Nobody Crazy Over Me – Six Black Diamonds (Joseph Samuels’ Orchestra)

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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 was known as “Amou Haji” and died last October at the age of 94.  You’ll find out all about him in the final segment of this week’s show, all about bathing! There are birthday segments this week for Carl Albert Hermann Teike and David Medoff. As Fats Waller says, “It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie” and the third segment of the show is all about lies and lying liars!  My dad was fond of referring to milk as “moo juice” and the fourth segment is all about milk.  There’s lots of great music and interesting information (perhaps a little too much information in the case of Amou Haji!) 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: Carl Teike

Old Comrades – Regimental Band of H. M. Grenadier Guards
The Conqueror – American Legion Official Band
Accordion Parade – Denayer & Michiels

Segment 2: David Medoff

Kisa Kisa (Pussy Pussy) – David Medoff
Young Russia – David Medoff
Gevald! Di Bananas – David Medoff

Segment 3: Lies, Lies and More Lies!

Telling Lies – Ada Jones and Billy Murray
It’s A Lie! – Edward M. Favor
I Hope To Die If I Told A Lie – The Ink Spots

Segment 4: Moo Juice

You Can’t Get Milk From A Cow Named Ben – Fiddlin’ John Carson and Moonshine Kate
Milk Cow Blues – Cliff Bruner’s Texas Wanderers / Leo Raley, v.
Alpine Milkman Yodel – Britt Brothers

Segment 5: Amou Haji

Singin’ In The Bathtub – Eddie Walters
Bat House Blues – Ashley’s Melody Men
Papa’s Got Your Bath Water On – Memphis Jug Band / Hattie Hart & Will Shade

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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 Herman Waldman, leader of the Dallas, Texas based territory band, Herman Waldman and His Orchestra. He’s getting his own birthday segment for the first time on this week’s show, along with Frank Weldon and  Allister Wylie.  You’ll hear some fine examples of their work from each of them, and there are several records being heard for the first time on the show. In other segments we’ll get greasy and hear some songs about “old folks.”  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: Allister Wylie

A Love Tale Of Alsace-Lorraine – Allister Wylie and His Coronado Hotel Orchestra / Dell Reed, v.
Teddy Bear Blues – Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra
Some Night When You’re Lonely – Allister Wylie and His Coronado Hotel Orchestra / Dell Reed, v.

Segment 2: Herman Waldman

Lazy River – Herman Waldman AHO / Vernon Mills +3, v.
Fair And Warmer – Herman Waldman AHO / Rex Preis, v.
Marbles – Herman Waldman AHO

Segment 3: Frank Weldon

Good Evenin’, Good Lookin’ – Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra / Hal Derwin, v.
You Better Change Your Tune – Rose Marie
I Like Mountain Music – Jack Carter and His Fiddle with The Black Mountain Boys

Segment 4: Grease

Greasy Plate Stomp – Trombone Red and His Blue Six
Fat And Greasy – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.
Greasy String – West Virginia Coon Hunters

Segment 5: Old Folks

Old Folks Shuffle – Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
I Miss The Old Folks Now – Van and Schenck
Old Folks Shake – Kentucky Jazz Babies

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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.

The Oceana Roll is one of my favorite songs. It was written in 1911 by Lucien Denny and  Roger Lewis. There are a number of recordings made at the time and I was all set to play one by Arthur Collins when I happened upon a more recent recording and just had to play it instead. It starts off the fourth segment of the show which is all about phobias. In each segment, I play rapidly rotating records having to do with a particular fear or phobia. For example, most everyone know that arachnophobia is the irrational fear of spiders, so if that were the topic of a segment, I might play Fats Wallers’ “Spider and the Fly.” So to what phobia might “The Oceana Roll” refer? You’ll find out in the fourth segment of the show.  In other segments, we’ll hear songs about a particular color, mirrors, buttons, and some songs with long, one-word titles. There are at least a couple of records being heard on the show for the first time. 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: Mirrors

Look In The Looking Glass – Gus Arnheim AHO
The Mirror Song – Debroy Somers and His Band / Cyril Ramon Newton & Lily Burns, v.
Look In The Mirror (And See The One I Love) – Fred “Sugar” Hall and His Sugar Babies

Segment 2: Buttons

Press My Button (Ring My Bell) – Lil Johnson
Button Up Your Overcoat – Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra / Dick Robertson, v.
One, Two, Button Your Shoe – Harry Roy AHO / Harry Roy, v.

Segment 3: White

White Jazz – Lew Stone and His Band
Black and White Rag – Milton Brown and His Brownies
Little White Lies – Earl Burtnett and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra / Paul Gibbons, v.

Segment 4: Ocean

Restless Night On Board An Ocean Liner – Sydney Lipton and His Grosvenor House Orchestra
The Waves Of The Ocean Are Whispering Goodnight – Bram Martin and His Band / Al Bowlly, v.
The Oceana Roll – Freddie “Schnickelfritz” Fisher and His Band / George Rock, v.

Segment 5: Long Words

Infatuation – Isham Jones AHO / Joe Martin, v.
Reminiscing – Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees
Running A Temperature – Jimmie Lunceford AHO / Cy Oliver, 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 trumpeter, cornetist and composer Edward Llewellyn and he is getting a birthday segment for the first time on this week’s show. Turns out, Ed was quite a sportsman, too. He’s shown here on Catalina Island in August of 1903 next to his record-breaking 425 pound black sea bass! The show starts off with a birthday salute to Basil Fomeen who has been featured several times on the show recently. We’ll have not one, but two vocabulary words on the show and in the final segment the show will just go to the dogs, or dawgs!  There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and be magically transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click on the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. 

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Basil Fomeen

Lola – Polka – Fomeen Brothers Orchestra
Pack Peddler – Ivan Petraka, Tenor (David Medoff) (Basil Fomeen, Accordion)
Medley: Collegiate / Save Your Sorrow / Alabamy Bound -Basil Fomeen AHO / The Fomeen Trio, v.

Segment 2: Edward Lllewellyn

Llewellyn Waltz – Rudy Wiedoeft
The Premier Polka – Arthur S. Whitcomb, Cornet
My Regards. Waltz – William H. Reitz, Xylophone

Segment 3: Macadamized

Cross Roads – Dorsey Brothers and Their Orchestra / Smith Ballew, v.
Ridin’ On Down That Road – Jack and Johnnie Powell
Waiting At The End Of The Road – The Revelers

Segment 4: Pulveratricious

Dust Pan Blues – Frankie Marvin
Dust – Gene Autry
Talkin’ Dust Bowl Blues – Woody Guthrie

Segment 5: Hot Dawg!

Hot Dawg! – Porter’s Blue Devils
Aw You Dawg – Cab Calloway AHO / Cab Calloway, 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 trumpeter Frankie Newton and he gets a birthday salute for the first time on this week’s show. He was brought to my attention through an excellent article in the July 2021 issue of The Syncopated Times, written by Steve Provizer. His life is difficult to summarize, so I don’t even try on the show, but direct you to the Syncopated Times article, available here. You can read the article at no charge, but I encourage you to consider a subscription to this unique publication, so as not to miss  all of the features, columns, reviews and news.  Frankie Newton’s is not the only birthday salute on the show. You’ll also hear about Juliius Lenzberg and Thomas Thurban, In other segments, we’ll hear some songs about “that girl” and bite the bullet. There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and be magically transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Click the audio player above to listen streaming online and/or download the show to listen at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Thomas Thurban

Yankiana – Commodore Grand Orchestra

Segment 2: That Girl

How I Love That GIrl – Varsity Eight
Why Did I Kiss That Girl – Bennie Kreuger’s Orchestra
That’s That Girl Of Mine – Billy James AHO / Irving Kaufman, v.
I Love That Girl – Jay C. Flippen

Segment 3: Frankie Newton

You Showed Me The Way – Frankie Newton and His Uptown Serenaders / Clarence Palmer, v.
Daybreak Blues – Frankie Newton and His Quintet
The Brittwood Stomp – Frankie Newton and His Uptown Serenaders

Segment 4: Julius Lenzberg

Stolen Kisses – Lenzberg’s Riverside Orchestra
Wabash Blues – Lenzberg’s Riverside Orchestra
Rag-A-Minor – Prince’s Band

Segment 5: Bullet

Bullets And Bayonets – Sousa’s Band
Highlanders! Fix Bayonets – Edward Hamilton
Cannon Ball Blues – Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers

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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 first Rapidly Rotating Records show of 2023!  So why is there a photograph of Chop Suey in this week’s playlist? Well, because the first segment of the show is all about Chop Suey!  My friend, Hollywood Historian Mary Mallory recently wrote an article for the Los Angeles Daily Mirror titled “Chop Suey Comes To Hollywood.”  You’ll find out some interesting facts about the dish and have three helpings of chop suey related songs.  The show starts off with Charles Prince’s first birthday salute and in other segments, we’ll hear some harmonica records, take some selfies and hear from “that girl.”  There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and be magically transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Click the audio player above to listen streaming online and/or download the show to listen at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Chop Suey

Hi Lee, Hi Lo (Chop Suey A La Fox-ee Trot-ee) – Billy Murray and Ed Smalle
A Bowl Of Chop Suey And You-ee – Sam Robbins and His Hotel McAlpin Orchestra / Sam Robbins, v.
Chop Suey Land – Arthur Fields 

Segment 2: Charles Prince

Not Lately – Bert Williams
When The Swallows Homeward Fly – Charles Adams (Prince), Celeste
Old Number One – Prince’s Band

Segment 3: Harmonica

Haste To The Wedding – Jack Murphy
Harmonica Harry – Jimmy Joy AHO
Blue Harmonica – Bobby Leecan and Robert Cooksey

Segment 4: Selfies

I Love Me (I’m Wild About Myself) – Irving Kaufman
Talkin’ To Myself – Leo Reisman AHO / Sally Singer, v.
Me, Myself and I – Harry Roy AHO / Harry Roy, v.

Segment 5: That Girl Quartet

When It’s Springtime In Virginia – That Girl Quartet
The Owl In The Old Oak Tree – That Girl Quartet

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