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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.

I can guarantee that you’ve heard at least one of this lady’s songs. You can see from her necklace that her first name Ann, but do you know her last name?  She’s Ann Ronell, composer of “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” You won’t be hearing that in Ann’s first birthday segment which opens the show, but you will hear three other of her songs, including one never played on the show before. We’ll also be celebrating Austin J. Wylie’s birthday and in other segments we’ll have a jamboree and find out who loves ya, baby!  Some of this music is so hot we’ll even have the fire department on standby.  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: Ann Ronell

Baby’s Birthday Party – Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra
Rain On The Roof – Savoy Hotel Orpheans / Jack Plant, v.
Palooka (It’s A Grand Old American Name) – Clyde McCoy and His Drake Hotel Orchestra  

Segment 2: Austin J. Wylie

(All by Austin J. Wylie and His Golden Pheasant Orchestra)
My Best Gal
Valencia
Could I? I Certainly Could! – Frank Bessinger and Frank Wright, v.

Segment 3: Jamboree

Dixie Jamboree – Fred Rich AHO / The Rollickers, v.
Alabama Jamboree – George H. O’Connor
Jungle Jamboree – Jungle Band (Duke Ellington)

Segment 4: Who Loves Ya, Baby?

Nobody Love You Like I Do – Brox Sisters
I Love You Best Of All – Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Cross
Who Loved You Best – Jan Garber AHO / Jack Gifford, v.

Segment 5: Fire!

Fire Call – New York Fire Department Band
A Fire Laddie (Just Like My Daddy) – Rega Dance Orchestra / NYFD Quartette
The Fire Chief – The American 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.

Do you know who this fellow is? He’s pianist, arranger and bandleader Fletcher Henderson. He’s been heard on the show numerous times over the years, but has never had his own birthday segment. Until tonight when you’ll hear a short biography and three Henderson records not played on the show before.  And we have three more birthday salutes on this week’s show.  Glenn Homer Long, Wilfred Arthur Charles Carter and Ernest Klapholz, along with Fletcher Henderson, were all born on December 18, albeit in different years. We don’t know when Gilbert Girard’s birthday is, but he’s getting his own segment on tonight’s show featuring records of his animal and instrument sounds. 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 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: Gilbert Girard

The Duck’s Quack (A Barnyard Jazzboree) – Kaplan’s Melodists – Imitations by Gilbert Girard
The Vagabonds (Roger And I) – Len Spencer and Gilbert Girard
Funny Noises – Lewis James – Animal Sounds by Gilebrt Girard 

Segment 2: Ernest Charles Klapholz

In A Boat (For Two) – Russell Jones
One Night In June – Paul Specht AHO
When My Baby Smiles At Me – Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.

Segment 3: Fletcher Henderson

Blazin’ – Fletcher Henderson AHO
What Good Am I Without You – Fletcher Henderson AHO
Nobody’s Rose – Fletcher Henderson AHO

Segment 4: Wilf Carter / Montana Slim

Beautiful Girl Of The Prairie – Montana Slim
Rattlin’ Cannonball – Montana Slim
Answer To “Swiss Moonlight Lullaby” – Montana Slim

Segment 5: Glenn Homer Long / Glynn Lea “Red” Long

It Belongs To You – Halfway House Orchestra UDO Albert Brunies / Glynn Lea Long, v.
Everybody Love Somebody Blues (But Nobody Loves Me) – New Orleans Rhythm Kings
I Want Somebody To Love – Halfway House Dance Orchestra

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Do you know who this fellow is? He’s American tenor ballad singer Charles Harrison. You’ll hear him in the third segment of the show singing “Last Night Was The End Of The World” on a 4 minute Edison Amberol cylinder.  This week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records starts with a birthday salute to pianist and bandleader Ernest Borbee.  In other segments we’ll engage in some word play, find out what happened last night and play Dungeons and Dragons. There are a couple of 4 minute Edison Amberol cylinders on the playlist, and there are four records in the DnD segment, so the final segment consists of just one record, but it’s a good one!   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: Ernest Borbee

Just The Kind Of A Girl You’d Love To Make Your Wife – Borbee’s Jass Orchestra
The Ragtime Volunteers Are Off To War – Borbee’s Jass Orchestra
Maggie! Yes, Ma’am! Come RIght Upstairs – Original Georgia Five / Arthur Hall, v. 

Segment 2: Word Hero

Words – Benson Orchestra of Chicago UDO Don Bestor
One Little Word Led To Another – Pennsylvanian Collegians (Tom Berwick’s Ritz-Carlton Orchestra / Joe Lucarell (James Harkins), v.
Cross-Word Puzzle Blues – Duncan Sisters

Segment 3: Last Night

Last Night, Honey (I Only Wish I Had You With Me) – Jesse Stafford and His Palace Hotel Orchestra / Charlie Blane, v.
Last Night Was The End Of The World – Charles Harrison
Last Night On The Old Back Porch – Broadway Melody Makers (Joseph Samuels)

Segment 4: Dungeons And Dragons

In The Dungeon – Tony Parenti’s New Orleanians / Jack Brian, v.
Song Of The Turnkey (In The Dungeon Deep) – Gus Reed
Draggin’ The Dragon – Cotton Blossom Orchestra
Marcha Dragona – Banda Internacionál

Segment 5: 

List’ning On Some Radio – Herman Popper and His SS George Washington 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.

This week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records starts with a celebration of our return to the air with new shows after a several week break due to computer issues. The record shown above is the only known side recorded by Harry T. Burleigh. You’ll hear a bit about Burleigh’s life and a couple of other examples of his work in the second segment of this week’s show  We will also be presenting birthday celebrations for Ethel Shutta, George Wilton Ballard and Maurice Sigler.  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 for listening at your convenience.

I’m happy to report that our computer issues are nearly fully resolved and we have a brand new edition of Rapidly Rotating Records for you this week. And it’s a pretty darn good one, if I do say so myself! Thank you for your patience and support during this challenging and stressful time.
 

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: We’re Back!

Back Again To Happy-Go Lucky Days – Nat Lewis’ Nightbirds (Harry Bidgood) / Tom Barratt, v.
If You’ll Come Back – Sam Lanin’s Orchestra
Good Old Times (Are Coming Back Again) – Jim Baird

Segment 2: Harry T. Burleigh

By An’ By – Roland Hayes
Little Mother Of Mine – William A. Kennedy
Go Down, Moses – Harry T. Burleigh

Segment 3: Maurice Sigler

Step It – Sigler’s Birmingham Merrymakers
It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’ – Jack Linx and His Society Serenaders / Maurice Sigler, v.
Jimmy Had A Nickel – Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra / Unidentified Vocal Trio, v.

Segment 4: George Wilton Ballard

Because They All Love You – Kaplan’s Melodists / George Wilton Ballard, v.
The Violin My Great Grand-Daddy Made – George Wilton Ballard

Segment 5: Ethel Shutta

You’re In My Power Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! – George Olsen and His Music / Ethel Shutta and Bob Rice, v.
What Do I Care – George Olsen and His Music / Ethel Shutta, v.
Gosh Darn! – George Olsen and His Music / Ethel Shutta & Fran Frey, v.

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Do you know who this lovely lady is? She’s singer and actor Jane Froman.  (No relation to the fictitious “Sausage King of Chicago” Abe Froman from the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”)  She was born November 10, 1907, and you’ll hear a little bit about her and one of her records in the last segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, all about sharing. In other segments we’ll go missing, take a beating, hear some “always” songs, and we can’t be stopped. 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 for listening at your convenience.

Due to a serious computer failure, this is a “recycled” show from November 12, 2017, but if you’re a new listener since then, it will be new to you. That is unless you’ve perused the archives where you can hear every single show going all the way back to 2000! And if you’re a longer term listener and heard it in 2017, it’s worth another listen! As I work to replace the offending computer, and celebrate the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends, the next two weeks will likely feature past shows.  Look for a brand new Rapidly Rotating Records show on December 4, 2020. 
 

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Missing You

Oh, How I Miss You – Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra / Phil Neely, v.
How I’ll Miss You (When Summer Is Gone) – Carolina Club Orchestra
Miss You – Lee Morse and Her Bluegrass Boys

Segment 2: Stop Me!

You Can’t Stop Me From Falling In Love With You – Golden Gate Orchestra / Arthur Fields, v.
You Can’t Stop Me From Loveing You – Ethel Waters
You Can’t Stop Me From Dreaming – Freddy Gardner and His Swing Orchestra

Segment 3: Always

Always In My Heart (Forever On My Mind) – Isham Jones AHO / Eddie Stone, v.
Always, In All Ways – George Olsen and His Music / Bob Borger, v.
Always In My Heart – 1932 Eight Radio Stars / Scrappy Lambert, v.

Segment 4: Beat It

I Can’t Beat You Doin’ What You’re Doin’ Me – Clarence Williams and His Washboard Band / Clarence Williams, v.
Back Beats – Red Nichols and His Five Pennies
The Cop On The Beat, The Man In The Moon and Me – Victor Arden / Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra / Frank Luther, v.

Segment 5: Sharing

Sharing – Henry Thies AHO / Jane Froman, v.
We’ll Do Our Share (Intro: I Can’t Let Him Suffer) – Earl Fuller’s Rector Novelty Orchestra
Share My Umbrella – Nat Star and His Dance Band / Tom Barrett, v.

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The gentleman on the sheet music above is Nat Vincent, whose birthday we’ll be celebrating in the first segment of this week’s edition of the show. Nat Vincent co-wrote the lyrics to “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles,” a huge hit in 1920, but he wasn’t credited under that name. Find out why and who was credited in the first segment of this week’s edition of the show. Nat Vincent was credited for “Pucker Up And Whistle” which you’ll hear performed by the Merry Melody Men. We’ll also be celebrating the birthdays of Glenn Rowell and Joe Sullivan. In the fourth segment we’re going to go on a honeymoon. And as a public educational service, we’ll be having a vocabulary lesson to wrap up 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 a different–and we think better–musical era.   Click on 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: Nat Vincent

Mellow Mountain Moon – The Happy Chappies
Pucker Up And Whistle (Till The Clouds Roll By) – Merry Melody Men
Strawberry Roan – The Beverly Hill Billies

Segment 2: Glenn Rowell

Home Is Heaven, Heaven Is Home – Gene & Glenn
S’posin’ – Ford & Glenn
Louise – Harry Raderman’s Dance Orchestra

Segment 3: Joe Sullivan

Honeysuckle Rose – Joe Sullivan
Gin Mill Blues – Joe Sullivan
Little Rock Getaway – Joe Sullivan

Segment 4: Joyce Randolph

Chinese Honeymoon – Doug Bine & Dixie Ramblers / Jimmy Thomason, v.
Dancing Honeymoon – Nonpariel Novelty Band
Sky High Honeymoon – Harry Roy AHO / Harry Roy, v.

Segment 5: Grimalkin

Felix The Cat – Paul Whiteman AHO / Austin “Skin” Young, v.
The Cat’s Whiskers – The Famous Broadway Band

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Do you know who this fellow is? He’s Klaypole Aloysius Boland, known to his family and friends as “Clay.” You’ll hear about his extremely busy life and hear three of his compositions in the first segment of this week’s edition of the show. In other segments we’ll play some “tantalizing” records, take a musical trip to the Onyx Club, get down and get into the spirit of Halloween.  

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 on the audio player above to listen streaming online and/or download the show for listening at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Clay Boland

An Apple A Day – Ruby Newman AHO / Barry McKinley, v.
My Kid’s Singin’ Swing Songs (Since The Stole His Nursery Rhymes) – Eddie De Lange Orchestra / Elisse Cooper, v.
Stompin’ At The Stadium – Ozzie Nelson AHO

Segment 2: Tantalus

Tantalizing A Cuban – Earl Hines Orchestra
Tantalizing Blues – Little Brother Montgomery
Medley Of Sea Songs – Tantalizing Tar – Charles Magnante & His Accordion Orchestra

Segment 3: Onyx Club

Onyx Club Revue – Joe Venuti & Friends
Onycx Bringdown – Joe Sullivan (Piano Solo)
The Onyx Hop – Frankie Newton and His Uptown Serenaders / Frankie Newton & Pete Brown, v.

Segment 4: Get Down

Away Down In The Alley Blues – Lonnie Johnson
Down In The Mouth Blues – Texas Blues Destroyers
Down In The Willow – Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris

Segment 5: Halloween

The Ghost Of The Piano – Arthur Schutt (Piano Solo)
Haunting Blues – Red Nichols and His Five Pennies
The Goblin Band – Glen Gray Orchestra

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Do you know who this fellow is? He’s Patrick Cairns Hughes, but you may know him better by his nickname “Spike” Hughes. In the first segment of this week’s show, you’ll find out how he got that moniker and hear three of Spike’s recordings. We’ll also be celebrating the birthdays of Billy Baskette, Roger Wolfe Kahn and Carl Kress. And we’ll have some songs about Mercenaria mercenaria. Listen to the fourth segment of the show to find out what that means.  

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 on the audio player above to listen streaming online and/or download the show for listening at your convenience.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Spike Hughes

The Boop-Boop A Doopa Doo Trot – Spike Hughes and His Decca-Dents / Val Rosing, v.
After You’ve Gone – Jimmy Dorsey Accompanies by Spike Hughes and His Three Blind Mice
Sweet Sue, Just You – Spike Hughes and His Negro Band

Segment 2: Billy Baskette

Talking To The Moon – Charlie Straight AHO
Hoptown, Chinatown Hop – Kaplan’s Melodists
Mean Cicero Blues – The Duncan Sisters

Segment 3: Roger Wolfe Kahn

Dark Night – Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO / Scrappy Lambert, v.
Twas Not So Long Ago – Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO / Scrappy Lambert, v.

Segment 4: Mercenario mercenaria

Oysters And Clams – Bob Roberts
Clam Chowder – Vaughn Monroe’s Orchestra
At THe Clambake Carnival – Cab Calloway AHO

Segment 5: Carl Kress

Peg Leg Shuffle – Carl Kress
Danzon – Carl Kress & Dick McDonough
Sutton Mutton – Carl Kress

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The portrait above is of Marcus and Catherine Messner and their five sons, Fred, Dick, Bill, Charlie and Johnny.  Johnny is the youngest, third from the right. For several years in the 1930s, the brothers all played together in the Messner Brothers Orchestra. When brother Dick retired from the band business, Johnny took over, renaming the group the Johnny Messner Orchestra. On this week’s edition of the show you’ll hear an in-depth biography of Johnny and hear three of the band’s recordings from the late 1930s. The photograph above is courtesy of Johnny’s youngest son, Barry, who is still very much with us and generously assisted with the segment on his father. In other segments, we’ll also celebrate the birthdays of  Abe Harris, Jack Mahoney and Sam Theard. And we’ll take a musical stroll down Lenox Avenue. 

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 on the audio player above to listen streaming online and/or download the show for listening at your convenience.

THANKS FOR LISTENING!
ENJOY THE SHOW!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Sam Theard

Doodle It Back – Lovin’ Sam From Down In ‘Bam
Rubbin’ On That Darned Old Thing – Lovin’ Sam Theard (The Mad Comic)
You Rascal You – The Blue Lyres at the Dorchester Hotel / Joe Crossman & Chorus, v.

Segment 2: Abe Harris

Louisiana, That’s My Home – Harris Brothers Texans
What Do I Care, It’s Home – Phil Romano and His Hotel Clinton Orchestra / Elmer Feldkamp, v.
In My Dear Old Southern Home – The Monroe Brothers

Segment 3: Jack Mahoney

Blue Night – Colonial Club Orchestra / Oliver Smith, v.
You’re Drifting Away From Me – J. Donald Parker
When You Wore A Tulip And I Wore A Big Red Rose – Golden Memory Boys

Segment 4: Johnny Messner

The Devil And The Devil – Johnny Messner and His Music Box Band / Johnny Messner, v.
Midnight On The Trail – Johnny Messner and His Music Box Band / Johnny Messner, v.
(Ho-dle-ay) Start The Day Right – Johnny Messner and His Music Box Band / Johnny Messner, v.

Segment 5: Lenox Avenue

Lenox Avenue Blues – Fats Waller (Organ Solo)
Lenox Avenue Shuffle – Texas Blues Destroyers

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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 Sidney Easton. This photograph was taken during his career as a film actor and playwright in the 1940s, but before that he was a pianist, composer and vocalist and you’ll hear one of his tunes in the second segment of the show. In the final segment of the show you’ll hear three more of his compositions and a bit about his life and career. To open the show you’ll hear all about Emile Grimshaw and hear three of his his tunes, one even played by Emile Grimshaw’s Banjo Quartet. In bio, I mentioned that Grimshaw began manufacturing high end banjos, guitars and other instruments in 1933, but I didn’t mention that Grimshaw’s company continued to make instruments until 1980 and they were played by some of the most famous musicians in the world.  Here’s a link to a page on the history of Grimshaw and the company. In other segments, you’ll hear the remaining three sides by Bill Brown and His Brownies, some tunes with reduplicative titles, and some songs about nests. 

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 on the audio player above to listen streaming online and/or download the show for listening at your convenience. 

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Emile Grimshaw

Mister Jolly Boy – Olly Oakley
A Footlight Favourite – Shirley Spaulding
A Swanee Sing Song – Emile Grimshaw’s Banjo Quartet / Sam Browne, v.

Segment 2: Bill Brown and His Brownies

Bill Brown Blues – Bill Brown and His Brownies
Zonky – Bill Brown and His Brownies / Ovie Alston, v.
What Kind Of Rhythm Is That? – Bill Brown and His Brownies

Segment 3: Vocabulary

Hurdy-Gurdy Blues – The Virginians
Paddle-Addle – Borbee’s Jass Orchestra
Hokum-Smokum Yodelin’ Indian Man – The Record Boys (1928 Brunswick)

Segment 4: Nesting

Gee It’s Great To Build A Nest – Carlton Dance Orchestra / Jerry White, v.
Nesting Time – Charley Straight AHO / Keller Sisters & Lynch, v.
The Coocoo’s Nest – The Tailor’s Thimble – Shaun O’Nolan

Segment 5: Sidney Easton

Tanglefoot – Fats Waller (Pipe Organ Solo)
Narrow Escape – George McClennon’s Jazz Band / George McClennon, v.
All For Grits And Gravy – Fess Williams’ Royal Flush Orchestra

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