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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 Four Aristocrats are back again this week with their own segment and start off the show with the record above. This is a very aristocratic show as we’ll have a segment with some other aristocrats. In other segments, we’ll have another vocabulary lesson, celebrate Dan Russo’s birthday and enjoy some Moxie.   There’s lots of great music and interesting information so… 

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Moxie

Pep – Deauville Dozen (Roger Wolfe Kahn)
Vigoroso March – New York Military Band
Powerhouse – Raymond Scott Quintette

Segment 2: Psithurism

Lullaby Of The Leaves – George Olsen and His Music / Vocal Sextet
The Wind In The Trees – Queen’s Dance Orchestra (Jack Hylton)
Rustle of Spring – BBC Wireless Military Band

 Segment 3: Four Aristocrats

She’s Still My Baby – Four Aristocrats
Hello, Swanee, Hello – Four Aristocrats
I Gotta Get Myself Somebody To Love – Four Aristocrats

Segment 4: Aristocrats

Aristocratic Stomp – Paul Tremaine and His Aristocrats
Dusky Aristocrat – Harry Davidson and His Old Time Orchestra
Der Aristokrat – Marcus Eisenberg

Segment 5: Dan Russo

I Don’t Believe It But Say It Again – Russo and Fiorito’s Oriole Orchestra
Because You Said “I Love You” – Dan Russo and His Oriole Orchestra / 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.

So why in the world would we have a Mona Motor Oil sign at the top of this week’s RRR playlist? Well, “Tune in K-O-I-L” is a clue.  A segment about oil? Nope. Listen and all will be revealed at the end of the third segment having to do with Saturday. In other segments, we’ll have a vocabulary lesson, we’ll feather our nest,  save some pennies and in the final segment we’ll do the “Boom Boom!”   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.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Nostomania

I’m Lookin’ Forward To Goin’ Back Home – Al Mitchell AHO / Dick Robertson, v.
Take Me Back To Home And Mother – North Carolina Ramblers / Roy Harvery & Bob Hoke, v.
On The Way Back Home – Imperial Dance Orchestra (Adrian Schubert) / Arthur Fields, v.

Segment 2: Feathers

I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze – Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra / Stuart Allen, v.
Funny Feathers Blues – Henry Allen and His New York Orchestra / Victoria Spivey, v.
Fine Feathers – Willie Eckstein

Segment 3: Saturday

On A Saturday Night – Arthur Curtis (Arthur Fields)
Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night – M. J. McConnell
I’m Saving Saturday Night For You – Mona Motor Oil Twins

Segment 4: Pennies

Penny Serenade – Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights / Larry Cotton, v.
Five Pennies – Phil Napoleon AHO
Pennies From Heaven – Eddy Duchin AHO / Lew Sherwood, v.

Segment 5: Boom Boom 

I Faw Down And Go Boom – Vaughn De Leath
Schultz Is Back With His Boom Boom Boom – Four Aristocrats
Doin’ The Boom Boom – Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel 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’s “Oklahoma’s Yodeling Cowboy,” Gene Autry. His is one of four birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, the others being Manuel Romain, Harry S. Black and Harry Raderman. And in the final segment of the show we’ll have a merry ol’ time.  And always remember the #1 rule of Gene Autry’s Cowboy Code: “The Cowboy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take unfair advantage.”  There’s lots of great music and interesting information on this week’s show, so set aside an hour to relax over your favorite beverage and be taken back in time to a different (and we think better!) musical era. 

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Gene Autry

If It Wasn’t For The Rain – Gene Autry
A Gangster’s Warning – Gene Autry
There’s A Good Girl In The Mountains – Gene Autry

Segment 2: Manuel Romain

You’re More Than All The World To Me – Manuel Romain
When Sally In Our Alley Sings Those Old-Time Songs To Me – Manuel Romain
Honor Thy Father And Mother (And Good Luck Will Follow You) – Manuel Romain

Segment 3: Johnny S. Black

Dardanella – Oppenheim’s Benjamin Franklin Hotel Dance Orchestra / Dick Robertson, v.
Who’ll Be The Next One To Cry Over You – Metropolitan Dance Players
Paper Doll – The Mills Brothers

Segment 4: Harry Raderman

Wouldn’t You – Harry Raderman’s Red Hotters
Cow Bells – Harry Raderman’s Orchestra
Moxie – Raderman’s Orchestra

Segment 5: Merry

The Merry Farmer Boy – Byron G. Harlan & Joe Belmont
Merry Whirl – Vess L. Ossman’s Banjo Orchestra
I’m On My Merry Way – Vaughn De Leath

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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, composer, producer, jazz historian and author, journalist and educator, Leonard Feather. He was supposed to have his own birthday segment on last week’s show but got  “bumped” by our tribute to Phil Schaap. So this week, he gets not one, but TWO segments, one featuring his bands and another featuring his music played by others. In other segments, we’ll get our minimum daily requirement of vitamin C, visit the village smithie and see what we can find.  There’s lots of great music and interesting information so… 

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Leonard Feather

Let’s Get Happy – Leonard Feather’s All Star Jam Band / Leo Watcon, v.
Early One Morning – Leonard Feather and Ye Olde Swynge Band
Widdecombe Fair – Leonard Feather and Ye Olde Swynge Band

Segment 2: Leonard Feather by Others

Mighty Like The Blues – Sextet of the Rhythm Club of London
Waltzing The Blues – Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet
Don’t Try Your Jive on Me – Fats Waller and HIs Continental Rhythm

 Segment 3: The Village Smithie

Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore – Joe Belmont
Blacksmith Rag – Synco Jazz Band
Harmonious Blacksmith – Wanda Landowska
The Village Blacksmith – Harry E. Humphrey

Segment 4: Oranges

Why Aren’t Yes Eatin’ More Oranges – Ace Brigode and His 14 Virginians / Lou Allen and Fred Broche, v.
Tambourines and Oranges – Fred Van Eps and Frank Banta
Orange Blossom Time – Tom Clines and His Music / Jack Carney, v.

Segment 5: Eureka!

Oh! Boy (I Found The Baby For Me) – Billy Jones
I Found A Four Leaf Clover – Jesse Van Camp
Since I Found You – Vaughn De Leath

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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.

Before we get to this week’s show, on last week’s show, I said the  vocalist on “Open Up Your Arms, California last week was Irving Kaufman. Well, that’s not true. He’s LeRoy Montesanto, who is slated to get his own segment on the May 22, 2022.

As for this week’s show, do you know who the fellow is pictured above?  He’s tenor saxophonist Leon Brown “Chu” Berry. He’s not been heard on the show before, nor even had his name mentioned, but you’ll hear all about him and hear a bit of his work in the final segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. In the first segment we’ll go on a transcontinental motorcycle ride  A couple of week’s ago in a segment promoting the sale of Rapidly Rotating Records t-shirts, I played “Watchin’ The Clock” by Clarence Williams but talked over most the records. This week, in a segment about clocks, you’ll get to hear the entire, un-tampered-with record. I promised more of Joe Belmont’s whistling, and he starts off the third segment of the show, all about waves, ocean and otherwise. A recent video on social media is the inspiration for the fourth segment of the show, about swimming and bathing. And the final segment of the show is a tribute to jazz radio legend Phil Schaap, who passed away earlier this month.  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.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Motorcycles

The Motor March – Fred Van Eps
Michael and His Motorcycle – Oscar Shaw
Motorcyceln – Ollie Skratthult

Segment 2: Watchin’ the Clock

Watchin’ The Clock – Clarence Williams’ Orchestra
Wat Do We Care If It’s One O’Clock – Ford and Glenn
Dancing Clock – Orchestre Raymonde

Segment 3: Waves

Over The Waves – Joe Belmont
Danube Waves – Victor Contintental Orchestra
Over The Radio Waves – The Synco Merry Makers

Segment 4: Bathing

Bathing Beauty Blues – Charlie Straight’s Rendezvous Orchestra
Down At The Old Swimming Hole – Henry Jones and Billy West (Jones and Hare – The Happiness Boys)

Segment 5: Phil Schaap

Calling All Bars – Cab Calloway and His 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 these gentlemen are? They’re Charles (Charlie) Correll (l.) and Freeman Gosden (r.) best known for their portrayal of “Sam and Henry” and later “Amos ‘n’ Andy” on radio. While they did make some commercial recordings as those characters, they also made a number of records as a vocal duo in their “normal” voices. You heard them sing “Somebody and Me” a couple of weeks ago, and the rest of those records are just as delightful, and you’ll hear three more of them in the second segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records.  The show starts off with a birthday salute to bandleader and composer Francis Craig, pretty much a fixture at Nashville radio station WSM for decades.  In the third segment we’ll take a chariot ride and the fourth segment will celebrate California’s birthday. We’ll wrap things up in the final segment by hopping on the express. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and be transported magically back to a different–and we thing better–musical era.

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Francis Craig Orchestra

Coon-Tail – Francis Craig Orchestra
Red Rose – Francis Craig Orchestra
Steady Roll Blues – Francis Craig Orchestra

Segment 2: Correll & Gosden

Elsie Schultz-en-heim – Correll & Gosden
Gorgeous – Correll & Gosden
No Wonder I’m Happy – Correll & Gosden

Segment 3: Chariots

Ben Hur Chariot Race – Joe Belmont
Sweet Chariot – Harlem Footwarmers (Duke Ellington)
Good News, The Chariot’s Coming – Golden Echo Quartet of Station WSM, Nashville, TN

Segment 4: California Statehood

California Blues – Lyman’s California Ambassador Hotel Orchestra 
Open Up Your Arms, California – Ted White’s Collegians / Roy Silver, v.
On The Road To California – Len Nash and His Country Boys

Segment 5: Express

The Sleepy Town Express – Victor Arden -Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra / Frank Luther, v.
Daybreak Express – Duke Ellington AHO
The Keyboard Express – Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings

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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 off with a first time birthday salute to American poet Eugene FIeld. You’ll want to have a tissue on hand before listening to the Eugene Field segment which starts off with “Little Boy Blue” and “Oh Mother My Love.” The second segment has to do with Tarzan, but there’s a very specific reason for choosing that topic, which you’ll find out at the end of the segment. The third segment is dedicated to lyricist L. Wolfe Gilbert, better known to his family and friends and “Wolfie.” He wrote the words to “My Sweet Adair” in 1915 and you’ll hear it sung by James F. Harrison (Frederick J. Wheeler) and James Reed (Reed Miller).  There’s a very special reason I’m playing that record and that is that my wife Rita’s unmarried name is Adair. This sheet music and a copy of the record are elaborately framed and hanging on the wall of our living room, an anniversary gift to her some years ago. “Scat” Powell sings about Tarzan in the second segment, but you’ll hear more about him and a couple more of his records in the final segment of the show. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage, relax and be transported magically back to a different musical era.  

I hope you are all safe and healthy and doing as well as you can be given the current world situation and stay-at-home orders and that this hour of music gives you a bit of diversion and entertainment. Thanks for listening and best wishes!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Eugene Field

Little Boy Blue – John McCoramck
Oh, Mother, My Love – Royal Dadmum
The Duel (The Gingham Dog And The Calico Cat) – Cora Mel Patten

Segment 2: Tarzan

Tarzan – Willie Farmer AHO / Scat Powell, v.
Ape Man – Blythe’s Washboard Ragamuffins
Jane – Arthur Ross and His Westerners
Jane – Lanin’s Orchestra

Segment 3: L. Wolfe Gilbert

Why Live A Lie – Lewis James
Hopalong Cassidy TV Theme
My Sweet Adair – James F. Harrison and James Reed
Chiquita – Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra . Lewis James, v.
I Miss My Swiss – The Happiness Boys

Segment 4: Scat Powell

Ol’ Man Moste- Willie Farmer AHO / Scat Powell, v.
A-Tisket, A-Tasket – Willie Farmer AHO / Scat Powell, 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.

This week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records starts off with a first time birthday salute to bandleader and composer Ernie Golden. In the second segment we’ll spotlight Andrew B. Sterling, lyricist of “Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis” shown above. And you’ll find out just exactly who “Louis” is! Ernie Golden was also a composer and in the third segment of the show you’ll hear three tunes he wrote, played by others. In the fourth segment we’ll don a vest and in the final segment we’ll remind you that time is running our for you to purchase your very own custom Rapidly Rotating Records t-shirt, tank top or hoodie.  You have only until this coming Friday, September 3.  This is a fundraiser to support KISL so if you like RRR, please consider showing your support by purchasing and proudly wearing one of these high-quality custom shirts. Just go to our vendor bonfire.com to check out the design, all eight styles and five colors and order yours TODAY before they’re gone forever. Thank you!  There’s lots of great music and interesting information so… 

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Ernie Golden

My Daddy – Ernie Golden and His Hotel McAlpin Orchestra / Charles Harrison, v.
That’s My Weakness Now – Ted White’s Collegians (Ernie Golden AHO) / Charles Dickson (Irving Kaufman), v.
You Are My Silver Lining Of Love – Ernie Golden AHO

Segment 2: Andrew B. Sterling

On The Old Fall River Line – Billy Murray
America, Here’s My Boy – Peerless Quartet
Why Did You Do It To Me, Babe? – Jack Kaufman
Meet Me In St. Louis – Billy Murray

Segment 3: Tunes by Ernie Golden

The Toymaker’s Dream – Vaughn De Leath
Somebody And Me – Correll & Gosden
Dancing Shadows – Paul Whiteman AHO

Segment 4: Vests

Down Where The Vest Begins – Harry Breuer’s Trio / Jack Kaufman, v.
The Coat And Pants Do All The Work – Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks

Segment 5: RRR T-Shirts

Fairy On The Clock – Ariel Dance Orchestra (Ronnie Munro 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.

Do you know who this fellow is? I’m guessing not. He’s Austrian violinist and bandleader Ernst Holzer. You’ll hear him start off the third segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records with his band Hot Jazz Ernst Holzer playing a tune about hot Vienna boys! But he’s not the only Austrian musician you’ll hear this week. There’s also Leo Katzele on trumpet and Heinz Sandauer on piano.  There are two birthday segment on this week’s show, both of them Eddies. There’s Eddie Durham to open the show, followed right after by Eddie Weber. The last couple of weeks we’ve taken musical trips to Sweden and Belgium and this week we’re off to Austria. We’ll also do a short stint in prison and get your goat.  There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and be whisked magically back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Thanks for listening and…

I hope you are all safe and healthy and doing as well as you can be given the current world situation and stay-at-home orders and that this hour of music gives you a bit of diversion and entertainment. Thanks for listening and best wishes!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Eddie Durham

I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire – Mark Warnow Orchestra / Barry Wood and The Hit Paraders, v.
Moten’s Swing – Eddie Durham and His Band
Hittin’ The Bottle – Jimmie Lunceford AHO / Sy Oliver, v.

Segment 2: Eddie Weber

Nobody Lied – The Virginians Under the Direction of Ross Gorman
I’m Through (Shedding Tears Over You) – Benson Orchestra of Chicago
It’s A Lotta Bologny – Billy Murray

Segment 3: Hot Dance in Austria

Hallo The Hot Vienna Boys – Hot Jazz Ernst Holzer
Mitternacht – Leo Katzele, Trumpet Solo
You Are My Lucky Star – Heinz Sandauer, Piano and His Orchestra

Segment 4: Sing Sing

Sing Sing Isn’t Sing Sing Any More – Yacht Club Boys
Sing Sing Prison Blues – Bessie Smith

Segment 5: Get Your Goat

Everything Has Got My Goat – Billy Jones and Ernest Hare
Sheep And Goat (Walkin’ To The Pasture) – Myrtle C. Eaver (Piano Solo)
Billy Goat Stomp – 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.

Do you know who this distinguished looking gentleman is? He was known as “The Tango King of England” and “The English Glenn Miller.” That’s right! Bandleader Gerald Bright, better known by his one-word professional name, Geraldo. Along with Leonard Joy, he gets his own birthday segment on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. One of these weeks I’m going to produce a show in which I don’t have to make a correction or clarification, but this isn’t one of them! The show starts off with a correction to last week’s show, but the good news is that you get to hear Lewis James. In the first segment of the show we’ll dig ourselves some holes. In the last two segments we’ll visit the Brooklyn Bridge and take a quick musical trip to Sweden.   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. Thanks for listening and… 

Here’s the complete playlist:

Correction: For The Sake Of Auld Lang Syne – Lewis James

Segment 1: BeanHOLE

Ace In The Hole – Al Katz and His Kittens
The 19th Hole – Frank Crumit
Ace In The Hole – Jay C. Flippen

Segment 2: Leonard Joy

The Mug Song – The High Hatters Conducted by Leonard Joy
I’ll Still Belong To You – Leonard Joy’s All-String Orchestra / Chester Gaylord, v.
When Paw Was Courtin’ Maw – Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys / Stuff Smith, v.

Segment 3: Geraldo

The Music Shop – Geraldo AHO / Cyril Grantham, v.
You Turned The Tables On Me – Geraldo AHO
Mardi Gras – Geraldo AHO

Segment 4: Brooklyn Bridge

Born And Bred In Brooklyn – The Troubadours
Brooklyn Polka – A. Jerzavito Radio Orchestra
A Girl From Brooklyn – Joe Lazarz Orchestra / Clara and Nell Zamachaj, v.

Segment 5: Sweden

Step-Jerker – Nisse Linds Swing Band
West End – Arne Hulphers Orchester

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