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.

We’re back to a five segment show this week and on this evening’s show we’ll have a segment devoted to bellis perennis. You’ll find out why some of my friends refer to me as The Commodore, we’ll take s stroll through a musical cactus garden and in the last segment of the show we’re going to visit a hot springs resort. Not just any hot springs resort, mind you. This one’s special. The first segment is a string of pearls. Musical pearls.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Pearls

Only A Broken String Of Pearls – The Troubadours / Elliott Shaw, v.
Mother Of Pearl, Parts 1 and 2 – Debroy Somers Band

Segment 2: Bellis Perennis (Daisies!)

Boomps-A-Daisy – Joe Loss and His Band / Annette Mills, v.
Daisy Belle – Charles Kaley AHO / Charles Kaley, v.
Ups-A-Daisy – Victor Arden – Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra / Elliott Shaw, James Melton, Lewis James, v.

 Segment 3: Cacti

Mein Kaktus Tanzt (My Cactus Is Dancing) – Hans Bund AHO
Cactus Swing – Hugh and Karl Farr
Squint-Eyed Cactus Jones – Al Craver (Vernon Dalhart)
When The Cactus Blooms I’ll Be Waiting – Norwood Tew (The Old Lefthander) Assisted by Mrs. Tew

Segment 4: The Commodore

The Commodore Song – Edward M. Favor
Clap Yo Hands – Commodore Hotel Orchestra
Tappin’ The Commodore Till – Bud Freeman and His Gang

Segment 5: De Anza Hot Springs Resort

Nudist Colony (The Bare Facts) – Pure & Simple
The Naked Dance – Jelly Roll Morton

If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

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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.

Tonight’s is another four segment show in which we’ll find some animals on top of things, we’ll hear about some reptiles, but not snakes or lizards, we’ll try to go back in time and we’ll hear some songs about those eyes. And those eyes. And those eyes over there.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: On top of things

Kitten On The Keys – Hans Bund AHO
Fairy On The Clock – The Rhythmic Eight
Chicken On The Apple – Frankie Reynolds AHO
Dog On The Piano – Arcadia Peacock Orchestra of St. Louis

Segment 2: Testudines

Move Turtle – Williams’ Washboard Band
Turtle Twist – Jelly Roll Morton
Myrtle (My Little Turtle Dove) – Adrian Schubert and His Salon Orchestra / Scrappy Lambert, v.
Turtle Dove – Maxine Sullivan

Segment 3: Bring Back…

Bring Back The Daisies – Eddie Davis AHO
Bring Back Those Rock-A-Bye Days – Rialto Dance Orchestra (Nathan Glantz)
Bring Back Those Wonderful Days – Arthur Fields
Bring Back Those Minstrel Days – Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.

Segment 4: Those Eyes

Where’d You Get Those Eyes? – Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.
Oh! Those Eyes – Paul Van Loan AHO
You’ll Never Get To Heaven With Those Eyes – Fletcher Henderson AHO
What Do You Want To Go And Make Those Eyes At Me For? – Ada Jones and Billy Murray

If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

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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.

Since truth seems to be in short supply in some corners of the society these days, we’re going to have a segment devoted to honestly. We’ll also have a vocabulary lesson and face our fears.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Roll Along

I Just Roll Along – California Humming Birds (Adler, Weil & Herman)
I’ll Be Getting Along – Pete Mandell’s Rhythm Makers / Fred Douglas, v.
Jog, Jog, Jogging Along – Alfredo’s Band / Robert Carr, v.
Tripping Along – The Troubadours

Segment 2: Honesty

Honest Injun – Collins and Harlan
Honestly – Isham Jones AHO / Joe Martin, v.
Honest, Really, Truly – Arthur Jarrett
Honest John – Abe Lyman and His Californians / Eddie Holly, v.

Segment 3: Concatenate

Swinging At The Daisy Chain – Count Basie Orchestra
I’ve Got The Chain Store Blues – The Allen Brothers
I’m Free From The Chain Gang Now – Jimmie Rodgers
Here Comes My Ball And Chain – Coon-Sanders Orchestra / J. K. Sanders, v.

Segment 4: Phobias

Saxophobia – Rudy Wiedoeft
The Devil Is Afraid Of Music – Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra / Willard Robison, v.
I’m Afraid To Come Home In The Dark – Billy Murray
Triskodekophobia – Page Cavanaugh Trio

If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

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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 evening’s show is rather food orients, as we’re going to enjoy some candy, brownies and tomatoes. And we’ll play the guitar.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Huyler’s

Lila – Bill Hawley & Puss Donahoo

Segment 2: Brownies

Dance Of The Brownies – Joseph Cullen (1899 Banjo Solo)

Segment 3: Guitars

Guitar Rag – Harvey & Johnstone

Segment 4: Tomatoes

Nobody Else Can Love Me Like My Old Tomato Can – Irving Kaufman with Selvin’s Orchestra Accompaniment

Segment 5: Extra

If My Baby Cooks As Good As She Looks – Tommy Christian AHO / Art Barnett, 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.

On this evening’s show, we’re going to celebrate three birthdays, those of Esther Walker, Billy Baskette and the United States Navy. We’re also going to go away and go on some musical journeys.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Esther Walker

Whisper – Shh! – Esther Walker

Segment 2: United States Navy

Anchors Aweigh – Phil Spitalny’s Music

Segment 3: Away

Shoo The Hoodoo Away – Ambrose AHO / Ella Logan & Sam Browne, v.

Segment 4: Billy Baskette

Dream Pal – Tuxedo Orchestra

Segment 5: Journeys

Journey’s End – George Olsen and His Music

If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

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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 don’t know when his birthday is, but Monte Wilhite gets his very own segment on this evening’s show. What do confetti, a loose wig and “Happy Days Are Here Again” all have in common” You’ll find out in the third segment, and in the fourth segment we’ll dance the minuet. W’ll also hear about some dream men, but the first segment is a birthday celebration for my 97 year old stepmother, Connie.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Happy Birthday, Connie

Connie’s Got Connections In Connecticut – Hoosier Hot Shots

Segment 2: Dream Man

Shanghai Dream Man – Paul Whiteman AHO / Vocal chorus

Segment 3: Rip Taylor

Confetti – Jack Bund and His Bravour Dance Band

Segment 4: Minuet

The Minuet – The Comedian Harmonists

Yesterday – Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra / The Revelers, v.

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We are proud and happy that Rapidly Rotating Records is also part of Global Community Radio, supplying campus and community radio stations worldwide with hosted music and spoken word programming from sources including public broadcasters, other community radio stations, and independent producers from around the globe.

The Rapidly Rotating Records telephone request line is now OPEN! In addition to sending cards or letters, sending email, or posting to the the show’s website or facebook page, you can now call in to request a particular artist, song or topic segment, leave feedback about the show, or ask questions or comment about the music. Of course, I’d be happy if you just call in to say “Hi!” and let me know you’re out there listening. The easy-to-remember number is 234-PLAY 78s or 234-752-9787.

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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 like s’mores? That’s the graham cracker, chocolate, marshallow treat you may first have had at summer camp? Well on this week’s edition of the show we’re going to have some s’mores. Not the graham cracker kind, but the musical kind. In other segments, we’ll also hear about some bootleggers and little ladies, be in a hurry and take a musical trip to the orient.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Hurry

What’s Your Hurry? – Kaplan’s Melodists

Segment 2: Bootleggers

Fiddlin’ Bootleggers – The Boone County Entertainers

Little Lady Make Believe – Lew Stone and His Band / Al Bowlly, v.

Segment 4: S’mores

Give Me Some More – Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra

Song Of The Orient – Art Hickman’s Orchestra

If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

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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.

There’s one birthday celebration on this week’s show, that of Jack Denny. In other segments, we’ll also hear about some hillbillies, do some calling, take a musical trip to Chinatown and do some catching up.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Jack Denny

Oh! What A Thrill – Jack Denny AHO / Rod May, v.

Segment 2: Hillbillies

Broadway’s Gone Hillbilly – Paul Whiteman’s Boys

You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) – Phil Spitalny AHO / Chick Bullock, v.

Segment 4: Chinatown

Chinatown, My Chinatown – Yanushevsky Vocal Jazz Quartet

Truthful Parson Brown – Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra / Willard Robison, 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.

On the evening’s show we’re going to celebrate the birthdays of Tom Delaney and Arthur Freed, try to make order out of chaos, stop and smell the flowers, but a very specific flower, and hear about some parsons.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Robert A King

Beautiful Ohio – Joseph Knecht’s Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra

Segment 2: The Feud

The Great Hatfield-McCoy Feud, Parts 1-4 – Lowe Stokes, Homer Miller, Walt McKinney, “Heavy” Martin, Roger Williams & Bill Brown

Segment 3: O.K.

Okay Baby – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers / George Thomas, v.

Now They Call It Swing – Billie Holiday

Segment 5: Theremin

Dancing With Tears In My Eyes – Lennington H. Shewell

If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email to [email protected] And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome.

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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.

On the evening’s show we’re going to celebrate the birthdays of Tom Delaney and Arthur Freed, try to make order out of chaos, stop and smell the flowers, but a very specific flower, and hear about some parsons.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Tom Delaney

Jazz Me Blues – Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Segment 2: Order

I Ain’t Taking Orders From No One – Sophie Tucker

Segment 3: Arthur Freed

A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder – Eddie Jackson AHO / Elmer Feldkamp, v.

Marigold – Billy Meyerl (Piano Solo)

Segment 5: Parsons

Parson Blues – Ruben “River” Reeves and His River Boys

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