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.

You’ve probably already figured out from the poster above that one of the segments on this week’s Rapidly Rotating Records is songs from Benny Goodman’s historic Carnegie Hall Concert of January 16, 1938. But that’s not the only thing that happened on January 16th in history. You’ll find out another in the second segment of the show, about Prohibition. In other segments, we’ll celebrate James Monaco’s birthday, resort to some trickery and have a vocabulary lesson. 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Prohibition

What Are We Going To Do (When There’s Nothing To Do On Sunday) – Arthur Fields
Ha! Ha! Ha! – Frank Crumit
How Are You Going To Wet Your Whistle? – Ernest Thompson

Segment 2: Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert

Avalon – Benny Goodman Quartet
Body And Soul – Benny Goodman Trio
Swingtime In The Rockies – Benny Goodman AHO

Segment 3: Perfidy

Deceitful Friend Blues – Tampa Red
Deception D’Amout – L’Accordeoniste Alexander
Deceitful Blues – Leona Williams and Her Jazz Hounds

Segment 4: Tricks

Can’t Teach My Old Heart New Tricks – Benny Goodman AHO / Martha Tilton, v.
There’s A Trick In Pickin’ A Chick-Chick-Chicken – Nat Shilkret & The Victor Orchestra / Johnny Marvin, v.
Tricks – Broadway Dance Orchestra

Segment 5: James V. Monaco

Gee, I’m Glad I’m Home – Cliquot Club Eskimos UDO Harry Reser / Tom Stacks, v.
Nesting Time – Knickerbockers / Johnny Marvin, v.
Ah-Ha! – Paul Whiteman AHO / Elliott Shaw – Shannon Quartet – Billy Murray, 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 these lovely ladies are? They’re Helen, Jane and Patti, The Pickens Sisters (from Georgia). They will start off the final segment of this week’s show with their rendition of “Sweet Georgia Brown.” Kenneth Casey wrote the lyrics and you’ll hear two other of his songs in his birthday segment. We’ll be celebrating three other birthdays this week as well, for Arthur Johnston, Clifford Grey and Mel Stitzel. We start off the show with a segment about apparel. 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Apparel

I’m Only A Dude In Cowboy Clothes – Wilf Carter
Clothes – Murgatroyd and Winterbottom
Baby Don’t Tear My Clothes – Harlem Hamfats

Segment 2: Arthur Johnston

Sugar Plum – Teddy Wilson AHO
Three At A Table For Two – Will Hudson AHO / Kay Kenny, v.
Down The Old Ox Road – Jimmie Grier AHO / Bing Crosby, v.

Segment 3: Mel Stitzel

Tweedle-Dee Tweedle Doo – Perry’s Hot Dogs / Arthur Fields, v.
Bad Habits – Boyd Senter
Doodle-Doo-Doo – Benson Orchestra of Chicago / Frank Sylvano, v.

Segment 4: Clifford Grey

When I’m Looking At You – Columbia Photo Players (Ben Selvin) / The Crooners, v.
March Of The Musketeers – Paul Whiteman AHO / Vocal Quintet, v.
Hallelujah! – Golden Gate Orchestra

Segment 5: Kenneth Casey

Sweet Georgia Brown – The Pickens Sisters (from Georgia)
Craving – Harry Reser’s Syncopators
Daughter Of Sweet Georgia Brown – Vincent Lopez and His Suave Swing Orchestra / Sonny Schuyler, 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.

Yeah, I thought this photo would get your attention! Do you know who this person is? She’s German dancer, pantomime, cabaret artist, actress and performance artist Valeska Gert. And she will finish our this week’s show in a segment about “types” as in “you’re my type.” This first show of 2026 starts off with a birthday segment for Jerry Blaine. We’ll also have a vocabulary lesson, hear chirping and tweeting of some birds, hear some news, and do some typing on the typewriter. 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Jerry Blaine

Romance In The Dark – Jerry Blaine and His Stream Line Rhythm / Phillis Kenny, v.
Eep, Ipe, Wanna Piece Of Pie – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.
I Double Dare You – Jerry Blaine and His Stream Line Rhythm / Jerry Blaine and Phyllis Kenny, v.

Segment 2: Seatherny

Chirp, Chirp – Fred Spinelly’s Lido Venice Band at the Lido Club / John Thorpe, v.
Tweet Tweet – Albert E. Short and His Tivoli Syncopators
Chirping Birds – Gardoni & Puig

Segment 3: News

Bad News Blues – Ladd’s Black Aces
No News (Or What Killed The Dog) – Frank Crumit
Fron Page News – Syd Lipton AHO / Chips Chippendall, v.

Segment 4: Typewriters Anonymous

He’s A Different Type Of Guy – Jimmy Noone’s New Orleans Band
Bridget Typewriter McGuire – John Terrell
The Girl At The Typewriter – Raymond Scott Quintette
Toy Typewriter (Excerpt) – Raymond Scott

Segment 5: My Type

You’re Just My Type – Jing Oliver AHO
She’s Just The Type For Me – Debroy Somers and His Band / Bobby Sanders, v.
Berliner Type – Valeska Gert

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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? His name is Carl Frederick Ejanr Pedersen. If that doesn’t ring a bell, you may know his better as actor and singer Carl Brisson and his is one of two birthday segment on this week’s final Rapidly Rotating Records show of 2025. The other is Mike Jackson. In other segments, we’ll hit the bricks, join a caravan and try to actually do something about the weather! 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!
BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Mike Jackson

I’m Gonna Kill Myself – Mike Jackson and Mabel Richardson
Meat Man Pete (The Dealer In Meat) – Vance Dixon and His Pencils / Papa Too Sweet, v.
Black Cat Bones – Dixie Jazzers Washboard Band

Segment 2: Carl Brisson

I’ll Believe In Love – Carl Brisson
Give Her A Little Kiss – Carl Brisson
Dinner At Eight – Carl Brisson

Segment 3: Caravans

Caravan – Ambrose AHO
La Cumparsita – Bill Scotti AHO
Procession Of The Sirdar – Commodore Grand Orchestra

Segment 4: Bricks

The Bricklayers – Two Dark Knights
Down To The Bricks – Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
Hot Bricks – Jack Payne and His BBC Dance Orchestra

Segment 5: NCAR / Weather

We’re Gonna Have Weather, Whether Or Not – Wendell Hall
Crazy Weather – New Mayfair Dance Orchestra Directed by Percival Mackey / Three Ginx, v.
Winter Weather – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, 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.

Can you guess the subject of this photograph? It was taken around 1945 and is the mirror of the 200 Inch Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory being ground and polished. At the time it was the world’s largest telescope. You’ll learn some interesting facts about the telescope and the mirror in the fourth segment of this week’s show and hear some “reflective” records. In other segments, we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Stella Unger and Abe Olman. We’ll also have a bovine segment, and hear more from and about Grandpa Bob Effros. 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Stella Unger

I’m All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart – Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.
Don’t Cry, Baby – Bessie Smith / James P. Johnson, p.
When The Rain Comes Rolling Down – Jack Hylton AHO / Sam Browne, v.

Segment 2: Abe Olan

Ev’rything You Do – Barney Rapp AHO
If You’ve Got A Little Bit, Hang On To It – Arthur Collins
Oh! Susie Behave – Irving Kaufman

Segment 3: A Bovine Segment

Red Cow – Jack Payne AHO / Jack Payne, v.
Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow – J. W. Myers
Throw The Old Cow Over The Fence – Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters

Segment 4: Palomar Observatory – Hale Telescope

Daily Mirror Front Page – Ernest Shand
Reflections Of You – Sonny Clapp and His Band O’ Sunshine / George Marks, v.
Reflections In The Water – Green Brothers Novelty Band / Harold Van Emburgh, v.

Segment 5: Grandpa Bob Effros

Sing A Little Jingle – Boswell Sisters
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile – Ben Selvin AHO / The Sunshine Boys, v.
He’s A Big, Big Man From The South (With A Big Cigar In His Mouth – Six Jumping Jacks / Tom Stacks, 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.

Once again, for about the 15th time, Rita and I were in Rancho Cordova, California the week-end before Thanksgiving for the 39th Annual West Coast Ragtime Festival, put on thanks to the tireless efforts of many volunteers from the West Coast Ragtime Society. We had a fabulous time as always, seeing old friends, musicians and non, making new friends, listening to wonderful music performed by some of the finest musicians in the world, and enjoying plenty of fine food and drink. There was almost 120 hours of music over three days, and this show represents less that 1% of that music. It’s primarily 78 RPM records of tunes played at the festival along with several vintage piano rolls performed by the composers. 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Pep – Deauville Dozen

Jubilee Stomp – Nisse Lind’s Hot Kvartett

Novelette In Fourths – George Gershwin

Rialto Ripples – George Gershwin

You’ll Do It Someday (So Why Not Now) – Bolton & Cipriano’s Westchester Biltmore Orchestra, Rudy Vallee, Leader

Under The Tents – Charles N. Daniels

You’ll Come Back – Miss Morris & Mr. Murray

Whoa You Hefier – Al Verges

Saskatoon Rag – Phil Goldberg

Chicken Reel – Kessinger Brothers

Pearl Of The Haren – Fred Van Eps

Blue Turning Grey Over You – Ambrose AHO / Sam Browne, v.

I’m Alabama Bound – Prince’s Orchestra

Rambling In Rhythm – Arthur Schutt

Bye, Bye Blackbird – Dick Beeson AHO (Nathan Glantz) / Unidentified, 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 these fellows are? On the left is bandleader Vincent Lopez. On the right is trumpeter and composer Bob Effros and this being his 125th birthday, he is the subject of this week’s “One Thing in Common” edition of the show. You’ll hear a detailed biography and everything played on the show this week features “Grandpa Bob.” He played in Vincent Lopez orchestras from 1921 to 1927, so there’s a Vincent Lopez segment. We’ll also hear from the Boswell Sisters and Frank Crumit and hear several of Bob’s compositions. 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Mama Inez – Fred “Sugar” Hall and His Sugar Babies / Fred Hall, v.

Me And The Boy Friend – Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra / Billy Jones, v.

Sweet Lovin’ Mama (Please Come Back To Me) – Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra

T – N – T – Vincent Lopez and His Casa Lopez Orchestra

When I Take My Sugar To Tea – The Boswell Sisters (Accompanied by The Dorsey Brothers)

Wha’dja Do To Me – The Boswell Sisters

The Mem’ry Of This Dance – Hal McIntyre AHO / Carl Denny, v.

Why Don’t You Get Lost – Joel Shaw AHO / Dick Robertson, v.

Cornfed – The Gilt Edged Four

Olaf (You Ought-a Hear Olaf Laff) – Cliquot Club Eskimos (udo Harry Reser) / Tom Stacks, v.

Would You Like To Take A Walk – Julia Sanderson and Frank Crumit

One Little Raindrop – Frank Crumit

I Wish I Had Died In My Cradle (Before I Grew Up To Love You) – Jimson Brothers

I Do Not Choose To Run – Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks / Tom Stacks, v.

Swing You Sinners (Clip) – 1930 Talkartoons Cartoon Soundtrack

Tin Ear – Bob Effros, Trumpet Solo (Accompanied by Arthur Schutt, Piano)

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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 a young Jimmie Revard, member of the Osage Nation and his is one of five birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s “all-birthday” edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. I’m guess this photograph was taken before Jimmie put together his first western swing band while a student at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. You’ll find out more about Jimmie and hear three of his recordings in the second segment of the show. The other birthday segments this week are for Rosa Henderson, Percy Chandler, Ray Herbeck and George Wilton Ballard. 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Rosa Henderson

Hey Hey And He He, I’m Charleston Crazy – Rosa Henderson
Papa If You Can’t Do Better (I’ll Let A Better Papa Move In) – Gladys White (Rosa Henderson)
Barbadoes – Rosa Henderson

Segment 2: Jimmie Revard

Naughty Naughty – Jimmie Revard and His Oklahoma Playboys / Cotton Cooper, v.
I’m Waiting Mabel – Jimmie Revard and His Oklahoma Playboys / Joe Malloy, v.
Playboy’s Breakdown – Jimmie Revard and His Oklahoma Playboys

Segment 3: Percy Chandler

Good Friends – Alberta Dance Orchestra (Percy Chandler) / Harry Bentley, v.
Darling (I’m Longing To Greet You – Percy Chandler and His Band / Harry Bentley, v.
Close Your Eyes – White Star Syncopators (Percy Chandler)

Segment 4: Ray Herbeck

Here Comes The Night – Ray Herbeck and His Music With Romance / Kirby Brooks, v.
Trade Winds – Ray Herbeck and His Music With Romance / Ray Olson & The Three Beaux, v.
Romance – Ray Herbeck and His MMusic With Romance / Kirby Brooks, v.

Segment 5: George Wilton Ballard

I’ll Keep On Dreaming (Until My Dreams All Come True) – The Merry Sparklers / George Wilton Ballard, v.
Just One Day – George Wilton Ballard
Morning (Won’t You Ever Come ‘Round) – Kaplan’s Melodists / George Wilton Ballard, 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.

The featured graphic on this week’s Rapidly Rotating Records playlist is the number sixty-seven. It is, however, the numbers six and seven. So why is that? Very few, if any, of our listeners will know the significance of those numbers, but listen to the fourth segment of the show and you’ll find out. Marcy Klauber and Bob Larkan will be having birthday segments. We’ll also do some row, row, rowing and hear some ragtime songs. 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

Segment 1: Marcy Klauber

I Get The Blues When It Rains – Ford & Glenn
I’m A Little Nobody That Nobody Loves – Vaughn De Leath
Oh! How I Adore You – Ben Selvin AHO / Paul Small, v.

Segment 2: Bob Larkan aka Bob Larkin

McLeod’s Reel – Bob Larkan & Family
The Women Wear No Clothes At All – Fiddlin’ Bob Larkin’s Music Makers / Bob Larkin, v.

Segment 3: Row, Row, Row

Row, Row, Row Medley – Victor Military Band
Row, Row, Row With Roosevelt – Eddie Dowling
Row, Row, Rosie – Savoy Orpheans

Segment 4: 6 7

Six Or Seven Times – Little Chocolate Dandies
Seven Or Eleven – Dolly Kay
Four Or Five Times – Jack Walsh AHO / Frank Bessinger, v.

Segment 5: West Coast Ragtime Festival

In Ragtime Land – Arthur Collins
You Can’t Get Away From It – Bert Williams
Don’t Sing In Ragtime – Billy Merson

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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.

Of course everyone knows who this duo of the Old West is: The Lone Ranger and Tonto. We had a Lone Ranger segment on last week’s show, but this week we have not one, not two, but three segments inspired by actors and characters from the series. You’ll find out some fun and interesting information about them. We also have birthday segments for Roy Newman and Joseph Solman. 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. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

Segment 1: Roy Newman

How Many Times – Roy Newman and His Boys / Art Davis, v.
Rock-A-Bye Moon – Roy Newman and His Boys / Ray Lackland, v.
Hot Dog Stomp – Roy Newman and His Boys

Segment 2: Joseph Solman

Oh You Little Sun-Of-Er-Gun – Ray Miller AHO
Only Just Suppose – Guido Deiro
Listening – Raderman’s Orchestra

Segment 3: “They’ll Believe Me, Citizen!”

Would You Believe Me? – Billy James Dance Orchestra
Believe Me, Dear – Ross De Luxe Syncopators
You Must Believe Me – Owen Fallon and His Californians / Dick Robertson, v.

Segment 4: Foster Grants

You Don’t Need Glasses (To See I’m In Love) – Snooks and the Memphis Ramblers
Through These Wonderful Glasses Of Mine – George Wilton Ballard
Looking At The World Thru Rose-Colored Glasses – Lou Gold AHO

Segment 5: Kemosabe

We Were The Best Of Friends – Tom Coakley and His Palace Hotel Orchestra / Fred Williams, v.
Just Met A Friend From My Home Town – Perry Bradford & His Gang / Male Quartet, v.
Golden Friendships – The Fillmore Band udo Henry Fillmore

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