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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’m not going to ask if you know who this artist is, because I imagine most everyone reading this does. Yup, he’s legendary opera lyric tenor Luciano Pavarotti. So why is he featured in this week’s playlist? And why is this called a “Tosca” edition of the show? Well, you’ll find out in the final segment and even hear Pavarotti sing an aria. I’ll also share a personal anecdote involving him!. But before that, we’ll celebrate the birthdays of L. Wolfe Gilbert and Chris Bouchillon. We’ll also have not one, but two Rapidly Rotating Records vocabulary lessons, playing records about egotists and neighbors. 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: Vaniloquent

I Love Me – Jack Haley
I’m The Guy – Billy Murray
If I Were You I’d Fall In Love With Me – Eddie Walters

Segment 2: L. Wolfe Gilbert

Waiting For The Robert E. Lee – Billy Cotton and His Band
Pig Latin (I yay Ove-lay Oo-yay Earie-Day) – Arthur Fields
Dance-O-Mania – Nonpariel Novelty Band

Segment 3: Voisinage

Neighbors – Van Eps Dance Orchestra / Howard Phillips, v.
Neighbors – Marie Cahill

Segment 4: Christ Bouchillon

Speed Maniac – Chris Bouchillon
Hannah – Chris Bouchillon
Chris Visits The Barber Ship – Chris Bouchillon

Segment 5: Avalon and Tosca

Aria: E lucevan le stelle from Tosca, Act III (Puccini) – Luciano Pavarotti
Avalon – Cab Calloway AHO / Cab Calloway, v.
Avalon Town – Arthur Ross and His Westerners (Lou Gold AHO) / Tom Frawley (Irving Kaufman), 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 lovely lady is? She’s legendary violinist Maud Powell, at the turn of the century one of the finest, and most famous violinists in the world. You’ll find out a bit about her fascinating life in the first segment of the show with three examples of her virtuosity. We could easily have devoted an entire show to her, but I encourage you to find out more about her and her career at the website maudpowell dot org. Besides Maud Powell, Eddie Durham also gets a birthday segment this week. We’ll also have an “awful” segment, and two segment reflecting recent news stories, one about alleys and one about toys. 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: Maud Powell

At The Brook – Maud Powell , Violin acc. by Francis J. Lapitino, Harp
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 (Mendelssohn) – Maud Powell, Violin acc. by George Falkenstein, piano
My Old Kentucky Home (Excerpt from “Plantation Melodies) – Maud Powell, Violin acc. by George Falkenstein, piano

Segment 2: Eddie Durham

Topsy – Count Basie Orchestra
I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire – Harlan Leonard and His Rockets / Myra Taylor, v.
Sliphorn Jive – Benny Goodman AHO

Segment 3: An Awful Segment

She’s An Awful Nice Gal – Edward Meeker
I’m Building Up To An Awful Let Down – Carroll Gibbons and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans / Anne Lenner & Brian Lawrance, v.
You Look Awful Good To Me – Chris Bouchillon

Segment 4: Alleys

Put Me In The Alley Blues – Chicago Hottentots
Down In The Alley – Memphis Minnie
Pigtail Alley – Savoy Orpheans

Segment 5: Toys

Come Along To Toy Town – Peerless Quartette
Ragtime In A Toy Shop – Conway’s Band Dir. by Capt. Pat Conway
Ting-Ling Toy – Columbia Saxophone Sextette

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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 is there a picture of submarine sandwich featured in the playlist for this week’s show? Well, because a sub sandwich was in the news last week. If you missed it, we’ll fill you in. In other segments, we’ll celebrate Walter “Kid” Smith’s birthday and hear some more lyrics from Edward Madden. We’ll also have a segment about gastropods and how they propel themselves. And we’ll do some throwing. 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: Walter “Kid” Smith

Mississippi Freight Train Blues – Kid Smith and His Family
Otto Wood The Bandit – Carolina Buddies / Walter Smith, v.
The Story That The Crow Told Me – Carolina Buddies / Walter Smith, v.

Segment 2: Snail Races / Crawling

The Cootie Crawl – Tampa Blue Jazz Band (Joseph Samuels)
Batpistown Crawl – Hitch’s Happy Harmonists
Alligator Crawl – Fess Williams’ Royal Flush Orchestra

Segment 3: Sandwiches

That Sentimental Sandwich – Ozzie Nelson AHO / Ozzie Nelson, v.
Little Sandwich Wagon – Chicago Rhythm Kings
A Cup Of Coffee, A Sandwich And You – Helen Clark – Franklyn Baur, v.

Segment 4: Throwing

Hand Grenade Throwers – March – Guido Deiro, Accordion Solo
Throwing Peanuts To The Moon – Brian Lawrance and His Landowne Orchestra / Brian Lawrance, v.
Throw No Stones In The Well That Gives You Water – Arthur Fields

Segment 5: Edward Madden

By The Light Of The Silv’ry Moon – Billy Murray and the Haydn Quartet
Jimmy Valentine – Peerless Quartet
You’ll Do The Same Thing Over Again – Billy Murray

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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 is there a picture of spinach featured in the playlist for this week’s show? Well, because for no particular reason we have a “Spinach” segment! I happen to like spinach and in working on this week;s show, I found out that there is such a thing as “Spinach Cake!” I may like spinach, but I’m afraid I draw the line at spinach cake. This weekend I was in Sutter Creek for the 27th Annual Historic Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival, so in the first segment we’ll find ourselves up several creeks. Fortunately, however, in the third segment, we have some paddles! In other segments we’ll celebrate Chick Story’s birthday and in the final segment we’ll get the low down. 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: Creeks

Cripple Creek – Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers
The Girl That Lived On Polecat Creek – Willard Hodgin
Folks Up Willow Creek – March – Conway’s Band

Segment 2: “Chick” Story

A Little Bit Of Jazz – Frisco Syncopators
Pick Me Out A Girlie – Arthur Gales (Arthur Fields)
Chinky Charleston – Honey Duke and His Uke (Johnny Marvin)

Segment 3: Paddles

Paddle Your Own Canoe – Collins & Harlan
We’ll Paddle Our Own Canoe – Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra
Paddlin’ Madelin’ Home – Isham Jones Orchestra

Segment 4: Spinach

You’ve Got To Eat Your Spinach, Baby – Dick Hartman Washboard Wonders
What! No Spinach? – Ed Smalle
Sponge Cake And Spinach – Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators

Segment 5: Low Down

Low Down Brown – Randolph McCurtain’s College Ramblers
Doin’ The New Low Down – Jack Pettis and His Pets
Deep Sea Low Down – Bernie Cummins and His New Yorker Hotel Orchestra / Band, 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 little fella, taking a defiant pose, is known by many names depending on where in the country you are, but are most commonly called crayfish. So why is there a picture of a crayfish featured in the playlist for this week’s show? Well, because there are actually a few vintage songs about crayfish, or crawdads, and in the final segment of the show, we’ll play a couple. We’ll also have another Rapidly Rotating Records vocabular lesson–Yiddish Edition! In other segments, we’ll get hammered, musically, that is, we’ll hear some songs about sweet girls, and have a Hiawatha segment. 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: Fakakta

Mama You’re A Mess – Kid Smith & Family
I’m All Broken Up Over You – Bob Haring AHO
Getting Off A Mess – Seven Little Clouds of Joy

Segment 2: Hammer Museum

Maggie Get The Hammer – Carlisle Brothers
Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy – Monroe Brothers
The Man Behind The Hammer And The Plow – Prince’s Band

Segment 3: Sweet Girls

Sweet Girl Mary – Randolph McCurtain’s College Ramblers
Sweetest Girl In Town – Oscar Ford
Sweetest Girl In The World – Tune Wranglers / Buster Coward, v.

Segment 4: Hiawatha

Hiawatha’s Melody Of Love – The Broadway Band
Hiawatha Breakdown – Scottdale String Band
Hiawatha’s Lullaby – Little Jack Little

Segment 5: Crawdads

Crawdad Blues – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra
Crawdad Song – Leon’s Lone Star Cowboys
The Lobsters’ Promenade – Fred Van Eps

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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 week’s show, we’ll be celebrating four birthdays; those of Julie Wintz, Juan Llossas, Clark Kessinger and Earl Granstaff. Actually five birthdays, because this is Rapidly Rotating Records’ 25th Anniversary Show! Hard to believe, but we’ve been bringing you toe-tapping music of the 1920s and ’30s for a quarter-century now! Maybe not for another 25 years, since by that time I would be 101 years old, but we’ll continue to do so as long as we are able. 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: Silver Anniversary

Look For The Silver Lining – Manhattan Melody Makers (Bidgood’s Broadcasters / Sam Browne, v.
There Must Be A Silver Lining – Ben Selvin AHO / Lewis James, v.
We’ll Find A Silver Lining Bye And Bye – The Connecticut Collegians (Jay Wilbur and His Band) / Les Allen, v.

Segment 2: Julie Wintz

What Is This Thing Called Love? – Julie Wintz and His Mayflower Orchestra / Julie Wintz, v.
Congratulations – Julie Wintz and His Mayflower Orchestra / Jim Andrews, v.
After You’ve Gone – Julie Wintz AHO

Segment 3: Juan Llossas

Fur dich, mein Baby – Juan Llossas und sein Tango-Orchester / Max Mensing, v.
San Francisco – Juan Llossas mit seinem Tanz-Orchester
Cuchares Y Su Tiempo – Juan Llossas y Su Orquesta

Segment 4: Clark Kessinger

The Devil’s Dream – Kessinger Brothers / Ernest Legg, Caller
Pop Goes The Weasel – Kessinger Brothers
Ragtime Annie – Kessinger Brothers

Segment 5: Earl Granstaff

He’s The Hottest Man In Town – Earl Granstaff
Craving – Earl Granstaff
Copenhagen – Earl Granstaff

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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 vaudeville star, accordionist and composer Count Guido Pietro Deiro and he starts off this week’s show with his rendition of Hans von Holstein’s tune, “Hong Kong: The Chinese Love Song” in a “Hong Kong” segment. In other segments, we’ll celebrate Blossom Seeley’s birthday and hear three more from Percy Chandler, We’ll also do some lounging at the Waldorf and in the final segment chase the blues away. 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: Hong Kong

Hong Kong: The Chinese Love Song – Guido Deiro
Hong Kong Dream Girl – Wally Erickson’s Coliseum Orchestra
Hong Kong Haggis – Patricia Roosborough

Segment 2: Blossom Seeley

I Found A Round-About Way To Heaven – Blossom Seeley
It’s Just That Feeling For Home – Blossom Seeley
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Blossom Seeley

Segment 3: Percy Chandler

The Ice Man Lives In An Ice House – Percy Chandler and His Band / Unidentified, v.
Panicky Pete The Pirate – Percy Chandler and His Band / Unidentified, v.
She’s A Good, Good Girl – Percy Chandler and His Band / Unidentified, v.

Segment 4: Waldorf-Astoria

Lounging At The Waldorf – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.
Lazy Day – Jack Denny and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra / June Pursell, v.
All That I Need Is You – Joseph Knecht’s Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra

Segment 5: Banish The Blues

Whistle And Blow Your Blues Away – Riley Puckett
Smilin’ The Blues Away – Jelly Roll Morton Trio
Dance Your Blues Away – Billy Merrin and His Commanders / Ken Crossley, 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? A clue is in the title of this week’s show. He’s lyricist Mitchell Parish and although he’s been heard on the show numerous times before, he’s not had his own birthday segment, until now. There are two other birthday segments this week, for Noble Sissle and Johnny Marvin. In other segments, we’ll take a musical trip through the Panama Canal and in the final segment, enjoy some pork chops. 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: Mitchell Parish

Dixie Doorway – Cab Calloway AHO / Cab Calloway, v.
Sweet Madelon – Billy Murray and Walter Scanlan (van Brunt)
The Way I Feel Tonight – Chick Bullock and His Levee Loungers / Chick Bullock, v.

Segment 2: Noble Sissle

Crazy Blues – Noble Sissle
Sweetheart Memories – Noble Sissle
Boo Hoo Hoo – Noble Sissle / Eubie Blake, Piano

Segment 3: Johnny Marvin

Roll ‘Em Girls – Wells & Patterson
Down Ole Virginia – Honey Duke
Out On An Island – Frankie Wallace and His Guitar

Segment 4: Panama Canal

Through The Panama Canal – Victor Military Band
Down Beside A Dutch Canal – Percy Chandler and His Band / Arthur Lalley (?), v.
Where The Oceans Meet In Panama (That’s Where I’ll Meet You) – Irving Kaufman

Segment 5: Pork Chops

I Want Some – Ted Mays and His Band / Claytie Polk, v.
I’m Gonna Beat Your Bread – Lee “Pork Chop” Green
Wham (Wham, Re, Bop, Boom, Bam – Doctor Sausage and His Five Pork Chops

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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 is a photograph of a cotton field the featured image on thsi week’s Rapidly Rotating Records playlist? Well, because in addition to playing a record by the Brunswick house band called The Cotton Pickers, we have a whole segment of records by other cotton pickers. We’ll also have not one, but two vocabulary lessons, one English and one Yiddish! We’ll don a derby and in the final segment, we’ll bring it on home. 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: Gelid

Cold Mammas (Burn Me Up) – Fletcher Henderson AHO
It’s Gonna Be A Cold, Cold Winter – Edith Wilson & “Doc” Straine
Cold Mornin’ Shout – South Street Trio

Segment 2: Tsuriss

Hang Your Troubles On A Rainbow – Bertini and His Blackpool Tower Dance Band
Woe Is Me – The Cotton Pickers
Aggravatin’ Papa – Marion Harris

Segment 3: Cotton Pickers

A Castle In Spain – Georgetown Cotton Pickers
Third Rail – The Cotton Pickers – Andy Mansfield, Director
Snag It – Georgia Cotton Pickers

Segment 4: Derby

Derby Day In Dixie – Elaine Gordon
When I Wore My Daddy’s Brown Derby (And You Wore Your Mother’s Blue Gown) – Selvin’s Orchestra / Dick Robertson, v.
Derbytown – Old Ced Odom and Lil “Diamonds” Hardaway

Segment 5: Take It Home

Takin’ It Home – Bob Wills
Come On Home – Blue Diamond Dance Orchestra
Take It On Home To Grandma – Ted Mays and His Band / Claytie Polk, v.

Bonus Track:

Joy Bells – Harold Leonard and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra / Vaughn De Leath, 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.

For this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, we’re back to our usual format and will be having a vocabulary lesson and a “rhythm” segment. We’ll also hear some more from “Sugar” Underwood, take a ride on a choo-choo and celebrate Clyde Doerr’s birthday. 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: Rhythm

College Rhythm – Jack Oakie
Charleston Rhythm – Imperial Dance Orchestra
Nothin’ But Rhythm – Freddie Jenkins’ Harlem Seven

Segment 2: Ostrobogulous

Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me – Ted Lewis and His Band
Naughty Lola – Marlene Dietrich
Make Those Naughty Eyes Behave – Ace Brigode and His 14 Virginians

Segment 3: “Sugar” Underwood

Jacksonville Blues – Jacksonville Harmony Trio
Davis Street Blues – “Sugar” Underwood
Them Piano Blues – Jacksonville Harmony Trio

Segment 4: Clyde Doerr

Dancing Fool – Club Royal Orchestra udo Clyde Doerr
Jeunesse – Clyde Doerr / Gyula Ormay, Piano
California – Club Royal Orchestra udo Clyde Doerr

Segment 5: Royal Train

Choo-Choo Blues – The Virginians udo Ross Gorman
Mississippi Choo Choo – Blossom Seeley
Blue Railroad Train – Delmore Brothers (Alton & Rabon)

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