Rapidly Rotating Records (2025)

22/10/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/a-reckless-edition-of-rrr-1265-oct-13-2024/
Rapidly Rotating Records is my weekly, hour-long radio show and podcast bringing you "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and '30s."
This is the second weekly playlist in a row in which a record label is the featured image rather that a photograph of an artist, composer or other historical figure. That’s because I couldn’t find a good photograph of either of our two birthday celebrants, Dick Burnett or Frank Quinn. We’re going to approach the third segment of the show with reckless abandon and in the final segment, we’ll enjoy some pudding. The fourth segment has to do with blossoms and ends with the record pictured below. It really has nothing to do with flower or plant blossoms, but you can see why it’s included. There are 27 railroads mentioned in “Time Table Blues,” including 13 referred to only by their initials. See how many of them you can name. 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. Thank you for listening and ENJOY THE SHOW!

17/10/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/an-oscar-and-henry-ford-edition-of-rrr-1264-oct-6-2024/
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.

When I finished the usual five segments of three records each on this week’s show, I still had nearly six minutes to fill and was left wondering how to fill it. Then the first segment about Oscar Ford and last week’s segment about Dearborn reminded me that on the July 21st show I played “Since Henry Ford Apologized To Me” but didn’t explain how that song came to be. I thought the Happiness Boys’ was the only recording of the song, but I happened across the one pictured above by Jimmy Hussey. So in the sixth segment of the show you’ll find out the history of the song and a little bit about Jimmy Hussey. In the first segment we’ll celebrate Oscar Ford’s birthday and in other segments we’ll hear more from Arthur Young and His Youngsters, play fair, go to some barn dances and listen to some “dandy” records. 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!

09/10/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/a-syncopated-edition-of-rrr-1263-september-29-2024/
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 blues guitarist Walter Brown McGhee, better known as Brownie McGhee. On last week’s show you heard him credited as Blind Boy Fuller No. 2, but this week he starts off the third segment of the show with a recording under his own name. To start off the show, we’ll celebrate the birthday of Henri Gendron and in other segments, we’ll do some picking, do some bundling and get syncopated. 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 for the complete playlist and to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

23/09/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/a-goin-nowhere-edition-of-rrr-1262-sept-22-2024/

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 fellers are? They’re the Crockett Family Mountaineers, led by patriarch and fiddler John Harvey Crockett, better known as “Dad.” You’ll hear from and about them in the first segment of this week’s show. On last week’s show you heard “What A Mouth!” from Burt Shepard and you’ll hear four more of his records in the second segment. In other segments, we’ll do some smiling, go absolutely nowhere and don some colorful jackets. 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 and ENJOY THE SHOW!

08/09/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/a-big-boy-edition-of-rrr-1260-september-8-2024/
Rapidly Rotating Records is my weekly, hour-long radio broadcast and podcast, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t not tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s. It's heard Sunday evenings at 6 over KISL 88.7 FM Avalon and all of our previous shows are also available streaming online at rapidlyrotatingrecords dot com.

So, if this is a vintage music show, why is there a photograph of Union Pacific “Big Boy” Locomotive 4014 on the playlist? Well. because in addition to vintage music, I’m also a railfan and Big Boy 4014, the largest and most powerful operating steam locomotive in the world is currently on it’s “Heartland of America” tour. In the second segment of this week’s show you’ll find out all about Big Boy 4014 and although not specifically about the locomotive, you’ll hear a set of “Big Boy” tunes. In other segments we’ll get hurt, put some things where they belong, have a bout of the blues and in the final segment, ask how certain things could happen. 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! and ENJOY THE SHOW!

02/09/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/a-goat-edition-of-rrr-1259-september-1-2024/
Rapidly Rotating Records is my weekly, hour-long broadcast radio show and podcast bringing you "music to which you can't NOT tap your toes from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and '30s." It is heard Sunday evenings at 6 over KISL 88.7 FM Avalon and all 1,259 episodes are available in the archive at rapidlyrotatingrecords dot com. Do you know who this fellow is? I'm sure Matt Tolentino does!! He's accordionist and comedian (??) Phil Baker and his is one of two birthdays we'll be celebrating on this week's show. The other is that of Ernie Golden. We'll also hear some songs about capra aegagrus hircus (goats!), we'll show our humanity and DO SOMETHING! There's lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be taken back to a previous--and we thing better--musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. Thanks for listening and ENJOY THE SHOW!

26/08/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/nuts-about-rrr-1258-august-25-2024/
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? They’re The Harmonizers Quartet and you’ll hear them start off the second segment of this week’s show with “I Was Born In Michigan.” They also recorded as The Singing Troubadours and you’ll also find out the names of the members. We’ll be celebrating two birthdays this week, those of Malvin Franklin and Pinkey Hunter. In other segments we’ll have some songs about annelids (worms!) and in the final segment we’ll just go plain nuts! 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!

19/08/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/listen-closely-now-rrr-1257-august-18-2024/
Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, my weekly, hour-long broadcast radio show and podcast bringing you vintage music to which you can’t not tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s. It's heard on terrestrial radio Sunday evenings at 6 over KISL 88.7 FM Avalon and online at KISLAvalon.com. All episodes of the show are also available in the archive at Rapidly Rotating Records.com. On this week's show...

Do you know who this fellow is? He’s violinist, bandleader and vocalist Joseph Sudy. We’re a little late in celebrating his birthday, which was August 1, but better late than never, as they say. We’ll also be celebrating Al Piantadosi’s birthday in the first segment of the show. In between, we’ll have a “ped planus” segment, we’ll pick some cotton and have a listening party. 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 for the complete playlist and to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

15/08/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/a-luckey-edition-of-rrr-1256-august-11-2024/
Rapidly Rotating Records is my weekly, hour-long broadcast radio show and podcast bringing you "music to which you can't *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and '30s." It's broadcast Sunday evenings at 6 over KISL 88.7 FM Avalon, but every single episode is available in the RRR archive at rapidlyrotatingrecords dot com.
Do you know who the fellow below is? He's pianist and composer Charles Luckeyth Roberts and his is one of three birthdays we're celebrating on this week's show. You'll hear three of his compositions in the first segment of the show, one played by Roberts on the piano. The other birthdays are those of Nat D. Ayer and Henry Burbig. We'll also have an abbreviated arboreal set celebrating the regrowth on Lahain's Banyan Tree and we'll have a "child" segment. There's lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported musically back to an older--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 and ENJOY THE SHOW!

08/08/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/another-all-birthday-edition-of-rrr-1255-august-4-2024/
It's another "All Birthday" edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, my weekly, hour-long terrestrial radio show and podcast bringing you "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and '30s." The first of the birthdays we'll be celebrating this week is that of bandleader and composer Abe Lyman, pictured below. The others are Roy Bargy, Blind Boy Fuller, Carson Robison (no relation) and Bill Cox. 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 an earlier (and we think better) musical era. Just click on the link above for the complete playlist and to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience. Thanks for listening and ENJOY THE SHOW!

29/07/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/a-surprise-edition-of-rrr-1254-july-28-2024/

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 bandleader Don Voorhees, who is getting his first birthday segment on this week’s edition of the show. You’ll hear some interesting information about him and hear three of his dozens of recordings in the third segment of the show. Dailey Paskman is also getting his first birthday segment this week and in other segments, we’ll have some surprises, get slap happy and hear about some Lizzies. 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!

23/07/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/a-saintly-edition-of-rrr-1253-july-21-2024/

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 going to guess you don’t, so I’ll tell you! He’s accordionist and actor Phil Baker. This is a movie still from the 1943 picture “The Gang’s All Here.” You’ll hear one of Phil’s accordion recordings in the first segment of the show, and you’ll hear much more from and about Phil Baker when he gets his own birthday segment on the September 1 show. On this week’s show we’ll have a vocabulary lesson and celebrate the birthdays of Dorothy Fields and Will S. Hays. We’ll also express some doubts and hear some songs about Henry Ford. 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 and ENJOY THE SHOW!

15/07/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/a-godfrey-daniel-edition-of-rrr-1252-july-14-2024/

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 willing to bet that almost everyone knows who this fellow is. This is a 1926 studio publicity still for the picture “So’s Your Old Man” in which Fields plays Samuel Bisbee, an inventor. So why a photo of Fields for this week’s playlist? I don’t think he said it in “So’s Your Old Man,” but Fields is famous for the phrase “Godfrey Daniel,” which is as close as he could come to saying “goddammit” without having the censors cut it from the film. Such words and phrases are sometimes called “by-words” and in the fourth segment of this week’s word you’ll hear three musical examples of one of them. We’ll also have not one, not two, not three but FOUR birthday segments for Ted Kohler, Noble Sissle, Johnny Marvin and Jimmy McHugh. 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!

08/07/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/a-hard-to-swallow-edition-of-rrr-1251-july-7-2024/
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.

Last week’s playlist email featured a photo of Edith Clifford. This week’s playlist email also has a photograph of Edith Clifford. Not Edith Clifford the vaudeville singer and comedienne, but Edith Clifford the sword swallower, who was billed as Mademoiselle Clifford. The photo below is the real deal and not AI generated. You’ll find out about Mlle. Clifford and hear some rapidly rotating records about swords in the second segment of this week’s show. The first segment of the show features songs about porcelain, but you may be surprised to find out why. In other segments, we’ll celebrate Harold Dellon’s birthday, have a segment of opposites and steadfastly refuse to say “No!” 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!

30/06/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/throwin-and-swingin-rrr-1250-june-30-2024/
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 lady is? She’s singer, actress and comedienne Edith Clifford. You’ll hear all about her and hear three of her recordings in the first segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records as she gets her very first birthday segment. But hers is not the only birthday salute this week. In the second segment you’ll hear three works from the pen of actor, songwriter, author and theatrical producer John L. Golden, getting his second birthday segment (his first was in 2019). In other segments we’ll be throwing some things, we’ll do some swinging and in the final segment, we’ll go shopping. 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 on the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

24/06/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/a-mow-em-down-edition-of-rrr-1249-june-23-2024/

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 Alec Templeton who became popular on radio in the US for his talent in playing serious classical music, but also for his satirical parodies of the classics. You’ll hear one of them, “Mendelssohn Mows ‘Em Down” in the fourth segment of this week's show. We’ll be celebrating two birthdays this week, those of Ben Quillian and German bandleader Max Rumpf. We’ll also have a poetry recitation and we’ll meet again. 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 to listen at your convenience.

THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

18/06/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/a-frances-francis-edition-of-rrr-1248-june-16-2024/
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 jazz, stride and boogie-woogie pianist Garland Wilson. Remarkably, he was first heard on the show just last year but is now getting his first, well-deserved birthday segment. Edith Evans and Eliseo Grenet are also getting first time birthday segments on this week’s show as well. Nappy Lamare has a birthday segment this week, but he’s had at least one already. In the remaining segment, we’ll be hearing from some Franceses. Frances used to be exclusively a female name and Frances a male name, but I’m told they’re pretty much non-gender specific these days. 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 on the link above to listen streaming online and/or download the show for listening at your convenience.

THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

10/06/2024

https://www.glennrobison.com/a-laughing-at-edition-of-rrr-1247-june-9-2024/
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? Many of you will recognize him by the battered top hat as Ted Lewis, the high-hatted tragedian of song. His is one of four birthday salutes on this week’s edition of the Rapidly Rotating Records. We’ll also be celebrating the natal anniversaries of Dale Wimbrow, Fred Waring and Neville Fleeson. And we’ll start off the show by laughing at some things. 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 for the complete playlist and to listen streaming online and/or download the show for listening at your convenience.

THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

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