Rapidly Rotating Records
Rapidly Rotating Records
Glenn Robison
Glenn Robison’s weekly, hour-long radio program of “music to which you can't NOT tap your toes" from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s.
An "Ecstacy" Edition of RRR # 1,361 August 16, 2026
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 was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, but you know here better as Austrian-American actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr. You'll find out a little bit about one of her first films in the third segment of this week's shoe. In other segments, Harry Akst and Mike Markels have birthday segments. Well also engage in some ecstasy (no not that kind, the other kind), listen to some naughty records and have another Rapidly Rotating Records 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!Here’s the complete playlist:Segment 1: Harry AkstSweet Henry (The Pride of Tennessee) Noble Sissle / Eubie Blake, p. Away Down South - Melody Dance PlayersThat Bran’ New Gal O’ Mine - Garber-Davis OrchestraSegment 2: Mike MarkelsDon’t Bother Me - Markels OrchestraOnce In A Lifetime - Mike Markels Society Orchestra Just A Little Dance - Mike Markels OrchestraSegment 3: EcstasyEcstacy Waltz - Edith Lorand and Her Vinnese OrchestraHappy - Isham Jones Rainbo OrchestraYou Are My Heart’s Delight - Edythe BakerSegment 4: EcstasyShe Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor - Johnny MessnerPeaceful Street - Ernest Butcher With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock - George FormbySegment 5: HypergargalesthesiaI Tickled ‘Em - New Arkansas TravelersI Tickled Her Under The Chin - Asa MartinMy Name Is Ticklish Reuben - Smyth Country Ramblers / Malcolm Worley & Jack Pierce, v.
Aug 21
1 hr
A "Lucky" Edition of RRR # 1,360 August 9, 2026
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, Luckey Roberts and Abe Lyman have birthday segments. We’ll check on the weather, hear about Jack and Jill and play One Thing in Common. 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: Charles Luckeyth RobertsRosetime And You - Atlantic Dance OrchestraRockaway - Irving KaufmanI'm Done - Eddie Hunter and Alex Rogers / C. Luckeyth Roberts, pianoSegment 2: Jack and JillJack And Jill - Jay Whidden and His BandJack And Jill - The All Star TrioThe Wedding Of Jack And Jill - Mae QuestelSegment 3: The SizzlersForty-Second Street - The SizzlersSomebody Stole My Gal - The SizzlersGotta Go Places (And Do Things) - The SizzlersSegment 4: Abe LymanTwelfth Street Rag - Abe Lyman's California OrchestraHullanaloo - Abe Lyman's California OrchestraHigh Society - Abe Lyman's California OrchestraSegment 5: One Thing In CommonTenderly - Johnny Hamp's Kentucky SerenadersMandalay - Harry Raderman's Dance OrchestraDriftwood - George Olsen and His Music / Bob Borger, v.
Aug 15
1 hr
A "Lesson Learned" Edition of RRR # 1,359 August 2, 2026
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, Lew Stone and Sylvester Weaver have birthday segments. We’ll have a vocabulary lesson and learn some other lessons. 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: Stack O' LeeStack O' Lee Part 1 - Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards)Stack O' Lee Blues - Waring's PennsylvaniansStack O' Lee Part 2 - Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards)Segment 2: LessonsThe Ukulele Lesson - May Singhi BreenLet That Be A Lesson To You - Jack and JillLessons In Love - Adrian Rollini OrchestraSegment 3: Lew StoneRain, Rain Go Away - Lew Stone and The Monseigneur Band / Al Bowlly, v.Let Him Live - Lew Stone and The Monseigneur Band / Nat Gonella, v.I Hate Myself - Lew Stone and The Monseigneur Band / Tiny Winters, v.Segment 4: CingulomaniaYou're Always In My Arms (But Only In My Dreams) - Bebe DanielsI'm Gonna Put You In Your Place (And Your Place Is In My Arms) - Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Jazz-Bo's Carolina SerenadersSegment 5: Sylvester WeaverGuitar Rag - Sylvester WeaverMe And My Tapeworm - Sylvester WeaverSix String Banjo Piece - Sylvester Weaver
Aug 3
1 hr
The 26th Anniversary Edition of RRR # 1,358 July 26, 2026
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, in addition to celebrating four artists’ birthdays, we’re celebrating the 26th birthday of the show!! Rapidly Rotating Records debuted in late July, 2000 on KISL 88.7 FM Avalon, our home until last year when sad to say, the station went off the air. But, against all odds, we’re still here, I don’t know if for another 26 years, but certainly, for as long as we possibly can. But for tonight, we’ve got birthday salutes for Henry Brown, Dock Walsh, Theodure Bendix and Julie Wintz. 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: Henry BrownDeep Morgan Blues - Henry BrownTwenty-First Street Stomp - Henry BrownEastern Chimes Blues - Henry BrownSegment 2: Dock WalshA Precious Sweetheart From Me Has Gone - Dick WalshWe Courted In The Rain - Dock WalshEducated Man - Dock WalshSegment 3: Theodore BendixThe Cat And The Canary - Kaplan's MelodistsLamb's Gambol - Fred Van EpsThe Magpie And The Parrot - Prince's OrchestraSegment 4: Julie WintzI Gotta Have You - Julie WIntz and His Mayflower Orchestra / Jim Andrews (Irving Kaufman), v.Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues - Julie Wintz and His Hofbrau Orchestra / Bill Zimmer, v.When The Little Red Roses (Get The Blues For You) - Julie Wintz AHO / Arthur Fields, v.
Jul 27
1 hr
A "Clarify and Correct" Edition of RRR # 1,357 July 19, 2026
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 maintain a flawless tempo as we hear some tunes about crows and potatoes and a birthday salute to Fud Candrix. And we’ll finish up not with Compare and Contrast segments, but Clarify and Correct segments. 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: Fud CandrixSwingnight In Dixieland (Christmas In Dixieland) - Fud Candrix mit seinem Tanzorchester   Always - Fud Candrix mit seinem OrchesterTwo Left Feet - Tanzorchester Fud CandrixSegment 2: Competitive Ballroom DancingHere Am I - Henry Jacques and His Strict Tempo OrchestraGangway - Joe Loss and His BandRomany - Jack Harris and His Orchestra at Ciro’s Club, LondonSegment 3: Spud CellsHot Potatoes - Blind BlakeSweet Potato Blues - Lonnie JohnsonSweet Potato Piper - Dorothy LamourSegment 4: CorrectIngen Ros Utan Tornen (No Rose Without Thorns) - Helge Lindberg’s OrchestraDaSpirar Alltid Upp Ett Litet Hopp (Then A Little Hope Always Sprouts) - Vernons OrchesterSka Jag? Ska Jag? (Should I?)  - Gunnar GregorSegment 5: ClarifyDream Garden - Henry Thies & His Castle Farm OrchestraRoyal Garden Blues - Mamie Smith’s Jazz HoundsIn A Little Garden (You Made Paradise) Waring’s Pennsylvanians / Tom Waring, v.
Jul 20
1 hr
A "Beautiful" Edition of RRR # 1,356 July 12, 2026
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 composer, arranger and pianist Percy Grainger and his birthday segment starts off this week's edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. But we also have two other birthday salutes this week for Phil Cardew and Willard Hodgin. We'll also visit some wigwams and hear both some beautiful TUNES and some BEAUTIFUL tunes. 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: Percy GraingerCountry Gardens - Alta HillShepherd's Hey - Columbia Symphony Orchestra UDO Percy GraingerSheep And Goat Walkin' To The Pasture - Percy GraingerSegment 2: Phil CardewPlastered In Paris - The Band Waggoners UDO Phil Cardew / Ferrie's Jackdauz, v.I've Got A Date With A Dream - The Band Waggoners UDO Phil Cardew / Ferrie's Jackdauz, v.Blue Skies Are 'Round The Corner - The Band Waggoners UDO Phil Cardew / Ferrie's Jackdauz, v.Segment 3: Willard HodginLove Is A Ticklish Thing - Willard HodginI'm Just A Ramblin' Gambler - Banjo Joe (Willard HodginCourtin' The Widow - Mountain Dew Dare (Willard Hodgin)Segment 4: WigwamsWigwam Blues - Lloyd Barber's Green Mill OrchestraWigwam - Murray's Melody MenWinona - A Wigwam Wooing - Columbia OrchestraSegment 5: BeautifulBeautiful - Jack Crawford AHOHello! Beautiful - Sam Lanin's Dance Ensemble / Unidentified, v.America The Beautiful - Walter B. Rogers' Band
Jul 12
1 hr
A "Patriotic" Edition of RRR # 1,355 July 5, 2026
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.It may be the day after Independence Day, but it's still the holiday weekend, so this week's show end with a couple of patriotic tunes and some food for thought. I made the announcement in the intro that we had two birthday segments on the show. While Harry M. Snodgrass does have a birthday salute, even though I announced it, Alvin Kaufman does not. The playlist was changed just before I recorded the show and I forgot to update the intro in the script and read it without remembering the change. Instead, there's a segment about islands. We'll also visit the zoo and do some waddlin'. 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: Harry M. SnodgrassThe Prisoner's Song - Harry M. Snodgrass "King of the Ivories"Land Of My Sunset Dreams - Harry M. Snodgrass "King of the Ivories"Maple Leaf Rag - Harry M. Snodgrass "King of the Ivories"Segment 2: IslandsI Wish I Were An Island In An Ocean Of Beautiful Girls - from "The Prisoner Pat"Song Of The Islands - The Three KeysSusie (Of The Islands) - The Wolverine OrchestraSegment 3: GorillasMein Gorilla hat 'ne im Zoo - Weintraub SyncopatorsThe Zoo Step - Harold Veo's OrchestraBig Gorilla Man - Gladys BentleySegment 4: Waddlin'Waddlin' At The Waldorf - Fud Candrix un sein OrchesterWa Wa Waddle Walk - Waring's PennsynvaniansWashington Waddle - American QuartetSegment 5: Independence DayAmerican Republic March - Walter B. Rogers BandStars And Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa Conducting the U S Marine BandAmericanism - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jul 6
1 hr
A "Felonious" Edition of RRR #1,354 June 28, 2026
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 photograph of a harp featured in this week's playlist? Well because the subject of the first segment of the show is harpist Louis Chicco. You may also have noticed the title of this week's episode is "felonious," which also refers to Louis Chicco. How in the world is that? Listen to the show and find out! In other segments, we'll have not one, but two vocabulary lessons. We'll also take a buggy ride and hear some songs about Jimmy. 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: Louis ChiccoI'm Feelin' Like A Million - George Hamilton and His Music Box MusicWould You Like To Buy A Dream? - George Hamilton and His Music Box MusicSun Showers - George Hamilton and His Music Box MusicSegment 2: FluctisonantI'm On The Crest Of A Wave - Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers / Scrappy Lambert, v.Over The Waves - Adrian Schubert's Concert OrchestraTidal Wave - Fletcher Henderson AHOSegment 3: SolipsismAll By Myself - Ted Lewis Jazz BandMe! - The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin) / Dick Robertson, v.Me, Myself And I - Nat Gonella and His GeorgiansSegment 4: Druve-thruCovered Wagon Days - Frank Banta and Cliff HessThe Buggy Song - Heinz Wehner and HIs Legendary Orchestra from the Delphi Palace TheatreOld Chuck Wagon Days - Montana Slim (Wilf Carter)Segment 5: JimmyJimmy (I Love But You) - Joseph M. Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria OrchestraJimmy Had A Nickel - Todd Rollins AHO / Chick BullockOl' Jimmy - Jo Boullion et son Orchestre
Jun 29
1 hr
A "Glorious" Edition of RRR August 14, 2005
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’ll fulfill a couple of requests, visit some fields and streams, celebrate Boop Day and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show!Here's the complete playlist: Segment 1: GloryListener Alvin sent a nice e-mail a couple of weeks ago saying that he had been thinking about our flag, which, of course is sometimes referred to as “Old Glory”, and suggesting a set of “glory” songs.  Good Morning Glory - George Hall’s Taft Hotel Orch. / Loretta Lee Glory - Gene Kardos AHO / Dick Robertson I’m Riding to Glory - Picadilly Players Segment 2: The Happiness BoysI got another nice e-mail a couple of weeks ago from listener Paul, who listens each week with his daughter, who is just 15. It’s nice to know that some of my listeners are actually younger than the records I play. They requested something by Billy Jones and Ernest Hare, The Happiness Boys. Pardon Me While I Laugh - The Happiness Boys I Can’t Sleep in the Movies - The Happiness BoysBilly Jones and Ernest Hare - The Happiness Boy What? No Women? - Jones & Hare Segment 3: BoopAugust 8 in 1930, Paramount Studios released the animated cartoon “Dizzy Dishes”, which contained the first appearance of Betty Boop. So, at the suggestion of listener Jim, we’re going to celebrate Boop Day. Betty Boop - Phil Spitalny’s Music Boop-Boop-a-Doopa Trot - Spike Hughes and His Decca Dents Betty Boop - Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees / Mae Questel Segment 4: Field & StreamAugust 14 in 1873, the first issue of “Field and Stream” magazine was published, so commemorating 132 years, here are some rapidly rotating records about fields and streams. By a Rippling Stream - Johnny Hamp Song from a cotton field - Bessie Brown Beside a Lazy Stream - Frank Black AHO Segment 5: This Week in Recording HistoryIt’s here where we play rapidly rotating records celebrating birthdays, having been recorded this past week in years past. Them Ramblin’ Blues - The Goofus Five (August 11, 1924) Just a Dancing Sweetheart - Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Dance Orch/Al Bowlly (August 14, 1931)It Was So Beautiful - Harry Richman (August 15, 1932) It’s the Tune That Counts - Fats Waller and His Rhythm/Fats Waller (August 10, 1939) THANKS FOR LISTENING!
Jun 26
1 hr
A "BOOMing" Edition of RRR # 1,353 June 21, 2026
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 Warren Caplinger and Nelson Maple both have birthday segments. It's none of their birthdays as far as I know, but the Four Rajahs have their own segment. We'll also hear some train whistles and some sonic booms. 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: Warren CaplingerMcDonald's Farm - Warren Caplinger's Cumberland Mountain EntertainersSaro - Warren Caplinger's Cumberland Mountain Entertainers / Warren Caplinger, v.Something Got A Hold Of Me - The Carter Family / A. P. Carter, v.Segment 2: Nelson MapleDown By The River - S. S. Leviathan Orchestra Directed by Nelson MapleLouisville - S. S. Leviathan Orchestra Directed by Nelson MapleTell Me A Story - S. S. Leviathan Orchestra Directed by Nelson MapleSegment 3: The Four RajahsWaitin' For Katie - The Four RajahsGotta Be Good - Nat Shilkret & The Victor Orchestra / The Four Rajahs, v.Broadway Melody -  Nat Shilkret AHO / The Four Rajahs, v.Segment 4: The NASA Quest ProjectI Faw Down An Go Boom - Dick RobertsonO. O. O. O. O. O. - Oh Boom! - Harry Roy AHO / Harry Roy & Ray Ellington, v.Boom - Jay Wilbur and His Band / The Cavendish Three, v.Segment 5: Train WhistlesTrain Whistle Blues - Emry ArthurBlow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train - Delmore BrothersWhistles - Hal Kemp AHO / Skinnay Ennis, v.
Jun 25
1 hr
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