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.
A "Collegian" Episode of RRR # 1,368 October 4, 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 be doing some waiting, we’ll hear from some collegians, maybe have a maybe segment and birthday segments for Durward Cline and John Schonberger.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: John SchonbergerI’ll Think Of You - Joe Gumin AHO  Moonlight On The River Danube - Lud Gluskin and His Continental Orchestra / Don Darcy, v.Tell Me A Story - Kaplan’s MelodistsSegment 2: WaitingWaiting At The End Of The Road - All Star Orch. / The Melody Three, v.Blue Days Waiting For You - The Melody Hounds / , v.  Waiting For A Train - Riley PucketSegment 3: Durward ClinePeruna - Cline’s Collegians / Vocal Chorus Violets - Clines Collegians / Jimmy McMahon, v.Chicadore Stomp - Cline’s CollegiansSegment 4: CollegiansLovelight in The Starlight - Jack White and His Astoria Ballroom Collegians / Tony White, v.You Gotta Know How To Love - Chic Nelson’s Collegians (Sam Lanin) / Athur Fields, v.Dream Child - Carl Webster’s Yale Collegians Segment 5: MaybeMaybe - Jesse Crawford, Organ w/Nat Shilkret and the Victor OrhcestraMaybe - The Georgians UDO Frank Guarente / Dolly Kay, v.Maybe - The Swing Rhythm Boys
Oct 6
1 hr
An "OTIC" Edition of RRR # 1,367 September 27, 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’ve got birthday segments for Don Bestor, Vincent Youmans, Ted Weems and Dave Dreyer, but the show starts off with another episode of OTIC (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: One Thing In CommonDear Old Southland - Eddie SouthShow Me How - Selvin’s Novelty Orchestra After You’ve Gone - Bennie Payne and Fats WallerSegment 2: Vincent YoumansWildflower - Harry Breuer Nicodemus - Beatrice Lillie  Mississippi - Duke Ellington Orch. Segment 3: Don BestorTell Me You’re Sorry - Don Bestor AHO / George C. Jager, v.Baby Your Mother - Don Bestor AHO / Franklyn Baur, v.Down By The Winegar Woiks - Johnny Marvin Segment 4: Ted WeemsThis Is My Love Song - Ted Weems AHO / Wes Vaughn, v.Smile A Little Bit - Ted Weems AHO / Dusty Rhodes, v.  Sittin’ Up Waitin’ For You - Ted Weems AHO / Red Ingle, v.Segment 5: Dave DreyerWhat A Night For Spooning - Harry Reser’s Syncopators / Tom Stacks, v.Pals Just Pals - The Melody ThreeGiggling Gertie - The Happiness Boys
Sep 29
1 hr
A "Sunny" Edition of RRR # 1,366 September 20, 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 do some stomping, we’ll head out for some destinations, we’ll take some musical journeys, look for the fountain of youth and have a sunny 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:  Headin' For...Headin’ For Louisville - Barney Barnum with Bill Bailey (The Globe Trotters) Headin’ For Harlem - Brown-Morris Orchestra / Arthur Fields, v.Headin’ for Better Times - Lew Reynolds Flexo Recording OrchestraSegment 2: StompersAin’t Love Grand - John Hyman’s Bayou Stompers The Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo - Douglas Finnell and His Royal Stompers / Sammy Price, v.Plantation Joys - Luis Russell’s Heebie Jeebie Stompers Segment 3: The OdysseyLonesome Journey Blues - Thomas Morris Past Jazz MastersJourney’s End - Paul Whiteman AHOMy Long Journey Home - The Monroe BrothersSegment 4: HoraphthiaAccent On Youth - George Hall and His Hotel Taft Orchestra / Dolly Dawn, v. Fountain Of Youth - Ray BourbonFlaming Youth - Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club OrchestraSegment 5:  SunnySunny - Ernie Golden’s Hotel McAlpin Orchestra / Arthur Hall, v.Sunny Days - Layton and Johnstone  Sunny Side Up - Carlton Dance Orchestra / Irving Kaufman, v.
Sep 23
1 hr
A "Who Loves Ya, Baby?" Edition of RRR # 1,365 Sept. 13, 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, Bert Ralton gets his first birthday segment, and Arthur Freed also has a birthday segment. In other segments, we’ll find out oh, dear, what can the matter be, we’ll find out who loves ya and we’ll go pearl diving. 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: Bert RaltonHeadin’ For Home - Bert Ralton and His Havana Band What’s The Good Of Leaving The Dear Old Home? - Bert Ralton and His Havana Band / Bert Ralton, v.Isn’t She The Sweetest Thing? - Bert Ralton and His Havana BandSegment 2: Arthur FreedThe Moon Is Low - Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards)Chant Of The Jungle - Paul Specht AHO / Johnny Morris, v.You’re Simply Delish - The High Steppers / Walter Van Brunt, v.Segment 3: Who Loves Ya, Baby?Nobody Loves You Like I Do - Meyer Davis’ Le Paradis Band UDO W. Spencer TupmanSomebody Loves You - Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.Who Loves You Now - Roy Collins’ Dance Orchestra (Nathan Glantz)Segment 4: Oh, Dear, What Can The Matter Be?What’s The Matter Now - Mamie Harris What Was The Matter With Rachmaninoff? - Flotsam And JetsamWhat’s The Matter - Memphis Jug Band / Will Shade & Band, v.Segment 5: PearlsAllahabad (Pearl of the East) - Charles Remue and His New Stompers OrchestraPearl O’Mine - Lyrical Melody - Plaza Theatre OrchestraPearl Of Malabar - Savoy Orpheans / Cyril Ramon Newton, v.
Sep 14
1 hr
A "Cherry" Edition of RRR # 1,364 September 6, 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 go to dreamland, we’ll present you with some take-aways, have not-birthday segments for John E. Guernsey and Harry Geise and pay a musical visit to the cherry trees in Washington, D.C.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: Doc CookSpanish Mama - Cook and His Dreamland OrchestraThe Memphis Maybe Man - Cook’s Dreamland OrchestraHigh Fever - Cookie’s Gingersnaps Segment 2: Harry Geise31st Street Blues - Bennie Krueger’s OrchestraBlue Bird Blues - Wendell Hall w/The Virginians UDO Ross GormanHow Do You Do - The Radio TwinsSegment 3: Take AwayDon’t Take Away Those Blues - Eddie Kuhn’s Dance Specialists (of Kansas City)Don’t Take Away My P.W.A. - Jimmie GordonTake Oh Take Those Lips Away - Brooke Johns Orchestra / Brooke Johns, v.Segment 4: Guernsey and ThompsonYou Ain’t Been Living Right - Vernon DalhartPapa’s On The House Top - Leroy CarrThe Circus Song - Jim Kweskin Jug BandSegment 5: Cherry TreesWild Cherry Rag - Ed. Morton Cherry Tree Blues - Lil GreenCherry Blossoms On Capitol Hill - Vaughn Monroe AHO / Vaughn Monroe, v.
Sep 8
1 hr
A "Rooftop" Edition of RRR # 1,363 August 30, 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’re going to visit some ultra chic cabarets, go up on the roof, and learn about harem life. We’ll also have an architecture lesson and another 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: Ultra ChicSwingin’ At The Chez Florence - Willie Lewis and His Negro BandChez Maxim’s Scene - Carl BrissonA Cup Of Coffee A Sandwich And You - Orchestre Chez Fysher ( Selvin’s Orchestra) / Unidentified, v. Segment 2: Mansard RoofLeaky Roof Blues - Lange-McKay OrchestraOn A Roof In Manhattan - Waring’s Pennsylvanians / Clare Hanlon-Nelson Keller-Stuart Churchill, v.Tootin’ Through The Roof - Duke Ellington and His Famous OrchestraSegment 3: Roof OrchestrasCinderella Blues - Herb Wiedoeft’s Cinderella Roof OrchestraShe’s Still My Baby - Devine’s Wisconsin Roof OrchestraHigh Society - Monk Hazel and His Bienville Roof Orchestra Segment 4: NithingCruel Papa But A Good Man To Have Around - Irene Scruggs / Clarence Williams, p.He’s A Mean, Mean Man - Edith Wilson and Her Jazz HoundsStingy Woman Blues - Memphis Jug BandSegment 5: HaremsPearl Of The Harem - Fred Van EpsHarem Life - Paul Biese & His Novelty OrchestraPlease Don’t Take My Harem Away - Sophie Tucker Acc. By her Five Kings of Syncopation 
Aug 31
1 hr
A "Wild, Wild" Edition of RRR # 1,362 August 23, 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, Wendell Hall, Charlie Kunz and Al Piantadosi have birthday segments. We’ll also take a musical trip to the Salton Sea and meet some wild, wild women!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: Salton SeaSalt Water Blues - Bessie SmithThe Salt Of The Sea For Me - Frank C. Stanley My Man Jumped Salty On Me - Rosetta Crawford Acc. By James P. Johnson’s Hep Cats Segment 2: Al PiantadosiI’m A Yiddish Cowboy - Edward Meeker I’m Tired Of Making Believe - Harold Yates The Wild, Wild Women (Are Making A Wild Man Of Me) - Spike Jones and His City Slickers / Del Porter, v.Segment 3: Wild Women!I Can’t Tame Wild Women - Bill Boyd’s Cowboy Ramblers / Audry Davis, v. (Art Davis)Can You Tame Wild Wimmen? - Billy MurrayGood-Bye, Wild Women, Good-Bye! - Arthur FieldsSegment 4: Charlie KunzYou Gotta Know How To Dance - Charlie Kunz and His Casani Club Orchestra / Pat O/ Malley, v.When Eliza Rolls Her Eyes - Charlie Kunz and His Chez Henri Club BandLazin’ - Charlie Kunz and His Casani Club Orchestra / Dawn Davis, v.Segment 5: Wendell HallSunshine (Ain’t The Sunshine Grand) - Wendell HallWhere’s Elmer? - Wendell Hall & OrchestraHot Feet - Wendell Hall’s Red Pepper Rhythms
Aug 26
1 hr
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
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