Rapidly Rotating Records

This show is going to be a "lulu" as we celebrate the birthdays of Joe Young, Irving Caesar and Jack Hylton, play some "trocho-ginglymous" songs (!!??) and issue a correction. Click on the link below to listen to and/or download the show.  Your comments. requests and topic suggestions are always welcome.   Rapidly Rotating Records Show – July 8, 2012 (128 bit .mp3) Here's the playlist: TOPIC: Joe...

Here, after several weeks of shows from 2007, is a BRAND NEW SHOW!  The special project which has taken much of my attention over the past few months is finished (at least my part) and I will have an announcement about it very soon.  In the meantime, on this week's show, we celebrate the birthdays of Maceo Pinkard, Richard Rodgers, Alf Pearson and the good ol' U S of A!  We'll also have seconds.  ...

This week's show, originally broadcast May 27, 2007, fulfills some requests, celebrates the birthdays of Fats Waller and Al Jolson, and presents some "nola" songs. What in the world are "nola" songs? Well, after playing the Revelers version of Felix Arndt's composition "Nola" on the previous week's show, I came across a number of songs whose titles ended in "nola", presented here in not one, but t...

This week's show was originally broadcast on May 20, 2007. It's an all birthday show and we celebrate the natal anniversaries of Henry Busse, Grant Clarke, Felix Arndt, Sidney Bechet and Archie Gottler. Rapidly Rotating Records May 20, 2007 (128 bit .mp3) Here's the playlist: TOPIC: Henry Busse Deep Elm – Busse's Buzzards Red Hot Henry Brown – Busse's Buzzards Milenburg Joys – Busse's Buzzards TOP...

This week's show was originally broadcast exactly 5 years ago.  Besides celebrating the birthdays of J. Fred Coots, Henry Hall, Bing and Billy Cotton, we listen to this past week in recording history and I correct a mistake.  Yes, that's right. I made a mistake. I know. It's hard to believe, but true.  My favorite record this week has got to be "Sweet Gerogia Brown" by Oliver Naylor's Orchestra in...

This week’s show was originally broadcast on April 29, 2007. But, if you weren’t listening to the show back then, it’s new to you. And even if you were around back then, that was 5 years ago, so it will seem like it’s brand new. On this week’s show we celebrate the birthdays of Rube Bloom, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Noone, Michael H. Cleary and listen to this past week in recording history. The link t...

This week’s show is very special as we celebrate just one birthday, that of bandleader, pianist, composer and music publisher Gene Rodemich, born Sunday, April 13, 1890.  We’re very proud and happy to have in the studio Gene’s great grandson, Ray Rodemich who will talk about how he came to find out about his famous ancestor. This show is 90 minutes. Rapidly Rotating Records April 15, 2012 (128 bit...

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 all birthday show, we’ll celebrate Bix Beiderbecke, Irving Kahal, Miff Mole, Peter DeRose and Ben Selvin. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Bix Beiderbecke March 10 marked the bir...

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 play some red hot songs, we’ll do some swinging, do some steppin’ out, fulfill a request and celebrate the birthdays of Nacio Herb Brown and William Kernell. We also translate a little Portug...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. For no particular reason, we’re going to start off this week’s edition of the show with a set of rapidly rotating records about glass and glasses. We’ll do some hangin’ around, and in the third segment I’ll introduce you to some of my pal...

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. Summary of this week’s show. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 5: Eskimos This next segment is all about Eskimos and was brought about because I happened upon the record that starts it off and just ha...

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’ve got rapidly rotating records about eskimos, elevators, pheasants, weddings, honeymoons and even even-toed ungulates, eh…camels…yes, camels. We’ll also celebrate some birthdays and listen to...

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’re gonna get sentimental, we’re gonna make believe, we’ll take a musical trip to Coney Island, we’ll do some roaming–excuse me, some“roamin’”– and we’ll do some wondering. Enjoy the show! Here’...

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’re going to leave it, we’ll be reminded of some things, we’ll find out what Jack Jackson and some others like, we’ll get Krazy, with a K, and hear from some rascals. Enjoy the show! Here’s the c...

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 take care of some wants, fulfill a request, make some returns, take care of bi’ness, and get tight… we’ll also question why you’d ever want to leave. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playl...

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 celebrate the birthdays of Harry Roy and Arthur Johnston, have an interlude, play some cardiac songs, and some songs about ducks (as an added bonus, you’ll learn what a grinnel is too).  Enjo...

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 have some strange records and some records about strangers, some old records, we’ll celebrate National Spaghetti Day, and get the boot. Well, not “get the boot” in the sense of getting fired...

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 being New Year’s Day, everything on this week’s show is new, starting off with Joe Sanders, who’s singing a new song. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: New Sing A New Song – Coon-Sanders Orche...

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 celebrate Mississippi’s birthday, as well as that of Harold Adamson, have some cherries, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segme...

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 do some remembering, give it to you straight from the shoulder, and celebrate a number of birthdays. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Remember I got a nice email from...

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, for no reason at all, we’re gonna do some sobbing, hear some echoes, have a hotter than hot segment, and celebrate some birthdays. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Sobbing...

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’re going to look to the sky, listen to some “by” songs, songs about some gals, and some “bungalow” songs. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: The Sky High Up In The Sky – Be...

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 try to keep from getting electrocuted, we’ll celebrate Richard Whiting’s birthday, do some thinking, play in the snow, and hear from some sheikhs. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist...

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, in addition to “this week in recording history”, we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Roger Wolfe Kahn, Annette Hanshaw, Esther Walker and Jelly Roll Morton. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playli...

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’re going to take a musical trip to Indiana, celebrate the birthday of Jack Shilkret and listen to this past week in recording history, we’ll also squeeze in a bonus treat just for you. Enjoy the...