Rapidly Rotating Records

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 birthday of Bessie Smith, have a barn dance, commemorate the sinking of Titanic, run a marathon, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the co...

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. Lots of vintage music personalities had birthdays this past week including Yip Harburg, Fred Hall, Debroy Somers, Johnny Dodds, Bud Freeman and Billie Holiday, but on this evening’s show, we’re going to play rapidly rota...

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 some requests, test our luck, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Lucky I am just back from a business conferen...

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 Paul Specht, Sidney Arodin, Paul Whiteman and Hal Kemp, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1:...

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 past week, there were so many fine composers and artists who had birthdays that I was having trouble trying to edit the list, so I’m just going to skip the biographies and use that time to play something from each o...

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 Irving Kahal, “Hutch”, and Florida, do some whispering, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1:...

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 Alexander Graham Bell and Frank Munn, fulfill a request, go out in the rain and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete p...

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 Nacio Herb Brown, Ivan Browning and Harry Archer, go the Oscars and have some songs about a fruit. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Banana’s...

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 birthday of Harry Reser, listen to this past week in recording history, and have some songs about…well, stay tuned and find out. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Se...

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 Ace Brigode, Harry Roy and Al Bowlly, fulfill a request and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1:...

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 Vincent Lopez, Art Gillham, Carroll Gibbons and Fred Van Eps, 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. Around this time of the year, a number of composers, songwriters and bandleaders sometimes don’t get featured so that we can present vintage Christmas music on our special Christmas show. Because of that, and at the sugg...

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. T his evening’s show is starting out a little differently. This being our Christmas show, I’ve got a Christmas present for you: I’m going to shut up and just play a whole show of vintage Christmas records, with no commen...

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 Harold Adamson, Lud Gluskin and Lew Brown, have a vocabulary lesson and listen to this past week in recording history. 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 we’ll listen to some rags, fulfill some requests, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Rag Scott Joplin’s date of birth is oft...

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 some requests and celebrate the birthdays of Richard Whiting and Bennie Moten. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Al Bowlly First time listener Jeremy in Fowlmer...

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 go sailing, celebrate the birthdays of Jan Garber and Gus Kahn, do some thinking and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segmen...

Welcome to a ghoulish edition of Rapidly Rotating Records with yours truly, the ghost of Glenn Robison. In case you haven’t figured it out, this is a special Halloween edition of the show, featuring songs from rapidly rotating records from the 1920s and 30s about ghosts, skeletons, black cats, and even a vampire or two. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Ghostly We’re going t...

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 Esther Thomas, Roger Wolfe Kahn and Jelly Roll Morton, fulfill a request and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete play...

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 Eugene Fodor and Johnny Green, visit the lost and found, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1:...

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 Milton Ager, Johnny Burke, Thelma Terry and William Wrigley, Jr., and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: S...

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 Vaugh De Leath, Ted Weems and Vincent Youmans, fulfill a request and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Se...

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 Don Bestor, Fred Ahlert, Dave Dreyer and William McKinney, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment...

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 fulfill a couple of requests and have several vocabulary lessons. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Zez Confrey This request comes from musician and RRR listen...

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 Sam Lanin, Arthur Freed, Billy Rose, and Howard Dietz, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: S...