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 week's show, we’ll celebrate the birthday of C. A. Bixio, we’ll celebrate Native American Day, we’ll hear tree tree tunes, and hear some tunes about panthera tigris sondaica. But first. In what seems to be becoming...

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 inform...

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 inter...

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 inf...

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 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 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 lo...

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 inte...

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 informa...

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 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 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 a...

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 you...

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 yea...

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...

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...

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 birthda...

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 "fel...

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: Gl...

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 son...

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 chaps are? The fact that I am describing them as “chaps” gives the hint that they are British. And in fact they are the British singing duo of Bob and Alf Pearson. You’ll find out all about them in th...

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. Without his trademark battered top hat and clarinet you might not recognize the person above as bandleader, instrumentalist and vocalist Ted Lewis. This photograph is from the late 1910s, probably aboard RMS Olympic. The “...

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 what these rock formations at Bryce Canyon National Park are called? If not, you’ll find out in the third segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. Other segments include toes, coming back aga...

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 person is? She’s Frances Belle Heenan, better known as “Peaches.” Peaches was at the heart of one of the most sensational scandals of the 1920s and you’ll find out all about it in the third segment of...

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 in blazes is there a photograph of a blaze emblazoned on the playlist? Everything on this week’s show is for no particular reason. There are no birthday celebrations, no cultural or news events, just five random top...

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 is a photograph of Avalon in 1893 when it was referred to as “Rag City.” Find out why it was called that in the third segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. In other segments, we’ll have a vocabul...

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 picture of peaches featured on the playlist for this week’s Rapidly Rotating Records? Well, listen to the last segment of this week’s show and you’ll find out. In other segments, things will get a little...