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. This weekend the 38th Annual West Coast Ragtime Festival took place in Rancho Cordova, California and we were once again in attendance to enjoy seeing and hearing old friends and meet new ones. It was a great weekend of ra...

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 the British comic actor Joe Miller who lived from 1684 to 1738. So, since he’s not a musician or composer, why is he featured on this week’s playlist? Well, Joe Miller is mentioned in t...

Phil Spitalny 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 bandleader Phil Spitalny whose birthday we’re celebrating, along with Mezz Mezzrow’s, In other segments, we’ll go postal, get possessive and hear about some “Madelines.” T...

Ed Smalle 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 pianist, vocalist and composer Ed Smalle. His is just one of three birthday salutes on this week’s show, the others being Charlie Kisco and Glenn Rowell. In other segments, we...

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 the gentleman is with these three lovely ladies? He’s B. A. Rolfe and he’s getting not just one, but two birthday segments on this week’s show. Are you wondering what the B. A. in B. A. Rolfe stands for? We...

Marion Sunshine 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 his lovely lady is? She’s Marion Sunshine who wrote the lyrics to “A Penny For Your Thoughts.” That song finished up the third segment of this week’s show, having to do with pennies. In othe...

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 the second weekly playlist in a row in which a record label is the featured image rather that a photograph of an artist, composer or other historical figure. That’s because I couldn’t find a good photograph of eith...

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. When I finished the usual five segments of three records each on this week’s show, I still had nearly six minutes to fill and was left wondering how to fill it. Then the first segment about Oscar Ford and last week’s 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. Do you know who this fellow is? He’s blues guitarist Walter Brown McGhee, better known as Brownie McGhee. On last week’s show you heard him credited as Blind Boy Fuller No. 2, but this week he starts off the third segment...

Crockett Family Mountaineers 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 fellers are? They’re the Crockett Family Mountaineers, led by patriarch and fiddler John Harvey Crockett, better known as “Dad.” You’ll hear from and about them in the fir...

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. Unbelievable but true! The record above starts off the second segment of this week’s show, a trio of “unbelievable” tunes. In other segments, we’ll celebrate Larry Wagner’s birthday and enjoy a heapin’ helping of biscuits...

Union Pacific “Big Boy” Locomotive 4014 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. If this is a vintage music show, why is there a photograph of Union Pacific “Big Boy” Locomotive 4014 on the playlist? Well. because in addition to vintage music, I’m also a railfan...

Phil Baker 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 accordionist and comedian Phil Baker and his is one of two birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s show. The other is Ernie Golden. In other segments, we’ll show out hu...

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 fellows are? They’re The Harmonizers Quartet and you’ll hear them start off the second segment of this week’s show with “I Was Born In Michigan.” They also recorded as The Singing Troubadours and you’...

Joseph Sudy 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 violinist, bandleader and vocalist Joseph Sudy. We’re a little late in celebrating his birthday, which was August 1, but better late than never, as they say. We’ll also be c...

Charles Luckeyth Roberts 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 pianist and composer Charles Luckeyth Roberts, better known as “Luckey” Roberts. His is one of three birthdays on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Record...

Abe Lyman 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 bandleader Abe Lyman and his is one of FIVE birthday segments of this week’s edition of the show. The others are Roy Bargy and Carson Robison with first time birthday segments...

Don Voorhees 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 bandleader Don Voorhees, who is getting his first birthday segment on this week’s edition of the show. You’ll hear some interesting information about him and hear three of...

Phil Baker 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? I’m going to guess you don’t, so I’ll tell you! He’s accordionist and actor Phil Baker. This is a movie still from the 1943 picture “The Gang’s All Here.” You’ll hear one of Phil’...

W. C. Fields 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. I’m willing to bet that almost everyone knows who this fellow is. This is a 1926 studio publicity still for the picture “So’s Your Old Man” in which Fields plays Samuel Bisbee, an inventor. So why a photo of F...

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. Last week’s playlist email featured a photo of Edith Clifford. This week’s playlist email also has a photograph of Edith Clifford. Not Edith Clifford the vaudeville singer and comedienne, but Edith Clifford the sword swall...

Edith Clifford 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 lady is? She’s singer, actress and comedienne Edith Clifford. You’ll hear all about her and hear three of her recordings in the first segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating R...

Alec Templeton 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 pianist Alec Templeton who became popular on radio in the US for his talent in playing serious classical music, but also for his satirical parodies of the classics. You’l...

Garland Wilson 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 jazz, stride and boogie-woogie pianist Garland Wilson. Remarkably, he was first heard on the show just last year but is now getting his first, well-deserved birthday segm...

Ted Lewis 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? Many of you will recognize him by the battered top hat as Ted Lewis, the high-hatted tragedian of song. His is one of four birthday salutes on this week’s edition of the Rapidly Ro...