Rapidly Rotating Records

Lupino Lane 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 Lupino Lane and during his career he covered every aspect of show business as a comedian, singer, actor, mime, acrobat, producer, director and theatre owner. You’ll find o...

Ann and Her Little Sedan – Phil Baker – Columbia 521-D 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. You simply *must* come over to hear this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. Jack Stanley and Louis Noiret have birthday segments this week. Jack Stanley is...

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 show was an “All Birthday” edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. This week, we’re celebrating just one birthday, that of novelty pianist Billy Mayerl. As you can see from the sheet music above, Billy was also...

Ernest V. Stoneman 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 Ernest Van Stoneman and has been called “The Unsung Father of Country Music.” You’ll find out all about him and hear a couple of examples of his music in the last s...

Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller 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. Regular listeners to this show will probably immediately recognize the jovial gentleman at the keyboard as “Fats” Waller. He’ll be getting a birthday salute in the second segment of this week’...

Avalon Played by Vernon Geyer on the Hammond Electric Organ Bluebird B-7713-B 5 APR 1938 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. Avalon, written by Al Jolson and Vincent Rose, is, of course, our theme song on the show, and you’ve heard plenty of versions of it...

Charles Kassell Harris 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. Harris, Briegel & Gilbert in the title of this week’s show is not a high-powered Washington D. C. law firm but refers to the three birthday we’re celebrating on this week’s show. The “partner”...

Diane – Hurtado Brothers Marimba Orchestra – Columbia 1161-D 1927 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 week is a special edition of Rapidly Rotating Records as we play records by the Hurtado Brothers for the Hurtado Brothers and their mother, Diane! Th...

Jimmy Joy 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 Jimmy Joy. Well, that’s not his real name, but you’ll find out his real name and hear three of his recordings in the first segment of this week’s show. We also ha...

Bobby Byrne 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 Bobby Byrne and he’ll be starting off the final segment of this week’s show, all about orchids. And speaking of flowers, there’s also a wildflower segment on th...

Vernon Geyer at the Hammond A Electric Organ 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 Vernon Geyer, an early proponent of the Hammond organ, invented by Laurens Hammond. It was patented in 1934 and went on sale the following...

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you “toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30.” Do you know who this fellow is? He’s lyricist, playwright, producer and actor Edward Eliscu. His is one of two birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s edition of the show. The other birthday spotlight this week is on composer Harold Weeks. In other...

The Phelps Twins in 1927 Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you “toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30.” Do you know who these lovely ladies are? They’re the Phelps Twins. They recorded only two sides, but you’ll hear both of them in the third segment of this week’s show. In other segments we’ll have not one, but two vocabulary lesso...

Toad Stool Inn, Cincinnati, Ohio, Outdoor Dance Floor 1924 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 the concrete stools in the photograph look like mushrooms, it’s no accident. This is the outdoor dance floor of the Toad Stool Inn in Avondale, near  Cincinna...

Freddy Johnson 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 fellow playing piano in the photo above is? He’s pianist and singer Freddy Johnson and he starts off this week’s show with his first birthday salute. Freddy isn’t the only one getting a...

Rose Tree Strut Mickey Guy’s Rose-Tree Orchestra 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 making merry!  In the third segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, you’ll hear two records by Mickey Guy and His Rose-Tr...

It’s Tulip Time in Holland 78 RPM Record Label Signor Grinderino 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. You’re no doubt familiar with the tune “Chinatown, My Chinatown,” but perhaps not with “It’s Tulip Time in Holland,” written by Richard Whiting. This is a...

E. T. Paull 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 E. T. Paull. known as “the other march king” for the great number of patriotic and military marches he authored. But he was also a music publisher and in the fir...

Jimmy Durante at Piano c 1925 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 had his first and only birthday segment back in 2002, so it’s high time he was honored again. He’s pianist, composer, comedian and singer (?) Jimmy Durant...

Amou Haji – World’s Dirtiest Man 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 was known as “Amou Haji” and died last October at the age of 94.  You’ll find out all about him in the final segment of this week’s show, all about bat...

Herman Waldman 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 Herman Waldman, leader of the Dallas, Texas based territory band, Herman Waldman and His Orchestra. He’s getting his own birthday segment for the first time on this we...

Oceana Roll Sheet Music 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. The Oceana Roll is one of my favorite songs. It was written in 1911 by Lucien Denny and  Roger Lewis. There are a number of recordings made at the time and I was all set to play one by Arthur Coll...

Edward Llewellyn and 425 Lb. Sea Bass on Catalina Island August, 1903 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 trumpeter, cornetist and composer Edward Llewellyn and he is getting a birthday segment for the first time on thi...

Frankie Newton 1939 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 trumpeter Frankie Newton and he gets a birthday salute for the first time on this week’s show. He was brought to my attention through an excellent article in the J...

Chop Suey 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. Welcome to the first Rapidly Rotating Records show of 2023!  So why is there a photograph of Chop Suey in this week’s playlist? Well, because the first segment of the show is all about Chop Suey!  My friend, Ho...