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. Do you know who this fellow is? His birth name is Arthur Murray Hainer, but you may know him better as composer, arranger and big band leader Will Hudson.  He starts off this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records wi...

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 record above was supposed to be played on last week’s All-Ukraine show, but we ran out of time, so it will wrap up this week’s show. We’ll start off the show by celebrating Nancy Green’s birthday. We’ll hear some tun...

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s. This week’s show is a bit different from our usual lineup of dance bands, hot bands, novelty tunes, blues and jazz.  In order to show support for the people of Ukraine, tonight’s show will consist entirely of records having to do with Ukraine, but there will ...

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. Among the records on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records is the one above, “Among My Souvenirs” by the male vocal close harmony group The Revelers. In fact, it starts off the show in a segment honoring Lawren...

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 above? He’s bandleader and composer Earl Burtnett, and his is one of four birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. The others? Henry Lodge, Henry...

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 Southern Rag-A-Jazz Band was formed by six University of Nebraska students with Gayle Grubb directing and playing piano. In 1921 they traveled to Europe and one of venues they played was Rector’s Cafe and above is 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. Do you know who this fellow is? He’s Swedish composer and bandleader Fred Winter, whose real name is Sten Arvid Vilhel, Njurling. No wonder he changed it for the foreign market! You’ll hear three of Winter’s many 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, two composers are getting their own segments for the first time. John W. Bratton starts things off and Jack LeSoir gets not one, but TWO segments! We’ll also experience a trio of stampedes and for 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. Do you know who this lovely couple is? They are Evelyn Silverman Hiller and Joe Hiller and they were both songwriters. You’ll hear all about them and hear examples of their work in the first segment of this week’s editio...

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 one of my favorite bandleaders, Athos C. Brigode, better known as “Ace.” He’s been featured on the show before, but for this birthday segment we’ve got some new information about him...

Welcome to the first Rapidly Rotating Records show of 2022, 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 is pictured above?  He’s pianist and bandleader Vincent Lopez. He’s heard regularly on the show, but this week gets his own birthday segment, along with banjoist Fred Van Eps and tenor J...

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 would certainly be nice to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Times Square in New York City. On this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records you’ll be able to do the next best thing which is to do so vicariously  through...

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 distinguished looking gentleman is? His real name is Leon Golzmann, but he’s better known by his professional name Dajos Bela. His is one of four birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s edition...

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 know my friend, accordionist Matt Tolentino does! He’s Charles Magnante and he gets his very own birthday salute for the first time on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. H...

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 pianist, composer and lyricist Dana Suesse, pronounced “Sweese”. Hers is one of three birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, the other two b...

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? Hint: His most popular song is “The Rosary.” That’s right! He’s Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, who gets his very own birthday segment on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. Nevin...

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 American comedian and actor Benny Rubin. He’ll be getting his own birthday segment in February, but he’s on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records to explain to you, clearly...

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’s Jane Froman, pictured in 1934 when she was polled as “the number one female singer on radio. But radio wasn’t her only medium. You’ll find out all about Jane and hear three of h...

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 baritone concert hall singer Royal Dadmun whose birthday is one of four we’re celebrating on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. The others are Denny Dennis, Al Lentz an...

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 a special Halloween edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. This week’s show features songs about ghosts, witches, black cats, haunted houses and even a zombie or two! You’ll also hear about the origins of Hallow...

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? You heard him play mandolin on last week’s show. He’s Dr. Clarence J. Penney and he starts off this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. There is not a lot of information out there...

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 Four Aristocrats are back again this week with their own segment and start off the show with the record above. This is a very aristocratic show as we’ll have a segment with some other aristocrats. In other segments,...

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 the world would we have a Mona Motor Oil sign at the top of this week’s RRR playlist? Well, “Tune in K-O-I-L” is a clue.  A segment about oil? Nope. Listen and all will be revealed at the end of the third 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 “Oklahoma’s Yodeling Cowboy,” Gene Autry. His is one of four birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, the others being Manuel Romain, Harry 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. Do you know who this fellow is? He’s pianist, composer, producer, jazz historian and author, journalist and educator, Leonard Feather. He was supposed to have his own birthday segment on last week’s show but got  “bumped...