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. 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...

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. Before we get to this week’s show, on last week’s show, I said the  vocalist on “Open Up Your Arms, California last week was Irving Kaufman. Well, that’s not true. He’s LeRoy Montesanto, who is slated to get his own segm...

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 gentlemen are? They’re Charles (Charlie) Correll (l.) and Freeman Gosden (r.) best known for their portrayal of “Sam and Henry” and later “Amos ‘n’ Andy” on radio. While they did make some commercia...

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’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records starts off with a first time birthday salute to American poet Eugene FIeld. You’ll want to have a tissue on hand before listening to the Eugene Field segment which starts 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. This week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records starts off with a first time birthday salute to bandleader and composer Ernie Golden. In the second segment we’ll spotlight Andrew B. Sterling, lyricist of “Meet Me In St....

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 guessing not. He’s Austrian violinist and bandleader Ernst Holzer. You’ll hear him start off the third segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records with his band Hot Jazz...

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? He was known as “The Tango King of England” and “The English Glenn Miller.” That’s right! Bandleader Gerald Bright, better known by his one-word professional name,...

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. While you’re listening to the original Sunday night broadcast of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, I’m actually in Vermont, attending a family reunion. So in the first segment of the show, you’ll hear some...

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. In the third segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, we’re going to take a musical trip to St. Louis, Missouri, and hear the song in the sheet music above.  Most recordings of Saint Louis Blues are in...

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 birthday cake pictured above instead of a vintage composer or artist? This week is a special edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. Not that they aren’t *all* special, but this one is *VERY* special becau...

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 idea of daylight saving time (NOT daylight savingS time!) goes back to New Zealand in the 1800s.  There have been campaigns for and against is ever since. In the third segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotati...

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 is in the photograph above? It’s xylophonist Lou Chiha, who went by the professional name “Frisco.” Listen to the second segment of this week’s show and you’ll find how he came to use that name...