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 evening’s show, we’re going to celebrate three birthdays, those of Esther Walker, Billy Baskette and the United States Navy. We’re also going to go away and go on some musical journeys. Enjoy the show! Here’s 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. I don’t know when his birthday is, but Monte Wilhite gets his very own segment on this evening’s show. What do confetti, a loose wig and “Happy Days Are Here Again” all have in common” You’ll find out in the third segmen...

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 like s’mores? That’s the graham cracker, chocolate, marshallow treat you may first have had at summer camp? Well on this week’s edition of the show we’re going to have some s’mores. Not the graham cracker kind, bu...

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. There’s one birthday celebration on this week’s show, that of Jack Denny. In other segments, we’ll also hear about some hillbillies, do some calling, take a musical trip to Chinatown and do some catching up. Enjoy the sh...

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 the evening’s show we’re going to celebrate the birthdays of Tom Delaney and Arthur Freed, try to make order out of chaos, stop and smell the flowers, but a very specific flower, and hear about some parsons. Enjoy 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. On the evening’s show we’re going to celebrate the birthdays of Tom Delaney and Arthur Freed, try to make order out of chaos, stop and smell the flowers, but a very specific flower, and hear about some parsons. Enjoy 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. On this evening’s show, we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Alex Rogers and Jose Bohr, do some more tap dancing, break some things and experience some nightmares. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Ale...

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 were going to get in our canoes and do some paddling, have a vocabulary and physics lesson, have a set of records devoted to the trombone, and yet another dancing segment. And, if you’re a fan of M...

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 entire playlist for this evening’s show is about all things ophthalmic. Why? Well, I’m fortunate to have had the same great optometrist taking care of my vision for about the past 35 years. It’s a very good thing wh...

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. He last had a birthday tribute in 2006, so it’s about time we once again give Skinnay Ennis his own segment. Tune in to find out how he got the name “Skinnay.” In other segments, we’ll take it east, throw a fit, hear som...

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’re going to do some squawking, celebrate Missouri’s statehood, we’ll take it easy, go backstage and commit some crimes. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Squawking Clarine...

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’ve been accused on more than one occasion of having lost my marbles, but on this evening’s show we’re going to play marbles, records about marble and marbles, that it. We’ll also hear about some sweet mamas, visit 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. On this evening’s show we’re going to play nineteen records. Well, not 19 records, more like 15 or 16, but we will play some records about the number nineteen. Why? Because this is our NINETEENTH ANNIVERSARY SHOW! The fi...

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 request, celebrate the birthday of Howard Lanin, reach for the moon, remember Gloria Vanderbilt and hear from Albert Wynn. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: C...

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. Although I have a script and playlist for an April 8, 2007 show, I don’t have a corresponding audio file. This means that either the show was live from the KISL studio and there was no air check to post, or the show was...

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 were going to do some dancing, take a musical trip to Venice, hear some rapidly rotating records about footwear and blooms and celebrate the birthday of Curtis Mosby. Enjoy the show! Here’s the comple...

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. As on last week’s show, this week we’re going to once again celebrate not one, not two, but three birthdays. Al Stillman had his own birthday salute last year, but the other two are getting their own segments for 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. On this week’s show we’re going to celebrate not one, not two, but three birthdays, those of George B. McConnell, Cliff Hess and Charles Kenny. We’ll also pose a question and play some records from the cutting room floor...

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 edition of the show we’ve got some sunny songs, some songs about humans, we’ll try to be fair and square, hear some tunes from composer and lyricist Dale Wimbrow and raise a glass. Here’s the complete play...

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 be celebrating two birthdays, those of Jerry Herst and A. Seymour Brown. We’re also going to save some things, shed some light on things, hear about some Adelines and have some songs about ch...

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 show is just too good. We’ll celebrate not one but two birthdays, those of Robert Hood Bowers and Carl Hoefle and we’ll do some messin’ around and enjoy some fresh squeezed juice. Here’s the complete playlist...

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. There aren’t a great number of vintage records about roosters. In fact, I’ve never played one on the show. Until now. You’ll hear not one, but four tunes about roosters in the very first segment of this week’s show. From...

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. Did you know that James P. Johnson, the father of stride piano, wrote an opera? Do you know the name of it? Do you know Blind Sammie’s real name? Do you know who was behind the creation of Mother’s Day? Find out the answ...

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 visit the post office, enjoy some bread, take a musical trip to Hungary, watch the clock and celebrate the birthday of Shelton Brooks. Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Baby Mail The Merr...

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 wwek’s show we’re going to celebrate the birthday of Michael H. Cleary, and we’ll step up to the door, but the first three segments of the show are going to be devoted to another episode of “One Thing In Common.”...