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? Of course you do, because his name’s right on the photograph! He’s bandleader Lloyd Huntley who is getting his first birthday salute in the second segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly R...

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 Irish fiddler and singer Packie Dolan. You’ll find out a bit about his short life in the first segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. And his is just one of four bi...

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 what this structure is? You’ll find out in the first segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, having to do with wheels. In other segments we’ll do some knocking, get back to nature, try to ge...

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 the greatest banjo players of all time, the “Banjoist Supreme,” Harry Reser. His is one of three birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s edition of the show, the others bei...

Victor Silvester 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 dapper fellow is? He’s British bandleader Victor Silvester and you’ll hear him finish up the first segment of this week’s Rapidly Rotating Records all about counting. In other segments...

Ace Brigode 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, Ace Brigode, and we’ll be celebrating his birthday in the third segment of this week’s show with three of his records not heard on the show b...

Henry Russell 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 the oldest composers ever featured on the show, Henry Russell, born in England c. 1812. You’ll hear a bit about him and hear three of his compositions in the first...

Lulu Belle and Scotty 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 musical couple is? They were known as “The Sweethearts of Country Music” and were both regulars on the National Barn Dance radio show. You’ll find out their real names and hear on...

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 picture of a chair on this week’s playlist? Well, that’s not just any chair. It’s a Morris Chair and it’s the answer to last week’s “One Thing in Common” challenge. You’ll find out all about the Morris Ch...

Rudolf Friml 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 Rudolf Friml and he gets a birthday segment on this week’s edition of the show. In other segments, we’ll play “One Thing In Common,” hear some songs about one 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. Do you know who this fellow is? He’s composer Redmond Farrar and he’s getting not one, not two, but the first three segments of the show for his birthday tribute. I was contacted a couple of years ago by Farrar’s grandson,...

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’...