Rapidly Rotating Records

Joseph Sudy 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 violinist, bandleader and vocalist Joseph Sudy. We’re a little late in celebrating his birthday, which was August 1, but better late than never, as they say. We’ll also be c...

Charles Luckeyth Roberts 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 and composer Charles Luckeyth Roberts, better known as “Luckey” Roberts. His is one of three birthdays on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Record...

Abe Lyman 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 Abe Lyman and his is one of FIVE birthday segments of this week’s edition of the show. The others are Roy Bargy and Carson Robison with first time birthday segments...

Don Voorhees 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 Don Voorhees, who is getting his first birthday segment on this week’s edition of the show. You’ll hear some interesting information about him and hear three of...

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? I’m going to guess you don’t, so I’ll tell you! He’s accordionist and actor Phil Baker. This is a movie still from the 1943 picture “The Gang’s All Here.” You’ll hear one of Phil’...

W. C. Fields 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’m willing to bet that almost everyone knows who this fellow is. This is a 1926 studio publicity still for the picture “So’s Your Old Man” in which Fields plays Samuel Bisbee, an inventor. So why a photo of F...

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 playlist email featured a photo of Edith Clifford. This week’s playlist email also has a photograph of Edith Clifford. Not Edith Clifford the vaudeville singer and comedienne, but Edith Clifford the sword swall...

Edith Clifford 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 singer, actress and comedienne Edith Clifford. You’ll hear all about her and hear three of her recordings in the first segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating R...

Alec Templeton 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 Alec Templeton who became popular on radio in the US for his talent in playing serious classical music, but also for his satirical parodies of the classics. You’l...

Garland Wilson 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 jazz, stride and boogie-woogie pianist Garland Wilson. Remarkably, he was first heard on the show just last year but is now getting his first, well-deserved birthday segm...

Ted Lewis 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? Many of you will recognize him by the battered top hat as Ted Lewis, the high-hatted tragedian of song. His is one of four birthday salutes on this week’s edition of the Rapidly Ro...

Umberto Egizi 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 Umberto Egizi, a mainstay of the Pittsburgh music scene for decades. You’ll hear one of his recordings and hear about his passion for theatrical music in the fo...

Edith Clifford 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 vaudeville singer, actress and comedienne Edith Clifford and you’ll hear one of her recordings in the “million dollar” segment of this week’s edition of the show, I...

Eddie / Ed. Morton 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 vocalist, composer and vaudevillian Eddie Morton, sometimes credited as Ed. Morton. After working for the Philadelphia Police Department for about 7 years, he went...

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 Anna Jarvis. “Who’s Anna Jarvis?” I hear you ask. She’s the originator of Mother’s Day, You’ll find out a bit about her and the holiday in the third segment of this week’s show. To sta...

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. Do you know who this fellow is? That’s right! Charles Kassell Harris, composer of more than 300 songs, the most famous of which is “After The Ball.” You’ll hear it and a couple of other Harris song...

Bobby Gregory in 1926 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? That’s right! Accordionist and songwriter Bobby Gregory. His is the first of three birthday segments on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. The other two...

Capt. M. W. Plunkett’s Dumbells 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. Yes, you’re right. The preferred spelling of dumbbell is with two “b”s, but only as it applies to the weight-training apparatus. The Dumbells above, with one “b” aren’t weightlifters, but...

Eddy Duchin 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 gentleman is? That’s right! Pianist and bandleader Eddy Duchin. His is one of four birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. We’ll also fete...

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 year had a segment featuring Mickey Guy, but not because he was having a birthday. This year he gets his own birthday segment in which you’ll find out the significance of the poster above. In other segments, we’ll qui...

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 seven fellows are? They’re the German jazz ensemble Die Goldene Sieben, or in English, The Golden Seven. You’ll hear three of their records from the 1930s in the second segment of 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. March is Women’s History Month and we here at Rapidly Rotating Records are joining in to commemorate, and encourage the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history and recording history...

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 bottle of Green River Bourbon on this post instead of a Tin Pan Alley composer or a vaudeville artist or other ’20s or ’30s vocalist, instrumentalist, band orchestra? Well, you’ll find out in the final se...

Alfred Pace Randolph 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 A. P. (Alfred Pace) Randolph, composer of “How Could Red Riding Hood.” It’s one of my favorite songs regardless of who performs it, but we’ll be hearing a version o...

Luther Ossenbrink aka Arkansas Woodchopper and Arkie 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 Luther William Ossenbrink. Doesn’t ring a bell? You may know him better as the Arkansas Woodchopper or Arkie. You’ll learn a little...