Rapidly Rotating Records

Harry Archer 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 and Broadway composer Harry Rankle Auracher And on this week’s show he gets not one, but two segments! One with recordings by his orchestra and another with his...

Dan Hornsby 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? No, he’s not a lunatic, as the title of this show might suggest. He’s singer, bandleader, composer and radio entertainer Dan Hornsby. You’ll hear him in three of those roles in t...

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 logo of the ICAO. “What in the world is the ICAO?” I hear you ask. The ICAO is the International Civil Aviation Organization.”. On November 1, 1951, the ICAO adopted its phonetic alphabet as a universal standar...

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 and musicologist Peter Schickele and discoverer of P. D. Q. Bach, “the oddest of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 20-odd children.” I’ve been a fan of Professor Schickele and of P. D. Q...

Percy Wenrich 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 Percy Wenrich, also known as “The Joplin Kid.” He’s been heard numerous times of the show before, but is getting his own birthday segment for the first time on this week’s...

Rose Blane 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 lovely lady is? She’s vocalist Rose Blane. She’s been heard on the show just three times before and on this week’s show she’ll be heard Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra singing “...

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 “Halley, Halley and Halley” edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. In addition to William J. Halley’s birthday, we’ll be celebrating Seymour Simons’ birthday. Pictured above is one of the records you’ll be heari...

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 the very first Rapidly Rotating Records show of 2024! On this week’s show we’ll celebrate the birthdays of James “Slap” White and Emerson Gill. We’ll also welcome the new year by having a “Happy,” a “New” and “Y...

Perry Bechtel in 1959 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 this fellow is? He’s guitarist and banjo virtuoso Perry Bechtel, known as “The Man With 10,000 Finger.” He’s getting his first birthday segment on this, the last Rapidly Rotating Records s...

Catalina Island Fox 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 cute little animal is? It’s scientific name is urocyon littoralis catalinae, more commonly known as the Catalina Island Fox. So why post a picture of a fox on a vintage music radio...

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 Rapidly Rotating Records we’ll be celebrating the birthdays of Thomas Allen and Louis Mitchell. With apologies to Neal Sedaka, we’ll also commemorate “International Break Up Day” with a set of son...

Bob Effros, The Laughing Trumpeter 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 jocular fellow is? He’s “The Laughing Trumpeter” Bob Effros and this week’s entire Rapidly Rotating Records show is devoted to him, celebrating his birthday, Decemb...

Lee Morse 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 Lena Corrine Taylor. You know her better as singer Lee Morse and hers is just one of FIVE birthday salutes on this week’s “all-birthday” edition of the show. Along wit...

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 composer Edmund Thornton Jenkins, being heard on the show for the first time. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina but spent much of his life in Europe. You’ll hear him...

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 were listening to the original over-the-air broadcast of this show on KISL, I was actually in Rancho Cordova, California where the 37th Annual West Coast Ragtime Festival had just concluded. With having to get...

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 musician, singer and songwriter Ernest Jansen Ingle, better known as “Red Ingle.” He’s best remembered for his comedy records with Spike Jones and His City Slickers and his own group,...

Herman Finck 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 British composer and bandleader Herman Finck, getting a birthday segment for the second time. You’ll be hearing more than the usual three tunes from him because we’ll be...

Vera Guilaroff 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 Canadian pianist Vera Guilaroff, known as “Canada’s Melody Girl” and the “Princess of the Radio.” In addition to a medley of film hits recorded in London in 1937, you’ll...

Jimmy Dorsey 1943 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 Jimmy Dorsey, shown here in 1943. It’s not his birthday, so why is he being featured on this week’s show? Well, in response to a request. You’ll find out...

Tokuichi “Dick” Mine 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 Japanese singer Tokuichi Mine (MEE-nay) who went by the name “Dick Mine.” He made his first recordings in 1934 and his last in 1982. You’ll hear three of them in...

Homer Rodeheaver 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 gospel singer and music publisher Homer Rodeheaver but for his birthday segment we’ll be playing three of his secular records. We’ll also be celebrating the birthdays o...

Jack Strachey 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 little guy is? He’s John Francis Strachey before he became songwriter Jack Strachey, probably best known for co-writing “These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)” You’ll hear a recording...

Judge Cliff Davis 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 not a bandleader or composer or even a singer. He’s Memphis, Tennessee Judge Cliff Davis and Harry Philwin, known as The Memphis Singer, wrote a song about him. You’...

Johnny Noble in 1932 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 Johnny Noble, who, in the 1920s, played a leading role in introducing Hawaiian music to the mainland. You’ll hear just three of his more than 100 recor...

Jack Miller 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 singer, pianist and bandleader Jack Miller and his is one of four birthday salutes on this week’s edition of the show. The others are Phil Baxter, Gus Arnheim and Boots Do...