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’ll fulfill some requests and celebrate the birthdays of Richard Whiting and Bennie Moten. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Al Bowlly First time listener Jeremy in Fowlmer...

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 gonna go sailing, celebrate the birthdays of Jan Garber and Gus Kahn, do some thinking and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segmen...

Welcome to a ghoulish edition of Rapidly Rotating Records with yours truly, the ghost of Glenn Robison. In case you haven’t figured it out, this is a special Halloween edition of the show, featuring songs from rapidly rotating records from the 1920s and 30s about ghosts, skeletons, black cats, and even a vampire or two. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Ghostly We’re going 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. On this evening’s show we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Esther Thomas, Roger Wolfe Kahn and Jelly Roll Morton, fulfill a request and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! 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 celebrate the birthdays of Eugene Fodor and Johnny Green, visit the lost and found, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1:...

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 Milton Ager, Johnny Burke, Thelma Terry and William Wrigley, Jr., and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: 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. On this evening’s show we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Vaugh De Leath, Ted Weems and Vincent Youmans, fulfill a request and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Se...

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 Don Bestor, Fred Ahlert, Dave Dreyer and William McKinney, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment...

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 fulfill a couple of requests and have several vocabulary lessons. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Zez Confrey This request comes from musician and RRR listen...

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 Sam Lanin, Arthur Freed, Billy Rose, and Howard Dietz, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: 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. On this evening’s show we’ll fulfill some requests, celebrate the birthday of L. Wolfe Gilbert (Jack Benny) and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: With...

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 Harry Richman, Arthur Fields and Benny Carter, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Chocolate...

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 Roy Bargy, Abe Lyman and Carson Robison, take a trip to Baltimore, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! 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. On this evening’s show, we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Rudy Vallee and Buddy Clark, hear some close harmony, fulfill a request and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! 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 playing “seven” songs. Actually, we’ll be playing more than seven songs, but they’ll all have to do with “seven”, because, it’s hard to believe, but this is our seventh anniversary show!...

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 Joe Young, Irving Caesar, and Jack Hylton, go to the beach and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment...

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 a zoo,a radio program, Richard Rodgers and Mildred Jane Hill and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: 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. On this evening’s show we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Con Conrad, Ben Pollack, Henry Creamer and Gene Austin and listen to this past week in recording history. 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. On this evening’s show we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Art Hickman, Sammy Fain and Cliff Edwards, listen to this past week in recording history and visit Avalon Town. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: 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. On this evening’s show we’ll listen to this past week in recording history, and celebrate the birthdays of Ted Lewis, Fred Waring and Raymond Klages, and celebrate the life of my friend and co-worker Ben, who died recent...

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, at the suggestion of listener Alvin, we have a whole show of nothing but “rhythm” songs: crazy rhythms, low-down rhythms, blue rhythms,four-four rhythms, futuristic rhythms, all kinds of rhythms,...

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 play some “nola” songs, fulfill a request, celebrate a birthday and play some more “nola” songs. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Nola What are “nola” songs, I hear yo...

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 Henry Busse, Grant Clarke, Felix Arndt, Sidney Bechet and Archie Gottler. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Henry Busse May 19 marked the bir...

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 the birthdays of J. Fred Coots, Henry Hall, Bing and Billy Cotton, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment...

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 Rube Bloom, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Noone, Michael H. Cleary, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segmen...