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 chaps are? The fact that I am describing them as “chaps” gives the hint that they are British. And in fact they are the British singing duo of Bob and Alf Pearson. You’ll find out all about them in the final segment of this week’s show. But before that, you hear other birthday segments for Aubrey Stauffer, Adolph Hofner and Billy Hays. Billy Hays actually gets two birthday segments! One for the real Billy Hays and one for Billy Hays used as a pseudonym by Sam Lanin’s Famous Players! There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: The Real Billy Hays

When Carolina Smiles – Billy Hays AHO / Andrew T. Stanton, v.
Do You Believe? – Billy Hays AHO / Billy Hays, v.
I’ve Got To Have A Mamma Now – Billy Hays AHO / Andrew T. Stanton, v.

Segment 2: Aubrey Stauffer

The Young Rajah – Kaplan’s Melodists
That Lovin’ Traumerei – Al Jolson
Hollywood – The Red Caps

Segment 3: Adolph Hofner

You Better Quit It Now – Adolph Hofner and His Texans / Adolph Hofner, v.
Dis Ja Lieve Spim (When I Peacefully Sleep) – Adolph Hofner and His Texans / Adolph Hofner, v.
I’ll Keep My Old Guitar – Adolph Hofner and His Texans / Adolph Hofner, v.

Segment 4: Sam Lanin as Billy Hays

I’d Rather Cry Over You (That Smile At Somebody Else) Billy Hays AHO (Sam Lanin’s Famous Players) / Scrappy Lamber, v.
Get Our And Get Under The Moon – Billy Hays AHO (Sam Lanin’s Famous Players) / Scrappy Lamber, v.
There’s A Rickety Rackety Shack – Billy Hays AHO (Sam Lanin’s Famous Players) / Artie Dunn, v.

Segment 5: Alf Pearson

Just Humming Along – Bob and Alf Pearson
An Old Lullaby – Bob and Alf Pearson
Happy Ending – Bob and Alf Pearson

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Without his trademark battered top hat and clarinet you might not recognize the person above as bandleader, instrumentalist and vocalist Ted Lewis. This photograph is from the late 1910s, probably aboard RMS Olympic. The “High-Hatted Tragedian of Song” will be getting a birthday segment with three of his records not heard on the show before. Howard Johnson will also have a birthday segment and other topics include Joe Raymond, “someday” and “dearie.” There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Dearie

The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues – Percival Mackey and His Band / Harry Glen, v.
Dearie If You Knew – Grosvenor Dance Orchestra (Jack Hylton AHO)
Ka-Lu-A Intro.: Blue Danube Blues – Broadway Dance Orchestra

Segment 2: Joe Raymond AHO

Hollywood – Joe Raymond AHO
My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn’t Say Where, When Or Why) – Joe Raymond AHO
I Wonder Who’s Dancing With You To-Night – Joe Raymond AHO

Segment 3: Someday

Someday Soon – Adolph Hofner and His Texans / Adolf Hofner, v.
Someday, Sweetheart – King Oliver’s Dixie Syncopators
Someday You’ll Say O.K! – Vincent Lopez and His Casa Lopez Orchestra / Irving Kaufman, v.

Segment 4: Howard Johnson

Who Said I Was A Bum? – Bud Billings
Down Alongside Of The Docks – Vaughn De Leath & Frank Harris
It’s Not Your Nationality (It’s Simply You) – Billy Murray

Segment 5: Ted Lewis

Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful – Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.
Sweet Little You – Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.
No – Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.

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Do you know what these rock formations at Bryce Canyon National Park are called? If not, you’ll find out in the third segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. Other segments include toes, coming back again and “H.I.” and we’ll have another edition of “One Thing in Common.” There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: “One Thing in Common”

Sweet Onion Time – Billy Jones and Ernest Hare
Rememb’ring – Jae Raymond AHO
Someday Soon – Anson Weeks and His Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra / Pete Fylling, v.

Segment 2: Toes

On Your Toes – Billy Cotton and His Band / Alan Breeze, v.
They May Not Be My Toes – Whistlin’ Alex Moore
Hop On Your Toes – Percival Mackey and His Band

Segment 3: Hoodoos

The Hoodoo Man – Herb Wiedoeft’s Cinderella Roof Orchestra
Hoodoo Lady – Memphis Minnie
I’ve Been Hoodooed – Jim Towel

Segment 4: Human Intelligence

I’m Just An Ordinary Human – Carol Lofner AHO / Betty Jane Rhodes, v.
Was That The Human Thing To Do – Chick Bullock’s Levee Loungers
Nobody Knows What A Red-Hot Mamma Can Do – Cogert & Motto (The Human Jazz Band)

Segment 5: Back Again

Schultz Is Back Again (With His Boom! Boom! Boom! – Four Aristocrats
My Bluebird’s Back Again – The Campus Collegiates / Bobby Dix Quartet
You’ve Got Those “Wanna Go Back Again” Blues – Ruth Etting

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Do you know who this person is? She’s Frances Belle Heenan, better known as “Peaches.” Peaches was at the heart of one of the most sensational scandals of the 1920s and you’ll find out all about it in the third segment of this week’s show. In other segments we’ll have another RRR vocabulary lesson, open some things, hear some more from Johnny Sylvester and play “One Thing in Common.” There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Pissmire

I Can’t Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants) – Billy Cotton and His Band / Teddy Foster, v.
Chinese Picnic and Oriental Dance – Medley One-Step – Van Eps Trio
Aunt Susie’s Picnic Day – The Duncan Sisters

Segment 2: Open Sesame

Open Your Heart – Paul Ash and His Granada Orchestra
Open Your Arms My Alabamy – Kaplan’s Melodists
I’m Afraid To Open Your Letter – Don Bestor AHO / Neal Buckley, v.

Segment 3: Peaches Browning

Goofus – Red NIchols and His Five Pennies / Dick Robertson, v.
Now Goofy Dust Rag – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra
Goofus Stomp – Slim Lamar’s Southerners

Segment 4: Johnny Sylvester AHO

Clearing House Blues – John SYlvester AHO (Formerly Indiana Five)
No One But You Knows How To Love – Johnny Sylvester AHO / Bob Blacke, v.
Temperamental (sic) Papa – John Sylvester AHO

Segment 5: One Thing in Common

Candied Sweets – Jack Pettis and His Band
Chinese Blues – Original Memphis Five
That’s Where The South Begins – Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang / Louis Prima, v.

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So why in blazes is there a photograph of a blaze emblazoned on the playlist? Everything on this week’s show is for no particular reason. There are no birthday celebrations, no cultural or news events, just five random topics, one of which is blazes, In other segments, we’ll have a vocabulary lesson, we’ll throw some things, do some wandering and have a jubilee. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Suffonsified

Satisfed Blues – Lemuel Fowler
Satisfied – Johnny Marvin
I’m Satisfied – Bailey’s Dixie Dudes

Segment 2: Throwing

Don’t Throw Me Down – Irving Kaufman
‘Tho You Threw Me Down – Oscar Grogan
Throw Down Blues – Original Memphis Five

Segment 3: Wandering

Let’s Wander Away – Bennie Krueger’s Orchestra
Song Of The Wanderer – Memphis Melody Players (Johnny Sylvester AHO)
Wanderin’ – Vernon Dalhart

Segment 4: Blazing

Blazin’ – Coon-Sanders Orchestra
Blaze Face Cow – Jazzbo Tommy and His Lowlanders
Blue Blazes – Jimmie Lunceford AHO

Segment 5: Jubilee

Let’s Have A Jubilee – Mills’ Blue Rhythm Band / Alex Hill, v.
American Jubilee – Eubie Blake Trio
Georgria Jubilee – Hoke Rice and His Hoky Poky Boys

Extra!

Charleson – Arthur Gibbs and His Gang

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This is a photograph of Avalon in 1893 when it was referred to as “Rag City.” Find out why it was called that in the third segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. In other segments, we’ll have a vocabulary lesson and play “One Thing In Common.” We’ll also enjoy some pork products and celebrate Alfred Solman’s birthday. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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There’s A Quaker Down In Quaker Town – Albert Campbell and Henry Burr
When It’s Orange Blossom Time Medley – Victor Military Band
That’s What I Call Heaven – Ray Starita and His Ambassadors Band / Harry Shalson, v.

Segment 2: Ham Radio

Pork Chop Blues – The Two Charlies
Pork And Greens – Billy Jones
Ham And Eggs – Johnny Dunn and His Band

Segment 3: Rag City

A Bunch Of Rags – Vess L. Ossman
Down Home Rag – Six Brown Brothers
Ragging The Chopsticks – Arthur Fields

Segment 4: Aichmophobia

Needles And Pins – Edward M. Favor
Pencil Papa – Johnny Dodd’s Orchestra
Scissor Grinder Joe – The Virginians UDO Ross Gorman

Segment 5: One Thing In Common

Hard Hearted Hannah – Marjorie Royce
BVD Blues – Original Honeydrippers / Roosevelt Sykes, v.
The Panic Is On – Hezekiah Jenkins

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So why is there a picture of peaches featured on the playlist for this week’s Rapidly Rotating Records? Well, listen to the last segment of this week’s show and you’ll find out. In other segments, things will get a little fuzzy (having nothing to do with peach fuzz), we’ll have an employment segment, we’ll spread some joy and have some tunes about mammies. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Take this job and…

Been On The Job Too Long – Wilmer Watts and The Lonely Eagles
I Don’t Think I Need A Job That Bad – Gus Van
Shove It Up In There – Blue Harmony Boys

Segment 2: Fuzzy

Dad’s Getting Fuzzy – Red Whitehead and Dutch Campbell
The Fuzzy Wuzzy Bird – Isham Jones AHO
Fourth Avenue Stomp – Frank Bunch and HIs Fuzzy Wuzzies

Segment 3: Loss Oy, More Joy

Oh Joy! – Victor Arden and Phil Ohman
I’ve Got The Joys (Intro: Cry Baby Blues) – Bennie Krueger’s Orchestra
My Little Pride And Joy – Joe Sullivan

Segment 4: Mammy

Japanese Mammy – Chuck Campbell AHO / Robert Wood (Irving Kaufman), v.
Carolina Mammy – Great White Way Orchestra
Mammy O’ Mine – The Versatile Three

Segment 5: Peaches

Everything’s Peaches – Jay Whidden and His New Midnight Follies Band / Jay Whidden, v.
Peaches In The Springtime – Memphis Jug Band
Peelin’ A Peach – Paul Whiteman and His Swing Wing . The Four Modernaires, v.
Little Peach – Vincent Lopez AHO

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On this week’s edition of the show, we no sooner have a set of rapidly rotating records about coming home from our recent trip to Tennessee that we’re off to the moon! We’ll also visit some “villes,” cities or towns whose name ends in “ville.” We’ll also spend some time in the forest and gather some things together. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Back Home

Little Rover (Don’t Forget To Come Back Home) – International Novelty Orchestra
Mr. Radio Man (Tell My Mammy To Come Back Home) – Vernon Dalhart
I’m On My Way Back Home – Willie Creager and His Entertainers / Irving Kaufman, v.

Segment 2: Artemis II Mission

A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder – Isham Jones AHO / Joe Martin, v.
I Love The Moon – Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees / Rudy Vallee, v.
Cryin’ For The Moon – Gus C. Edwards AHO

Segment 3: Forests

Deep Forest – Earl Hines
Bleamerln Aud Mittenwald (Flower From The Forest) – Gottsmann’s Zither Trio
Two Little Babes In The Wood – Cole Porter

Segment 4: …villes

Moatsville Blues – Moatsville String Ticklers
Jacksonville Blues – Jacksonville Harmony Trio
Booneville Stomp – Red Whitehead and Dutch Coleman

Segment 5: …And You

You And Me And You – Bob Green’s Dance Orchestra (Adrian Schubert) / Arthur Fields, v.
Midnight, The Stars and You – Roy Fox and His Band / Denny DEnnis, v.
A Hot Dog, A Blanket and You – Gene Kardos Orchestra / Dick Robertson, v.

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I’m going to bet that everyone seeing this photograph knows the name of the subject. That’s right! it’s Pete the Pup from the Our Gang / Little Rascals comedies. On this week’s edition of the show, you’ll hear all about Pete as well as three rapidly rotating records about some other pups. There are also three birthday segments this week, for Lou Herscher, Gene Rodemich and Lou Gold. And in the second segment, we’ll play “Jacks.” I’m still trying to play “catch-up” now that we’re back from our little excursion to Tennessee and environs and will post shows as quickly as I possibly can. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Pete the Pup

Nervous Puppies – Mound City Blue Blowers
Pretty Puppy – Missouri Jazz Band (Nathan Glantz)
The Piddlin’ Pup – Ben Light and His Surf Club Boys

Segment 2: Jacks

The Four Jacks – Pietro J. Frosini
Jack Of All Trades – Bud Billings
Peg-Leg Jack – Frank Luther

Segment 3: Gene Rodemich

Who WIll It Be – Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra
Teddy Bear Blues – Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra
Forsaken Blues – Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra

Segment 4: Lou Herscher

On My Ukulele – Chester Gaylord
My Pal – John Steele
Bay Rum Song – Billy Hays AHO / Billy Hays and Ruland, v.

Segment 5: Lou Gold

Reminiscing – Lou Gold AHO / Irving Kaufman, v.
Lucious – Lou Gold AHO / Irving Kaufman, v.
I Can’t Get Over A Girl Like You – Lou Gold AHO / Irving Kaufman, v.

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Here, at last, is the April 12, 2026 edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. I apologize for the delay in posting it, but better late than never. Pictured above is the reason for the delay, a two week visit to visit family in Tennessee. For our last two visits, we stayed within the state, but this time we made a side trip for a couple of days, so this week’s show features segments about some of the states and cities we visited while back here. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Tennessee

My Sunny Tennessee – The Columbians Dance Orchestra Deluxe
I Miss A Little Miss (Who Misses Me In Sunny Tennessee – Frank Crumit
Tennessee Lazy – Castle Farm Serenaders (Bill Haid’s Cubs)

Segment 2: Nashville

Nashville Nightingale – Ray Starita and the Piccadilly Revels Band
Nashville Woman’s Blues – Bessie Smith
The Nashville Blues – The Delmore Brothers

Segment 3: Cincinnati

Cincinnati Daddy – Duke Ellington Orchestra
George Street Stomp – Cincinnati Jug Band
It Takes A Cincinnati Yellow To Satisfy A Georgia Brown – The Dixie Stars

Segment 4: Ohio

Hi-Hi-Ohio – Frank Crumit
Ohio Prison Fire – Carson Robison
My Ohio Home – Lillian Morton

Segment 5: Kentucky

I’m As Blue As The Blue Grass Of Kentucky – Harry Reser’s Syncopators
Just A Song Of Old Kentucky – Monroe Brothers
Tell All The Folks In Kentucky (I’ll Be There) – Atlantic Dance Orchestra

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Do you know who this fellow is? He’s vocalist Franklyn Baur, heard regularly on the show. His is one of five birthday segments on this week’s show. The others are for Roy Palmer, Charles Booker, Zez Confrey and Herbert Mills. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Charles Booker

The West Texas Blues – Booker’s Jazz Band
A Woman Gets Tired Of One Man All Of The Time – George Williams
Hot Sax – Dixie Jazz Band

Segment 2: Roy Palmer

You Battle-Head Beetle-Head – Chicago Rhythm Kings / Roy Palmer, v.
The Trombone Slide – Bob Hudson and Roy Palmer
Sic ‘Em Tige’ – State Street Ramblers

Segment 3: Franklyn Baur

Paree – International Novelty Orchestra / Franklyn Baur, v.
An Old Guitar And An Old Refrain – Roger Wolfe Kahn AHO / Franklyn Baur, v.
Why Do You Want To Know Why – Ipana Troubadours UDO S. C. Lanin / Franklyn Baur, v.

Segment 4: Zez Confrey

I’m Going To Plant Myself In My Old Plantation Home – Zez Confrey AHO
Stumbling – Frank Crumit
Zenda – Zez Confrey AHO

Segment 5: Herbert Mills

Dirt Dishin’ Daisy – Mills Brothers- Four Boys And A Guitar
Loveless Love – MIlls Brothers Novelty Quartet With Guitar
Fiddlin’ Joe – Mills Brothers – Four Boys and A Guitar

EXTRA!

Tiger Rag – Mills Brothers – Four Boys And A Guitar

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After years of plummeting numbers, the World Wildlife Fund reported a 64% increase in the number of migrating monarch butterflies in Mexico this year. So the fourth segment of this week’s show is all about butterflies. There are three birthday segments for Paul Whiteman, Barney Rapp and Billy Merson. And in the final segment, we celebrate the arrival of spring here in the northern hemisphere. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Paul Whiteman

Announcer’s Blues – Paul Whiteman AHO
Honey I’m In Love With You – Paul Whiteman AHO
Me Too (Ho-Ho! Ha-Ha!) – Paul Whiteman AHO / Charles Gaylord, Austin Young, Jack Fulton, v.

Segmetn 2: Billy Merson

On The Good Ship Yacki-Hicki-Doo-La – Billy Merson
Out Of The Prairie – Billy Merson
The Spaniard That Blighted My Life – Al Jolson

Segment 3: Barney Rapp

Sunset – Ray Nichols’ Orchestra
Walk, Jennie, Walk! – Barney Rapp AHO
Build A Little House – Barney Rapp and His New Englanders / Buddy Welcome

Segment 4: Monarch Butterflies

Little Butterfly – Paul Whiteman AHO
Goodbye, Pretty Butterflies – Art Hickman AHO
The Butterfly – Alfredo Campoli and His Salon Orchestra

Segment 5: Spring

Springtime Rag – Vic Meyers AHO
Hobo’s Spring Song – Radio Mac (Harry McClintock)
Like A Breath Of Spring Time – Henry Busse AHO / Burt Lorin (Scrappy Lambert), v.

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Do you know who this fellow is? He’s pianist, bandleader and band broker Jean Goldkette and you’ll hear from and about him in the third segment of this week’s show. I say in the intro to the segment that he was born March 18th, 1893 in Patras, Greece. but the date and place of his birth remain a matter of conjecture. May 18 of that year is the date Goldkette provided to the US government. He also claimed 1894, 1897, and 1899 as years of birth. Not only his date and place of birth are disputed, but he may or may not have been the same person as Constantin Goldkette, born in Avignon, France in 1895. He gave his own birthplace as Valenciennes, France. His mother, Angelina Goldkette, was of Danish birth. None of this, however, detracts from the fabulous music he made and you’ll hear three of his recordings not heard on the show before. We’ll also celebrate the birthdays of George Olsen, Mort Dixon and Frank Hutchison. And you’ll hear more from Rupe Biggadike. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Mort Dixon

Pink Elephants – Zaidee Jackson
Not Here, Not There (It’s Fifty Miles From Nowhere) – Billy Murray
Bam Bam Bammy Shore – The Revelers

Segment 2: Rupe Biggadike

Sweetheart of T K O – Celestin’s Original Tuxedo Orchestra / Abby Foster, v.
It’s De-Lovely – Will Osborne AHO / Will Osborne, v.
Sweet Georgia Brown – Snooks Friedman and The Memphis Stompers

Segment 3: George Olsen

A New Kind Of Man – George Olsen and HIs Music
Blue Baby (Why Are You Blue? – George Olsen and HIs Music / Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice, v.
I Feel At Home With You – George Olsen and HIs Music

Segment 4: Jean Goldkette

Tiptoe Through The Tulips With Me – Jean Goldkette AHO / Frank Munn, v.
Kentucky Lullaby – Jesse Crawford with Goldkette’s Book-Cadillac Hotel Orchestra
An Old Italian Love Song – Jean Goldkette AHO / Van Fleming, v.

Segment 5: Frank Hutchison

The Chevrolet Six – Frank Hutchison
Worried Blues – Frank Hutchison
West Virginia Rag – Frank Hutchison

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Do you know who this fellow is? He’s composer Joseph Meyer and his birthday segment ends this week’s felicific show. And in the third segment of the show, you’ll find out what felicific means! George Thomas also has a birthday segment which starts off the show. And we’ll also have a “still” segment. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: George Thomas

Sho’ Is Hot – Tampa Red’s Hokum Jug Band / Frankie “HAlf Pint” Jaxon, v.
Dead Drunk Blues – Margaret Johnson
New Orleans Hop Scop Blues – Clarence Williams’ Blue Five

Segment 2: Be Still

Hold It Still – Memphis Stompers
She Wouldn’t Be Still – Pine Mountain Boys
In The Still Of The Night – Shep FIelds and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra / Bobby Goday, v.

Segment 3: Felicific Songs

It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry – John Dowe AHO / John Dowe, v.
There Is A Happy Land (Far Far Away) – Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra
Make Believe You’re Happy – Johnny Johnson and His Statler Pennsylvanians / Bob Treater-Sam Browne-Charles Murray, v.

Segment 4: Felicific Artists

Fancies – The Happy Six
And Then I Forget – Happy Hour Orchestra / Ray Stillwell, v.
At Sundown (When Love Is Calling Me Home) – Tennessee Happy Boys / Harry Crane (Arthur Hall), v.

Segment 5: Joseph Meyer

My Sugar Plum – Markel AHO
A Cup Of Coffee, A Sandwich, And You – Continental Dance Orchestra / Arthur Fields, v.
Now That I Need You, You’re Gone – Kaplan’s Melodists

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A couple of weeks ago I played a record by the Harlem House Rent Stompers. House rent parties originated in 1920s Harlem and pictured above is a ticket to one put on by Ed. Dunham. In the third segment of this week’s show you’ll find out more about house rent parties and hear three songs about them. In other segments, we’ll experience some longing, do some stretching, hear from Eddie Davis and end with a cardiac segment. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Longing For You

Those Longing For You Blues – Original Memphis Five
Longing For You – Tuxedo Dance Orchestra
I Can’t Lose That Longing For You – Wingy Manone Orchestra / Wingy Manone, v.

Segment 2: Pandiculation

Six Mile Stretch – Sam Donahue Orchestra
Doing A Stretch – Blind Blake
Stretch It, Boy – The Dancing Stevedores (Mount City Blue Blowers)

Segment 3: House Rent Party

House Rent Rag – Dixieland Jug Blowers
House Rent Party Day – Harlem Hot Shots / Wingy Manone, v.
Haven’t Got A Dollar To Pay Your House Rent Man – Louis Dumaine’s Jazzola Eight / Genevieve Davis, v.

Segment 4: Eddie Davis

Hot Lips – Eddie Davis Orchestra
Ivy (Cling To Me) – Eddie Davis Orchestra
Georgette – Eddie Davis Orchestra

Segment 5: Hearts

Bleeding Hearted Blues – Lena Wilson / Porter Grainger, Piano
Dear HEart – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra
Heart Sickness Blues – Frisco Five
My Heart Stood Still – B. A. Rolfe Palais D’Or Orchestra

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Do you know who this fellow is? He’s vocalist Frank Munn, and you’ll find out a little about him and hear three of his recordings in the fourth segment of this week’s show. In other segments, we’ll hear some marches, churn some butter, go fishing and have an anatomy lesson. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Fish

Hey! You Want Any Codfish? (We Only Got Mack’rel Today) – Furman & Nash
Fishtail Blues – Jelly Roll Morton’s Kings of Jazz
Kingfish Blues – Candy & Coco

Segment 2: Oleomargarine / Butter

Sweet Butter – Kaplan’s Melodists
Dirty Butter – Minnie Wallace
Butterfinger – Adrian Rollini AHO / Joey Nash, v.

Segment 3: Marches

Eldorado March – William H. Reitz
Cancel That Wedding March – Gene Green
The Gum-Suckers March – Percy Grainger

Segment 4 – Frank Munn

Two Lips (To Kiss My Cares Away) – Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders / Frank Munn, v.
Sing A Little Love Song – Frank Munn
I Never Knew – Regent Club Orchestra / Frank Munn, v.

Segment 5: Elbows

Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room – Carter Family
Medley Of Irish Reels – The Maid That Left The County – More Power To Your Elbow – Flanagan Brothers
Loose Elbows – Billy Mayerl

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I didn’t have time to make the correction on this week’s show, but on last week’s show I completely left out the details on the first record in the segment about cake, “Cut Yourself A Piece Of Cake (And Make Yourself At Home.)” It was Joseph Samuels’ Orchestra with the vocal by Arthur Hall on Grey Gull 1172 recorded in June of 1923. It was also issued on the Banner, Regal, Broadway and Triangle labels. On this week’s show, as you might guess from the photo above, we’ll play some records about Odocoileus hemionus, the scientific name for the Mule Deer. There’s a huge controversy taking place on Catalina Island over the approximately 2,000 deer on the island, first introduced for hunting in the 1930s and you’ll find out a little bit about it. In other segments, Johnny Dunn, Jack Jackson and Victor Vorzanger all have birthday segments. And we’ll take a musical trip to Harlem. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Johnny Dunn

You Need Some Loving – Johnny Dunn and His Band
Dunn’s Cornet Blues – Johnny Dunn
Silver Rose – The Plantation Orchestra

Segment 2: Victor Vorzanger

It All Depends On You – Victor Vorzanger’s Famous Dance Band
Crazy Words-Crazy Tune – Victor Vorzanger’s Famous Dance Band / John Thorne, v.
Who Threw The Water On The Tom Cat’s Back – Victor Vorzanger’s Broadway Band

Segment 3: Jack Jackson

Gretchen – Jack Jackson AHO at the Dorchester Hotel, London / Jack Jackson, v.
I Always Keep My Girl Out Late – Jack Jackson AHO at the Dorchester Hotel, London / Jack Jackson , Chappie D’Amato +1, v.
My Young Man Is Ever So Nice – Jack Jackson AHO at the Dorchester Hotel, London

Segment 4: Catalina Island Mule Deer

Forked Deer – Jilson Setters (J. W. Day)
Snow Deer – Buell Kazee & Sookie Hobbs (Carson Robison)
Moon Deer (Indian Love Song) – Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra / Joe Sanders, v.

Segment 5: Harlem

Underneath The Harlem Moon – Peter DeRose Orchestra (Tom Berwick AHO) / The Marshall Sisters, v.
Drop Me Off In Harlem – Mills Blue Rhythm Bacd / Adelaide Hall, v.
Gravel Pit Stomp – Harlem House Rent Stompers

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Do you know who this lovely lady is? Her name is Kristi Turner. She’s not a composer, lyricist or musician, so why is she featured in the playlist of this week’s Rapidly Rotating Records? Kristi is the co-founder, along with her husband Ross, of Guided Discoveries, where I had the pleasure of working for more than a quarter century. Ross passed away unexpectedly last October and I dedicated a segment of the November 2 show to him. Kristi passed away just two months later and today, February 15, her family, friends and co-workers are gathering for a celebration of her life. In the first segment of this week’s show, you’ll hear little bit about Kristi and a number of records about a couple of her interests, dude ranches and horses. In other segments, Jimmy Durante gets a birthday segment and we’ll hear from Fred Spinelly. In the third segment, we’ll have our cake and listen to it, too! There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Kristi Turner

The Dude Ranch Cowboys – Gene Autry
Dude Ranch Party, Parts 1 & 2 – The Texas Rangers

Segment 2: Horses

Horses – Jack’s Fast-Steppin’ Bell Hops / Pat Kennedy, v.
The Horse Trot – Two Step – National Promenade Band
Hitch Up The Horses – Savoy Orpheans

Segment 3: Cake

Cut Yourself A Piece Of Cake – Joseph Samuels Orchestra
I Like Pie, I Like Cake (But I Like You Best Of All) – Edwin J. McEnelly’s Orchestra / Billy Murray, v.
Let ‘Em Eat Cake – Leo Reisman AHO / Frank Luther, v.

Segment 4: Jimmy Durante

Hot Patatta – Jimmy Durante
I Didn’t Start In To Love You – Daisy Martin with the Tampa Blue Jazz Band
I’ve Got My Habits On – Nathan Glantz AHO

Segment 5: Fred Spinelly

Wherever You Are – Fred Spinelly’s Lido Venice Band at The Lido Club / Harry Hudson, v.
Sunny SKies – Fred Spinelly’s Lido Venice Band at The Lido Club / John Thorne, v.
Playground In The Sky – Fred Spinelly’s Lido Venice Band at The Lido Club / Harry Hudson, v.

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Do you know who this fellow is? He’s “the father of stride piano” James P. Johnson and his is one of three birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. The other two are Irving Aaronson and Lonnie Johnson. We’ll have a “climbing” segment and in a take-off of our “One Thing in Common” bit, we’ll have a “Nothing in Common” segment! There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Lonnie Johnson

Blues In G – Lonnie Johnson
Don’t Wear It Out – Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green (Clara Smith)
Playing With The Strings – Lonnie Johnson

Segment 2: Climbing

Climbing Up The Ladder Of Love – Ted Weems AHO / Dusty Rhodes, v.
I’ll Climb The Blue Ridge Mountains Back To You – Hugh Cross
Climbing Up The Scale – Johnny Johnson AHO

Segment 3: Irving Aaronson

My Scandinavian Gal (By Yumpin’ Yiminy) – Irving Aaronson’s Commander / Phil Saxe, v.
I Dare Not Love You – Irving Aaronson’s Crusaders / Frank Cornwell, v.
He’ Ain’t Done Right By Nell – Irving Aaronson and His Commanders / Phil Saxe, v.

Segment 4: James P. Johnson

My Old Lady Blues – Roy Evans, v. – James P. Johnson, p.
Stop That Dog (He’s Goin’ Mad) – Bob Pope and The Hotel Charlotte Orchestra / Dixie Lee Sothern, v.
Keep Off The Grass – James P. Johnson

Segment 5: Nothing in Common

The Tariff Bill Song – Al Craver (Vernon Dalhart)
Me-Ow – Irving Kaufman
Repeal The Blues – Ray Noble and The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra / The Three Ginx, v.

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Before he was “Singin’ Sam,” Harry Frankel performed in blackface, an unfortunate part of his life as an entertainer and one I hope he would regret. Fortunately for us, he took on the persona of “Singin’ Sam” and you’ll hear three of his recordings as “Singin’ Sam” in the first segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. Irene Beasley and Clayton McMichen will also have birthday segments on the show. We’ll also enjoy some delicious soup and tell you all about the Dunning-Kruger Effect. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Harry Frankel / Singin’ Sam

How You Gonna Wet Your Whistle – Harry Frankel
Now George – Harry Frankel
Dreamy Housatonic – Singin’ Sam

Segment 2: Clayton McMichen

Old Molly Hare – Clayton McMichen & Riley Puckett
Grave In The Pines – Bob Nichols (Clayton McMichen)
Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Clayton McMichen’s Georgia Wild Cats

Segment 3: Irene Beasley

Go ‘Long Lasses – Irene Beasley
Good Mornin’ – Irene Beasley
The St. Louis Blues – Irene Beasley

Segment 4: Soup

From Soup To Nuts – Van Eps Banjo Orchestra
How Mother Made The Soup – Charley Case
Animal Crackers In My Soup – Mrs. Jack Hylton and Her Band / Mrs, Jack Hylton, v.

Segment 5: Lemon Juice

Let Me Roll Your Lemon – Bo Carter
A Lemon In The Garden Of Love – Billy Murray
Juicy Lemon Blues – Tampa Red

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Do you know who this gentleman is? He’s British singer, songwriter, actor and entertainer Leslie Sarony. You’ll find out all about him and hear three of his recordings in the final segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. But before we get to Leslie Sarony, we also have birthday segments for Percy Wenrich and Smith Ballew. In other segments we’ll sweep some chimneys and try to avoid the crowds. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Chimney Sweeps

Settin’ In The Chimney Jamb – Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers
Smoke From A Chimney – Maurice Winnick and His Sweet Music – Sam Costa, v.
Ode To A Chimney Sweet – The Three Ts

Segment 2: Percy Wenrich

All Muddled Up – Paul Specht & His Hotel Astor Orchestra
Moonlight Bay – American Quartet
Dublin Daisies March – Arthur Pryor’s Band

Segment 3: Crowds

Behind The Clouds (Are Crowds And Crowds Of Sunbeams) – Jean Goldkette AHO
Lonely In A Crowd – Kenneth Sargent
Something To Remember You By – Sam Lanin’s Dance Ensemble / Paul Small, v.

Segment 4: Smith Ballew

I’ll Get By (As Long As I Have You) – Smith Ballew
Lady Luck – Smith Ballew AHO / Smith Ballew, v.
That’s How I Feel About You – Smith Ballew

Segment 5: Leslie Sarony

I Lift Up My Finger And Say Tweet Tweet – Piccadilly Players (Al Starita) / Harry Shalson, v.
Wheezy Anna – BBC Dance Orchestra Dir. Henry Hall / Leslie Sarony, v.
Don’t Be Cruel To A Vegetabuel – Leslie Sarony

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You’ve probably already figured out from the poster above that one of the segments on this week’s Rapidly Rotating Records is songs from Benny Goodman’s historic Carnegie Hall Concert of January 16, 1938. But that’s not the only thing that happened on January 16th in history. You’ll find out another in the second segment of the show, about Prohibition. In other segments, we’ll celebrate James Monaco’s birthday, resort to some trickery and have a vocabulary lesson. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Prohibition

What Are We Going To Do (When There’s Nothing To Do On Sunday) – Arthur Fields
Ha! Ha! Ha! – Frank Crumit
How Are You Going To Wet Your Whistle? – Ernest Thompson

Segment 2: Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert

Avalon – Benny Goodman Quartet
Body And Soul – Benny Goodman Trio
Swingtime In The Rockies – Benny Goodman AHO

Segment 3: Perfidy

Deceitful Friend Blues – Tampa Red
Deception D’Amout – L’Accordeoniste Alexander
Deceitful Blues – Leona Williams and Her Jazz Hounds

Segment 4: Tricks

Can’t Teach My Old Heart New Tricks – Benny Goodman AHO / Martha Tilton, v.
There’s A Trick In Pickin’ A Chick-Chick-Chicken – Nat Shilkret & The Victor Orchestra / Johnny Marvin, v.
Tricks – Broadway Dance Orchestra

Segment 5: James V. Monaco

Gee, I’m Glad I’m Home – Cliquot Club Eskimos UDO Harry Reser / Tom Stacks, v.
Nesting Time – Knickerbockers / Johnny Marvin, v.
Ah-Ha! – Paul Whiteman AHO / Elliott Shaw – Shannon Quartet – Billy Murray, v.

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Do you know who these lovely ladies are? They’re Helen, Jane and Patti, The Pickens Sisters (from Georgia). They will start off the final segment of this week’s show with their rendition of “Sweet Georgia Brown.” Kenneth Casey wrote the lyrics and you’ll hear two other of his songs in his birthday segment. We’ll be celebrating three other birthdays this week as well, for Arthur Johnston, Clifford Grey and Mel Stitzel. We start off the show with a segment about apparel. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Apparel

I’m Only A Dude In Cowboy Clothes – Wilf Carter
Clothes – Murgatroyd and Winterbottom
Baby Don’t Tear My Clothes – Harlem Hamfats

Segment 2: Arthur Johnston

Sugar Plum – Teddy Wilson AHO
Three At A Table For Two – Will Hudson AHO / Kay Kenny, v.
Down The Old Ox Road – Jimmie Grier AHO / Bing Crosby, v.

Segment 3: Mel Stitzel

Tweedle-Dee Tweedle Doo – Perry’s Hot Dogs / Arthur Fields, v.
Bad Habits – Boyd Senter
Doodle-Doo-Doo – Benson Orchestra of Chicago / Frank Sylvano, v.

Segment 4: Clifford Grey

When I’m Looking At You – Columbia Photo Players (Ben Selvin) / The Crooners, v.
March Of The Musketeers – Paul Whiteman AHO / Vocal Quintet, v.
Hallelujah! – Golden Gate Orchestra

Segment 5: Kenneth Casey

Sweet Georgia Brown – The Pickens Sisters (from Georgia)
Craving – Harry Reser’s Syncopators
Daughter Of Sweet Georgia Brown – Vincent Lopez and His Suave Swing Orchestra / Sonny Schuyler, v.

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Yeah, I thought this photo would get your attention! Do you know who this person is? She’s German dancer, pantomime, cabaret artist, actress and performance artist Valeska Gert. And she will finish our this week’s show in a segment about “types” as in “you’re my type.” This first show of 2026 starts off with a birthday segment for Jerry Blaine. We’ll also have a vocabulary lesson, hear chirping and tweeting of some birds, hear some news, and do some typing on the typewriter. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Jerry Blaine

Romance In The Dark – Jerry Blaine and His Stream Line Rhythm / Phillis Kenny, v.
Eep, Ipe, Wanna Piece Of Pie – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.
I Double Dare You – Jerry Blaine and His Stream Line Rhythm / Jerry Blaine and Phyllis Kenny, v.

Segment 2: Seatherny

Chirp, Chirp – Fred Spinelly’s Lido Venice Band at the Lido Club / John Thorpe, v.
Tweet Tweet – Albert E. Short and His Tivoli Syncopators
Chirping Birds – Gardoni & Puig

Segment 3: News

Bad News Blues – Ladd’s Black Aces
No News (Or What Killed The Dog) – Frank Crumit
Fron Page News – Syd Lipton AHO / Chips Chippendall, v.

Segment 4: Typewriters Anonymous

He’s A Different Type Of Guy – Jimmy Noone’s New Orleans Band
Bridget Typewriter McGuire – John Terrell
The Girl At The Typewriter – Raymond Scott Quintette
Toy Typewriter (Excerpt) – Raymond Scott

Segment 5: My Type

You’re Just My Type – Jing Oliver AHO
She’s Just The Type For Me – Debroy Somers and His Band / Bobby Sanders, v.
Berliner Type – Valeska Gert

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Do you know who this fellow is? His name is Carl Frederick Ejanr Pedersen. If that doesn’t ring a bell, you may know his better as actor and singer Carl Brisson and his is one of two birthday segment on this week’s final Rapidly Rotating Records show of 2025. The other is Mike Jackson. In other segments, we’ll hit the bricks, join a caravan and try to actually do something about the weather! There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Mike Jackson

I’m Gonna Kill Myself – Mike Jackson and Mabel Richardson
Meat Man Pete (The Dealer In Meat) – Vance Dixon and His Pencils / Papa Too Sweet, v.
Black Cat Bones – Dixie Jazzers Washboard Band

Segment 2: Carl Brisson

I’ll Believe In Love – Carl Brisson
Give Her A Little Kiss – Carl Brisson
Dinner At Eight – Carl Brisson

Segment 3: Caravans

Caravan – Ambrose AHO
La Cumparsita – Bill Scotti AHO
Procession Of The Sirdar – Commodore Grand Orchestra

Segment 4: Bricks

The Bricklayers – Two Dark Knights
Down To The Bricks – Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
Hot Bricks – Jack Payne and His BBC Dance Orchestra

Segment 5: NCAR / Weather

We’re Gonna Have Weather, Whether Or Not – Wendell Hall
Crazy Weather – New Mayfair Dance Orchestra Directed by Percival Mackey / Three Ginx, v.
Winter Weather – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.

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Can you guess the subject of this photograph? It was taken around 1945 and is the mirror of the 200 Inch Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory being ground and polished. At the time it was the world’s largest telescope. You’ll learn some interesting facts about the telescope and the mirror in the fourth segment of this week’s show and hear some “reflective” records. In other segments, we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Stella Unger and Abe Olman. We’ll also have a bovine segment, and hear more from and about Grandpa Bob Effros. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Stella Unger

I’m All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart – Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.
Don’t Cry, Baby – Bessie Smith / James P. Johnson, p.
When The Rain Comes Rolling Down – Jack Hylton AHO / Sam Browne, v.

Segment 2: Abe Olan

Ev’rything You Do – Barney Rapp AHO
If You’ve Got A Little Bit, Hang On To It – Arthur Collins
Oh! Susie Behave – Irving Kaufman

Segment 3: A Bovine Segment

Red Cow – Jack Payne AHO / Jack Payne, v.
Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow – J. W. Myers
Throw The Old Cow Over The Fence – Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters

Segment 4: Palomar Observatory – Hale Telescope

Daily Mirror Front Page – Ernest Shand
Reflections Of You – Sonny Clapp and His Band O’ Sunshine / George Marks, v.
Reflections In The Water – Green Brothers Novelty Band / Harold Van Emburgh, v.

Segment 5: Grandpa Bob Effros

Sing A Little Jingle – Boswell Sisters
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile – Ben Selvin AHO / The Sunshine Boys, v.
He’s A Big, Big Man From The South (With A Big Cigar In His Mouth – Six Jumping Jacks / Tom Stacks, v.

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Once again, for about the 15th time, Rita and I were in Rancho Cordova, California the week-end before Thanksgiving for the 39th Annual West Coast Ragtime Festival, put on thanks to the tireless efforts of many volunteers from the West Coast Ragtime Society. We had a fabulous time as always, seeing old friends, musicians and non, making new friends, listening to wonderful music performed by some of the finest musicians in the world, and enjoying plenty of fine food and drink. There was almost 120 hours of music over three days, and this show represents less that 1% of that music. It’s primarily 78 RPM records of tunes played at the festival along with several vintage piano rolls performed by the composers. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Pep – Deauville Dozen

Jubilee Stomp – Nisse Lind’s Hot Kvartett

Novelette In Fourths – George Gershwin

Rialto Ripples – George Gershwin

You’ll Do It Someday (So Why Not Now) – Bolton & Cipriano’s Westchester Biltmore Orchestra, Rudy Vallee, Leader

Under The Tents – Charles N. Daniels

You’ll Come Back – Miss Morris & Mr. Murray

Whoa You Hefier – Al Verges

Saskatoon Rag – Phil Goldberg

Chicken Reel – Kessinger Brothers

Pearl Of The Haren – Fred Van Eps

Blue Turning Grey Over You – Ambrose AHO / Sam Browne, v.

I’m Alabama Bound – Prince’s Orchestra

Rambling In Rhythm – Arthur Schutt

Bye, Bye Blackbird – Dick Beeson AHO (Nathan Glantz) / Unidentified, v.

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Do you know who these fellows are? On the left is bandleader Vincent Lopez. On the right is trumpeter and composer Bob Effros and this being his 125th birthday, he is the subject of this week’s “One Thing in Common” edition of the show. You’ll hear a detailed biography and everything played on the show this week features “Grandpa Bob.” He played in Vincent Lopez orchestras from 1921 to 1927, so there’s a Vincent Lopez segment. We’ll also hear from the Boswell Sisters and Frank Crumit and hear several of Bob’s compositions. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Mama Inez – Fred “Sugar” Hall and His Sugar Babies / Fred Hall, v.

Me And The Boy Friend – Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra / Billy Jones, v.

Sweet Lovin’ Mama (Please Come Back To Me) – Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra

T – N – T – Vincent Lopez and His Casa Lopez Orchestra

When I Take My Sugar To Tea – The Boswell Sisters (Accompanied by The Dorsey Brothers)

Wha’dja Do To Me – The Boswell Sisters

The Mem’ry Of This Dance – Hal McIntyre AHO / Carl Denny, v.

Why Don’t You Get Lost – Joel Shaw AHO / Dick Robertson, v.

Cornfed – The Gilt Edged Four

Olaf (You Ought-a Hear Olaf Laff) – Cliquot Club Eskimos (udo Harry Reser) / Tom Stacks, v.

Would You Like To Take A Walk – Julia Sanderson and Frank Crumit

One Little Raindrop – Frank Crumit

I Wish I Had Died In My Cradle (Before I Grew Up To Love You) – Jimson Brothers

I Do Not Choose To Run – Harry Reser’s Six Jumping Jacks / Tom Stacks, v.

Swing You Sinners (Clip) – 1930 Talkartoons Cartoon Soundtrack

Tin Ear – Bob Effros, Trumpet Solo (Accompanied by Arthur Schutt, Piano)

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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 young Jimmie Revard, member of the Osage Nation and his is one of five birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s “all-birthday” edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. I’m guess this photograph was taken before Jimmie put together his first western swing band while a student at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. You’ll find out more about Jimmie and hear three of his recordings in the second segment of the show. The other birthday segments this week are for Rosa Henderson, Percy Chandler, Ray Herbeck and George Wilton Ballard. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Rosa Henderson

Hey Hey And He He, I’m Charleston Crazy – Rosa Henderson
Papa If You Can’t Do Better (I’ll Let A Better Papa Move In) – Gladys White (Rosa Henderson)
Barbadoes – Rosa Henderson

Segment 2: Jimmie Revard

Naughty Naughty – Jimmie Revard and His Oklahoma Playboys / Cotton Cooper, v.
I’m Waiting Mabel – Jimmie Revard and His Oklahoma Playboys / Joe Malloy, v.
Playboy’s Breakdown – Jimmie Revard and His Oklahoma Playboys

Segment 3: Percy Chandler

Good Friends – Alberta Dance Orchestra (Percy Chandler) / Harry Bentley, v.
Darling (I’m Longing To Greet You – Percy Chandler and His Band / Harry Bentley, v.
Close Your Eyes – White Star Syncopators (Percy Chandler)

Segment 4: Ray Herbeck

Here Comes The Night – Ray Herbeck and His Music With Romance / Kirby Brooks, v.
Trade Winds – Ray Herbeck and His Music With Romance / Ray Olson & The Three Beaux, v.
Romance – Ray Herbeck and His MMusic With Romance / Kirby Brooks, v.

Segment 5: George Wilton Ballard

I’ll Keep On Dreaming (Until My Dreams All Come True) – The Merry Sparklers / George Wilton Ballard, v.
Just One Day – George Wilton Ballard
Morning (Won’t You Ever Come ‘Round) – Kaplan’s Melodists / George Wilton Ballard, v.

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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 featured graphic on this week’s Rapidly Rotating Records playlist is the number sixty-seven. It is, however, the numbers six and seven. So why is that? Very few, if any, of our listeners will know the significance of those numbers, but listen to the fourth segment of the show and you’ll find out. Marcy Klauber and Bob Larkan will be having birthday segments. We’ll also do some row, row, rowing and hear some ragtime songs. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Marcy Klauber

I Get The Blues When It Rains – Ford & Glenn
I’m A Little Nobody That Nobody Loves – Vaughn De Leath
Oh! How I Adore You – Ben Selvin AHO / Paul Small, v.

Segment 2: Bob Larkan aka Bob Larkin

McLeod’s Reel – Bob Larkan & Family
The Women Wear No Clothes At All – Fiddlin’ Bob Larkin’s Music Makers / Bob Larkin, v.

Segment 3: Row, Row, Row

Row, Row, Row Medley – Victor Military Band
Row, Row, Row With Roosevelt – Eddie Dowling
Row, Row, Rosie – Savoy Orpheans

Segment 4: 6 7

Six Or Seven Times – Little Chocolate Dandies
Seven Or Eleven – Dolly Kay
Four Or Five Times – Jack Walsh AHO / Frank Bessinger, v.

Segment 5: West Coast Ragtime Festival

In Ragtime Land – Arthur Collins
You Can’t Get Away From It – Bert Williams
Don’t Sing In Ragtime – Billy Merson

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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.

Of course everyone knows who this duo of the Old West is: The Lone Ranger and Tonto. We had a Lone Ranger segment on last week’s show, but this week we have not one, not two, but three segments inspired by actors and characters from the series. You’ll find out some fun and interesting information about them. We also have birthday segments for Roy Newman and Joseph Solman. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Roy Newman

How Many Times – Roy Newman and His Boys / Art Davis, v.
Rock-A-Bye Moon – Roy Newman and His Boys / Ray Lackland, v.
Hot Dog Stomp – Roy Newman and His Boys

Segment 2: Joseph Solman

Oh You Little Sun-Of-Er-Gun – Ray Miller AHO
Only Just Suppose – Guido Deiro
Listening – Raderman’s Orchestra

Segment 3: “They’ll Believe Me, Citizen!”

Would You Believe Me? – Billy James Dance Orchestra
Believe Me, Dear – Ross De Luxe Syncopators
You Must Believe Me – Owen Fallon and His Californians / Dick Robertson, v.

Segment 4: Foster Grants

You Don’t Need Glasses (To See I’m In Love) – Snooks and the Memphis Ramblers
Through These Wonderful Glasses Of Mine – George Wilton Ballard
Looking At The World Thru Rose-Colored Glasses – Lou Gold AHO

Segment 5: Kemosabe

We Were The Best Of Friends – Tom Coakley and His Palace Hotel Orchestra / Fred Williams, v.
Just Met A Friend From My Home Town – Perry Bradford & His Gang / Male Quartet, v.
Golden Friendships – The Fillmore Band udo Henry Fillmore

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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? His real name is Barry Hansen, but he’s better known to his millions of fans as Dr. Demento. I’ve been a fan since the 1970s and recently had the pleasure of celebrating his 84th birthday at the L. A. Breakfast Club. So why is his the featured photograph on this week’s playlist? Well, you’ll find out in the second segment of this week’s show when I play a handful of “handful” records. Harry Harden and Lloyd Finlay will each have a birthday segment. We’ll also have a vocabulary lesson, take a musical trip to the Cumberlands and have a “Hi-Oh Silver” segment. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Harry Harden

Blazinec (Madhouse) – Orchestr Harry Harden
Mily Hochu (Dear Boy) – Orchestr Harry Harden
Alkohol Ragtime – Jazzorchestr Harry Harden

Segment 2: Dr. Demento

Handful Of Keys – Fats Waller (Command Performance #95 Radio Broadcast)
Handful Of Riffs – Lonnie Johnson and Blind Willie Dunn
A Handful Of Stars – Artie Shaw AHO / Anita Boyer, v.

Segment 3: Coulrophobia

Joey The Clown – Jack Payne and His BBC Dance Orchestra / Billy Scott-Coomber & Jack Payne, v.
Broken-Hearted Clown – The Street Singer (Arthur Tracy)
Clownin’ Around – Jeanne Burns and Her Band / Jeanne Burns, v.

Segment 4: The Lone Ranger

Yodeling Ranger – W. Lee O’Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys
The Rangers’ Song – Lou McAdams
Texas Ranger – Cartwright Brothers

Segment 5: Cumberland Gap

In The Cumberland Mountains – Carson Robison Trio
Cumberland Gap – Frank Hutchison
Saro – Warren Caplinger’s Cumberland Mountain Entertainers

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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? His name is Ross Turner. He’s not a composer, lyricist or instrumentalist, so you may wonder why his photograph is featured on this week’s playlist. Well, Ross was my boss (he hated the term!) for the 25 years I worked at Guided Discoveries until my retirement a few years ago. Ross passed away unexpectedly on October 9 and as my feeble attempt at a tribute and message to the family, the final segment of this week’s show is dedicated to him. If you’re not familiar with Ross and Kristi Turner and Guided Discoveries, after listening to the show I encourage you to find out more about them at the website gdi dot org. In other segments, we’ll hear some records that are just “ducky,” we’ll visit some dance halls, enjoy some musical chocolate and hear about some good girls. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Good Girls

The Good, Bad Girl – Vaughn De Leath
That’s A Good Girl – Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone)
Good Girl – Dixie Rag Pickers

Segment 2: Just Ducky

The Duck Song – Roy Fox and His Band / Sid Buckman, v.
Ducky – Savoy Sylvians
Ducky Wucky – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra

Segment 3: Dance Halls

Sunshine – The Garden Dancing Palace Orchestra
Dance Hall Shuffle – Clifford Hayes Louisville Sluggers Orchestra
Dance Hall Doll – Dave Frost

Segment 4: Chocolate

Chocolate Avenue – Clarence Williams Orchestra
The Chocolate Soldier Selections, Part 2 – Marek Weber AHO
Frosted Chocolate – Harry Reser

Segment 5: Ross Turner

There’s A Lot Of Things You Never Learn At School – Dan W. Quinn
You Made A Difference To Me – Percival Mackey’s Band

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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 and bandleader Marek Weber and his is one of four birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s show. The other birthday segments are for H. Benne Henton, Carl Kress and Clay Boland. And in the final segment we’ll play house. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Segment 1: Marek Weber

First, Have A Little Drink With Me, Baby – Marek Weber et sein Orchester
A Little Love Affair – Marek Weber et sein Orchester
Whe You Kiss Me – Marek Weber et sein Orchester

Segment 2: H. Benne Henton

Laverne – H. Benne Henton with Conway’s Band
Il Bacio (The Kiss) (A Waltz Song) – H. Benne Henton
Nadine – H. Benne Henton

Segment 3: Clay Boland

Dreary Weather – Sam Lanin’s Orchestra
I Live The Life I Love – Richard Himber and His Essex House Orchestra / Stuart Allen, v.
He Ain’t Never Been In College – Six Jumping Jacks / Tom Stacks, v.

Segment 4: Carl Kress

Love Song – Carl Kress
Shanghai Dream Man – Irwin Abrams Orchestra / Les Reis, v.
Stage Fright – Dick McDonough and Carl Kress

Segment 5: Razing The House

I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down – HHazel Meyers
White House Blues – Charlie Poole With The North Carolina Ramblers
You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down – Cripple Clarence Lofton

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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 photograph of a cow wearing a cowbell as the featured image on this week’s playlist for the show? Well, you’ll find out in the second segment as we hear a set of rapidly rotating records about cows. In other segments we’ll hear songs about cygnus olor have a segment about kings in general and one very specific king and celebrate Brian Lawrance’s birthday. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Brian Lawrance

There’s No Green Grass ‘Round The Old North Pole – Brian Lawrance and The Quaglino Quartet
Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Brian Lawrance and His Lansdowne House Sextet
Toodle-Oo – Brian Lawrance and His Lansdowne Orchestra / Brian Lawrance, v.

Segment 2: Cowbell

Cowbell Serenade – Paul Whiteman AHO
Cows May Come, Cows May Go, But The Bull Goes On Forever – Peerless Quartet
Cows – Earl Oliver’s Jazz Babies (Harry Reser)

Segment 3: No Kings

At The Court Of Old King Cole – Ray Noble AHO
Shim-Me-King’s Blues – Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds
Dew, Dew, Dewy Day – King’s Dance Orchestra / Arthur Fields (?), v.

Segment 4: Swans

Le Cygne (The Swan) – Mario “Harp” Lorenzi & Sydney Torch
Wal, I Swan – Riley Puckett
The White Swan – Edison Symphony Orchestra

Segment 5: King Tut

Old King Tut (In Old King Tutankhamen’s Day) – Billy Jones & Ernest Hare
Cohen Visits Tutankhamen’s Tomb – Monroe Silver
Tut-Ankh-Amen (In The Valley Of The Kings) – S S Leviathan Orchestra udo Nelson Maples

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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 photograph of a common cuckoo bird as the featured image on this week’s playlist for the show? Well, it’s actually at the request of listener Robert and you’ll find out why in the final segment of this week’s show. In other segments, John Murray gets his first birthday segment. We’ll have a segment about The Volunteer State (Tennessee, in case you didn’t know) and we’ll take a musical trip to the border. And we’ll listen to a speech. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: John Murray

She’s A Good Girl – 7 Blue Babies / Jack Dalton (Jack Kaufman), v.
Oh What A Thrill – Chicago Hot Five (Chicago Rhythm Kings) / Eddie Miles, v.
Hello, Sunshine, Hello – New Mayfair Dance Orchestra udo Carroll Gibbons / Harry Shalson, v.

Segment 2: Tennessee

Tentin’ Down In Tennessee – Paul Whiteman AHO / Austin Young, Charles Gaylord, Jack Fulton, v.
Come On To Nashville, Tennessee – Collins & Harlan
Down Among The Sleepy Hills Of Tennessee – Blossom Seeley

Segment 3: Borders

Down On The Border – Lee Green
Opera Presentation Of “South Of The Border” – Alec Templeton
Border Of New Mexico Blues – Bo Carter

Segment 4: Speech!

Speech! – Joe Friedman’s Monte Carlo Orchestra
Don’t Speak To Me – Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes
Me No Speak-A Good English – Green & Ryan

Segment 5: Cuckoo

Dance Of The Cuckoos – Rudy Starita, Xylophone with Arthur Lally AHO / Al Bowlly, v.
Coo Coo Stomp – D. C. Nelson’s Serenaders
The Coo Coo Bird – Clarence Ashley

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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 cowboy is? He’s Bill Boyd and he’s not just a “drug store” cowboy, but the real thing. He was born and grew up on his family’s Texas ranch. You’ll find out more about him and hear three of his more than 200 recorded sides in the first segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. In other segments, we’ll combine our “One Thing in Common” and vocabulary lesson bits into one segment and find ourselves down in a coal mint. We’ll also haul some ashes and go ape. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Bill Boyd

The Train Song – Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers
Wah Hoo! – Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers / Bill Boyd, v.
Under The Double Eagle – Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers / Bill Boyd, v.

Segment 2: Hauling Ashes

I Lets My Daddy Do That – Hattie Hart
Ashes Of Dreams – The Rhythm Maniacs udo Arthur Lalley / Maurice Elwin, v.
Shake Your Ashes – Claude Hopkins AHO

Segment 3: One Thing in Common / Vocabulary Lesson

Chittlin’ Supper – Peg Leg Howell & Jim Hill
Liver And Bacon – Collins & Harlan
Pig Foot Shuffle – Fowler’s Washboard Wonders

Segment 4: Coal

A Coal Miner’s Dream – Miner Hawins (Vernon Dalhart)
Down In A Coal Mine – Edison Concert Band
Your Boy Is On The Coal Pile Now – Arthur Fields

Segment 5: Jane Goodall

In Zanzibar (My Little Chimpanzee) – Harry Macdonough
The Higher The Monkey Climbs – Fiddling Bob Larkin and His Music Makers
Monkey And The Baboon – Barbecue Bob

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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 you play Wordle, you know that one of last week’s words was “fritz.” Many people were upset by that choice because they thought its only meaning was as a proper noun, which Wordle does not use. (Wordle doesn’t use plurals, either, by the way.) In the final segment of this week’s show, you’ll find out where the phrase “on the fritz” likely originated. We also have two birthday salutes this week. One is that of trombonist Joe Harris and you’ll hear three of Joe Harris’ records to start off the show. The other birthday is not of a composer or artist, but of the modern railroad, celebrating its 200th birthday. The drawing above is of George Stephenson’s steam locomotive and cars of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which opened 200 years ago on September 27, 1825. We’ll also have another episode of “One Thing in Common.” And get out your dancing shoes because we’ll have not one, not two, but three records by the Van Eps Dance Orchestra. Really. For sure this time! There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Joe Harris

Hangin’ Around – Georgia Melodians
Ole Mammy Ain’t Gonna Sing No More – Ben Pollack Orchestra / Joe Harris, v.
Blue River – Prairie Ramblers

Segment 2: Birth of the Modern Railway

Let Me Be Your Sidetrack – Jimmie Rodgers
There’s Lots Of Stations On My Railroad Track – Ada Jones & Billy Murray
Choo Choo Blues – Art Landry’s Syncopatin’ Six

Segment 3: One Thing in Common

I Wonder How It Feels (To Be Head Over Heels In Love) – Webster Moore and His High Hatters (Sam Lanin’s Famous Plaers) / Webster Moore (Scrappy Lambert), v.
Thanks For The Buggy Ride – Phil Hughes and His Hight Hatters / James Potter (Arthur Hall), v.
Duke Of Ka-Ki-Ak – The High Hatters udo Leonard Joy / Frank Luther, v.

Segment 4: Van Eps Dance Orchestra

Old Roses – Van Eps Dance Orchestra / Howard Phillips, v.
Nothing But The Best – Van Eps Dance Orchestra / Howard Phillips, v.
Shadows Of Love – Van Eps Dance Orchestra / Howard Phillips, v.

Segment 5: Wordle : Fritz

Fritz Is On The Fritz – Dixie Daisies
Sing Me A Song, Fritz – Joseph Hortiz
Fritzi – Hollywood Dance Orchestra of New York (Nathan Glantz)

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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.

To end this week’s show we have a few words to say and a few records to play in regard to recent actions taken by and on behalf of the current occupant of the White House against late night comedians and the press. In other, less provocative segments, Emry Arthur, Robert A. King and Harry Salter will all be receiving first-time birthday salutes. And we’ll have yet another Rapidly Rotating Records vocabulary lesson. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Emry Arthur

Going Around The World – Emry Arthur
Short Life Of Trouble – Emry Arthur
Nobody’s Business – Emry Arthur

Segment 2: Harry Salter

Was It A Dream? – Harry Salter and His Willys-Knighters / Unidentified, v.
The Mystery Man – Harry Salter and His Willys-Knighters / Frank Bessinger, v.
I Ain’t Got Nothin For Nobody But You – Harry Salter AHO / Bob Merwin, v.

Segment 3: Robert A. King

I Love You In The Same Sweet way – Ted Black AHO / Tom Brown, v.
Mississippi Ripples – International Novelty Orchestra udo Nathaniel Shilkret
Tell Me You Love Me – Kensington Serenaders (Ben Selvin) / Irving Kaufman, v.

Segment 4: Vocabulary Lesson: Homodoxian

We Can’t Agree – Big Joe And His Rhythm
Me And My Neighbor Don’t Agree – Charlie Smith’s Demerara Lucky Strike Orchestra / Joe Coggins, v.
Great Final Judgment – Dewey & Gassie Bassett

Segment 5: Freedom of Speech

We Can’t Let You Broadcast That – Norman Long
I Can’t Say – New Orleans Bootblacks
Anything You Say – Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards)

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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 a photograph of a c. 1905-1910 Carousel Organ manufactured by Louis Francois Hooghuys in Belgium. The Hooghuys family built some of the world’s finest classical church organs, beginning in the late 1700s, but Louis Francois decided to branch out and began making barrel organs, and organs for fairground and dance halls. So why is a photograph of a fairground organ featured in the playlist of a show which plays 78 RPM records from the 1920s and ’30s? Well because I wanted to play Old Faithful March by Abe Holzmann, but could only find a couple of cylinder recordings of it which were nowhere near broadcast quality. I did, however, find a recording of the tune played on a 70-Key Hooghuys Fair Organ and you’ll hear it in the second segment of this week’s show which is all about faithfulness. In other segments, we’ll try to identify some things and hear some hot stuff. We’ll also don couple of disguises. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Was It…?

Was It A Dream? – The Revelers
Was It Rain? – Turner Layton
Was It Wrong? – Lofner-Harris St. Francis Hotel Orchestra / Muzzy Marcellino, v.

Segment 2: Faithfulness

Faithfully Yours – Frank Auburn AHO (Selvin’s Orchestra) / Scrappy Lambert, v.
I’ll Be Faithful – Adrian Rollini AHO / Herb Weil, v.
Old Faithful March (Holzmann) – Hooghuys Fairground Organ

Segment 3: Disguises

Blues In Disguise – Mezz Mezzrow Orchestra
You’re Just An Angel In Disguise – Ray Herbeck and His Music with Romance / Ray Olsen, v.

Segment 4: Hot Stuff

Hot Stuff – Herb Wiedoeft’s Cinderella Roof Orchestra
Strut Yo’ Stuff – La Veeda Dance Orchestra
Professor Hot Stuff – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

Segment 5: Dave Harman

Twilight (The Stars and You) – Dave Harman AHO
Somebody Like You – Dave Harman AHO
Broadway’s Gone Hillbilly – Dave Harman AHO

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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 pioneering western swing band The Light Crust Doughboys and you’ll hear three of their records in the fourth segment of this week’s show. You’ll also find out why they’re called the Light Crust Doughboys. In other segments, you’ll hear about some of the newest words added to the Oxford English Dictionary. We’ll celebrate Fred Duprez’s birthday and visit “The Rock.” To start off the show we’ll have some songs about “man’s best friend.” There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Fido

Fido Is A Hot Dog Now – Billy Murray
Paulina, Otto and Fido – Len Spencer and Ada Jones
Fido Blues (Fiddlin’ Blues) – Lloyd Finlay AHO

Segment 2: New Words in the OED

Cooking Breakfast For The One I Love – Phil Spitalny and His Hotel Pennsylvania Music / Annette Hanshaw, v.
That Teasin’, Squeezin’, Man Of Mine – Leona Williams and Her Dixie Band
Sharp As A Tack – Carl Kress and Tony Mottola

Segment 3: Alcatraz

Alcatraz Island Blues – Delmore Brothers
Alcatraz Prisoner – Hall Brothers
Penitentiary Bound Blues – Sylvester Weaver

Segment 4: Light Crust Doughboys

Avalon – Light Crust Doughboys
Waiting For The Robert E. Lee – Light Crust Doughboys / Dick Reinhart, v.
Pussy, Pussy, Pussy – Light Crust Doughboys / Jim “Bashful” Boyd, v.

Segment 5: Fred Duprez

Vaudeville Rehearsal – Fred Duprez
The 11:69 Express – Fred Duprez
Desperate Desmond – Fred Duprez

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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 not going to ask if you know who this artist is, because I imagine most everyone reading this does. Yup, he’s legendary opera lyric tenor Luciano Pavarotti. So why is he featured in this week’s playlist? And why is this called a “Tosca” edition of the show? Well, you’ll find out in the final segment and even hear Pavarotti sing an aria. I’ll also share a personal anecdote involving him!. But before that, we’ll celebrate the birthdays of L. Wolfe Gilbert and Chris Bouchillon. We’ll also have not one, but two Rapidly Rotating Records vocabulary lessons, playing records about egotists and neighbors. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Vaniloquent

I Love Me – Jack Haley
I’m The Guy – Billy Murray
If I Were You I’d Fall In Love With Me – Eddie Walters

Segment 2: L. Wolfe Gilbert

Waiting For The Robert E. Lee – Billy Cotton and His Band
Pig Latin (I yay Ove-lay Oo-yay Earie-Day) – Arthur Fields
Dance-O-Mania – Nonpariel Novelty Band

Segment 3: Voisinage

Neighbors – Van Eps Dance Orchestra / Howard Phillips, v.
Neighbors – Marie Cahill

Segment 4: Christ Bouchillon

Speed Maniac – Chris Bouchillon
Hannah – Chris Bouchillon
Chris Visits The Barber Ship – Chris Bouchillon

Segment 5: Avalon and Tosca

Aria: E lucevan le stelle from Tosca, Act III (Puccini) – Luciano Pavarotti
Avalon – Cab Calloway AHO / Cab Calloway, v.
Avalon Town – Arthur Ross and His Westerners (Lou Gold AHO) / Tom Frawley (Irving Kaufman), v.

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Do you know who this lovely lady is? She’s legendary violinist Maud Powell, at the turn of the century one of the finest, and most famous violinists in the world. You’ll find out a bit about her fascinating life in the first segment of the show with three examples of her virtuosity. We could easily have devoted an entire show to her, but I encourage you to find out more about her and her career at the website maudpowell dot org. Besides Maud Powell, Eddie Durham also gets a birthday segment this week. We’ll also have an “awful” segment, and two segment reflecting recent news stories, one about alleys and one about toys. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Maud Powell

At The Brook – Maud Powell , Violin acc. by Francis J. Lapitino, Harp
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 (Mendelssohn) – Maud Powell, Violin acc. by George Falkenstein, piano
My Old Kentucky Home (Excerpt from “Plantation Melodies) – Maud Powell, Violin acc. by George Falkenstein, piano

Segment 2: Eddie Durham

Topsy – Count Basie Orchestra
I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire – Harlan Leonard and His Rockets / Myra Taylor, v.
Sliphorn Jive – Benny Goodman AHO

Segment 3: An Awful Segment

She’s An Awful Nice Gal – Edward Meeker
I’m Building Up To An Awful Let Down – Carroll Gibbons and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans / Anne Lenner & Brian Lawrance, v.
You Look Awful Good To Me – Chris Bouchillon

Segment 4: Alleys

Put Me In The Alley Blues – Chicago Hottentots
Down In The Alley – Memphis Minnie
Pigtail Alley – Savoy Orpheans

Segment 5: Toys

Come Along To Toy Town – Peerless Quartette
Ragtime In A Toy Shop – Conway’s Band Dir. by Capt. Pat Conway
Ting-Ling Toy – Columbia Saxophone Sextette

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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 submarine sandwich featured in the playlist for this week’s show? Well, because a sub sandwich was in the news last week. If you missed it, we’ll fill you in. In other segments, we’ll celebrate Walter “Kid” Smith’s birthday and hear some more lyrics from Edward Madden. We’ll also have a segment about gastropods and how they propel themselves. And we’ll do some throwing. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Walter “Kid” Smith

Mississippi Freight Train Blues – Kid Smith and His Family
Otto Wood The Bandit – Carolina Buddies / Walter Smith, v.
The Story That The Crow Told Me – Carolina Buddies / Walter Smith, v.

Segment 2: Snail Races / Crawling

The Cootie Crawl – Tampa Blue Jazz Band (Joseph Samuels)
Batpistown Crawl – Hitch’s Happy Harmonists
Alligator Crawl – Fess Williams’ Royal Flush Orchestra

Segment 3: Sandwiches

That Sentimental Sandwich – Ozzie Nelson AHO / Ozzie Nelson, v.
Little Sandwich Wagon – Chicago Rhythm Kings
A Cup Of Coffee, A Sandwich And You – Helen Clark – Franklyn Baur, v.

Segment 4: Throwing

Hand Grenade Throwers – March – Guido Deiro, Accordion Solo
Throwing Peanuts To The Moon – Brian Lawrance and His Landowne Orchestra / Brian Lawrance, v.
Throw No Stones In The Well That Gives You Water – Arthur Fields

Segment 5: Edward Madden

By The Light Of The Silv’ry Moon – Billy Murray and the Haydn Quartet
Jimmy Valentine – Peerless Quartet
You’ll Do The Same Thing Over Again – Billy Murray

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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 spinach featured in the playlist for this week’s show? Well, because for no particular reason we have a “Spinach” segment! I happen to like spinach and in working on this week;s show, I found out that there is such a thing as “Spinach Cake!” I may like spinach, but I’m afraid I draw the line at spinach cake. This weekend I was in Sutter Creek for the 27th Annual Historic Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival, so in the first segment we’ll find ourselves up several creeks. Fortunately, however, in the third segment, we have some paddles! In other segments we’ll celebrate Chick Story’s birthday and in the final segment we’ll get the low down. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Creeks

Cripple Creek – Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers
The Girl That Lived On Polecat Creek – Willard Hodgin
Folks Up Willow Creek – March – Conway’s Band

Segment 2: “Chick” Story

A Little Bit Of Jazz – Frisco Syncopators
Pick Me Out A Girlie – Arthur Gales (Arthur Fields)
Chinky Charleston – Honey Duke and His Uke (Johnny Marvin)

Segment 3: Paddles

Paddle Your Own Canoe – Collins & Harlan
We’ll Paddle Our Own Canoe – Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra
Paddlin’ Madelin’ Home – Isham Jones Orchestra

Segment 4: Spinach

You’ve Got To Eat Your Spinach, Baby – Dick Hartman Washboard Wonders
What! No Spinach? – Ed Smalle
Sponge Cake And Spinach – Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators

Segment 5: Low Down

Low Down Brown – Randolph McCurtain’s College Ramblers
Doin’ The New Low Down – Jack Pettis and His Pets
Deep Sea Low Down – Bernie Cummins and His New Yorker Hotel Orchestra / Band, v.

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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 little fella, taking a defiant pose, is known by many names depending on where in the country you are, but are most commonly called crayfish. So why is there a picture of a crayfish featured in the playlist for this week’s show? Well, because there are actually a few vintage songs about crayfish, or crawdads, and in the final segment of the show, we’ll play a couple. We’ll also have another Rapidly Rotating Records vocabular lesson–Yiddish Edition! In other segments, we’ll get hammered, musically, that is, we’ll hear some songs about sweet girls, and have a Hiawatha segment. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Fakakta

Mama You’re A Mess – Kid Smith & Family
I’m All Broken Up Over You – Bob Haring AHO
Getting Off A Mess – Seven Little Clouds of Joy

Segment 2: Hammer Museum

Maggie Get The Hammer – Carlisle Brothers
Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy – Monroe Brothers
The Man Behind The Hammer And The Plow – Prince’s Band

Segment 3: Sweet Girls

Sweet Girl Mary – Randolph McCurtain’s College Ramblers
Sweetest Girl In Town – Oscar Ford
Sweetest Girl In The World – Tune Wranglers / Buster Coward, v.

Segment 4: Hiawatha

Hiawatha’s Melody Of Love – The Broadway Band
Hiawatha Breakdown – Scottdale String Band
Hiawatha’s Lullaby – Little Jack Little

Segment 5: Crawdads

Crawdad Blues – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra
Crawdad Song – Leon’s Lone Star Cowboys
The Lobsters’ Promenade – Fred Van Eps

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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 be celebrating four birthdays; those of Julie Wintz, Juan Llossas, Clark Kessinger and Earl Granstaff. Actually five birthdays, because this is Rapidly Rotating Records’ 25th Anniversary Show! Hard to believe, but we’ve been bringing you toe-tapping music of the 1920s and ’30s for a quarter-century now! Maybe not for another 25 years, since by that time I would be 101 years old, but we’ll continue to do so as long as we are able. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Silver Anniversary

Look For The Silver Lining – Manhattan Melody Makers (Bidgood’s Broadcasters / Sam Browne, v.
There Must Be A Silver Lining – Ben Selvin AHO / Lewis James, v.
We’ll Find A Silver Lining Bye And Bye – The Connecticut Collegians (Jay Wilbur and His Band) / Les Allen, v.

Segment 2: Julie Wintz

What Is This Thing Called Love? – Julie Wintz and His Mayflower Orchestra / Julie Wintz, v.
Congratulations – Julie Wintz and His Mayflower Orchestra / Jim Andrews, v.
After You’ve Gone – Julie Wintz AHO

Segment 3: Juan Llossas

Fur dich, mein Baby – Juan Llossas und sein Tango-Orchester / Max Mensing, v.
San Francisco – Juan Llossas mit seinem Tanz-Orchester
Cuchares Y Su Tiempo – Juan Llossas y Su Orquesta

Segment 4: Clark Kessinger

The Devil’s Dream – Kessinger Brothers / Ernest Legg, Caller
Pop Goes The Weasel – Kessinger Brothers
Ragtime Annie – Kessinger Brothers

Segment 5: Earl Granstaff

He’s The Hottest Man In Town – Earl Granstaff
Craving – Earl Granstaff
Copenhagen – Earl Granstaff

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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 vaudeville star, accordionist and composer Count Guido Pietro Deiro and he starts off this week’s show with his rendition of Hans von Holstein’s tune, “Hong Kong: The Chinese Love Song” in a “Hong Kong” segment. In other segments, we’ll celebrate Blossom Seeley’s birthday and hear three more from Percy Chandler, We’ll also do some lounging at the Waldorf and in the final segment chase the blues away. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.