Rapidly Rotating Records

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t not tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s. Do you know who this fellow is? 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 hea

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t not tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s. Do you know who this fellow is? He’s composer 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: George Thomas Sho’ Is Hot – Tampa Red’s Hokum Jug Band / Frankie “HAlf Pint” Jaxon

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. 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Longing F

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t not tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s. 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Fish Hey! You Want Any Codfish? (We Only Got Mack’rel Today) – Furman & NashFishtail Blues – Jelly Roll Morton’s Kings of J

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 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 Du

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t not tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s. Do you know who this lovely lady is? 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 he

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t not tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s. Do you know who this fellow is? He’s “the 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Lonn

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. 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 fo

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 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Chimney Swe

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. 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE

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 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SH

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. 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. THANKS FOR LIST

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 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Mike Ja

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. 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 list

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. 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

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? 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 downloa

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

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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Segment 1: Marcy Klauber I Get The Blues When It Rai

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