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 Lupino Lane and during his career he covered every aspect of show business as a comedian, singer, […] The post Red Foley’s First BDay Segment! RRR # 1196 18 JUN 2023 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM 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. You simply *must* come over to hear this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. Jack Stanley and Louis Noiret have birthday segments this week. Jack […] The post You Must Come Over! RRR #1195 20230611 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM 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. Last week’s show was an “All Birthday” edition of Rapidly Rotating Records. This week, we’re celebrating just one birthday, that of novelty pianist Billy Mayerl. […] The post Billy Mayerl’s Birthday RRR #1194 20230604 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM 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 Ernest Van Stoneman and has been called “The Unsung Father of Country Music.” You’ll find out all […] The post An All Birthday RRR #1193 20230528 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM 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. Regular listeners to this show will probably immediately recognize the jovial gentleman at the keyboard as “Fats” Waller. He’ll be getting a birthday salute in […] The post “Nothing Whatsoever In Common” RRR # 1192 20230521 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM 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. Avalon, written by Al Jolson and Vincent Rose, is, of course, our theme song on the show, and you’ve heard plenty of versions of it […] The post May Flowers RRR # 1191 20230514 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM 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. Harris, Briegel & Gilbert in the title of this week’s show is not a high-powered Washington D. C. law firm but refers to the three […] The post Harris, Briegel & Gilbert – RRR # 1190 20230507 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM 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. This week is a special edition of Rapidly Rotating Records as we play records by the Hurtado Brothers for the Hurtado Brothers and their mother, […] The post A “Brotherly” Episode of RRR # 1189 20230430 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM 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 bandleader Jimmy Joy. Well, that’s not his real name, but you’ll find out his real name and […] The post Pizza and Pipes RRR #1188 20230423 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM 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 bandleader Bobby Byrne and he’ll be starting off the final segment of this week’s show, all about […] The post A Quartet of Quartets Edition of RRR – April 16, 2023 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM 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 Vernon Geyer, an early proponent of the Hammond organ, invented by Laurens Hammond. It was patented in […] The post A “Good Enough” Edition of RRR April 9, 2023 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you “toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30.” Do you know who this fellow is? He’s lyricist, playwright, producer and actor Edward Eliscu. His is one of two birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s edition of the show. The other […] The post A “What’s in a name?” Edition of RRR April 2, 2023 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you “toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30.” Do you know who these lovely ladies are? They’re the Phelps Twins. They recorded only two sides, but you’ll hear both of them in the third segment of this week’s show. In other […] The post Spring Has Sprung on RRR – March 26, 2023 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM 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. If the concrete stools in the photograph look like mushrooms, it’s no accident. This is the outdoor dance floor of the Toad Stool Inn in […] The post RRR Gives You The Finger! (Not Really) 19 March 2023 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM 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 the fellow playing piano in the photo above is? He’s pianist and singer Freddy Johnson and he starts off this week’s […] The post Johnson, Ralfini, Ash & More! – RRR 12 March 2023 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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