Rapidly Rotating Records

Glenn Robison
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Glenn Robison’s weekly, hour-long radio program of “music to which you can't NOT tap your toes" from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s.

  1. 2h ago

    A "Who Loves Ya, Baby?" Edition of RRR # 1,365 Sept. 13, 2026

    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, Bert Ralton gets his first birthday segment, and Arthur Freed also has a birthday segment. In other segments, we’ll find out oh, dear, what can the matter be, we’ll find out who loves ya and we’ll go pearl diving.  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: Bert Ralton Headin’ For Home - Bert Ralton and His Havana Band What’s The Good Of Leaving The Dear Old Home? - Bert Ralton and His Havana Band / Bert Ralton, v.Isn’t She The Sweetest Thing? - Bert Ralton and His Havana Band Segment 2: Arthur Freed The Moon Is Low - Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards)Chant Of The Jungle - Paul Specht AHO / Johnny Morris, v.You’re Simply Delish - The High Steppers / Walter Van Brunt, v. Segment 3: Who Loves Ya, Baby? Nobody Loves You Like I Do - Meyer Davis’ Le Paradis Band UDO W. Spencer TupmanSomebody Loves You - Ted Lewis and His Band / Ted Lewis, v.Who Loves You Now - Roy Collins’ Dance Orchestra (Nathan Glantz) Segment 4: Oh, Dear, What Can The Matter Be? What’s The Matter Now - Mamie Harris What Was The Matter With Rachmaninoff? - Flotsam And JetsamWhat’s The Matter - Memphis Jug Band / Will Shade & Band, v. Segment 5: Pearls Allahabad (Pearl of the East) - Charles Remue and His New Stompers OrchestraPearl O’Mine - Lyrical Melody - Plaza Theatre OrchestraPearl Of Malabar - Savoy Orpheans / Cyril Ramon Newton, v.

    A "Who Loves Ya, Baby?" Edition of RRR # 1,365 Sept. 13, 2026

  2. 5d ago

    A "Cherry" Edition of RRR # 1,364 September 6, 2026

    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 go to dreamland, we’ll present you with some take-aways, have not-birthday segments for John E. Guernsey and Harry Geise and pay a musical visit to the cherry trees in Washington, D.C. 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: Doc Cook Spanish Mama - Cook and His Dreamland OrchestraThe Memphis Maybe Man - Cook’s Dreamland OrchestraHigh Fever - Cookie’s Gingersnaps  Segment 2: Harry Geise 31st Street Blues - Bennie Krueger’s OrchestraBlue Bird Blues - Wendell Hall w/The Virginians UDO Ross GormanHow Do You Do - The Radio Twins Segment 3: Take Away Don’t Take Away Those Blues - Eddie Kuhn’s Dance Specialists (of Kansas City)Don’t Take Away My P.W.A. - Jimmie GordonTake Oh Take Those Lips Away - Brooke Johns Orchestra / Brooke Johns, v. Segment 4: Guernsey and Thompson You Ain’t Been Living Right - Vernon DalhartPapa’s On The House Top - Leroy CarrThe Circus Song - Jim Kweskin Jug Band Segment 5: Cherry Trees Wild Cherry Rag - Ed. Morton Cherry Tree Blues - Lil GreenCherry Blossoms On Capitol Hill - Vaughn Monroe AHO / Vaughn Monroe, v.

    A "Cherry" Edition of RRR # 1,364 September 6, 2026

  3. Aug 31

    A "Rooftop" Edition of RRR # 1,363 August 30, 2026

    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’re going to visit some ultra chic cabarets, go up on the roof, and learn about harem life. We’ll also have an architecture lesson and another 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 SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Ultra Chic Swingin’ At The Chez Florence - Willie Lewis and His Negro BandChez Maxim’s Scene - Carl BrissonA Cup Of Coffee A Sandwich And You - Orchestre Chez Fysher ( Selvin’s Orchestra) / Unidentified, v.  Segment 2: Mansard Roof Leaky Roof Blues - Lange-McKay OrchestraOn A Roof In Manhattan - Waring’s Pennsylvanians / Clare Hanlon-Nelson Keller-Stuart Churchill, v.Tootin’ Through The Roof - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Segment 3: Roof Orchestras Cinderella Blues - Herb Wiedoeft’s Cinderella Roof OrchestraShe’s Still My Baby - Devine’s Wisconsin Roof OrchestraHigh Society - Monk Hazel and His Bienville Roof Orchestra  Segment 4: Nithing Cruel Papa But A Good Man To Have Around - Irene Scruggs / Clarence Williams, p.He’s A Mean, Mean Man - Edith Wilson and Her Jazz HoundsStingy Woman Blues - Memphis Jug Band Segment 5: Harems Pearl Of The Harem - Fred Van EpsHarem Life - Paul Biese & His Novelty OrchestraPlease Don’t Take My Harem Away - Sophie Tucker Acc. By her Five Kings of Syncopation

  4. Aug 26

    A "Wild, Wild" Edition of RRR # 1,362 August 23, 2026

    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, Wendell Hall, Charlie Kunz and Al Piantadosi have birthday segments. We’ll also take a musical trip to the Salton Sea and meet some wild, wild women! 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: Salton Sea Salt Water Blues - Bessie SmithThe Salt Of The Sea For Me - Frank C. Stanley My Man Jumped Salty On Me - Rosetta Crawford Acc. By James P. Johnson’s Hep Cats  Segment 2: Al Piantadosi I’m A Yiddish Cowboy - Edward Meeker I’m Tired Of Making Believe - Harold Yates The Wild, Wild Women (Are Making A Wild Man Of Me) - Spike Jones and His City Slickers / Del Porter, v. Segment 3: Wild Women! I Can’t Tame Wild Women - Bill Boyd’s Cowboy Ramblers / Audry Davis, v. (Art Davis)Can You Tame Wild Wimmen? - Billy MurrayGood-Bye, Wild Women, Good-Bye! - Arthur Fields Segment 4: Charlie Kunz You Gotta Know How To Dance - Charlie Kunz and His Casani Club Orchestra / Pat O/ Malley, v.When Eliza Rolls Her Eyes - Charlie Kunz and His Chez Henri Club BandLazin’ - Charlie Kunz and His Casani Club Orchestra / Dawn Davis, v. Segment 5: Wendell Hall Sunshine (Ain’t The Sunshine Grand) - Wendell HallWhere’s Elmer? - Wendell Hall & OrchestraHot Feet - Wendell Hall’s Red Pepper Rhythms

    A "Wild, Wild" Edition of RRR # 1,362 August 23, 2026

  5. Aug 21

    An "Ecstacy" Edition of RRR # 1,361 August 16, 2026

    Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t not tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s. Do you know who this lovely lady is? She was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, but you know here better as Austrian-American actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr. You'll find out a little bit about one of her first films in the third segment of this week's shoe. In other segments, Harry Akst and Mike Markels have birthday segments. Well also engage in some ecstasy (no not that kind, the other kind), listen to some naughty records and have 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Harry Akst Sweet Henry (The Pride of Tennessee) Noble Sissle / Eubie Blake, p. Away Down South - Melody Dance PlayersThat Bran’ New Gal O’ Mine - Garber-Davis Orchestra Segment 2: Mike Markels Don’t Bother Me - Markels OrchestraOnce In A Lifetime - Mike Markels Society Orchestra Just A Little Dance - Mike Markels Orchestra Segment 3: Ecstasy Ecstacy Waltz - Edith Lorand and Her Vinnese OrchestraHappy - Isham Jones Rainbo OrchestraYou Are My Heart’s Delight - Edythe Baker Segment 4: Ecstasy She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor - Johnny MessnerPeaceful Street - Ernest Butcher With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock - George Formby Segment 5: Hypergargalesthesia I Tickled ‘Em - New Arkansas TravelersI Tickled Her Under The Chin - Asa MartinMy Name Is Ticklish Reuben - Smyth Country Ramblers / Malcolm Worley & Jack Pierce, v.

    An "Ecstacy" Edition of RRR # 1,361 August 16, 2026

  6. Aug 15

    A "Lucky" Edition of RRR # 1,360 August 9, 2026

    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, Luckey Roberts and Abe Lyman have birthday segments. We’ll check on the weather, hear about Jack and Jill 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Charles Luckeyth Roberts Rosetime And You - Atlantic Dance OrchestraRockaway - Irving KaufmanI'm Done - Eddie Hunter and Alex Rogers / C. Luckeyth Roberts, piano Segment 2: Jack and Jill Jack And Jill - Jay Whidden and His BandJack And Jill - The All Star TrioThe Wedding Of Jack And Jill - Mae Questel Segment 3: The Sizzlers Forty-Second Street - The SizzlersSomebody Stole My Gal - The SizzlersGotta Go Places (And Do Things) - The Sizzlers Segment 4: Abe Lyman Twelfth Street Rag - Abe Lyman's California OrchestraHullanaloo - Abe Lyman's California OrchestraHigh Society - Abe Lyman's California Orchestra Segment 5: One Thing In Common Tenderly - Johnny Hamp's Kentucky SerenadersMandalay - Harry Raderman's Dance OrchestraDriftwood - George Olsen and His Music / Bob Borger, v.

    A "Lucky" Edition of RRR # 1,360 August 9, 2026

  7. Aug 3

    A "Lesson Learned" Edition of RRR # 1,359 August 2, 2026

    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, Lew Stone and Sylvester Weaver have birthday segments. We’ll have a vocabulary lesson and learn some other lessons. 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: Stack O' Lee Stack O' Lee Part 1 - Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards)Stack O' Lee Blues - Waring's PennsylvaniansStack O' Lee Part 2 - Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) Segment 2: Lessons The Ukulele Lesson - May Singhi BreenLet That Be A Lesson To You - Jack and JillLessons In Love - Adrian Rollini Orchestra Segment 3: Lew Stone Rain, Rain Go Away - Lew Stone and The Monseigneur Band / Al Bowlly, v.Let Him Live - Lew Stone and The Monseigneur Band / Nat Gonella, v.I Hate Myself - Lew Stone and The Monseigneur Band / Tiny Winters, v. Segment 4: Cingulomania You're Always In My Arms (But Only In My Dreams) - Bebe DanielsI'm Gonna Put You In Your Place (And Your Place Is In My Arms) - Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Jazz-Bo's Carolina Serenaders Segment 5: Sylvester Weaver Guitar Rag - Sylvester WeaverMe And My Tapeworm - Sylvester WeaverSix String Banjo Piece - Sylvester Weaver

  8. Jul 27

    The 26th Anniversary Edition of RRR # 1,358 July 26, 2026

    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, in addition to celebrating four artists’ birthdays, we’re celebrating the 26th birthday of the show!! Rapidly Rotating Records debuted in late July, 2000 on KISL 88.7 FM Avalon, our home until last year when sad to say, the station went off the air. But, against all odds, we’re still here, I don’t know if for another 26 years, but certainly, for as long as we possibly can. But for tonight, we’ve got birthday salutes for Henry Brown, Dock Walsh, Theodure Bendix and Julie Wintz. 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: Henry Brown Deep Morgan Blues - Henry BrownTwenty-First Street Stomp - Henry BrownEastern Chimes Blues - Henry Brown Segment 2: Dock Walsh A Precious Sweetheart From Me Has Gone - Dick WalshWe Courted In The Rain - Dock WalshEducated Man - Dock Walsh Segment 3: Theodore Bendix The Cat And The Canary - Kaplan's MelodistsLamb's Gambol - Fred Van EpsThe Magpie And The Parrot - Prince's Orchestra Segment 4: Julie Wintz I Gotta Have You - Julie WIntz and His Mayflower Orchestra / Jim Andrews (Irving Kaufman), v.Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues - Julie Wintz and His Hofbrau Orchestra / Bill Zimmer, v.When The Little Red Roses (Get The Blues For You) - Julie Wintz AHO / Arthur Fields, v.

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Glenn Robison’s weekly, hour-long radio program of “music to which you can't NOT tap your toes" from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s.

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  • Creator
    Glenn Robison
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    1.2K
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Glenn Robison
  • Show Website
    Rapidly Rotating Records

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