Rapidly Rotating Records

Glenn Robison
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Glenn Robison’s weekly, hour-long radio program of “toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s” broadcast Sunday evenings at 6 on KISL 88.7 FM, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California.

  1. 3d ago

    A “Hays-ee” Edition of RRR # 1,352 June 14, 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 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! 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 MelodistsThat Lovin’ Traumerei – Al JolsonHollywood – 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 PearsonAn Old Lullaby – Bob and Alf PearsonHappy Ending – Bob and Alf Pearson The post A “Hays-ee” Edition of RRR # 1,352 June 14, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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  2. Jun 9

    A “Dearie” Edition of RRR # 1,351 June 7, 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. 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: 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 AHOMy Sweetie Went Away (She Didn’t Say Where, When Or Why) – Joe Raymond AHOI 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 SyncopatorsSomeday 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 BillingsDown Alongside Of The Docks – Vaughn De Leath & Frank HarrisIt’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. The post A “Dearie” Edition of RRR # 1,351 June 7, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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  3. May 31

    A “Hoodoo” Edition of RRR # 1,350 May 31, 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 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: “One Thing in Common” Sweet Onion Time – Billy Jones and Ernest HareRememb’ring – Jae Raymond AHOSomeday 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 MooreHop On Your Toes – Percival Mackey and His Band Segment 3: Hoodoos The Hoodoo Man – Herb Wiedoeft’s Cinderella Roof OrchestraHoodoo Lady – Memphis MinnieI’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 LoungersNobody 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 AristocratsMy Bluebird’s Back Again – The Campus Collegiates / Bobby Dix QuartetYou’ve Got Those “Wanna Go Back Again” Blues – Ruth Etting The post A “Hoodoo” Edition of RRR # 1,350 May 31, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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  4. May 26

    A “Goofy” Edition of RRR # 1,349 May 24, 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 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! 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 TrioAunt Susie’s Picnic Day – The Duncan Sisters Segment 2: Open Sesame Open Your Heart – Paul Ash and His Granada OrchestraOpen Your Arms My Alabamy – Kaplan’s MelodistsI’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 OrchestraGoofus 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 BandChinese Blues – Original Memphis FiveThat’s Where The South Begins – Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang / Louis Prima, v. The post A “Goofy” Edition of RRR # 1,349 May 24, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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  5. May 19

    A “Blazing” Edition of RRR # 1,348 May 17, 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. 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Suffonsified Satisfed Blues – Lemuel FowlerSatisfied – Johnny MarvinI’m Satisfied – Bailey’s Dixie Dudes Segment 2: Throwing Don’t Throw Me Down – Irving Kaufman‘Tho You Threw Me Down – Oscar GroganThrow Down Blues – Original Memphis Five Segment 3: Wandering Let’s Wander Away – Bennie Krueger’s OrchestraSong Of The Wanderer – Memphis Melody Players (Johnny Sylvester AHO)Wanderin’ – Vernon Dalhart Segment 4: Blazing Blazin’ – Coon-Sanders OrchestraBlaze Face Cow – Jazzbo Tommy and His LowlandersBlue Blazes – Jimmie Lunceford AHO Segment 5: Jubilee Let’s Have A Jubilee – Mills’ Blue Rhythm Band / Alex Hill, v.American Jubilee – Eubie Blake TrioGeorgria Jubilee – Hoke Rice and His Hoky Poky Boys Extra! Charleson – Arthur Gibbs and His Gang The post A “Blazing” Edition of RRR # 1,348 May 17, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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  6. May 19

    A “Ragged” Edition of RRR # 1,347 May 10, 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. 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: There’s A Quaker Down In Quaker Town – Albert Campbell and Henry BurrWhen It’s Orange Blossom Time Medley – Victor Military BandThat’s What I Call Heaven – Ray Starita and His Ambassadors Band / Harry Shalson, v. Segment 2: Ham Radio Pork Chop Blues – The Two CharliesPork And Greens – Billy JonesHam And Eggs – Johnny Dunn and His Band Segment 3: Rag City A Bunch Of Rags – Vess L. OssmanDown Home Rag – Six Brown BrothersRagging The Chopsticks – Arthur Fields Segment 4: Aichmophobia Needles And Pins – Edward M. FavorPencil Papa – Johnny Dodd’s OrchestraScissor Grinder Joe – The Virginians UDO Ross Gorman Segment 5: One Thing In Common Hard Hearted Hannah – Marjorie RoyceBVD Blues – Original Honeydrippers / Roosevelt Sykes, v.The Panic Is On – Hezekiah Jenkins The post A “Ragged” Edition of RRR # 1,347 May 10, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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  7. May 11

    A “Peach” of a Show! RRR # 1,346 May 3, 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. 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Take this job and… Been On The Job Too Long – Wilmer Watts and The Lonely EaglesI Don’t Think I Need A Job That Bad – Gus VanShove It Up In There – Blue Harmony Boys Segment 2: Fuzzy Dad’s Getting Fuzzy – Red Whitehead and Dutch CampbellThe Fuzzy Wuzzy Bird – Isham Jones AHOFourth Avenue Stomp – Frank Bunch and HIs Fuzzy Wuzzies Segment 3: Loss Oy, More Joy Oh Joy! – Victor Arden and Phil OhmanI’ve Got The Joys (Intro: Cry Baby Blues) – Bennie Krueger’s OrchestraMy Little Pride And Joy – Joe Sullivan Segment 4: Mammy Japanese Mammy – Chuck Campbell AHO / Robert Wood (Irving Kaufman), v.Carolina Mammy – Great White Way OrchestraMammy 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 BandPeelin’ A Peach – Paul Whiteman and His Swing Wing . The Four Modernaires, v.Little Peach – Vincent Lopez AHO The post A “Peach” of a Show! RRR # 1,346 May 3, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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  8. May 7

    A “Lunar” Edition of RRR # 1,345 April 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 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Segment 1: Back Home Little Rover (Don’t Forget To Come Back Home) – International Novelty OrchestraMr. Radio Man (Tell My Mammy To Come Back Home) – Vernon DalhartI’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 HinesBleamerln Aud Mittenwald (Flower From The Forest) – Gottsmann’s Zither TrioTwo Little Babes In The Wood – Cole Porter Segment 4: …villes Moatsville Blues – Moatsville String TicklersJacksonville Blues – Jacksonville Harmony TrioBooneville 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. The post A “Lunar” Edition of RRR # 1,345 April 26, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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Glenn Robison’s weekly, hour-long radio program of “toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s” broadcast Sunday evenings at 6 on KISL 88.7 FM, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California.

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