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. 16H AGO

    A “Pup” Edition of RRR # 1,344 April 19, 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. 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Pete the Pup Nervous Puppies – Mound City Blue BlowersPretty Puppy – Missouri Jazz Band (Nathan Glantz)The Piddlin’ Pup – Ben Light and His Surf Club Boys Segment 2: Jacks The Four Jacks – Pietro J. FrosiniJack Of All Trades – Bud BillingsPeg-Leg Jack – Frank Luther Segment 3: Gene Rodemich Who WIll It Be – Gene Rodemich’s OrchestraTeddy Bear Blues – Gene Rodemich’s OrchestraForsaken Blues – Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra Segment 4: Lou Herscher On My Ukulele – Chester GaylordMy Pal – John SteeleBay 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. The post A “Pup” Edition of RRR # 1,344 April 19, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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  2. 6D AGO

    A “Tennessee” Edition of RRR # 1,343 April 12, 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. 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Tennessee My Sunny Tennessee – The Columbians Dance Orchestra DeluxeI Miss A Little Miss (Who Misses Me In Sunny Tennessee – Frank CrumitTennessee Lazy – Castle Farm Serenaders (Bill Haid’s Cubs) Segment 2: Nashville Nashville Nightingale – Ray Starita and the Piccadilly Revels BandNashville Woman’s Blues – Bessie SmithThe Nashville Blues – The Delmore Brothers Segment 3: Cincinnati Cincinnati Daddy – Duke Ellington OrchestraGeorge Street Stomp – Cincinnati Jug BandIt Takes A Cincinnati Yellow To Satisfy A Georgia Brown – The Dixie Stars Segment 4: Ohio Hi-Hi-Ohio – Frank CrumitOhio Prison Fire – Carson RobisonMy Ohio Home – Lillian Morton Segment 5: Kentucky I’m As Blue As The Blue Grass Of Kentucky – Harry Reser’s SyncopatorsJust A Song Of Old Kentucky – Monroe BrothersTell All The Folks In Kentucky (I’ll Be There) – Atlantic Dance Orchestra The post A “Tennessee” Edition of RRR # 1,343 April 12, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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  3. APR 7

    An “All Birthday” Edition of RRR # 1,342 April 5, 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 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Charles Booker The West Texas Blues – Booker’s Jazz BandA Woman Gets Tired Of One Man All Of The Time – George WilliamsHot 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 PalmerSic ‘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 AHOStumbling – Frank CrumitZenda – Zez Confrey AHO Segment 5: Herbert Mills Dirt Dishin’ Daisy – Mills Brothers- Four Boys And A GuitarLoveless Love – MIlls Brothers Novelty Quartet With GuitarFiddlin’ Joe – Mills Brothers – Four Boys and A Guitar EXTRA! Tiger Rag – Mills Brothers – Four Boys And A Guitar The post An “All Birthday” Edition of RRR # 1,342 April 5, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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  4. APR 1

    A “Fluttering” Edition of RRR # 1,341 March 29, 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. 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Paul Whiteman Announcer’s Blues – Paul Whiteman AHOHoney I’m In Love With You – Paul Whiteman AHOMe 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 MersonOut Of The Prairie – Billy MersonThe Spaniard That Blighted My Life – Al Jolson Segment 3: Barney Rapp Sunset – Ray Nichols’ OrchestraWalk, Jennie, Walk! – Barney Rapp AHOBuild A Little House – Barney Rapp and His New Englanders / Buddy Welcome Segment 4: Monarch Butterflies Little Butterfly – Paul Whiteman AHOGoodbye, Pretty Butterflies – Art Hickman AHOThe Butterfly – Alfredo Campoli and His Salon Orchestra Segment 5: Spring Springtime Rag – Vic Meyers AHOHobo’s Spring Song – Radio Mac (Harry McClintock)Like A Breath Of Spring Time – Henry Busse AHO / Burt Lorin (Scrappy Lambert), v. The post A “Fluttering” Edition of RRR # 1,341 March 29, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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  5. MAR 22

    A “Mostly Birthday” Edition of RRR # 1,340 March 22, 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 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. THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Mort Dixon Pink Elephants – Zaidee JacksonNot Here, Not There (It’s Fifty Miles From Nowhere) – Billy MurrayBam 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 MusicBlue 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 OrchestraAn Old Italian Love Song – Jean Goldkette AHO / Van Fleming, v. Segment 5: Frank Hutchison The Chevrolet Six – Frank HutchisonWorried Blues – Frank HutchisonWest Virginia Rag – Frank Hutchison The post A “Mostly Birthday” Edition of RRR # 1,340 March 22, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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  6. MAR 15

    A “Felicific” Edition of RRR # 1,339 March 15, 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 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, v.Dead Drunk Blues – Margaret JohnsonNew Orleans Hop Scop Blues – Clarence Williams’ Blue Five Segment 2: Be Still Hold It Still – Memphis StompersShe Wouldn’t Be Still – Pine Mountain BoysIn 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 OrchestraMake Believe You’re Happy – Johnny Johnson and His Statler Pennsylvanians / Bob Treater-Sam Browne-Charles Murray, v. Segment 4: Felicific Artists Fancies – The Happy SixAnd 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 AHOA Cup Of Coffee, A Sandwich, And You – Continental Dance Orchestra / Arthur Fields, v.Now That I Need You, You’re Gone – Kaplan’s Melodists The post A “Felicific” Edition of RRR # 1,339 March 15, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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  7. MAR 9

    A “Cardiac” Edition of RRR # 1,338 March 8, 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. 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 For You Those Longing For You Blues – Original Memphis FiveLonging For You – Tuxedo Dance OrchestraI Can’t Lose That Longing For You – Wingy Manone Orchestra / Wingy Manone, v. Segment 2: Pandiculation Six Mile Stretch – Sam Donahue OrchestraDoing A Stretch – Blind BlakeStretch It, Boy – The Dancing Stevedores (Mount City Blue Blowers) Segment 3: House Rent Party House Rent Rag – Dixieland Jug BlowersHouse 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 OrchestraIvy (Cling To Me) – Eddie Davis OrchestraGeorgette – Eddie Davis Orchestra Segment 5: Hearts Bleeding Hearted Blues – Lena Wilson / Porter Grainger, PianoDear HEart – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra Heart Sickness Blues – Frisco FiveMy Heart Stood Still – B. A. Rolfe Palais D’Or Orchestra The post A “Cardiac” Edition of RRR # 1,338 March 8, 2026 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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  8. MAR 6

    A “Buttery” Edition of RRR # 1,337 March 1, 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 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 JazzKingfish Blues – Candy & Coco Segment 2: Oleomargarine / Butter Sweet Butter – Kaplan’s MelodistsDirty Butter – Minnie WallaceButterfinger – Adrian Rollini AHO / Joey Nash, v. Segment 3: Marches Eldorado March – William H. ReitzCancel That Wedding March – Gene GreenThe 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 MunnI Never Knew – Regent Club Orchestra / Frank Munn, v. Segment 5: Elbows Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room – Carter FamilyMedley Of Irish Reels – The Maid That Left The County – More Power To Your Elbow – Flanagan BrothersLoose Elbows – Billy Mayerl The post A “Buttery” Edition of RRR # 1,337 March 1, 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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