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 gentleman is with these three lovely ladies? He’s B. A. Rolfe and he’s getting not just one, but two birthday segments on this week’s show. Are you wondering what the B. A. in B. A. Rolfe stands for? Well you’ll find out right off the bat in the first segment. But Rolfe isn’t the only one getting a birthday salute this week. You’ll also hear from Donald Heywood, including a bonus track at the end of the show. We’ll also celebrate the 120th birthday of the New York Subway system. 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.

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Segment 1: B. A. Rolfe and His Palais D’Or Orchestra

(All by B. A. Rolfe and His Palais D’Or Orchestra)
“Je T’aime” Means “I Love You”
It’s O. K. Katy, With Me
There’s Something Nice About Everyone But There’s Everything Nice About You – J. Donald Parker, vocal

Segment 2: New York Subway

Subway Sobs – Tiny Parham and His Musicians
The Subway Glide – Walter J. Van Brunt
Down In The Subway – Billy Murray
Subway – Ozzie Nelson AHO

Segment 3: Donald Heywood

Charleston Ball – Georgia Melodians
I’m Coming Virginia – Carroll C. Tate
Black Rhythm – Cab Calloway AHO / Cab Calloway, v.

Segment 4: B. A. Rolfe and His Lucky Strike Orchestra

(All by B. A. Rolfe and His Lucky Strike Orchestra)
Dance Of The Paper Dolls – J. Donald Parker, v.
I’ll Get By As Long As I Have You – Theo Alban, v.
The Flippity Flop – Billy Murray, v.

Bonus Track Smile – Ethel Waters

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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 his lovely lady is? She’s Marion Sunshine who wrote the lyrics to “A Penny For Your Thoughts.” That song finished up the third segment of this week’s show, having to do with pennies. In other segments, we’ll satisfy our sweet tooth with some candy and have a vocabulary lesson. We’ll also take a walk in the woods and sing like a canary. 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.

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Segment 1: Sweetest Day

The Candy Man – Rosetta Howard and The Harlem Hamfats
More Candy – Conway’s Orchestra
Panama – McKenzie’s Candy Kids (Mound City Blue Blowers)

Segment 2: Junk

Jerry The Junker – Clarence Williams AHO / Clarence Williams, v.
Junk Man’s Serenade – Claude Hopkins AHO
Junk Man Rag Medley – Fred Van Eps

Segment 3: Pennies

The Parade Of The Pennies – Red Nichols
“Red Nichols” Five Pennies – Billy Stennett and His Carolina Stompers
A Penny For Your Thoughts – Don Azpiazu and His Havana Casino Orchestra / Bob Burk, v.

Segment 4: Lost in the Woods

Back Woods Blues – Clara Smith
Maggie In The Woods – Patrick Gaffney
Two Little Babes In The Woods – Cole Porter

Segment 5: Canaries

Canaria – Louis Vola et son Orchestre de Lido de Toulon
My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes – Sophie Tucker with Ted Shapiro and Orchestra
Canary Polka – Pawlo Humeniuk

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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 the second weekly playlist in a row in which a record label is the featured image rather that a photograph of an artist, composer or other historical figure. That’s because I couldn’t find a good photograph of either of our two birthday celebrants, Dick Burnett or Frank Quinn. We’re going to approach the third segment with reckless abandon and in the final segment, we’ll enjoy some pudding. The fourth segment has to do with blossoms and ends with the record pictured above. It really has nothing to do with flower or plant blossoms, but you can see why it’s included. There are 27 railroads mentioned in “Time Table Blues,” including 13 referred to only by their initials. See how many of them you can name. 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.

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Ladies On The Steamboat – Burnett and Rutherford
Ramblin’ Reckless Hobo – Burnett and Rutherford
Blackberry Blossoms – Burnett and Rutledge

Segment 2: Frank Quinn

Ireland Boys Hurrah – Frank Quinn
The Mantle So Green – Frank Quinn
Pop Goes The Weasel – Frank Quinn

Segment 3: Reckless

Reckless Blues – Bessie Smith
Reckless Motorman – Carter Family
Reckless Night Blues – The Allen Brothers

Segment 4: Blossoms

Orange Blossom Time – The Capitolians (Sam Lanin) / Irving Kaufman, v.
Clover Blossom Blues – Husk O’Hare’s Super Orchestra of Chucago
Time Table Blues – Capt. Appleblossom

Segment 5: Pudding

Sugar Pudding – Memphis Jug Band
Puddin’ Papa – Get Happy Band
Puddin’ Head Serenade – Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy

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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.

When I finished the usual five segments of three records each on this week’s show, I still had nearly six minutes to fill and was left wondering how to fill it. Then the first segment about Oscar Ford and last week’s segment about Dearborn reminded me that on the July 21st show I played “Since Henry Ford Apologized To Me” but didn’t explain how that song came to be. I thought the Happiness Boys’ was the only recording of the song, but I happened across the one pictured above by Jimmy Hussey. So in the sixth segment of the show you’ll find out the history of the song and a little bit about Jimmy Hussey. In the first segment we’ll celebrate Oscar Ford’s birthday and in other segments we’ll hear more from Arthur Young and His Youngsters, play fair, go to some barn dances and listen to some “dandy” records. 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.

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Segment 1: Oscar Ford

Race Between A Ford And A Chevrolet – Oscar Ford
Riding In A Chevrolet Six – Oscar Ford
The Girl I Love In Sunny Tennessee – Oscar Ford

Segment 2: Arthur Young And His Youngsters

Any Old Rags? (Parts 1 and 2) – Arthur Young and His Youngsters
A Bouquet For George Gershwin (Parts 1 and 2) – Arthur Young and His Youngsters

Segment 3: Fair

It Isn’t Fair – Isham Jones AHO / Rita Smith, v.
Fair And Square – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.

Segment 4: Barns

Over At The Old Barn Dance – Frankie Wallace and His Guitar (Frankie Marvin)
Barn Dance Polka – Hoosier Hot Shots
Corn Huskin’ Barn Dance – Victor Dance Orchestra

Segment 5: Dandy

After I Say I’m Sorry – Dandy Dance Orchestra / Arthur Fields, v.
Paddy The Dandy; The Bells Of Shannon; The Far Down Jig – Ed Gagan AHO
When I Was The Dandy And You Were The Belle Of The Ball – Irving Kaufman

Segment 6: When Henry Ford Apologized To Me

When Henry Ford Apologized To Me – Jimmy Hussey

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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 blues guitarist Walter Brown McGhee, better known as Brownie McGhee. On last week’s show you heard him credited as Blind Boy Fuller No. 2, but this week he starts off the third segment of the show with a recording under his own name. To start off the show, we’ll celebrate the birthday of Henri Gendron and in other segments, we’ll do some picking, do some bundling and get syncopated. 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.

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Segment 1: Henri Gendron

Those Panama Mamas (Are Ruining Me) – Henri Gendron and His Strand Roof Orchestra
Me Neenyah – Henri Gendron and His Strand Roof Orchestra

(You Gave Me) Everything But Love – Henri Gendron’s Ambassadors / Unknown f. v.

Segment 2: Bundles

Bundle Of Blues – Arthur Young and His Youngsters
A Bundle Of Old Love Letters – Lewis James
My Bundle Of Love – Jay Whidden and His New Midnight Follies Orchestra

Segment 3: Picking

Picking My Tomatoes – Brownie McGhee
Rag Pickings – Fred Van Eps
Just Pickin’ – Roy Harvey and Leonard Copeland

Segment 4: Dearborn Street

29th And Dearborn – Russell’s Hot Six
Dearborn Street Breakdown – Charles Avery
35th And Dearborn – Jimmy Yancey

Segment 5: Syncopated Times

You Gave Me Your Heart – Novelty Syncopators
Titina (From Puzzles of 1925) – Fairfield Syncopators
Stay Out Of The South – Pickard’s Chinese Syncopaters

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Do you know who these fellers are? They’re the Crockett Family Mountaineers, led by patriarch and fiddler John Harvey Crockett, better known as “Dad.” You’ll hear from and about them in the first segment of this week’s show. On last week’s show you heard “What A Mouth!” from Burt Shepard and you’ll hear four more of his records in the second segment. In other segments, we’ll do some smiling, go absolutely nowhere and don some colorful jackets. 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.

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Segment 1: Crockett Family Mountaineers

Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes, Part 1 – Crockett Family Mountaineers
Little Rabbit – Rabbit Where’s Your Mammy? – Crockett Kentucky Mountaineers
Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes, Part 2 – Crockett Family Mountaineers

Segment 2: Burt Shepard

Women And Men – Burt Shepard
A Talk On Trousers – Burt Shepard
I Wouldn’t Leave My Little Wooden Hut For You – Burt Shepard
The Plumber – Burt Shepard

Segment 3: Smile

Roll Out Of Bed With A Smile – George Olsen and His Music / Vocal Quartet, v.
Wake Up With A Smile – Baltimore Society Orchestra (Adrian Schubert)
What’s The Good Of Kicking, Let Go ‘Round With A Smile – Maurice Burkhardt

Segment 4: Utopia

Never Gettin’ No Place Blues – The Dixie Stars (Al Bernard & Russel Robinson)
Out Of Nowhere – Quintet of the Hot Club of France
You Ain’t Nowhere – Don Redman AHO

Segment 5: Jackets

My Yellow Jackets Girl – Al Jolson
The Jackets Green – Seamus O’Doherty
The Blue Jackets (March) – Edison Military Band

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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.

Unbelievable but true! The record above starts off the second segment of this week’s show, a trio of “unbelievable” tunes. In other segments, we’ll celebrate Larry Wagner’s birthday and enjoy a heapin’ helping of biscuits and gravy. Having slopped some, we’ll have to do the wash and we’ll marvel at some things. 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.

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Segment 1: Larry Wagner

Autopsy On Schubert – Larry Wagner and His Rhythmasters
The Whistler’s Mother-In-Law – Skinnay Ennis AHO / Skinnay Ennis, v.
A Lover’s Lullaby – Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights

Segment 2: I Can’t Believe…

I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me – Royal Automobile Club Dance Band / Unidentified, v .
I Can’t Believe It’s True – Bert Lown AHO
I Can’t Believe You Really Love Me (It’s Like A Wonderful Dream) – Billy Watkins

Segment 3: Lee Maxwell’s Washing Machine Museum

Blue Washboard Stomp – Johnny Dodds’ Washboard Band
Washboard Blues – Hoagy Carmichael
The Old Washboiler – Jack O’Brien

Segment 4: What a…

What A Man! – Charley Straight and His Rendezvous Orchestra / Hannah & Dorothea Williams, v.
Oh, Brother What A Feeling – Ernest Hare
What A Mouth! – Burt Shepard

Segment 5: Gravy

What’s That Tastes Like Gravy – King David’s Jug Band
The Coat And Pants Do All The Work (And The Vest Gets All The Gravy) – Jack Kaufman & Belle Brooks
Good Sauce From The Gravy Bowl – Cab Calloway AHO / Cab Calloway, v.

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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 this is a vintage music show, why is there a photograph of Union Pacific “Big Boy” Locomotive 4014 on the playlist? Well. because in addition to vintage music, I’m also a railfan and Big Boy 4014, the largest and most powerful operating steam locomotive in the world is currently on it’s “Heartland of America” tour. In the second segment of this week’s show you’ll find out all about Big Boy 4014 and although not specifically about the locomotive, you’ll hear a set of “Big Boy” tunes. In other segments we’ll get hurt, put some things where they belong, have a bout of the blues and in the final segment, ask how certain things could happen. 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.

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Segment 1: Put It In Here, Please

You Put It In, I’ll Take It Out – Papa Charlie Jackson
Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There) – Bessie Smith
Put It There – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

Segment 2: Big Boy

Big Boy – The Lanin Orchestra / Billy Jones, v.
Big Boy Blues – Teddy Hill and His NBC Orchestra / Bill Dillard & Teddy Hill, v.
Nobody But Fanny – Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders

Segment 3: Blues

Blue Baby (Why Are You Blue?) – Al Friedman and His “Yoeng’s” Orchestra
St. Louis Blues – Arne Hulphers Och Hans Orkester
Bohunkus Blues – (Jimmy) Blythe’s Washboard Band

Segment 4: Hurt

It Hurts Me Too – Tampa Red
It Hurts So Good – Ike Rodgers / Henry Brown, piano
My Feelin’s Are Hurt – “Fats” Waller

Segment 5: How Could…

How Could Red Riding Hood – Ebenezer Slydell and The Royal Automobile Club Orchestra
How Could Anything So Good Be Bad? – Arnold Frank AHO
How Could You Leave Me Now? – New Orleans Jazz Band

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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 accordionist and comedian Phil Baker and his is one of two birthdays we’ll be celebrating on this week’s show. The other is Ernie Golden. In other segments, we’ll show out humanity, hear some song about capra aegagrus hircus and we’ll DO SOMETHING! 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.

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Segment 1: Ernie Golden

In The Hush Of The Night – Ernie Golden AHO
I Meet Her In The Moonlight (But She Keeps Me In The Dark) – Ernie Golden AHO
After My Laughter Came Tears – Ernie Golden AHO

Segment 2: Phil Baker

At The Theatre, Part 1 – Phil Baker with Sid Silvers
Humming A Love Song – Phil Baker, Accordion / J. H. Muldowney, v.
At The Theatre, Part 2 – Phil Baker with Sid Silvers

Segment 3: Humanism

Complainin’ (It’s Human Nature To Complain) – Sophie Tucker
I Am Only Human After All – Joe Venuti and His New Yorkers / Scrappy Lambert, v.
Was That The Human Thing To Do – The Pickens Sisters

Segment 4: GOAT

Rocky Mountain Goat – Cliff and Ray
Paddy McGinty’s Goat – Frank Quinn / Ed Gagan, p.
Two Giddy Goats – Frank C. Stanley and Elise Stevenson

Segment 5: DO SOMETHING!

Do Something – Broadway Broadcasters
You Do Something To Me – Leo Reisman AHO / Frank Luther, v.
Don’t Just Stand There (Do Something) – Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights / Donna Wood, v.

Bonus Track:

Les Copeland’s Rag – Band (Possibly Charles Prince’s Band) Little Wonder 293A

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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? They’re The Harmonizers Quartet and you’ll hear them start off the second segment of this week’s show with “I Was Born In Michigan.” They also recorded as The Singing Troubadours and you’ll also find out the names of the members. We’ll be celebrating two birthdays this week, those of Malvin Franklin and Pinkey Hunter. In other segments we’ll have some songs about annelids (worms!) and in the final segment we’ll just go plain nuts! 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.

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Segment 1: Pinkey Hunter

The Yale Blues – Emerson Gill and His Bamboo Garden Orchestra / Pinkey Hunter, v.
Ready For The River – Emerson Gill and His Bamboo Garden Orchestra / Pinkey Hunter, v.
My Bundle Of Love – Emerson Gill and His Castle of Paris Orchestra / Pinkey Hunter, v.

Segment 2: Malvin Franklin

I Was Born In Michigan – The Harmonizers Quartet
Set Aside Your Tears (Till The Boys Come Marching Home) – Harry Evans
Bring Out The Little Brown Jug – Happy Harry Harden’s Musette Orchestra

Segment 3: Worms!

Glow Worm Idyll – New Light Symphony Orchestra
Nix On The Glow Worm, Lena – Billy Murray
The Worm Who Loved The Little “‘Tater-bug” – Vaughn Monroe AHO / Marilyn Duke, v.

Segment 4: Romeo

Row Me On The River, Romeo – Billy Murray
Romeo and Juliet Waltz – Edison Concert Band
My Radio Romeo – Paul Bolognese AHO

Segment 5: I’m Nuts About….

I’m Nuts About Mutts – Del Lampe and His Palais D’Or Orchestra / Bill Coty, v.
I’m Nuts About Nuts – Jerry Macy and Ed Smalle
I Am Nuts About The Good Old U. S. A. – Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions-In-Music / Mary Ann Mercer & Chorus, v.

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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 violinist, bandleader and vocalist Joseph Sudy. We’re a little late in celebrating his birthday, which was August 1, but better late than never, as they say. We’ll also be celebrating Al Piantadosi’s birthday in the first segment of the show. In between, we’ll have a “ped planus” segment, we’ll pick some cotton and have a listening party. 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.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Al Piantadosi

Hurt – Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Music / Bill Coty, v.
Cowbells – Fred Hillebrand
How Could Washington Be A Married Man (And Never, Never Tell A Lie) – M. J. McConnell

Segment 2: Ped Planus (Fallen Arches!)

Where The Arches Used To Be – Jack Hylton AHO / Pat O’Malley, v.
Underneath The Arches – Billy Cotton and His Band / Alan Breeze, Billy Cotton, Fred Douglas, Ellis Jackson, v.
‘Round The Marble Arch – Sidney Torch, Organ

Segment 3: Cotton

Make My Cot Where The Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows – The Cook Sisters
Cotton Mill Girl – Lester Smallwood
Pickin’ Cotton – Arnold Johnson AHO

Segment 4: Listen Closely, Now

Listening – Green Brothers Novelty Band
Listen To That Rhythm – Bertini and The Tower Blackpool Dance Band / Maurice Elwin, v.
Listen To This – Prince’s Band

Segment 5: Joseph Sudy

Try To See It My Way – Joe Reichman AHO / Joseph Sudy, v.
Diary Of Dreams – Joseph Sudy AHO / Joseph Sudy, v.
But Definitely – Henry King AHO / Joseph Sudy, v.

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