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Glenn Robison"s Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records

Glenn Robison

Toe-tapping music from 1920s and 1930s 78 RPM records

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A “Lighter Than Air” Edition of RRR #1,300 June 15, 2025

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2025/06/17

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 the airship USS Los Angeles in Lakehurst, New Jersey on August 25, 1927 when, due to changing weather and wind […]The post A “Lighter Than Air” Edition of RRR #1,300 June 15, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A “Dornberger” Edition of RRR # 1,299 June 8, 2025

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2025/06/08

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 multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and composer, Charles Dornberger and he’s getting a birthday segment on this week’s show. In […]The post A “Dornberger” Edition of RRR # 1,299 June 8, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM

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An “Numeric” Edition of RRR # 1,298 June 1, 2025

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2025/06/02

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. Listeners of a certain age==that is to say my age–may recognize this figure as the personification of the famous “bouncing ball.” The bouncing ball is […]The post An “Numeric” Edition of RRR # 1,298 June 1, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A “Radio” Edition of RRR #1,297 May 25, 2025

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2025/05/26

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 graphic of a giant radio transmitter tower atop the world for this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records? Well, because […]The post A “Radio” Edition of RRR #1,297 May 25, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A “Shady Lady” Edition of RRR # 1,296 May 18. 2025

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2025/05/19

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 sign for the Shady Lady Ranch announcing this week’s episode of Rapidly Rotating Records? Well, you’ll find out in the […]The post A “Shady Lady” Edition of RRR # 1,296 May 18. 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A “Drunken” Edition of RRR # 1,295 May 11, 2025

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2025/05/14

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 one of my favorite pianists and composers, Billy Mayerl (pronounced “Merrill”) and you’ll hear him perform one […] The post A “Drunken” Edition of RRR # 1,295 May 11, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM

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A “Come to Order” Edition of RRR # 1,294 May 4, 2025

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2025/05/06

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? Well, it says so right on the photograph, so the question then becomes, “Do you know who George […]The post A “Come to Order” Edition of RRR # 1,294 May 4, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A “Cuckoo” Edition of RRR # 1,293 April 27, 2025

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2025/04/27

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. One of my favorite films of all time is W. C. Fields’ “It’s A Gift” featuring Charles Sellon as Mr. Muckle, the blind man, pictured […]The post A “Cuckoo” Edition of RRR # 1,293 April 27, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A “Touching” Edition of RRR # 1,292 April 20, 2025

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2025/04/21

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 vibraphonist Cal Tjader, famous in the 1960s and ’70s for his Latin jazz fusion music. So what […]The post A “Touching” Edition of RRR # 1,292 April 20, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A Fact-Checked Edition of RRR # 1,291 April 13, 2025

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2025/04/18

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 Wilhelm Levkowitz and Isadore Levkowitz, but better known by their stage names, Willie and Eugene, the Howard […]The post A Fact-Checked Edition of RRR # 1,291 April 13, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A “Locked Up” Edition of RRR # 1,290 April 6, 2025

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2025/04/14

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 not a musician, composer or entertainer. So why is he the featured image on this week’s RRR […]The post A “Locked Up” Edition of RRR # 1,290 April 6, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A”Corrective” Edition of RRR # 1,289 March 30, 2025

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2025/04/06

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 cartoon character is? Many of my fellow Baby Boomers will recognize him as the evil “Master Cylinder” from Felix The […]The post A”Corrective” Edition of RRR # 1,289 March 30, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A Florenz Ziegfeld Edition of RRR # 1,288 March 23, 2025

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2025/04/04

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 American impresario and producer Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. and this week’s is an “All Ziegfeld” edition of Rapidly […]The post A Florenz Ziegfeld Edition of RRR # 1,288 March 23, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A “St. Patrick’s Day” Edition of RRR # 1,287 March...

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2025/03/26

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? Regular listeners to the show will probably recognize them as The Shannon Quartet and they’ll be heard in […]The post A “St. Patrick’s Day” Edition of RRR # 1,287 March 16, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A “Wildlife Rescue” Edition of RRR #1,286 March 9, 2025

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2025/03/10

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? You hear him regularly on the show and he probably made more records during the 78 Era than […]The post A “Wildlife Rescue” Edition of RRR #1,286 March 9, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A “Hindoostan” Edition of RRR # 1,285 March 2, 2025

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2025/03/03

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 map of Hindoostan in the playlist of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records? Well, because in the fourth segment […]The post A “Hindoostan” Edition of RRR # 1,285 March 2, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A “Cromulent” Edition of RRR #1,284 Feb. 23, 2025

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2025/02/26

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 are the popular comic vocal duo of Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell and you’ll hear two of […]The post A “Cromulent” Edition of RRR #1,284 Feb. 23, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A “Switcheroo” Edition of RRR #1,283 Feb. 16, 2025

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2025/02/16

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 waveform and spectral frequency display as the featured image for this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records? Well, for two […] The post A “Switcheroo” Edition of RRR #1,283 Feb. 16, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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A Volunteer Edition of RRR #1,282 February 9, 2025

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2025/02/11

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? Of course you do, because his name’s right on the photograph! He’s bandleader Lloyd Huntley who is getting […]The post A Volunteer Edition of RRR #1,282 February 9, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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“On My Way” With RRR #1,281 February 2, 2025

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2025/02/03

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 Irish fiddler and singer Packie Dolan. You’ll find out a bit about his short life in the […]The post “On My Way” With RRR #1,281 February 2, 2025 appeared first on Glenn Robison's Rapidly Rotating 78 RPM Records.

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