Episode Details

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 evening’s show we’ll correct some mistakes, look for the silver lining, and celebrate lots of birthdays.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Mistakes
Last week I inadvertently played a song twice. Although it was broadcast on KISL that way on Sunday, and was that that way on the podcast for a few days, I have fixed it, and I’ll never make that mistake again.

I’ll Never Make The Same Mistake Again – Billy Cotton and His Band / Alan Breeze, v.
The Greatest Mistake Of My Life – Russ Morgan / Lewis Julian, v.
Mistakes – Blue Steel AHO / George Marks, v.
My Greatest Mistake – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra

Segment 2: Silver
I happened upon the first record, and just had to create a segment that let me play it.

Silver Song Bird – B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra / Joseph M. White, v.
Silver Water – The Happy Six
Look For The Silver Lining – Edna Brown & Charles Harrison
There Must Be A Silver Lining – Ray Starita and His Ambassadors Band

Segment 3: Isham Jones
January 31 marked the birth in 1894 of Isham Jones. He was born in Coalton, Ohio.

What’ll You Do? – Isham Jones AHO / Eddie Thomas, v.
Feelin’ That Way – Isham Jones AHO / Frank Sylvano, v.
Trees – Isham Jones AHO / Unidentified, v.
You’re O. K. – Isham Jones and His Orchestra / Eddie Stone, v.

Segment 4: James Johnson
February 1 marked the birth in 1894 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, of James Price Johnson, the “Father of Stride Piano”,

Carolina Shout – Jimmy Johnson’s Jazz Boys / Frog Spawn Second Batch
Charleston (South Carolina) – James P. Johnson
Old Fashioned Love – Joe Haymes AHO / Jimmy Underwood, v.
Alabama Stomp (Johnson – Henry Creamer) – Gus C. Edwards Orchestra / Cliff Covert, v.

Segment 5: Fred Rich
January 31 marked the birth in 1898 in Warsaw, Poland of pianist, conductor, musical director, and band leader, Fred Rich.

Just The Same – Fred Rich and His Hotel Astor Orchestra / Irving Kaufman
Tip Toe Through The Tulips – Fred Rich AHO / The Rollickers Quartet, v.
With A Smile And A Song – Freddie Rich AHO / Sonnie Schuyler, v.
Wedding Of The Birds – Fred Rich AHO / Smith Ballew, v.

Segment 6: Clarence Gaskill
February 2 marked the birth in 1892 in Phildelphia, Pennsylvania of composer, lyricist and pianist Clarence Gaskill.

You’re Gonna Be Sorry – Fats Waller and His Rhythm / Fats Waller, v.
I Don’t Mind Being All Alone – Art Landry AHO / AL Martineau, v.
A Kiss In The Moonlight – B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra / Joseph M. White,