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Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 2 May 2004

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 past week, April 23 – May 2 was National Dance Week. The purpose of National Dance Week is to heighten the aw…

Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 8 February 2004

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’re gonna dance the Charleston, celebrate the birthdays of James P. Johnson and Eubie Blak…

Jazz Greats: Eubie Blake

In this Episode it's all about The Jazz Greats and I feature the Artist, .Eubie Blake. I talk about the artist and list some of his songs. God loves you, Jesus Christ is the only way The Rondelle55's Old School Music Review Podcast Theme music is the song, "Dreams Novela" by Rondelle55 ℗© 2021 Gawi…

Remembering musical theater historian Robert Kimball

Kimball, who died July 2, was artistic advisor to Ira Gershwin. He wrote books about the Gershwins, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, and helped unearth unknown songs and manuscripts by them and other early 20th-century songwriters. Kimball also rescued and rediscovered the music of the Black Broadway…

BONUS: John McWhorter and the Rise of Black Musical Theater

What began as research for an episode on Cabin in the Sky quickly expanded into a much larger story about the Black artists who transformed Broadway long before that musical ever opened. Along the way, it was linguist, author, commentator, and Columbia University professor John McWhorter who put th…

TEXAS BLUES: BEFORE THE BLUES — EUBIE BLAKE & THE PIANO AGE 🎹 | CHAPTER 1

Before Texas blues had a name, the piano was already changing American music. 🎹 In Chapter 1, we go back to Eubie Blake and the early Black piano tradition, exploring how ragtime, rhythm, and the blues began creating the musical foundation that would eventually travel into Texas. From Eubie Blake …

182 The 20's Part 1

This is the first of a three-part program examining the roaring twenties on Broadway. Guest hosted by noted musical theater historian Alfred Simon, this episode pays tribute to the work of early Broadway legends such as Jerome Kern, Eubie Blake, and George Gershwin. Featured Songs: “The Songs of L…

183 The 20's Part 2

This is the second of a three-part program examining the roaring twenties on Broadway. Guest-hosted by noted musical theater historian Alfred Simon, this episode pays tribute to the work of early Broadway legends such as Jerome Kern, Eubie Blake, and George Gershwin. Featured Songs: “Oh Me, Oh M…

184 The 20's Part 3

This is the conclusion of a three-part program examining the roaring twenties on Broadway. Guest-hosted by noted musical theater historian Alfred Simon, this episode pays tribute to the work of early Broadway legends such as Jerome Kern, Eubie Blake, and George Gershwin. Featured Songs: “Cutie”,…

Chick Webb's Big Beat Style of Swing Led Directly to Rock 'n' Roll: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 4.8

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com The band was auditioning for a Harlem club, and the drummer never showed up. A young hunchbacked drummer from Baltimore who had tagged along sat in instead. The club owner was so taken with him that he told …