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 what this venue is? Residents of a certain age in San Bernardino and the Inland Empire will recognize it as the Arrowhead Springs Hotel, seen here in its better days. You’ll find out all about the hotel and the landmark arrowhead above it in the final segment of this week’s episode of Rapidly Rotating Records. We also have two birthday salutes this week, both first-time, for John Cali and Charles D’Almaine. And in the remaining two segments, we’ll take musical trips to Paris and Paradise.  There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and be magically transported back to a different–and we thing better–musical era. 

ENJOY THE SHOW!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: John Cali

A New Kind Of Man (With A New Kind Of Love For Me) – Arkansas Trio
If You Want The Rainbow (You Must Have The Rain) – Gay Ellis (Annette Hanshaw) and Her Novelty Orchestra
Side By Side – Lee Morse

Segment 2: Charles D’Almaine

Pop Goes The Weasel Medley – Charles D’Almaine
Mother Machree – Charles D’Almaine
Donkey And Driver – Charles D’Almaine

Segment 3: Paris

Paris, Stay The Same – Maurice Chevalier
Parisian Rag – Emerson Military Band
Lights Of Paris – Riverside Dance Band (Harry Bidgood) / John Thorne, v.

Segment 4: Paradise

My Bird Of Paradise – Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra
Paradise Wobble – Charles Johnson’s Original Paradise Ten

Segment 5: Hot Springs

Hot Springs Blues – Bessie Smith
Since My Best Girl Turned Me Down – Albert Gale AHO
Good Little, Bad Little You – Arrowhead Inn Orchestra