Japanese Swing from 1953

Tuesday 9 Feb 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 14 Feb 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

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The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s – 60s radio & TV shows on your wireless and ear-o-phones.

Featured highlights this Tues and Sun: Hot Swing by Big Al Sears on ABC’s Date with the Duke series, Louis Prima broadcasting from the Meadowbrook & Cab Calloway over KSTP St Paul/Minneapolis in 1938

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on this page or click on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you’ll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer’s VIDEO OF THE WEEK…………

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO – Japanese chanteuse Chieri Eri sings Walking My Baby Back Home for King Records in 1953. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

	Play List The Phantom Dancer Tuesday 9 February 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 14 February 2010 6:30am AEST AEST is +11 Hours GMT
Song	Artist	Location & Date
Theme + Humming, Whistling & Singing	Bing Crosby (voc) with Orchestra	‘Woodbury Program’ KNX CBS LA 18 Sep 1934
Bei Dir War Es Immer So Schoen	Helmut Zacharias und seine Solisten (with harpsichord)	Berlin Comm Rec 29 Nov 1941
Sailing on a Sunbeam	Little Jack Little (voc & p)	Radio Transcription New York 1930
I Can’t Lose That Longing For You	Kay Kyser Orchestra (voc) Bill Stoker	Trianon Ballroom WGN Mutual Chicago 6 Feb 1937
Katzenjammer’s Ball	Jack Allen’s Original Katzenjammers	Comm Rec Sydney 23 Feb 1950
Swing Shift	Count Basie Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Blue Room Hotel Lincoln NY AFRS Re-broadcast 9 May 1945
The Suburbanite	Duke Ellington Orchestra (fea. Al Sears)	‘A Date with the Duke’ ABC AFRS Re-broadcast 1946
Brooklyn Boogie	Louis Prima Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ AFRS Re-broadcast 28 Sep 1945
Overture + Mack the Knife	Lewis Ruth Band directed by Theo Mackeben (voc) Kurt Gerron	Comm Rec Berlin 1930
TWA Ad	Cary Grant & Betsy Drake	‘Mr & Mrs Blandings’ KFI NBC LA 25 Feb 1951
Instrumental + Chocolate Ad + Close	Phil Davis Orchestra	‘Fountain of Fun’ WLW Cincinnati 11 Oct 1942
Keeping Out of Mischief Now	Chick Webb Orchestra	Radio Transcription New York 1936
Intro + Save the American Way	Harry James Orchestra (voc) Helen Forrest	‘Treasury War Bond Show’ New York Mar 1942
How High the Moon	Jubilee All-Stars + Miguelito Valdez & his Cuban Rhythm Section	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Oct 1945
What’s Your Name?	Fats Waller & his Rhythm (voc) Fats Waller	WEAF NBC Red NY 16 Jul 1938
White Sails	Lanny Ross (voc) Mark Warnow & the Your Hit Parade Orchestra	‘Your Hit Parade’ WEAF NBC NY 15 Jul 1939
Get Out of Town	Woody Herman & his Third Herd (voc) with Leah Matthews	The Royal Grove Peony Park Omaha 1954
If You Are But a Dream	Charlie Spivak Orchestra	Century Room Commodore Hotel New York 25 Feb 1945
My Heart Stood Still	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Blue Room Hotel Lincoln New York 18 Jan 1939
King Cotton	Bobby Sherwood Orchestra	Aircheck mid 1944
Intro + St Louis Blues	Glenn Miller Orchestra	Aircheck 30 Jun 1942
I Never Knew + Mississippi Mud + Minnie the Moocher	Cab Calloway Orchestra	KSTP Minneapolis-St Paul 28 May 1938

Auroratone cures Migrane

Phantom Dancer Playlist…

Tuesday 2 Feb 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 7 Feb 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s – 60s radio & TV shows on your wireless and ear-o-phones.

Featured highlights this Tues and Sun: Big Joe Turner singing on Jubilee in 1943, Harry James from the Astor Roof NY over CBS and some more from the 1943 2CH series ‘Army on Parade’ featuring Wally Portingale’s Orchestra

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on this MySpace page or click on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you’ll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer’s VIDEO OF THE WEEK…………

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO – Bing Crosby in Auroratone – the latest cure for migrane and mental illness. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

	Play List The Phantom Dancer Tuesday 2 February 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 7 February 2010 6:30am AEST AEST is +11 Hours GMT
Song	Artist	Location & Date
Identified Instrumental	Jerry Jerome Orchestra	Radio Transcription 1940s
Oh What a Beuatiful Morning	Gordon Jenkins Orchestra	‘Sound Off’ AFRS Hollywood 1944
Are You For It?	Delta Rhythm Boys	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Oct 1943
Satin Doll	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Blue Note WMAQ NBC Chicago 24 Jun 1953
Prise de Courant	Michel Warlop et son Ensemble	Comm Rec Paris Nov 1943
Let’s Dance (Theme) + Farewell Blues	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Joseph Urban Room Congress Hotel WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 20 Jan 1936
Theme + Back in Your Own Backyard	Eddie Fisher (voc) Axel Stordahl Orchestra	‘Coke Time’ Hollywood Jun 1958
Riff Raff	Bob Strong Orchestra (voc) Band	‘One Night Stand’ Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY AFRS Re-broadcast
Chopin’s Prelude No 7	Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra	Columbia Records Chicago 14 May 1940
Blind Date Intros & Ads		‘Blind Date’ WJZ ABC NY 14 Sep 1945
Any Bonds Today?	ABC Dance Orchestra (voc) Harold Williams	Radio Transcription Sydney 1942
Intro + Night & Day	Wally Portingale ‘All in Fun Revue’ Orchestra	‘Army on Parade’ 2CH AWA Network Sydney Sep 1943
Heute Nacht	Kurt Widmann Orchestra (voc) Rudi Schuricke	Comm Rec Berlin Sep 1940
Cuban Holiday	Woody Herman Orchestra	Blue Room Hotel Roosevelt CBS New Orleans 10 Nov 1951
Peanut Vendor	Raymond Scott Orchestra	Panther Room Hotel Sherman WWMAQ NBC Red Chicago 1940
Frenesi	Fats Waller & his Rhythm	Panther Room Hotel Sherman WWMAQ NBC Red Chicago 3 Dec 1940
Do You Ever Think of Me?	Ruth Etting (voc) with Orchestra	‘Ruth Etting Show’ WHN NY 13 Jun 1947
S.K. Blues	Joe Turner (voc) Johnny Otis Orchestra	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Oct 1945
Memphis Blues	Harry James Orchestra	Roof Garden Hotel Astor WABC CBS NY 28 Aug 1942
I’ll Walk Alone + So Long For a While (theme)	Frank Sinatra (voc) Mark Warnow & the Your Hit Parade Orchestra	‘Your Hit Parade’ WEAF NBC NY 16 Sep 1944
The Dipsy Doodle	George Hall Orchestra	Radio Transcription New York 1937
What is This Thing Called Love? & Jungle Drums	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Blue Room Hotel Lincoln WEAF NBC Red NY 30 Dec 1938
Jazz Me Blues + Merchant Marine Ad	Eddie Condon Group	‘Eddie Condon’s Town Hall Jazz Concert’ #10 Ritz Theatre WJZ ABC NY 22 Jul 1944

You’ll Wonder Where the Yellow Went…

Tuesday 26 Jan 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 31 Jan 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s – 60s radio & TV shows on your wireless and ear-o-phones.

Featured highlights this Tues and Sun a short Novochord solo – the world’s first commercial polyphonic synthesizer – with Hatchett’s Swingtette over the BBC in 1943 and a swinging/brass band Waltzing Matilda for Australia Day (26 Jan) from 2CH & the AWA Network Sydney in 1943

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you’ll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer’s VIDEO OF THE WEEK…………

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO – You’ll Wonder Where the Yellow Went in this Australian TV ad from 1964. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

	Play List The Phantom Dancer Tuesday 26 January 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 31 January 2010 6:30am AEST AEST is +11 Hours GMT
Song	Artist	Location & Date
Serenade of Love (Theme) + You’ve Got Everything	Vinsent Valsanti Orchestra aka Ted Fio Rito (voc) Rusty Bennett & the Three Blue Keys	‘Cocoanut Grove’ Radio Transcription TRANSCO Los Angeles 1934
Don’t Worry About Me	Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Eleanor Russell	Starlite Room Edgewater Hotel CBS Madison Wi 4 Aug 1952
Intro + Blue Christmas	Jan Garber Orchestra	Melody Mill WGN Chicago 1950
My Heart is Out of Town	Ray Anthony Orchestra (voc) Ronnie Dobell	‘One Night Stand’ AFRS Re-broadcast Cafe Rouge Hotel Statler NY 12 Dec 1950
Limehouse Blues	Hatchett’s Swingtette with Stephane Grapelly & a Novachord solo – the world’s first commercial polyphonic synthesizer	BBC Broadcast London 1943
Theme + Coquette	Louis Armstrong Orchestra (voc) Louis Armstrong	‘Downbeat’ AFRS Hollywood 1943
One O’Clock Jump	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Madhattan Room Hotel Pennsylvania WABC CBS NY 20 Oct 1937
Improvisation into the One O’Clock Jump (theme)	Count Basie Orchestra	Birdland WRCA NBC NY 16 Dec 1954
Apurksody	Gene Krupa Orchestra	Brunswick Records Los Angeles 12 Dec 1938
Latest News Summary	Elmer Davis	‘Arrow News’ WJSV CBS Washington DC 21 Sep 1939
Waltzing Matilda	116th Rhythm Ensemble (voc) Ron Williams	‘Army on Parade’ 2CH AWA Network Sydney 1943
Theme + Basin Street Blues	Jack & Charlie Teagarden Quintet (voc) Jack Teagarden	‘Chanber Music Society of Lower Basin Street’ Radio City WEAF NBC Rec NY 20 Oct 1940
Swinging at the Deuces	Roy Eldridge Orchestra	Arcadia Ballroom WABC CBS NY 1939
Barrelhouse	Erskine Hawkins Orchestra (fea) Illinois Jacquette	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1943
Royal Garden Blues	Ella Fitzgerald Orchestra	Roseland Ballroom WEAF NBC Red NY 26 Feb 1940
The Happening + Got To Go	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ WNBC NBC NY 8 Jun 1951
Stepping into Love	Leo Reisman Orchestra (voc) Harold Arlen	Comm Rec New York 19 Jan 1932
On The Sentimental Side	Lee Wiley (voc) and Orchestra	KHJ Don Lees-Mutual Los Angekes 31 Mar 1938
Sioux Sue	Ray Noble Orchestra	Beverley Wiltshire Hotel Beverley Hills Ca KECA NBC Blue LA 4 Feb 1940
I’ll Walk Alone + So Long For a While (theme)	Frank Sinatra (voc) Mark Warnow & the Your Hit Parade Orchestra	‘Your Hit Parade’ WEAF NBC NY 16 Sep 1944
Woodchoppers’ Ball	Fud Candrix Orchestra	Comm Rec Brussels, Belgium 17 Apr 1940
Red Top	Woody Herman Orchestra	Aircheck, Hollywood Oct 1944
Jazz Me Blues + Merchant Marine Ad	Eddie Condon Group	‘Eddie Condon’s Town Hall Jazz Concert’ #10 Ritz Theatre WJZ ABC NY 22 Jul 1944

Live Latin Rhythms from the 1940s

Tuesday 19 Jan 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 24 Jan 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s – 60s radio & TV shows on your wireless and ear-o-phones.

Featured highlights this Tues and Sun are a set of live 1940s Latin rhythms by Desi Arnez, Xavier Cugat & Enric Madeguera. From Buenos Aires we hear a commercial record by Oscar Aleman and from New York there’s live Bop by Bird & Dizzy

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you’ll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer’s VIDEO OF THE WEEK…………

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO – SCTV parodies the classic What’s My Line Show with What’s My Showe Size. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

	Play List The Phantom Dancer Tuesday 19 January 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 24 January 2010 6:30am AEST AEST is +11 Hours GMT
Song	Artist	Location & Date
Sweet Georgia Brown	Oscar Aleman y su Quintetto de Swing	Comm Rec Buenos Aires Argentina May 1941
I’m Just a Vagabond Lover	Eskimo Pie Orchestra (voc) Clark Meyers	Transcription Chicago Jul 1929
Contrasts (theme) + Georgia on My Mind	Jimmy Dorsey & his Dorseyland Band	‘Marine Corp Show’ Hollywood 1950
Intro + Bridegroom Special	Yiddish Swing Orchestra	‘Yiddish Melodies in Swing’ WHN New York 1940
Farandole	Xavier Cugat Orchestra	Comm Rec New York 18 Jul 1941
Bim Bam Bum	Xavier Cugat Orchestra (voc) Nita Rosa	‘Xavier Cugat Show’ AFRS Re-broadcast Hollywood 1944
O Scandis Di ye Ya	Enric Madeguera & his Music of the Americas	‘One Night Stand’ AFRS Re-broadcast Copacabana NY 15 July 1945
Cachita	Desi Arnez Orchestra (voc) Desi Arnez	Ciro’s KNX CBS Hollywood 1946
Intro + Blue Christmas	Jan Garber Orchestra	Melody Mill WGN Chicago 1950
Let’s Take The Long Way Home	Jo Stafford (voc) & Orchestra	‘Sound Off’ AFRS Hollywood 1944
Post Wheat Meal Ad & Pgm Close	Studio Announcers & Roy Bargy & the Maxwell House Orchestra	‘Father Knows Best’ KFI NBC Los Angeles 29 Mar 1951
Hold Me + Idolising + The Cuban Love Song	Al Goodman Orchestra (voc) Larry Taylor	‘Melody Lane’ Transcribed New York 1936
Caravan + Fickle Fling	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘Date with the Duke’ Apollo Theatre WJZ ABC NY 30 Jun 1945
Medley: Clap Yo’ Hands + Do It Again + I Got Rhythm + Somebody Loves Me	Paul Whiteman Orchestra (voc) Lyn Murray Chorus	‘George Gershwin Tribute – Everybody’s Music’ WABC CBS NY 10 Jun 1938
Chattanooga Choo Choo	Glenn Miller Orchestra	‘Sunset Serenade’ Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WJZ NBC Blue NY 27 Dec 1941
You’ve Got Me Crying Again	Hal Kemp Orchestra (voc) Skinnay Ennis	‘Lavena Program’ New York 1934
Oh, You Crazy Moon	Bea Wain (voc) Mark Warnow & the Your Hit Parade Orchestra	‘Your Hit Parade’ WEAF NBC Red NY 7 Oct 1939
Don’t Blame Me	Sarah Vaughan (voc) Billy Eckstine Orchestra	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Feb 1945
Million Dollar Smile	Lionel Hampton Orchestra (voc) Dinah Washington	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 16 Oct 1944
Theme + Dizzy’s Blues	Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra	Birdland WCBS CBS NY Jun 1956
Chasin’ the Bird	Charlie Parker Septet	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 12 Mar 1949

Dorothy Collins on Your Hit Parade

Tuesday 12 Jan 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 17 Jan 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s – 60s radio & TV shows on your wireless and ear-o-phones.

Featured highlights this Tues and Sun are Joy Nichols (starred in the BBC’s Take It From Here in the early 50s) singing Judy Garland’s Chin Up! Cheerio! Carry On! with the 2GB Youth Show Chorus, Wally Portingale playing Oasis on 2CH, Dorothy Collins singing Please Mr Sun on a Your Hit Parade radio show from 1952 and Perry Como broadcasting with Ted Weems in 1937!

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST below or click on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you’ll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer’s VIDEO OF THE WEEK…………

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO – Dorothy Collins sings Singing in the Rain with the Raymond Scott Quintet on a Your Hit Parade TV Show. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

	Play List The Phantom Dancer Tuesday 12 January 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 17 January 2010 6:30am AEST AEST is +11 Hours GMT
Song	Artist	Location & Date
Theme + Some Day I’ll Meet You Again	Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ AFRS Re-broadcast Astor Roof Hotel Astor NY 14 Aug 1944
Theme + Old Fashioned Swing	Ted Weems Orchestra (voc) Perry Como	Trianon Ballroom WGN Mutual Network Chicago 10 Feb 1937
Our Little Ranch House	Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians (voc) Kenny Gardiner & the Trio	‘One Night Stand’ AFRS Re-broadcast Grill Room Hotel Rossevelt NY 25 Oct 1950
Whispering Grass	‘Singing Sam’ (Harry Frankel) with Orchestra & Chorus	‘Refreshment Time with Singin’ Sam’ Transcribed New York 1940
Theme + E’kotamowenala (Tahitian)	Harry Owens Orchestra (voc in Tahitian)	‘Songs of the Islands’ AFRS Hollywood 1944
Oasis + All in Fun (theme)	Wally Portingale ‘All in Fun Revue’ Orchestra	‘Army on Parade’ 2CH AWA Network Sydney Oct 1943
Three Little Words	Tony Pastor Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ AFRS Re-broadcast Jaentzen Beach Portland OR 15 May 1945
Don’t Be Cruel	Alan Copeland (voc) Bob Crosby Orchestra	‘Bob Crosby Show’ Television City CBS Hollywood 1955
Chin Up! Cheerio! Carry On! (sung by Judy Garland in Babes on Broadway (1941)	Joy Nichols (voc) with the 2GB Youth Show Singing Group & Chorus	Comm Rec Sydney 4 Jun 1942
Hinds Hand Lotion Ad, Etiquette Beauty Creme Ad, High School Enrolment Ad	Arlene Francis & Studio Announcers	‘Blind Date’ WJZ ABC NY 31 Aug 1945
See What I Mean?	Al Cooper & his Savoy Sultans	Comm Rec New York 28 Feb 1941
Dolores	Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers (voc) Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Announced Paramount acetate for the film, Las Vegas Nights Hollywood 21 Nov 1941
Double Date	Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra	Hotel New Yorker New York May 1944
Intro + Murdy Purdy	Gene Krupa Orchestra	Aircheck CBS 28 Nov 1938
Night in Tunisia	Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra	Birdland WCBS CBS NY Jun 1956
Rockin’ in Rhythm + East St Louis Toodle-Oo	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Cotton Club WABC CBS NY 18 Mar 1937
I’ve Got You Under My Skin	Carmen Cavallero (p) & his Orchestra	Radio Transcription Hollywood 1944
Please Mr Sun	Dorothy Collins (voc) Raymond Scott & the Your Hit Parade Orchestra	‘Your Hit Parade’ WNBC NBC NY 3 May 1952
Medley: Clap Yo’ Hands + Do It Again + I Got Rhythm + Somebody Loves Me	Paul Whiteman Orchestra (voc) Lyn Murray Chorus	‘George Gershwin Tribute – Everybody’s Music’ WABC CBS NY 10 Jun 1938
I Wanna Talk About You + Blue ‘n’ Boogie (theme)	Billy Eckstine Orchestra (voc) Billie Eckstine	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Feb 1945
Max is Making Wax	Charlie Parker Quintet	Comm Rec Hollywood 29 Jul 1946
Lady Be Good	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 16 Oct 1944
Keep ‘em Flying + Close	Glenn Miller Orchestra	‘Sunset Serenade’ Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WJZ NBC Blue NY 27 Dec 1941

Christmas Short from 1898

Apologies for missing last week’s show log, but here is the Phantom Dancer Radio Show for

Tuesday 22 Dec 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 27 Dec 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s – 60s radio & TV shows on your wireless and ear-o-phones.

This Tues and Sun is the ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SHOW with festive music and jokes off 1930s – 50 radio. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST below or click on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you’ll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer’s VIDEO OF THE WEEK…………

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO – Santa Claus (1898). This nineteenth century short about Santa visiting children at Christmas is very advanced for its day! See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

	Play List The Phantom Dancer Tuesday 22 December 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 27 December 2009 6:30am AEST AEST is +11 Hours GMT
Song	Artist	Location & Date
Theme + March of the Toys + The Dancing Doll + Defence Bonds Ad for a ‘Thrifty 52′ + The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy + Sleigh Ride + Theme	Harry Sosnick and the Defence Bonds Orchestra	‘Guest Star – Music for the Holidays’ New York 21 Dec 1951
Jingle Bells (theme) + Monologue + On the Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe	Bing Crosby (voc) + Meredith Willson Orchestra	‘Command Performance’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1945
Gotta Be This or That	Bing Crosby (voc) + Count Basie Orchestra	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1945
Jumpin’ at the Woodside	Count Basie Orchestra	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1945
In the Still of the Night + Coffee Ad + Contest Ad + Hallalujah Chorus	Jimmy Stewart, Eleanor Powell, Louis B Mayer, Meredith Willson Orchestra & Chorus	‘Good News of 1938′ KFI NBC LA 23 Dec 1938
Jingle Bells (theme) + The Morning After + Blue Sails	Chico Hamilton Quintet	‘Stars of Jazz’ AFRS Hollywood re-broadcast 24 Dec 1958
Wrap Your Truobles in Dreams	Georgia Carr (voc) Chico Hamilton Quintet	‘Stars of Jazz’ AFRS Hollywood re-broadcast 24 Dec 1958
Over the Rainbow + Judy talks about Liza + Lux Ad + Close	Judy Garland (voc) Orchestra	‘Lux Radio Theatre’ KNX CBS LA 25 Dec 1950
Long Ago & Far Away	Judy Garland (voc) Orchestra	‘Command Performance’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1945
The Christmas Song	Nat King Cole	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1947
Spoken Open + Holiday Inn + Save Paper Ad	Bing Crosby (voc) John Scotter Orchestra & The Music Maids	‘Kraft Music Hall’ Radio City KFI NBC LA 17 Dec 1943
Fanfare + Pizza Ad + Autumn Leaves	Gary Crosby (voc) Ray Noble Orchestra	‘The New Edgar Bergen Show’ KNX CBS LA 25 Dec 1955
Shoo-Shoo Baby + Cheese Spread Ad	The Charioteers (voc) John Scotter Orchestra	‘Kraft Music Hall’ KFI NBC LA 17 Dec 1943
White Christmas + Save Fat Ad + Salad Mustard Ad	Bing Crosby (voc) John Scotter Orchestra & The Music Maids	‘Kraft Music Hall’ Radio City KFI NBC LA 17 Dec 1943
Jingle Bells	Mel Blanc & the Sportsmen (vic) & Orchestra	‘Mail Call’ AFRS Hollywood Christmas Special 1946
Christmas Skit + There Goes That Song Again	Jimmy Durante & Gary Moore (voc) Roy Bargy Orchestra	‘Comedy Caravan’ KNX CBS LA 22 Dec 1944
Oh Come All ye Faithful, Little Town of Bethlehem, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Santa Claus is Coming to Town	Frank Sinatra (voc) Axel Stordahl Orchestra	‘V-Discs Christmas Selections’ 1945
Santa Claus is Coming to Town + First Noel	Alice Faye & Phil Harris (voc) Phil Harris Orchestra	‘Phil Harris, Alice Faye Show’ KFI NBC LA 25 Dec 1947

Mel Blanc + Henry Fonda Plays Trumpet

Tuesday 5 Jan 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 10 Jan 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s – 60s radio & TV shows on your wireless and ear-o-phones.

Featured highlights this Tues and Sun are Harry James leaving the Benny Goodman Orchestra, live, 71 years ago 10 Jan 1939 on CBS’ ‘Camel Caravan’ & Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Tweety et al in a Radio Transcription from around 1949. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST below or click on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you’ll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer’s VIDEO OF THE WEEK…………

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO – Henry Fonda Plays Trumpet (1957) on a Steve Allen TV Show. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

	Play List The Phantom Dancer Tuesday 5 January 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 10 January 2010 6:30am AEST AEST is +11 Hours GMT
Song	Artist	Location & Date
Stardust	Charlie & his Orchestra	Radio Transcription Reichrundfunk Berlin May 1943
Don’t Sweetheart Me	Abe Lyman Orchestra (voc) Evelyn MacGregor	‘Waltz Time’ AFRS Re-broadcast 1944
September Song	Harry James Orchestra	Cocoanut Grove Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles KFI NBC LA 7 Jan 1951
Diane + The Song is Ended + In Dreams I Kiss Your Hand Madam (theme)	Eddie Bergman & his Cocoanut Grove Orchestra	Cocoanut Grove Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles KFI NBC LA 22 Jun 1951
Clap Hands Here Comes Charley	Chick Webb Orchestra	Comm Rec New York 24 Mar 1937
Woodbury Ad + The Broken Record + Close	Paul Whiteman Orchestra (voc & p) Ramona	‘Paul Whiteman Varieties’ WJZ NBC Blue NY 12 Jan 1936
How High the Moon + Theme	Buddy Morrow Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ AFRS Re-broadcast Blue Room Hotel Lincoln NY 27 May 1946
Free for All + Sentimental Journey (theme)	Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers (voc) Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Astor Roof Hotel Astor WEAF NBC NY May 1941
Somebody Stole my Gal + The Pussycat Parade + K-K-Katie + Big Bear Lake	Mel Blanc with Orchestra	Radio Transcription Hollywood c 1949
Sepulveda	Jimmie Grier Orchestra	Radio Transcription Los Angeles late 1940s
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself a Letter + Christopher Columbus	Fats Waller & his Rhythm	‘Magic Key’ WEAF NBC RED NY 24 May 1936
Cirribirribin	Benny Goodman Orchestra – Harry James’ farewell to the band 71 years ago!	‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NY 10 Jan 1939
If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight	Hit of the Week Orchestra (voc) Dick Robertson)	Hit of the Week Cardboard Records New York Dec 1930
The Blues	Duke Ellington Orchestra (voc) Kay Davis	Civic Opera Chicago 25 Mar 1945
Basin Street Blues	Wild Bill Davison group featuring Geo Brunis (tb) Albert Nicholas (clt)	‘This is Jazz’ WOR MBS NY 19 Apr 1947
Eager Beaver	Stan Kenton Orchestra	Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 28 Nov 1944
Perdido	Gene Krupa Quartet	London House WBBM CBS Chicago 13 Mar 1959
Hot House	Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Max Roach	Royal Roost WMCA NY 12 Dec 1948

Sister Rosetta Tharpe on the Gospel Train

Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 8 Dec 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 13 Dec 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s – 60s radio & TV shows on your wireless and ear-o-phones.

Highlights for Tues Dec 8 repeated Sun 13 Dec: Some early electric guitar this week from Leonard Ware in 1939 and the Glen Gray Orchestra in 1943. Plus an excerpt from Tommy Dorsey’s last ever broadcast in 1956 and a song from trumpeter Billie Rodgers. Tune in early to ensure disappointment! (Apologies to Lobby Lud). Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

At the last minute I’ve had to replace the Tues Dec 1 & Sun Dec 6 Phantom Dancer with a classic from the vaults as I was called in to do one last voice session for the latest Chronicles of Narnia film which Fox will be releasing 10 Dec 2010 (US) and 26 Dec 2010 (Aust)

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST below or click on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you’ll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer’s VIDEO OF THE WEEK…………

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO – Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1964) sings Didn’t it Rain on a BBC Gospel Train TV Show set in an actual train station!. The stage is one of the platforms. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

	Play List The Phantom Dancer Tuesday 8 December 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 13 December 2009 6:30am AEST AEST is +11 Hours GMT
Song	Artist	Location & Date
Singapore Sorrows	Fred Elizalde Orchestra	Comm Rec London 12 Apr 1929
That’s Where She Came In	Tommy Pederson Orchestra (voc) Billie Rodgers	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Hollywood AFRS Re-broadcast Mar 1947
This Can’t Be Love	Shep Fields & his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Ice Terrace Hotel New Yorker New York AFRS Re-broadcast 6 Mar 1948
Starburst (theme) + Hop, Skip and Jump	Gene Krupa Orchestra (voc) Carolyn Grey	‘One Night Stand’ Meadowbrook Gardens Culver City CA AFRS Re-broadcast 31 Mar 1946
Eager Beaver	Stan Kenton Orchestra	‘Downbeat’ AFRS Hollywood 3 Nov 1943
Boog It	Glen Miller Orchestra (voc) Marion Hutton & Band	Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WJZ NBC Blue NY 5 Apr 1940
Nagasaki	Louis Jordan Tympani Five (voc) Louis Jordan	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Jun 1943
Theme + Sunday	Maynard Fergusson Orchestra	‘Treasury Bandstand’ Birdland WABC ABC NY 1958
Silenzio Slow (Abbassa la tua radio)	Norma Bruni & Orchestra	Comm Rec Cetra Rome 1940
What a Difference a Day Makes	Andy Russell (voc) Toots Cammarata Orchestra	‘Double Feature’ AFRS Hollywood re-broadcast 15 Oct 1944
The Loveliest Night of the Year	Sammy Kaye Orchestra (voc) Barbara Benson	Astor Roof Hotel Astor WCBS CBS New York Jun 1951
Too Marvellous For Words	Chu Berry & his Stompy Stevedores	Comm Rec New York 23 Mar 1937
Something’s Got to Give	Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra (voc) Lynn Roberts (Tommy Dorsey’s last show)	Cafe Rouge Hotel Statler WCBS CBS NY 25 Nov 1956
Umbrella Man	Benny Goodman Sextet (Leonard Ware – electric guitar)	‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NY 10 Jan 1939
Blackberry Jam	Glen Gray & the Orchestra (with elecric guitar)	‘Spotlight Bands’ Columbus OH Mutual 19 May1943
Stormy Weather	Jack Hylton Orchestra	Comm Rec London 11 May 1933
Carranga	Ray Noble’s American Orchestra	‘Coty Hour’ WEAF NBC Red Network New York 13 Mar 1935
I’m Confessin’ That I Love You	Lester Young Sextet	‘Symphony sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 4 Dec 1948
Easy Street	Earl Hines Orchestra (voc) The Town Criers	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1947
Music, Music Everywhere	Isham Jones Orchestra (voc) Eddie Stone	‘Comm Rec New York 17 Aug 1932
Carioca	Les Brown Orchestra	‘Here’s to Veterans’ Radio Transcription New York Sep 1949
Jumpin’ Punkins	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘A Date with the Duke’ Evanscville IN ABC Jun 1945

Berlin by Night (1927) & Fred Allen

Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 17 Nov 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 22 Nov 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s – 60s radio & TV shows every Tuesday & Sunday…

This week’s highlights includes a rare Ralph Flanagan aircheck excerpt from 1949 while Fred Allen asks the question in 1947, “Sweet or Swing?” Although not a common name now, Fred Allen was one of the great comedians of the 20th Century, whose work continues to influence comedy on TV and in stand-up. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST below or click on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you’ll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer’s VIDEO OF THE WEEK…………

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO – Part 5 of Berlin-Symphony of a City (1927)
A beautiful expressionist silent. Part 5 focuses on Berlin nighlife. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

	Play List The Phantom Dancer Tuesday 24 November 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 29 November 2009 6:30am AEST AEST is +11 Hours GMT
Song	Artist	Location & Date
Goona Goo	Frank Coughlan & his Trocadero Orchestra (voc) Frank Coughlan	Comm Rec Sydney 25 May 1937
Theme + The Toreador Song	Ralph Flanagan Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Cafe Rouge Statler Hotel New York AFRS Re-broadcast 26 Sep 1950
Would I Mind?	Sammy Kaye Orchestra (voc) The 3 Kaydettes	Hotel Astor Roof WABC CBS NY 27 Aug 1945
Hello Young Lovers + Theme	Dick Jurgens Orchestra (voc) Ray McIntosh	Trocadero Ballroom Elitch’s Gardens Denver Co Mutual Network Jun 1951
Naina Paivina (Some of these Days)	Eric Lindstrom Kvintetti (voc) Helena Siltale	Comm Rec Helsinki 13 Dec 1955
Band Aid	Charlie Richards Orchestra	‘ABC Dancing Party’ Birdland WABC ABC NY 1958
Three Deuces	Charlie Spivak Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Hollywood Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 1948
Intro + Tenderleaf Tea Ad + Intro	Fred Allen + Portland Hoffa	‘Fred Allen Show’ KFI NBC LA 26 Oct 1947
Do you Prefer Sweet or Swing?	Allen’s Alley	‘Fred Allen Show’ KFI NBC LA 26 Oct 1947
Naughty Angeline + V8 Juice Ad	The DeMarcos (voc) Al Goodman Orchestra	‘Fred Allen Show’ KFI NBC LA 26 Oct 1947
Let’s Put Our Heads Together	Red Allen Orchestra (voc) Red Allen	Comm Rec New York 29 Dec 1936
VIP’s Boogie + Jam with Sam	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Blue Note WMAQ NBC Chicago 30 Jul 1952
Honky Tonk Train Blues	Meade Lux Lewis (p) with Benny Goodman Orchestra	‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NY 3 Jan 1939
I Never Knew	Louis Armstrong Orchestra (voc) Louis Armstrong	‘Spotlight Bands’ Dallas Tx Mutual 17 Aug 1943
I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me	Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Comm Rec New York 17 Dec 1937
Poor Girl	Ozzie Nelson Orchestra	Blackhawk Restaurant WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 24 Mar 1940
Nagasaki	Claude Hopkins & his Cotton Club Orchestra	Radio Transcription New York 18 Oct 1935
Theme (Tuxedo Junction) + Where Did You Learn to Love?	Erskine Hawkins Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Blue Room Hotel Lincoln NY AFRS Re-broadcast 1 May 1946
Tuxedo Junction	Glenn Miller Orchestra	‘German Army Hour’ ABSIE (American Broadcasting Station in Europe) London 6 Nov 1944
Lover	Dorsey Brother’s Orchestra	Cafe Rouge Statler Hotel WRCA NBC NY Dec 1955
Carioca	Les Brown Orchestra	Radio Transcription New York Sep 1949

Subliminal Ad from 1959

Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 17 Nov 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 22 Nov 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s – 60s radio & TV shows every Tuesday & Sunday…

This week’s highlights include lots of live swing, jazz & dance by Joe Sanders Nighthawks in 1937, Ralph Flanagan’s Orchestra in 1950 and Miles Davis with John Coltrane & Cannonball Adderley broadcasting from Washington in 1959

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST below or click on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you’ll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer’s VIDEO OF THE WEEK…………

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO – Subliminal Chevrolet Ad 1959
Dinah Shore & Pat Boone demonstrate subliminal advertising. The subliminal message has been altered a little to suit modern times. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

	Play List The Phantom Dancer Tuesday 17 November 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 22 November 2009 6:30am AEST AEST is +11 Hours GMT
Song	Artist	Location & Date
Intro	Ann Southern + Unidentified Orchestra	‘The Great Gildersleeve’ KFI NBC LA 25 Jan 1942
Theme + The Toreador Song	Ralph Flanagan Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Cafe Rouge Statler Hotel New York AFRS Re-broadcast 26 Sep 1950
Dancing in the Dark	Bob Chester Orchestra	Mayfair Room Hotel van Cleve Dayton OH via WJSV CBS Washington DC 22 Sep 1939
Leanin’ on the Ol’ Top Rail + So Goodnight + Doodle-Doo-Doo (theme)	Art Kassel & his Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra	Walnut Room Bismarck Hotel WGN MBS Chicago Apr 1940
‘k Ben Verliefd op een Keukenmeid	Dick Wilebrandts Orchestra (voc) Dick Willebrandts & Band	Comm Rec Hiversum 1939
Lover + Close	Gene Krupa Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ The Click Phildadelphia AFRS Re-broadcast 8 Jan 1945
Flying Home + Nightmare (theme)	Woody Herman Orchestra	Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WABC CBS NY 21 Aug 1944
Night Must Fall	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	‘Chesterfield Show’ WABC CBS New York 9 Aug 1939
Ebb Tide	Mitchell Ayres Orchestra	‘Guest Star’ New York 23 Jun 1957
Time Out for Love	Joe Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra	Blackhawk Restaurant WGN MBS Chicago 6 Feb 1937
Whispering	Horace Heidt & his Musical Knights (whistling) Fred Lowy	‘One Night Stand’ Trianon Ballroom Southgate Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 23 Jan 1945
Red Bank Boogie	Count Basie with Harry Sosnick’s Savings Bond Orchestra	‘Guest Star’ New York 23 Oct 1949
Ooh What You Said	Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) Marian Mann	Blackhawk Restaurant WGN Mutual Chicago 29 Apr 1940
Snootie Little Cutie	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers	‘Raleigh-Kool Show’ Capitol Theatre WJSV CBS Washington DC 18 Aug 1942
Great Times	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘Willis Connover Jazz’ VOA New York 11 Feb 1951
Careless	Sterling Young Orchestra (voc) Alan Simms	Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1940
I Ain’t Got Nobody	Ray Miller Orchestra (voc) Mary Lou Williams	‘Sunny Meadows Program’ Chicago Jan 1929
Sweetheart of All My Dreams	Ray Miller Orchestra (voc) The Dixie Tenor	‘Sunny Meadows Program’ Chicago Jan 1929
Linda	Earl Burtnett Orchestra (voc) Jess Kirkpatrick & the Biltmore Trio	Biltmore Bowl Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles 1931
What’s the Matter Now?	Clyde Hart’s all-Stars (voc) Rubberlegs Williams	Savoy Records New York Jan 1945
Hurry Home + Deedle + Royal Roost Bop	Charlie Parker (voc) Buddy Stewrat & Dave Lambert	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 5 Mar 1949
Straight No Chaser	Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley & John Coltrane	‘Bandstand USA’ The Spotlight MBS Washington DC Feb 1959