February 8, 2010

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)

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: 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

February 1, 2010

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

January 25, 2010

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

January 18, 2010

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

January 11, 2010

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

January 4, 2010

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

January 4, 2010

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

December 4, 2009

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

November 24, 2009

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

November 20, 2009

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