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

Spike Jones & The Blacksmith Song (1942)

Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 2 Nov 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 7 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 Tuesday is Melbourne Cup Day – the day that all Australia stops for a horse race

To be in the spirit of things, The Phantom Dancer plays you a naughty private record made by legendary racecaller, 2UE’s Ken Howard, for his friends in 1952

It’s called the Pisspot’s Plate. Get the drift?

Also lots of live swing, jazz & dance by Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsy and some 1929 radio transcriptions by The Dixie Two-Steppers

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on this blog and 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 – Spike Jones – THE BLACKSMITH SONG (1942), a Spike Jones novelty tune, deals with World War II-era shortages, as a village blacksmith returns to prosperity, thanks to wartime tire rationing. (Note that the patriotic and ration-conscious “horse” accepts only one lump of sugar instead of two.) See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

	Play List The Phantom Dancer 2009 Radiothon Tuesday 3November 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 15 November 2009 6:30am AEST AEST is +11 Hours GMT
Song	Artist	Location & Date
Get the Moon Out of your Eyes	Billy Mills Orchestra	‘Fibber McGee & Molly’ KFI NBC LA 1 Oct 1940
Whistle While You Work	Artie Shaw & his New Music (voc) Tony Pastor	Comm Rec New York 30 Dec 1937
The Girl with the Light Blue Hair	Benny Krueger Orchestra	WOR Mutual New York 28 Apr 1940
Time Alone will Tell	Jimmy Grier Orchestra (voc) Donald Novis	‘From the Cocoanut Grove’ TRANSCO Los Angeles 1932
Theme + Charleston Alley	Charlie Barnet & his Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Hollywood AFRS Re-broadcast Sep 1959
C-Jan Blues	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘A Date with the Duke’ ABC / AFRS Re-broadcast 1945
Tin Roof Blues	Wild Bill Davidson (voc) George Brunies	‘This is Jazz’ WOR MBS NY 10 May 1947
Theme + Wherever There’s Me, There’s You	Bobby Sherwood Orchestra (voc) Jay Johnson & Frances Glenn	‘One Night Stand’ Avedon Ballroom Los Angeles AFRS Re-broadcast 3 Jun 1946
Darktown Poker Club	Phil Harris Orchestra (voc) Phil Harris	Comm Rec Los Angeles 1945
Pisspot’s Plate	Ken Howard	Custom Recording 1952
National Songs Medley inc. Waltzing Matilda + Close Theme	James Melton, Rita Stevens (voc) Chorus, Alec Templeton (p) Al Goodman Orchestra	‘James Melton Show’ New York AFRS Re-broadcast 15 Apr 1945
I Love To Singa	Cab Calloway (voc) & his Orchestra	From the film ‘The Singing Kid’ Hollywood 27 Jan 1936
Theme + Let’s Put Our Heads Together	Rudy Vallee (voc) & his Orchestra with ELECTRIC BANJO	‘Fleischman Yeast Hour’ WEAF NBC Red NY 1933
Little By Little + Waiting at the End of the Road + Can’t We Be Friends + Moanin Low	The Dixie Two-Steppers	Radio Transcription Chicago 1929
Cherokee	Sterling Young Orchestra	Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1939
Intro + Swing Low Sweet Chariot	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Meadow Brook Ballroom Cedra Grove NJ WABC CBS NY 11 Feb 1941
When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day	Bob Crosby (voc) & his Orchestra	Terrace Room Hotel New Yorker WOR MBS NY 25 Mar 1940
You’re Just in Love	Louis Armstrong Orchestra (voc) Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton	‘Guest Star’ New York 12 Dec 1954
Dizzy Boogie	Slim Gaillard Orchestra	Comm Rec New York Dec 1945
Intro + Blue ‘n’ Boogie	Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie & Group	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Birdland WJZ ABC NY 31 Mar 1951
Straight no Chaser	Miles Davis & John Coltrane	Spotlight Washington DC MBS Feb 1959

Classic means Repeat & Raymond Scott

Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 27 Oct 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sunday 1 Nov Oct 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 is a classic Phantom Dancer. I learnt classic as a word for repeat off commercial TV about 6 months ago.

It appealed to the cynic in me. It probably appealed to the cynic in lots of people, because I haven’t heard them use it since. But then, I don’t watch too much commercial TV – unless it’s from the 50s and on YouTube

So hooray for the Phantom Dancer & its Video of the Week.

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST for last week’s Phantom Dancer on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com (and the prev. post of this blog) where you’ll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer’s VIDEO OF THE WEEK…………(which you can see on this post)

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO – Singin’ in the Rain sung by Dorothy Collins in front of the Raymond Scott Quintette – Your Hit Parade NBC TV 1950s. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

Kay Kyser Demonstrates the Sonovox in 1940

Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 20 Oct 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney  (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sunday 25 Oct 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…

RADIOTHON SHOW PART 2

This October marks 30 years of community broadcasting by 2SER-FM

And the Phantom Dancer celebrates with non-stop hits and memories from the 30s, 30s and 30s with 30s flashbacks & the Hot 1930s countdown

Your subscriptions keep 2SER & The Phantom Dancer on the air

Subscribe to 2SER now and be in the running for some great prizes as well as making sure that you can still hear your favourite live 1920s-60s swing & jazz every Tuesday & Sunday

There’s double passes for subscribers to the Sydney Silent film festival Oct 24 – 25

The Phantom Dancer is Australia’s longest-running swing show. I’ve been presenting it for your enjoyment since 1985

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 – Kay Kyser & his Band demonstrate the amazing SONOVOX from 1940.  See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com.  Enjoy!

	Play List The Phantom Dancer 2009 Radiothon Tuesday 20 October 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 25 October 2009 6:30am AEST AEST is +10 Hours GMT Subscribe to 2SER during the Phantom Dancer 20 & 25 Oct & WIN
Song	Artist	Location & Date
In The Mood (1939)	Glenn Miller Orchestra	‘Chesterfield Show’ WABC CBS NY 27 Dec 1939
Over the Rainbow (1939)	Horace Heidt Orchestra (voc) Ronnie Kemper	‘Sunrise’ WJSV CBS Washington DC 21 Sep 1939
The Woodpecker Song (1938)	Russ Morgan Orchestra	Radio Transcription New York 1938
Kissa Viekoon (Jeepers Creepers) (1938)	Bruno Laakko (voc) & Lepokot (The Bats)	Announced Comm Rec Helsinki, Finland 1939
Theme + September in the Rain (1937)	Your Hit Parade Orchestra dir by Mark Warnow (voc) Buddy Clark	‘Your Hit Parade’ WEAF NBC Red NY 15 May 1937
Where or When (1937)	Benny Goodman Trio (voc) the Audience	Manhattan Room Hotel Pennsylvania WABC CBS NY 23 Oct 1937
Stop, Look & Listen (1936)	Bunny Berrigan Orchestra	‘Saturday Night Swing Club’ WABC CBS NY 31 Oct 1936
Small Fry (1936)	Artie Shaw Orchestra (voc) Tony Pastor	Blue Room Hotel Lincoln WEAF NBC Red NY 29 Nov 1938
NBC Chimes & Stn ID + You’re the Top (1935)	Cole Porter (voc & p) introduced by Rudy Vallee	‘Fleischman Yeast Hour’ WEAF NBC Red NY 13 Dec 1934
The Music Goes Round & Round (1935)	Paul Whiteman Orchestra (tb & voc) Jack Teagarden	‘Paul Whiteman Varieties’ WJZ NBC Blue NY 12 Jan 1936
Theme + Music from the Warner Bros Musical Comedy, Dames: (1934) Dames + I Only Have Eyes For You + Try To See It My Way Baby	Vincent Valsanti Orchestra (AKA Ted Fio Rito)	‘From the Cocoanut Grove’ Transcribed TRANSCO Los Angeles 1934
Black Moonlight (1933)	Bing Crosby (voc) Jimmie Grier Orchestra	Comm Rec Hollywood 27 Aug 1933
A Boy and a Girl were Dancing (1933)	Phil Harris Orchestra (voc) Jeffrey Gill	‘From the Cocoanut Grove’ Transcribed TRANSCO Los Angeles 1933
Moon Song (1932)	Annette Hanshaw (voc) Will Osbourne Orchestra	Comm Rec New York 25 Jan 1933
It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing (1932)	Frank Coughlan & his Trocadero Dance Orchestra (voc) Barbara James	FeaturRadio Transcription Sydney Apr 1937
I’ve Got Five Dollars (theme) (1931) + Oo, That Kiss! (1931)	Friendly Five Orchestra dir by Freddy Rich (voc) unidentified	‘Your Hit Parade’ WEAF NBC Red NY 15 Jan 1938
I Surrender Dear (1931)	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Joseph Urban Room Congress Hotel NBC Red Network Chicago 20 Jan 1936
Song of The Dawn (1930)	Boswell Sisters (voc)	Continental Broadcasting System Hollywood 1930
Body & Soul (1930)	Benny Goodman Trio	Manhattan Room Hotel Pennsylvania WABC CBS NY 20 Oct 1937
Headin’ For Better Times (1930)	Ted Lewis Orchestra (voc) Ted Lewis & Chorus	Comm Rec New York 12 Jan 1931

Hits & Memories from the 30s, 30s & 30s

Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 13 Oct 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +10 GMT) Sunday 17 Oct 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…

RADIOTHON SHOW PART 1

This October marks 30 years of community broadcasting by 2SER-FM And the Phantom Dancer celebrates with non-stop hits and memories from the 30s, 30s and 30s with 30s flashbacks & the Hot 1930s countdown

Your subscriptions keep 2SER & The Phantom Dancer on the air

Subscribe to 2SER now and be in the running for some great prizes as well as making sure that you can still hear your favourite live 1920s-60s swing & jazz every Tuesday & Sunday

There’s double passes for subscribers to the Sydney Silent film festival Oct 15 – 25 The Phantom Dancer is Australia’s longest-running swing show. I’ve been presenting it for your enjoyment since 1985

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 – a 1937 Benny Goodman medley introduced by Rudy Vallee with solos by Harry James, Lionel Hampton & Gene Krupa. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

	Play List The Phantom Dancer 2009 Radiothon Tuesday 13 October 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 17 October 2009 6:30am AEST AEST is +10 Hours GMT Subscribe to 2SER during the Phantom Dancer 13 & 20 Oct & WIN See a link? Click to buy the CD from the Jazz Emporium
Song	Artist	Location & Date
You’re Driving Me Crazy (1930)	McKinney’s Cotton Pickers (voc) Dave Wilborn	Comm Rec Camden NY 17 Dec 1930
Theme + On The Sunny Side of the Street (1930)	Harry Richman (voc) & the Dodge Orchestra	‘Dodge Show’ Transcribed New York 1935
It’s Great to Be in Love (1931) + I’ve Got Five Dollars (1931) (theme)	Freddy Rich Orchestra	‘Friendly Five Footnotes’ Radio Transcription New York 1931
Out of Nowhere (1931) + Oldsmobile Ad + I Wanna Be Loved (theme) (1934)	Ruth Etting (voc) with Johnny Green’s Orchestra	‘Oldsmobile Program’ WABC CBS NY 6 Mar 1934
Night & Day (1932)	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Comm Rec 20 Jul 1937 New York
Music in the Moonlight (1932) (theme) + Just Friends (1932)	Jimmie Grier Orchestra (voc) Dick Webster	Cocoanut Grove Radio Transcription TRANSCO Los Angeles 1932
Let’s Fall in Love (1933)	Annette Hanshaw (voc) with Orchestra	Comm Rec New York 3 Feb 1934
Heat Wave (1933)	Ethel Merman (voc) with Al Goodman’s CBS Orchestra & the Lynn Murray Chorus	‘Everybody’s Music: Irving Berlin 50th Birthday Tribute’ WABC CBS NY 3 Aug 1938
On the Good Ship Lollipop (1934)	The Stewart Sisters (voc) Rudy Vallee & Orchestra	‘Fleischman Yeast Hour’ WEAF NBC Red NY 13 Dec 1934
Parade of the Hot Chocolate Soldiers (1934)	Vincent Valsanti (aka Ted Fio Rito) Orchestra (voc) Jack Howard & the Three Blue Keys	Cocoanut Grove Radio Transcription TRANSCO Los Angeles 1934
Lullaby of Broadway (1935)	The Boswell Sisters (voc) with the Dodge Orchestra	‘Dodge Show’ Transcribed New York 1935
Say Si Si (1935) + Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (1931) (theme)	Frank Georghan Orchestra (voc) The Octet	Terrace Room Hotel Statler WHK Mutual Cleveland OH 5 Apr 1940
Chimes + Happy Days Are Here Again (1930) The Way You Look Tonight (1936)	Your Hit Parade Orchestra dir by Freddy Rich (voc) Buddy Clark	‘Your Hit Parade’ WEAF NBC Red NY 21 Oct 1936
Restiamo vicini alla musica e balliamo (Let’s Face the Music & Dance)(1936)	Caterina Boratto & Orchestra	Comm Rec Cetra Rome 1942
Caravan (1937)	Shep Fields & his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Radio Transcription New York 1937
Bei Mir Bist du Schoen (1937)	Your Hit Parade Orchestra dir by Freddy Rich (voc) Buddy Clark	‘Your Hit Parade’ WEAF NBC Red NY 15 Jan 1938
In Lamberts Nachtlokal (The Lambert Walk) (1937)	Hans Rehmstedt Orchestra (voc) Rudi Schuricke	Comm Rec Berlin Nov 1938
A-Tisket A-Tasket (1938)	Jan Savitt & his Top Hatters (voc) the Three Toppers	KYW Studios NBC Red Network Philadelphia 17 Oct 1938
We’re Off To See The Wizard (1939)	Jim Davidson & his ABC Dance Orchestra (voc) Band Trio	Comm Rec Sydney 21 Nov 1939
Sunrise Serenade (1939)	Bob Crosby Orchestra	‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NY 27 June 1939

USA Chevrolet Sings Dinah Shore

Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 6 Oct 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sunday 10 Oct 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 Al Jolson with a song/story medley from 1948 over NBC’s Kraft Music Hall, the Andrew Ssters on ‘Guest Star’ in 1950 and Duke Ellington on the air from Atlantic City in 1964. The Phantom Dancer is Australia’s longest-running swing show thanks to the support of 2SER radiothon subscribers

The Phantom Dancer is Australia’s longest-running swing show. I’ve been presenting it for your enjoyment since 1985

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 – ‘See the USA in your Chevrolet’ is a 1952 cinema ad sung by Dinah Shore is also posted here for your convenience. Enjoy!

	Play List The Phantom Dancer Tuesday 6 October 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 10 October 2009 6:30am AEST AEST is +10 Hours GMT
Song	Artist	Location & Date
Sweet & Lovely (theme) + Come Take Me	Gus Arnheim Orchestra (voc) Donald Marshall	Cocoanut Grove Radio Transcription TRANSCO Los Angeles 1931
Medley: Chinatown + What’ll I Do + The Best Things in Life Are Free + Liza + Sweet Sixteen + Sonny Boy + Tree in a Meadow + Kraft Ad	Al Jolson (voc) Oscar Levant (p) Lou Bring Orchestra	‘Kraft Music Hall’ KFI NBC Los Angeles 1948
Theme (Take the A-Train) + Afro-Bossa	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Marine Ballroom Steel Pier Atlantic City NJ AFRS Re-broadcast Jul 1964
Margie	Horace Heidt & his Musical Knights	‘Trianon Time’ Trianon Ballroom Southgate Ca KFI NBC LA 1945
I’ve Got Five Dollars (theme) + Oooh That Kiss	Freddy Rich Orchestra	‘Friendly Five Footnotes’ radio Transcription New York 1931
You Can’t Have Your Cake & Eat It Too	Harry James Orchestra	Casino Gardens Ocean Park Ca KECA ABC LA Nov 1945
Two for the Blues	Count Basie Orchestra	‘Bandstand USA’ Mutual Network Red Hill Inn Pennsauken NJ 1 Dec 1956
But Not For Me	Ray McKinley & the Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Helen O’Connell	‘Let’s Go With Music’ Radio Transcription Hollywood
Come Rain Come Shine	Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) Eileen Wilson	‘Marine Corp Show’ Hollywood 1955
Medley: Marie + Linger Awhile + Mood Indigo	Ted Fio Rito Orchestra	Chez Paree WGN Chicago 1950s
Anchors Aweigh (theme) + If I Were a Bell	Tony Martin (voc) Buzz Adlam Ochestra	‘Navy Star Time’ Hollywood 1950
Bijou	Woody Herman’s First Herd	Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WABC CBS NY 1945
Oh, Katherina	The Andrew Sisters	‘Guest Star’ New York 1950
The Best Things In Life Are Free	Dick Haymes	‘Guest Star’ New York 1950
Do You Ever Think of Me?	Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys	Tiffany Transcription KGO San Francisco 1947
Solitude + Time Waits For No-one	Herbie Fields Orchestra (voc) Carol Kaye	Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY WOR Mutual NY 9 Sep 1944
Good, Good, Good	Georgia Gibbs (voc) Paul Whiteman Orchestra	‘Paul Whiteman Show’ WJZ ABC NY 1945
My Baby Said Yes	Georgia Gibbs & the Merry Macs (voc) Paul Whiteman Orchestra	‘Paul Whiteman Show’ WJZ ABC NY 1945
Let’s Get Away From It All	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines & the Pied Pipers	Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ 11 Feb 1941
Safari	Stan Kenton Orchestra	Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1941
Reconversion Blues	Louis Jordan & his Tympani 5 (voc) Louis Jordan	Cafe Zanzibar WOR Mutual NY Sep 1945
Hold Tight + Moonlight Serenade (theme)	Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Marion Hutton	Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY WEAF NBC Red NY 1939

Phantom Dancer at Powerhouse

Hear the Phantom Dancer’s 1920s-50s radio mix at 2 of the Global Common Ground Events at these venues

1. State Library of Queensland
When 6pm, Fri 2 Oct
Where Queensland Terrace, level 2
The event in Brisbane will consist of a large projection onto the screen in the State Library’s stunning Queensland Terrace using a slideshow of content from the Commons on Flickr accounts that is curated by its community of users – making the Flickr Commons go ‘live’ through a connected slideshow. This special event will include images from Picture Queensland – the State Library of Queensland’s image library and a soundtrack of live popular music off vintage 1920s – 50s radio put together by Greg Poppleton – The Phantom Dancer

Light refreshments will be served.

2. Powerhouse Museum
Forecourt, 500 Harris St, Ultimo
(if raining) Level 1 cafe, Macarthur St, Ultimo
Saturday 3 October
6:30 – 9pm

What is Common Ground?
Common Ground is a global meet up celebrating the Commons on Flickr to be held by as many of the institutions in the Commons. This will consist of a projection onto the participating institutions building at night (or suitable day-time location) using a slideshow of content from the Commons on Flickr accounts that is curated by you, our community. This will be hosted on the weekend of 2nd – 3rd October across the globe (albeit time-differences). Making the Flickr Commons go live through a connected slideshow. You will get to meet the staff behind the Commons and we will get to know you.

Thanks for voting on the slideshow it is now currently being prepared for the Common Ground event.

We can’t wait to meet you!
Our event will be taking place on the forecourt of the Museum on Saturday the 3rd October. This is an open event similar to an open cinema experience. Event time is 6.30pm til 9pm

What’s happening at the Powerhouse on the 3rd October?

You need to bring something comfortable to sit on and a picnic basket.

There will be coffee and cakes available on the night through Cafexpress.

2ser’s Phantom Dancer has mixed some amazing tunes to accompany the historic images.

Free fine art print giveaways

Our award winning book Then and now: stories from the Commons will be available to purchase with special fine art print included-only available on the night.

If it rains on the night the event will still happen but will be relocated to the level one café. Entrance is down the side of Macarthur Street.

Our guest speakers on the night

Geoff Barker, Assistant Curator Curator work: looking after historic photograph collections at the Powerhouse Museum.

Matthew Connell, Principal Curator Stories between the frames.

Bob Meade, Flickr member Turning history into a detective story using photographs.

Paul Hagon, Flickr member and Web Developer National Library, Canberra The Commons vs Street view.

Rob Manson from Common Layers – changing the way you see Reality.

Sandra McEwen, Principal Curator and Ellen Forsyth, State Library NSW Flickr Commons staff member will be available to discuss the photographic collections with you at one of the tables.

Information from Powerhouse & SLQ websites

Phantom Dancer in the SMH

From the Sydney Morning Herald, 30 Sep 2009

Link to article:
http://tinyurl.com/ydeaudf

Happy Birthday . . . Radio station 2SER celebrates 30 years of community broadcasting.

A community broadcaster is celebrating its 30th year, writes Adam Fulton.

They would listen in cars, in bedrooms, through ghetto blasters and on headphones. Well before hip-hop took hold in mainstream Australia, Sydney’s aspiring MCs, breakdancers and others thirsty for its sound would tune in to the long-running Mothership Connection show on radio 2SER and hear freestyle rapping from Australians and interviews with overseas notables among the hip-hop treats.

Tim Levinson was among them, and what the Blue Mountains youngster heard in the 1990s on the community station – which turns 30 tomorrow – was a pivotal influence in becoming one of Australia’s leading rappers as frontman of the Herd.

”2SER and shows like the Mothership Connection were the hub for hip-hop in Sydney,” says Levinson, stage name Urthboy. They were ”what hip-hop kids would listen to religiously … And now we are seeing massive growth in the hip-hop scene and they’re on commercial radio, and the horse has bolted.”

The station’s airplay of the fledgling band when they struggled to get their music heard – far from their top-10 status today – is typical of its supportive relationship with home-grown music and a prime reason it is seen as indispensable to a vibrant music scene in Sydney.

”Without 2SER, there’s a very good chance that the Herd would never have existed,” says Levinson, who wound up co-hosting a program on unreleased music and taking others to a wider audience. ”2SER was just instrumental in us being able to communicate with people.”

The little station that could has fostered that kind of symbiosis since making its debut on October 1, 1979, as a joint project between the (now) University of Technology, Sydney, and Macquarie University during an expansion of Sydney’s community radio. From its studio headquarters at UTS in Ultimo, the station draws about 190,000 listeners a month with a broadcast that reaches roughly from Newcastle to Wollongong and west to the Blue Mountains, as well as streaming live online.

To mark its 30th birthday, 2SER is putting on more than 20 gigs in October (see www.2ser.com/30) involving more than 70 artists as well as holding its annual Radiothon drive to build subscribers, a vital part of its fund-raising.

The station’s mere survival across three decades is a feat. For any community organisation ”that runs on a skeleton staff and is mostly run by volunteers, to last that long at all is pretty significant”, says Kurt Eckardt, the station’s marketing and development manager.

Richard Kingsmill, Karen Barlow and Robbie Buck are among those who came through its doors as volunteers and went on to bigger things in broadcasting.

Central to 2SER’s appeal is its niche programming, focusing on a genre or a theme and ranging from We Come From Garage Land (unreleased Australian music) and Phantom Dancer (swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s to 1950s radio) to The Hands of Tyme (1960s and ’70s psychedelia).

”It’s about giving a place to more obscure and unheard music as well as voices from the community,” Eckardt says.

Presenter Wayne DZ, who has clocked up 25 years hosting 2SER’s The Alternative Music Show, has dug up little-heard gems for listeners since the get go. He was drawn to the station because it allowed him to play the songs he wanted to, unlike the pre-programmed practices at bigger stations. ”I’m a lover of music, so I’d rather program it.”

Apart from niche music, the other thing that sets 2SER apart from other stations in Eckardt’s eyes is its current affairs. ”We have specific programs each day. Our breakfast shows have a lot of segments and interviews related to cultural and current affairs. That’s the real focus.”

The focus reflected 2SER’s ethos of ”promoting the values of social justice and really giving a voice to people and groups that are under-represented in other forms of media”.

Now You’re Talking!

Phantom Dancer Radio Show
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney

Tuesday 29 Sep 12 noon   (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sunday 4 Oct 6:30am   (repeat)

Live streamed over 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 Benny Goodman broadcasting from Chicago’s Congress Hotel in 1936, the Delta Rhythm Boys on ‘Jubilee’ in 1944 and Lester Young on the air from Birdland in 1956

The Phantom Dancer is Australia’s longest-running swing show. I’ve been presenting it for your enjoyment since 1985

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST below, after the Phantom Dancer’s  VIDEO OF THE WEEK

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO – ‘Now You’re Talking’ is a mixed media cartoon about a ’sick’ telephone made in 1927…Enjoy!

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THIS WEEK’S PLAY LIST (Tues 29 Sep 09 & Sun 4 Oct 09)

See a link in the play list? The links are dead on this blog. However, you can buy live vintage broadcast CDs of the bands highlighted by going to the Jazz Emporium page of www.gregpoppleton.com

The Jazz Emporium is an Amazon Affiliate store run myself. All sales proceeds go to buy CDs for the Phantom Dancer radio show…

	Play List The Phantom Dancer Tuesday 29 September 2009 12 noon AEST Sunday (repeat) 4 October 2009 6:30am AEST AEST is +10 Hours GMT
Song	Artist	Location & Date
Intro + Heel de Band is Favoriet	De Ramblers (voc) Wim Poppink	Aircheck Hilversum, Holland Jun 1940
King Porter Stomp + Goodbye theme, NBC Chimes & Stn ID	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Joseph Urban Room Congress Hotel Chicago Via WEAF NBC Red NY 3 Feb 1936
Emmalou	Jan Garber Orchestra (voc) Roy Cordell	Melody Mill Ballroom WGN Chicago 1950
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again	Edmundo Ros Orchestra (voc) Edmundo Ros	BBC London 1969
Back to Back	Billy Mills Orchestra	‘Fibber McGee & Molly’ WEAF NBC Red NY 5 Sep 1939
St Louis Blues	Delta Rhythm Boys	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 13 Mar 1944
Blue Moon + Memories of You (theme)	Sonny Dunham Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Paladium Ballroom AFRS Re-broadcast 1 Aug 1944
Shady Lady Bird	Harry James Orchestra	‘Chesterfield Show’ WABC CBS NY 24 Mar 1943
Theme + Who?	Harry Sosnick & the Savings Bonds	‘Guest Star’ New York 13 Aug 1950
But Not For Me	Ray McKinley & the Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Helen O’Connell	‘Let’s Go With Music’ Radio Transcription Hollywood
I’ll Always Be With You	Alton Williams (voc) Frank deVol Orchestra (introduced by Ginny Simms)	‘Ginny Simms Show’ WABC CBS NY 11 Jan 1946
Like the Wind You’re Gone + Theme	Kay Kyser Orchestra	Trianon Ballroom Chicago MBS 6 Feb 1937
Dieses Lied hat keinen Text	Peter Igelhoff piano & ensemble (voc) – Evelyn Kuenneke	Comm Rec Berlin 1939
Rose of the Rio Grande	Duke Ellington Orchestra (voc) Ivie Anderson	Ritz-Carlton Hotel WNAC NBC Boston 26 Jul 1939
Oh, Katherina	Eddie Condon’s Barefoot Gang	‘Eddie Condon’s Town Hall Jazz Concert’ Town Hall WJZ Blue NY 22 Jul 1944
One Way Passage + Stardreams (theme)	Charlie Spivak Orchestra	Hollywood Palladium KNX CBS LA 7 Apr 1948
You Go To My Head	Jan Savitt & his Top Hatters (voc) Carlotta Dale	Comm Rec New York 25 Aug 1938
Rockin’ Chair	Jack Teagarden (voc) – Jack Teagarden	Panther Room Hotel Sheman WMAQ NBC Chicago 22 Nov 1941
Blues in G	Lester Young Quintet	Birdland WABC ABC NY 5 Sep 1956
Shoo Be Doo	Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra	Rex Theatre Paris Radio Feb 1953
Let’s Get Away From It All	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines & the Pied Pipers	Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ 11 Feb 1941
Man From Mars	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WEAF NBC Red New York 21 Oct 1939
He Broke my Heart in Three Places	Spike Jones & his City Slickers (voc) The Nillsen Twins	Radio Transcription 1943