Helen Humes Sings With Count Basie. Phantom Dancer Tues 19 Aug 2014

Gosh, Phantom Dancers, will there be enough radio show time to fit in Shorty Rogers Giants from a 1950s Tonight Show? I’ve held it over from two weeks ago.

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Certainly we’ll hear live swing and dance by Benny Goodman, Jimmy Joy and more. And commercial recordings by Australian singer/comedian Cyril Richards, who blazed a career in London theatre and Broadway; as well as Buenos Aires guitarist and friend of Django Reinhardt, Oscar Aleman.

John J Anthony will be back to dispense sound advice. He pulls it off well when you consider his background. This blog link, if true, makes an interesting read about the sanctimonious Mr A.

This week’s Phantom Dancer Video of the Week is an extraordinary performance of ‘I Cried For You’. It’s sung by Helen Humes with Count Basie at the piano with his small orchestra including Wardell Gray. Brilliant…

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN#118

2SER Tuesday 19 August 2014 12 noon – 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT)

Set 1

The Oldest Chorus Boy In London Cyril Richard Comm Rec London 10 May 1940 I Love The Guy Frankie Carle Orchestra (voc) Terri Srevens and Allen Sims ‘Saturday Dance Date’ Marine Dining Room Edgewater Beach Hotel WMAQ NBC Chicago 12 Aug 1950   Set 2     How High The Moon Delta Rhythm Boys ‘Guest Star’ Radio Transcription New York 24 Apr 1949 How High The Moon Ray Pearl Orchestra (voc) Walter Bloom ‘Sunset Music’ Casino Gardens Ocean Park Ca KHJ Mutual LA 3 Apr 1940 Woody Woodpecker Sherman Hayes Orchestra (voc) Sherman Hayes and Henry Gill Martinique Restaurant WGN Mutual Chicago Apr 1947 Set 3     Russian Impressions Part 1 Adolf Stiemel Orchestra Comm Rec Berlin 9 Dec 1939 The Glory Of Love Harry Richman ‘Dodge Show’ New York 13 Feb 1936 Pork Chops and Gravy Inkspots ‘Chamber Music Society Of Lower Basin Street’ WJZ NBC Blue NY 18 Aug 1941 Set 4     Open + Blue Skies Jimmy Joy Orchestra ‘Spotlight Bands’ Hartigan Tx Blue Network 6 Jan 1945 Transcontinental Benny Goodman Orchestra Joseph Urban Room Congress Hotel WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 20 Jan 1936 Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ra Louis Prima Orchestra ‘One Night Stand’ Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ AFRS Rebroadcast 23 Dec 1944 Set 5     Pet My Pup Jimmy Grier Orchestra Radio Trnscription Los Angeles 1947 Sound Advice John J Anthony ‘The Goodwill Hour’ WOR Mutual NY 1944 Beg Your Pardon Dinah Shore (voc) Harry James Orchestra ‘Call For Music’ KNX CBS LA 4 May 1948 Blue Music Les Brown  Orchestra (voc) Doris Day ‘One Night Stand’ Peacock Room Hotel Baker Dallas Tx AFRS Rebroadcast 9 Aug 1945 Set 6     Russian Lullaby Oscar Aleman Trio Comm Rec Paris 12 May 1939 Hold Tight Benny Goodman Orchestra ‘Camel Caravan’ State Theatre Hartford Conn. CBS 7 Feb 1939 Diga Diga Doo Bob Crosby Orchestra ‘Spotlight Bands’ Blue Network 3 Dec 1942 Theme + Sugar Foot Stomp Bunny Berrigan Orchestra Panther Room Hotel Sherman WMAQ NBC Red Chicago Jul 1939 Set 7     Hello Dolly Duke Ellington Orchestra ‘One Night Stand’ Marine Ballroom Steel Pier Atlantic City NJ AFN Europe Jul 1964 Theme + St Louis Blues Charlie Shavers Quartet London House WBBM CBS Chicago May 1962 Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians Tiparillo Pavilion NY World Fair WCBS CBS NY 1964 Fascinating Rhythm Tony Bennett (voc) Gene Krupa Trio ‘Guard Session’ Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1963 Set 8     Bye Bye Miss Rhapsody Comm Rec New York 6 Jul 1944 Chasin The Bird Charlie Parker Sextet ‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 12 Mar 1949 My Heart Stood Still Shorty Rogers Giants ‘Tonight Show’ Jul 1955