Les Paul & Mary Ford Multitrack On 1953 TV

Well, well, Phantom Dancers, another most delightful show of live swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio & TV for you this Tuesday.

There’s a set of swing and bop small groups from the 1940s & 50s, a set of dance music from the late 20s and early 30s, a set of swing from the 1940s and lots, lots more

And for your Video of the Week, Alistair Cooke talks to Les Paul and Mary Ford on the CBS TV show ‘Omnibus’, 23 Oct 1953, about their music and multitracking. Les & Mary demonstrate. Enjoy!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show #53 2SER Tuesday 21 May 2013 12 noon – 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) Set 1 Music In The Moonlight (theme) + Say You Are Teasing Me Jimmy Grier Orchestra (voc) Gogo Delys Cocoanut Grove TRANSCO Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1933 Quel Motivetto Che Mi Piace Tanto Orchestra Barzizza (voc) Trio Comm Rec Rome c 1928 Yellow Dog Blues Coot Grant (voc) ‘This Is Jazz’ WOR MBS NY 3 May 1947 Carnegie Leap Eddie Condon Ensemble ‘Eddie Condon Jazz Concert’ Ritz Theatre WJZ Blue NY 10 Feb 1945 Set 2 Dark Eyes Harry Sosnick and the Savings Bonds Orchestra ‘Guest Star’ New York 1948 Let’s Go Home Charlie Spivak Orchestra Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 1948 I’ve Got You Under My Skin Woody Herman Orchestra Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 17 Oct 1944 Flight Of The Bumble Bee + Close (Rhythm & Romance by Ella Fitzgerald (voc) Chick Webb Orch. ‘Dick Hallsy’ Orchestra ‘Rhythm & Romance’ WJSV CBS Washington DC 21 Sep 1939 Set 3 Gone With What Wind Benny Goodman Sextet with Charlie Christian Cocoanut Grove Ambassador Hotel KFI NBC Red LA 6 Apr 1940 Andyology John Kirby Sextet ‘One Night Stand’ Aquarium Restaurant NY AFRS Re-broadcast 18 Jul 1944 Sometimes I’m Happy Archie Bleyer Group ‘Arthur Godfrey Show’ CBS 1950s Ornithology + 52nd Street Theme Charlie Parker Quintet ‘Symphony Sid Show’ WCOP Boston 1954 Set 4 Right About Face Benny Goodman Orchestra (voc) Helen Ward ‘Let’s Dance’ WEAF NBC Red NY 27 Apr 1935 Wabash Blues Johnny Green Orchestra ‘Fitch Bandwagon’ WEAF NBC Red NY 9 Apr 1939 A Boy Named Lem Larry Clinton Orchestra (voc) Mary Dugan Coconut Grove Park Central Hotel WEAF NBC Red NY 7 Jul 1939 I’ll Remember April Gay Claridge Orchestra ‘One Night Stand’ Chez Paree Chicago AFRS Re-broadcast 7 Aug 1944 Set 5 Second Balcony Jump Billy Eckstine Orchestra ‘Rhythm In A Riff’ Film Soundtrack mid-1946 Beulah’s Boogie Lionel Hampton Orchestra Casa Manana Culver City Ca KFI NBC LA 20 Jul 1947 Theme + Mr Ghost Goes To Town Tommy Dorsey Orchestra WEAF NBC Red NY 31 Jan 1937 Poor Little Rich Girl Chick Webb Orchestra Southland Cafe WNAC NBC Boston 20 Feb 1940 Set 6 Buds Won’t Bud Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Comm Rec New York 10 Apr 1940 I Remember You Harry James Orchestra (voc) Helen Forrest ‘Chesterfield Show’ WABC CBS NY 30 Dec 1942 Stormy Weather Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra ‘Uncle Sam Presents’ NBC Oct 1943 Medley: Sleepy Time Gal / Cuddle Up A Little Closer / Ragtime Cowboy Joe / I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter + Close (So Long For Now) Eddy Howard orchestra (voc) Eddy Howard Aragon Ballroom Mutual Chicago 5 Dec 1945 Set 7 Sloppy Water Blues Fats Waller (pipe organ) Comm Rec Camden NJ 14 Jan 1927 Can’t We Be Friends + Moanin’ Low Dixie Two-Steppers Radio Transcription Chicago 1929 Melody In F Red Nichols ARC-Brunswick Studio Band ‘Devoe and Reynolds Program’ New York 30 Nov 1931 One Two Button Your Shoe Red Nichols Orchestra (voc) Songcopators Radio Transcription World Broadcasting System New York 30 Nov 1936 Set 8 Leap Frog Les Brown Orchestra Radio Transcription New York Sep 1949 Theme + The Dart Game Shelly Manne Quintet Basin Street WRCA NBC NY 1956 Groovin’ For Nat Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra Birdland WCBS CBS NY Jul 1956 God Child Chubby Jackson Orchestra ‘Symphony Sid Show’ WMCA NY 12 Mar 1949

Win The Latest Bakelite Broadcasters CD ‘Doin The Charleston’!!!

Spread The Word And Win The Latest Bakelite Broadcasters CD ‘Doin The Charleston’!!!

(Hear it in on Bandcamp)

To go into the draw:

1. Add the flyer below for the 23 May Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters Django Bar show onto your Facebook page
2. Invite your friends to come along
3. Put your name on the 23 May Django Bar events page
4. Be at the Greg Poppleton show for the draw in the Django Bar of the Camelot Lounge, 23 May at 10pm to WIN!!!

Put this flyer onto your Facebook page and be at the 23 May Django Bar show to win the new CD by Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters

Good Luck! And see you at the Django Bar for Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters 1920s Speakeasy Trio

Django Bar in the Camelot Lounge | 8pm Thursday 23 May | cnr Marrickville Rd and Railway Pde Marrickville | Opp. Sydenham Train Station | $10 door sales only

Rap From 1929 By The High-Hatted Tragedian Of Jazz, Ted Lewis

Hello Phantom Dancers,

On this week’s show, you’ll hear a rare radio broadcast from Shep Fields’ New Music (including early electric guitar) and a broadcast excerpt from Glen Island Casino by Bob Strong. There’s also a couple of sets of jazz and dance from 1920s-30s radio for your listening and dancing pleasure. Full play list below.

And for your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week, from 1929, rap from the High Hatted Tragedian of Jazz, Ted Lewis.

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show #52 2SER Tuesday 14 May 2013 12 noon – 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) Set 1 When My Ship Comes In George Hall Hotel Taft Orchestra (voc) Allen Church Comm Rec Sydney 14 Sep 1934 Good For You Bad For Me Boswell Sisters Radio Transcription Continental LA 1930 Open + Flirtation Waltz Vincent Valsanti aka Ted Fio Rito Orchestra (voc) Jack Howard Radio Transcription TRANSCO LA 1934 Hold My Hand Ray Pearl Orchestra Casino Gardens Ocean Park Ca KHJ Mutual LA 10 Apr 1940 Set 2 9:20 Special Andy Kirk Orchestra ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 21 May 1945 Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone Eddie Heywood Sextet ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 21 May 1945 Sheik Of Araby + Lover Come Back To Me + Close Shep Fields and his New Music ‘Spotlight Bands’ Orlando Fl Blue Network 21 Jul 1943 Set 3 Good Night Desi Arnez Orchestra (voc) Desi Arnez Ciro’s Hollywood KNX BCS LA 1946 Texas Tex Tex Beneke Orchestra Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 2 Oct 1946 Open + Kentucky Bob Strong Orchestra (voc) Tony Fiola ‘One Night Stand’ Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY 20 Aug 1944 The Continental Champs Butler (voc) Frank deVol Orchestra ‘Stand By For Music’ Radio Transcription Hollywood 6 Jan 1955 Set 4 Open + Re-stringing The Pearls Jerry Gray and his Band Of Today Palladium Ballroom KFI Los Angeles 20 Jan 1961 Open + Perdido Ray Anthony Orchestra ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1952 Open + Bop City + Close Charlie Barnet Orchestra Rendezvous Ballroom Balboa Ca KHJ Mutual LA 30 Jul 1949 Set 5 Don’t Be That Way Roy Eldridge and his Trumpet Ensemble Comm Rec New York 24 Jan 1944 Sleepy Lagoon Harry James Orchestra Roof Garden Hotel Astor WABC CBS NY 28 Aug 1942 Body And Soul Stan Kenton Orchestra Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 27 Nov 1945 Blue Rain Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra (voc) Connie Morgan Spotlight Bands Columbus OH Blue Network 19 Nov 1943 Set 6 Japanese Sandman Ray Noble Orchestra Beverly-Wiltshire Hotel Beverly Hills Ca KFI NBC Red LA 18 Feb 1940 Laughing At Life Benny Goodman Orchestra ‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NY 19 Nov 1937 It’s You, You, Darling Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) Bob Crosby Terrace Room Hotel New Yorker WOR Mutual NY 25 Mar 1940 I’m An Old Cowhand Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ‘Ford V8 Show’ Texas Centennial CBS Dallas Tx Aug 1936 Set 7 At Your Command Fred Rich Orchestra Comm Rec New York 15 Jun 1931 Linda Earl Burtnett Orchestra (voc) Jess Kirkpatrick Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1931 Nobody’s Sweetheart Now Mills Hotsy Totsy Gang ‘Brunswick Brevities’ New York Oct 1929 Royal Graden Blues Ray Miller Orchestra ‘Sunny Meadows Radio Show’ Radio Transcription Chicago Jan 1929 Set 8 Leap Frog Les Brown Orchestra Radio Transcription New York Sep 1949 Theme + The Dart Game Shelly Manne Quintet Basin Street WRCA NBC NY 1956 Groovin’ For Nat Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra Birdland WCBS CBS NY Jul 1956 God Child Chubby Jackson Orchestra ‘Symphony Sid Show’ WMCA NY 12 Mar 1949

1920s Gala Fundraiser Makes $42 000

Last Saturday, Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters, played their authentic Roaring 20s speakeasy jazz for the 1920s Ozwac Gala Ball, raising money for this venerable charity.

What is Ozwac? Ozwac, the Australian Women and Children’s Research Foundation, is a charity that raises and grants money for research in western Sydney. It works within the University of Sydney Clinical School at Nepean. The research is essential to improve clinical care for mothers and babies. In general, such research is poorly funded in Australia.

In Greg Poppleton and the Broadcasters for the 1920s gala where Greg Poppleton 1920s singer, Geoff Power trumpet and sousaphone, Chuck Morgan banjo and ukeleles, and Adam Barnard drums. Film and TV personalities Roy Billing and Tara Dennis were also at the Ball, sharing their tremendous talents for the cause.

$42 000 was raised.

One of the organisers of the successful 1920s themed Fundraising Ball (which was held in the Evans Theatre of Penrith Panthers) took some happy snaps of Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters on stage for you. We hope you enjoy them. (Thank you, Kane)

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters at the Ozwac 1920s Gala Ball, Penrith Panthers

Now, if you’re looking for a real 1920s trio to sextet or even orchestra for your event, lead by Sydney’s only authentic 1920s singer (classically trained) and filled with world-touring vintage jazz and swing specialists, check out the band’s official website and get in touch via the contact page

Saturday Night Swing Club 1938 Video

Much Hullabulloo To You, Phantom Dancers,

The Phantom Dancer playlist for Tuesday 7 May 2013 is posted for you below. You can hear the show on 2SER 107.3 and online (see the online address at the top of the play list). Tune in for live 1930s – 60s swing and jazz radio by Duke Ellington, Pee Wee Erwin, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Anita O’Day and more. Enjoy!

And now for your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week, two Phantom Dancer regulars in a soundie of CBS’ Saturday Night Swing Club. Together on the sound stage, the house swing band lead by Leith Stevens and Eddie Condon’s Dixieland group. But who is the singer? Is it Kay Thompson, Bea Wain…?

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show #51 2SER Tuesday 7 May 2013 12 noon – 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) Set 1 Open + There Must Be A Way Boyd Raeburn Orchestra (voc) David Allan & Margie Wood Rose Room Palace Hotel KQW CBS San Francisco 19 Jun 1945 These Things Money Can’t Buy Nat King Cole ‘King Cole Trio Time’ NBC Cincinnati 6 Dec 1947 To Each His Own / Body & Soul / Mood Indigo Larry Green Starlight Room Hotel Chase KMOX CBS St Louis 1959 Closing Song & Ads MacFarlane Twins Orchestra ‘Jack Benny Show’ Fort Mead Md NBC 1943 Set 2 We’re Off To See The Wizard Jim Davidson ABC Dance Orchestra (voc) Band Comm Rec Sydney 21 Nov 1939 I’m Shooting High Benny Goodman Orchestra (voc) Helen Ward Joseph Urban Room Congress Hotel WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 20 Jan 1936 Theme + Dinah Count Basie Orchestra ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 2 Oct 1944 Eccentric Pee Wee Erwin’s Dixieland 6 ‘One Night Stand’ Nick’s NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 14 Dec 1950 Set 3 Diminuendo In Blue Duke Ellington Orchestra ‘A Date With The Duke’ New York AFRS Re-broadcast 1946 Transbluecency Duke Ellington Orchestra (voc) Kay Davis ‘A Date With The Duke’ New York AFRS Re-broadcast 1946 Crescendo In Blue Duke Ellington Orchestra ‘A Date With The Duke’ New York AFRS Re-broadcast 1946 Pitter Panther Patter Duke Ellington Orchestra (double bass) Oscar Pettiford ‘A Date With The Duke’ New York AFRS Re-broadcast 1946 Set 4 Maria Gilberto Ernesto Bonino Comm Rec Fonit Cetra Rome 1942 Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby Herbie Fields Orchestra (voc) Carol Kay Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY WOR Mutual NY 9 Aug 1944 Mississippi Mud Dick Jurgens Orchestra (voc) Al Galanti Trocadero Ballroom Elitch’s Gardens Mutual Network Denver Co Jun 1951 Swingin’ On A Star Jan Savitt Orchestra (voc) Buddy Welcome ‘One Night Stand’ Trianon Ballroom Southgate Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 27 Jul 1944 Set 5 There Goes That Song Again George Trevare and his Australians (voc) unknown Comm Rec Sydney 1943 Do Nothing Till You Here From Me Harry James Orchestra (voc) Helen Forrest Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 1944 Blue Profile Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra Hotel New Yorker WJZ Blue NY May 1944 Old Fashioned Love Eddy Howard Orchestra (voc) Eddy Howard Aragon Ballroom WGN Mutual Chicago 5 Dec 1945 Set 6 Singin’ In The Rain Claude Hopkins and his Cotton Club Orchestra Radio Transcription New York 18 Oct 1935 St Louis Blues Count Basie Orchestra (voc) Jimmy Rushing Chatterbox Hotel William Penn WCAE NBC Red Pittsburgh 8 Feb 1937 Hindustan Bob Crosby Bobcats ‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NY 4 Jul 1939 Cow Cow Boogie Gene Krupa Orchestra (voc) Anita O’Day Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 13 Nov 1942 Set 7 Peg O’ My Heart Vic Lewis and his Jazzmen Radio Broadcast London 8 Aug 1945 I Cover The Waterfront Sarah Vaughan Eddie Condon’s Floorshow WPIX TV NY 13 Dec 1948 Jazz Me Blues Bobby Hackett Band ‘Chamber Music Society Of Lower Basin Street’ WJZ NBC Blue NY 23 Jun 1940 Stadust Bunny Berrigan ‘What Is Swing?’ WNEW NY 12 Mar 1936 Set 8 Washington Whirligig Charlie Barnet Orchestra Radio Transcription New York 21 Jul 1944 Open + I Never Knew Louis Armstrong Orchestra (voc) Louis Armstrong ‘Spotlight Bands’ Blue Network Dallas Tx 17 Aug 1943 Open + Benny’s Original Benny Carter Orchestra ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Orchestra 1945 God Child Chubby Jackson Orchestra ‘Symphony Sid Show’ WMCA NY 12 Mar 1949

Greg Poppleton Poster Django Bar 23 May 2013

Do come to the Django Bar of the Camelot Lounge on Thursday 23 May for a night of toe-tappin’ 20′s croonin’ with Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters. With Geoff Power trumpet and sousaphone and Grahame Conlon tenor banjo. I’ll be singing. Please spread the word. Doors open at 6pm. Music at 8pm. Pizzas are the best in Sydney. Just whipped up a poster…

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters in the Django Bar

The Django Bar is on the corner of Marrickville Road and Railway Parade opposite Sydenham Station

The Last Saturday Phantom Dancer This Week!

Hello Phantom Dancers,

There are big changes afoot.

Firstly, this Saturday’s show will be the last.

After six years of being heard twice a week on 2SER, the show will now be heard just once weekly – every Tuesday at the same time since the late 1990s – 12 noon.

But, instead of being a 90 minute show on Tuesday, it’ll be 2 hours from next week, 12 noon – 2pm

And, sometime this year, and I don’t know when as yet, you’ll be able to hear The Phantom dancer any time you want on the 2SER website

And now for this week’s Phantom Dancer Video of the Week, Vitaphone’s latest news on Hollywood from 1934. Enjoy!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show #48
2SER Tuesday 23 April 2013 12 noon – 1:30pm (+10 hours GMT) 2SER Saturday 27 April 2013 – THE LAST SAT. SHOW 6 – 7:30pm (+10 hours GMT)
Set 1
If It Ain’t Love	Boswell Sisters (voc) Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra	Comm Rec New York 9 Apr 1932
Says My Heart	Larry Clinton (voc) Gene McNally aka Denis Day	‘Campus Club’ Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY WEAF NBC Red NY 2 Jul 1938
Dodgin’ The Dean	Ella Fitzgerald Orchestra	Savoy Ballroom WEAF NBC Red NY 22 Jan 1940
Ain’t Misbehavin’	Caspar Reardon (swing harp) Steven Leith Orchestra	‘Saturday Night Swing Club WABC CBS NY 12 Jun 1937
Set 2
I Sustain The Wings (theme) + In The Mood	Army Air Forces Overseas Orchestra (Glenn Miller) dir. Jerry Gray	‘I Sustain The Wings’ Bowling Green Vi WRC NBC Washington DC 17 Nov 1945
Take The A Train	Duke Ellington Orchestra (voc) Bette Roche	Birdland WNBC NBC NY 20 Nov 1952
Someday Sweetheart	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Madhattan Room Hotel Pennsylvania WABC CBS NY 23 Oct 1937
Bases Loaded	Count Basie Orchestra	Birdland WNBC NBC NY 6 Jan 1953
Set 3
Ad + Coconut Grove	Sid King and the Five Strings	KTNT-FM Denton Tx 1954
As If I Didn’t Have Enough On My Mind	Leighton Noble Orchestra (voc) Helen Wynn	‘One Night Stand’ Starlight Roof Waldorf Astoria Hotel AFRS Re-broadcast 21 Jun 1946
Homesick That’s All	Dick Todd (voc)	‘Your Hit Parade’ AFRS Re-broadcast 27 Oct 1945
I’ve Told Every Little Star	Harry Sosnick Savings Bonds Orchestra	‘Guest Star’ New York 13 Aug 1950
Set 4
Roller-Skating On A Rainbow	Blue Barron Orchestra (voc) 3 Blue Notes	Radio Transcription New York 1938
High On A Windy Trumpet	Les Brown Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania AFRS Re-broadcast 28 Dec 1945
Struttin’ With Some Barbeque	Jack Teagarden All-Stars	‘Timex All-Star Jazz Show’ WNBC TV New York 30 Dec 1957
Mr Chips + Blue ‘n’ Boggie (theme)	Billy Eckstine Orchestra	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Feb 1945
Set 5
St Louis Blues	Jack Hylton Orchestra	Comm Rec London 5 Oct 1932
Open + First Song	Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians	Tiparillo Pavilion New York World’s Fair WCBS CBS NY 1964
I Should Care	Harry James Orchestra (voc) Buddy DeVito	Meadowbrook Gardens KFI NBC LA 10 Feb 1946
The Trouble With Me Is You	King Cole Trio (voc) Nat king Cole	Trocadero KHJ Mutual LA 26 Apr 1945
Set 6
I’m Going Back To Where I Come From	Spike Jones and his City Slickers	Radio Transcription New York 1943
Caravan	Bunny Berrigan Orchestra	Manhattan Centre WNEW NY 26 Sep 1939
Farewell Blues + Close	Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra	Camel Caravan WABC CBS NY 13 Jan 1937

Greg Poppleton is Sydney’s only authentic 1920s – 1930s singer. Website: www.bakelitejazz.com . Latest CD on Bandcamp: http://gregpoppletonandhisbakelitebroadcasters.bandcamp.com/

Sydney’s 1920s Speakeasy Jazz Band in 1929 Essex Roadster

Here are some pictures taken by the Tony Atkinson, President, Hudson-AMC Car Club of Aust., of Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters gathered about the club’s beautifully restored 1929 Essex Roadster

The Hudson-AMC Car Club of Australia is dedicated to the preservation of cars built by the Hudson, Nash and American Motors Corporation.

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters are Sydney’s 1920s Speakeasy and 1930s Swing Trio – Sextet. We feature Sydney’s only authentic 1920s – 1930s singer, Greg Poppleton, and world-touring vintage swing jazz musicians.

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters are in demand for weddings, corporate functions, parties and historical occasions

The Hudson-AMC Car Club and Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters were at the annual Fairfield Museum Fair. Thank you, Tony, for the pictures…

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters around the 1929 Essex Roadster. In the Bakelite Broadcasters, singer Greg Poppleton seated with megaphone, Geoff Power big silver sousaphone and trumpet, Paul Baker banjo, Adam Barnard drums and washboard

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters – Sydney’s 1920s Speakeasy Trio – Sextet

The 1929 Essex Roadster belonging to the Hudson-AMC Club of Australia

Greg Poppleton, 1920s Crooner, with 10 Year Old Drummer in the Victoria Room

Hello Bakeliters,

Here are a couple of pictures of a special Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters line-up put together for last night’s Sunday Carnival in the Victoria Room, Darlinghurst.

Greg Poppleton, 1920s-30s singer with The Bakelite Broadcasters for Sunday carnival in the Victoria Room, Darlinghurst

On piano was Monique Lysiak from the Siren’s Big Band. On the drums, Damon Poppleton, who is now ten. And that’s me, Greg Poppleton, singing in my fancy new duds and spurning the use of the microphone. (I’ve a big voice, anyway.) Photos are by Jimmy Vargas and, since I didn’t ask whether he wanted his name in this blog, the photo with Damon was kindly snapped by a long-time Phantom Dancer listener.

Damon Poppleton, drums, Monique Lysiak, piano, Greg Poppleton, vocals on St Louis Blues

And look, you can see in a sign on top of the piano in the background. I says, ‘CDs $20′. That’s how much the latest Greg Poppleton and his Bakelite Broadcasters CD is on Bandcamp ($10 digital download, $1 a track), with Paul Furniss, Geoff Power, Al Davey, Grahame Conlon, Rod Herbert and Lawrie Thompson. Aren’t I cheeky?

It’s amazing the people you meet in the Victoria Room, including an early rock-n-roller (and his wonderful partner) who had drummed for Frankie Avalon, Fabian and Annette Funicello amongst others and is now part of the jazz scene in Sydney.

We hope to be back in the Victoria Room in the Spring.

Some good news today is that the 1920s Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters (Trio), with Geoff Power on sousaphone and trumpet, is booked into the new Django Bar in the Camelot Lounge on Thursday evening, 23rd May.

More details closer to the date.

Abby Dobson from Baby et Lulu will be singing in the Camelot Lounge that night.

Camelot Lounge, 19 Marrickville Rd Marrickville

We hope to see you in the Django Bar, opposite Sydenham Station, on Thursday 23 May!

Django Bar in the Camelot Lounge, Marrickville Rd & Railway St opposite Sydenham Station

1920s Hot Jazz Quartet At The Fairfield Museum Fair

Here are some happy snaps for you of Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters at the 2013 Fairfield Museum fair, celebrating 30 years of the Fairfield Museum, Horsley Drive, Smithfield, with songs from the 1920s and 1930s

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters at the Faifield Museum Open Day singing the songs of the 1920s

 

Greg Poppleton, singer in blue, with Geoff Power, sousaphone, and Paul Baker, banjo (Adam Barnard, drums, out of shot)

There’s also some pics of the band posing in a restored 1929 Essex 6 taken by the Hudson Car Club. I’ll post them as soon as I get them emailed to me

Swing dancers on the day at Fairfield: SwingKatz. Also on stage was a Spanish choir and Uruguayan drummers

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters are a trio to sextet with Sydney’s only authentic 1920s-30s singer specialising in swing and jazz from the 1920s and 1930s. Please visit the band website: www.bakelitejazz.com. We play for all occasions