1940s Christmas Movie Trailers

The Phantom Dancer will be heard on 107.3 2SER Sydney on Christmas Day at 12 noon. So you’ll hear a seasonal mix of swing and jazz from live Christmas Eve and Christmas Day broadcasts

See the play list after this week’s festive Phantom Dancer video…

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

2SER Tuesday 25 December 2012 12 noon – 1:30pm (+11 hours GMT)  2SER Saturday 29 December 2012 6 – 7:30pm (+11 hours GMT)

Set 1
Latin American Christmas Song	‘Chiquita’ with Orchestra	‘Chiquita’AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1946
Ad + Autumn Leaves	Gary Crosby (voc) Ray Noble Orchestra	‘The New Edgar Bergen Show’ KNX CBS LA 25 Dec 1955
Open + Take the A Train (theme) + Everything Goes	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1947
Ad + Let’s Have Another Cup Of Coffee	Roy Bargy Orchestra	‘Father Knows Best’ KFI NBC LA 21 Dec 1950
Set 2
Johnathon Thomas’ Christmas		Radio Transcription Dec 1938
Jingle Bells (Open) + One O’Clock Jump + Jumping At Ten	Delta Rhythm Boys + Count Basie Orchestra	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1945
Two O’Clock Jump	Harry James Orchestra	‘Command Performance USA’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1945
The Ghost + Jingle Bells	Chico Hamilton Quintet	‘Stars of Jazz’ AFRTS Hollywood Dec 1958
Set 3
Open + Over The Rainbow	Judy Garland	‘Lux Radio Theatre’ KFI NBC LA 25 Dec 1950
I’ve A Strange New Rhythm In My Head + In The Still Of The Night	Eleanor Powell, Louis B Mayer, James Stewart, Meredith Willson Orchestra	‘Good News Of 1938′ KFI NBC LA 23 Dec 1937
Ad + By The Light Of The Silvery Moon + Close	Al Jolson (voc) Lou Bring Orchestra & Chorus	‘Kraft Music Hall’ KFI NBC LA 25 Dec 1947
Plymouth Rock + Christmas Seals Ad	Count Basie Orchestra	Birdland WCBS CBS NY 16 Dec 1956
Set 4
Johnathon Thomas’ Christmas		Radio Transcription Dec 1938
Jingle Bells	Dave Brubeck Quartet	Birdland WJZ ABC NY Dec 1953
Santa Visits		1950s Radio?
Jingle Bells	Benny Goodman Orchestra	NBC Rhythm Thesaurus New York 6 Jun 1935
Jingle Bells	Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Tex Beneke, Ernie & The Modernaires	‘Sunset Serenade’ Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WJZ NBC Blue NY 27 Dec 1941
Set 5
Half Nelson + White Christmas + Little Willie Leaps	Charlie Parker (as) Kenny Dorham (tp) Al haig (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d)	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 25 Dec 1948
Set 6
Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Comm Rec New York 29 Nov 1936

 

Phantom Dancer @ FIVE Eliza Sun 23 Sep

See and dance to THE PHANTOM DANCER LIVE at FIVE Eliza, (5 Eliza St, Newtown) Sunday 23 September as part of the SYDNEY FRINGE FESTIVAL. Doors open 5pm

I’ll be DJing your favourite swing & jazz from live 1920s-60s Radio & TV just like on 2SER’s Phantom Dancer Show from 6 – 10pm.

More details and map on the FB Events Page…
https://www.facebook.com/events/521048697921749/

Come to Phantom Dancer Live at FIVE Eliza, Newtown, Sun 23 Sep 12

My Gal Sal – With Didgeridoo Effects On The Bass Clarinet

Glenn Henrich plays didgeridoo effects on his bass clarinet in this clip of the 1920s Bakelite Trio at The Powerhouse Museum today (Sunday). The song is ‘My Gal Sal’. Banjo is Grahame Conlon. Singer is myself, Greg Poppleton

Glenn happened to mention to Grahame and myself before the set, just five minutes before this recording, how the bass clarinet can sound like a didge. So I asked him to give it a go on ‘My Gal Sal’ which he gladly did. We hope you enjoy the results. If you would like to book the Broadcasters (trio – sextet), please visit Sydney’s 1920s-1930s band website, www.bakelitejazz.com

Spike Jones & A Musical Dingbat

Happy Financial New Year Phantom Dancers!

Well, at last I’ll be back in the 2SER studios tomorrow to bring you The Phantom Dancer live! I’m looking forward to presenting the show I had scheduled for you three weeks ago this 12 noon Tuesday 3 July (+10 GMT)

By request on this week’s Phantom Dancer, you get to enjoy once more an Alvino Rey set from a 1942 Spotlight Bands Blue Network broadcast which I played just over a year ago. In particular, the requester asked for the song ‘Cash for Your Trash’

The requests email address is phantomdancer@2ser.com

Alvino Rey, born Alvin McBurney, was a bandleader and pioneer electric guitarist. He built his first amplified guitar pickup in 1923 at the age of 15, but didn’t patent it. Gibson had him help design a pickup for their first electric guitar, the ES-150 in 1935

Quoting Wiki, “Starting in 1939, Rey used a carbon throat microphone to modulate his electric guitar sound. The mike, developed for military pilots, was worn by Rey’s wife Luise, who stood behind a curtain and sang along with the guitar lines. The novel combination was called “Singing Guitar”, and later became known as the Sonovox. Along with early Vocoders (initially called Voders), which were initially developed to scramble messages between the Pentagon and field commanders during WWII, the Sonovox innovation was one the first known talk box experiments. A Soundie film of Rey using the Sonovox is posted on YouTube and further info about Rey and the Sonovox can be found in the Dave Tomkin’s book, “How To Wreak A Nice Beach” (How to Recognize Speech)”

This week’s Phantom Dancer Video of the Week is all about Spike Jones and a Dingbat virtuoso playing Holiday For Strings

Enjoy!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio CRN Show #7 2SER Tuesday 3 July 2012 12 noon – 1:30pm (+10 hours GMT)   2SER Saturday 7 July 2012 6 – 7:30pm (+10 hours GMT) Set 1 Ad + Fellow On A Furlough + Ad Mark Warnow & The Hit Parade Orchestra (voc) The Hit Paraders ‘Your Hit Parade’ WEAF NBC NY Jan 1944 Ad + Blind Date Open ‘Blind Date’ WJZ ABC NY 28 Sep 1945 Lambeth Walk Jim Davidson & His ABC Dance Orchestra (voc) Alice Smith, Gordon Rawlinson, Dick Cranburn Comm Rec Sydney 2 Nov 1938 Ad + Wolverine Blues + Study In Brown (close) Larry Clinton Orchestra ‘RCA Victor Campus Club’ Glen Island Casino New Rochelle WEAF NBC Red NY 2 Jul 1938 Set 2 Open + Hindustan Alvino Rey Orchestra ‘Spotlight Bands’ Paramount Theatre WJZ NBC Blue NY 28 Feb 1942 Cash For Your Trash Alvino Rey Orchestra (voc) Bonnie Rae ‘Spotlight Bands’ Paramount Theatre WJZ NBC Blue NY 28 Feb 1942 If I Could Only Play A Concertina Alvino Rey Orchestra (voc) The King Sisters ‘Spotlight Bands’ Paramount Theatre WJZ NBC Blue NY 28 Feb 1942 Deep In The Heart Of Texas + Close Alvino Rey Orchestra (voc) Band ‘Spotlight Bands’ Paramount Theatre WJZ NBC Blue NY 28 Feb 1942 Set 3 Bei Dir War Es Immer So Schoen Django Reinhardt (g) Fud Candrix Orchestra Comm Rec Brussels 16 Apr 1942 Moon Love Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Ray Eberle Glen Island Casino New Rochelle WEAF NBC Red NY 13 Jun 1939 Up A Lazy River Henry Levine Octet (voc) Dolores O’Neill ‘Chamber Music Society Of Lower Basin Street’ WEAF NBC Red NY 17 Feb 1941 Ad + Serenade In The Night Peter van Steeden & The Ipana Troubadours ‘Town Hall Tonight’ WEAF NBC Red NY 17 Mar 1937 Set 4 Tiger Rag Graeme Bell & His Dixieland Jazz Band 3AW Macquarie Network Melbourne 1949 Canteen Bounce Les Brown Orchestra ‘Spotlight Bands’ Miami Florida Mutual Network 10 Aug 1943 Dixieland Detour Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ WEAF NBC Red NY 5 Oct 1939 Losers Weepers Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 17 Apr 1944 Set 5 Let’s Have One For The Road George Trevare Orchestra (voc) Unknown Comm Rec Sydney 1943 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me Harry James Orchestra (voc) Helen Forrest Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 1944 Jack Benny-Gary Cooper Skit + One O’Clock Jump Jack Benny, Gary Cooper, Benny Goodman Orchestra ‘Jack Benny Show’ WABC CBS NY 13 Dec 1942 Set 6 Le Boogie De Paris Jacques Helian Orchestra (voc) Jacques Helian & Band Comm Rec Paris 1946 Swing That Music Eddie Condon ‘Eddie Condon Town Hall Jazz Concert’ Ritz Theatre WJZ Blue Network 29 Jul 1944 The Blizzard Louis Prima Orchestra ‘Spotlight Band’ Mitchell Field WJZ Blue New York 15 Jan 1945

Bix Plays With Puffed Cheeks

Greetings Phantom Dancers!

A mix of two classic Phantom Dancers for you this week as I will be in another studio mixing the latest Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters CDs

Yep! CDs. Two albums, possibly 3 albums, recorded live in a studio over 9 hours. I aim to get the first CD out to you both physically and digitally by late September. Stay tuned!

In the meantime, you can see and dance to Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters next weekend at…

Saturday 30 June, Penrith RSL, Swing Out West, 8 Tindale St Penrith, 2 – 5pm
Sunday 1 July, Concrete Blonde, Sunday Jazz Lunch, 33 Bayswater Road Kings Cross, 12:30 – 3:30pm

Phantom Dancer Video Of The Week: Here’s some curious footage of Bix Beidebecke with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra from a 1928 Newsreel. Enjoy!

(Next day) Incredibly, another example of someone who doesn’t own the footage, posting on YouTube then jealously making sharing difficult. A case of honour amongst thieves? Amazing!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney CRN Program #5 Tuesday 26 June 2012 12 noon – 1:30pm (+10 hours GMT) Live stream on 2ser.com Saturday 30 June 2012 6 – 7:30pm (+10 hours GMT) Live stream on 2ser.com Set 1 Sera Pippo Bazizza Orchestra (voc) Alberto Rabiagliati Comm Rec Rome 1940 Easy Street Desi Arnez Orchestra (voc) Amanda Lane Ciro’s KNX CBS LA 1946 Forget-Me-Nots Glen Grey & the Casa Loma Orchestra (voc) Eugenie Baird Steel Pier Atlantic City NJ Mutual Network 1947 Open + Till The End Of Time Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians (voc) Don Rodney ‘Musical Autographs’ ABC/AFRS New York 4 Sep 1945 Set 2 Jamboree Frank Coughlan Orchestra Featuradio Transcription Sydney Jul 1937 Toodlee-Oo-Doo Peggy Lee (voc) Benny Goodman Orchestra ‘Peggy Lee Show’ KNX CBS LA 15 Jul 1951 In A Mist Larry Clinton Orchestra Coconut Grove Hotel Park Central WEAF NBC Red NY 7 Jul 1939 Texas Rose + Isle Of Capri + Close Gay Claridge Orchestra (Mary Osbourne eg) ‘One Night Stand’ Chez Paree Chicago AFRS Re-broadcast 21 Aug 1945 Set 3 I Double Dare You Orrin Tucker Orchestra (voc) Scottie Marsh Boulevard Room Stevens Hotel ABC Chicago 1951 Out Of Nowhere Artie Shaw Orchestra Blue Room Hotel Lincoln WEAF NBC Red Network 2 Dec 1938 TWA Ad + Close Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Studio Announcer ‘Mr & Mrs Blandings’ KFI NBC LA 18 Mar 1951 Waltzing Matilda Jack White Band (voc) Jack White & Chorus Comm Rec London 27 Feb 1941 Set 4 Two Dukes On A Pier George Hall Orchestra Radio Transcription New York 1937 One O’Clock Jump (theme) +Ebony Rhapsody Count Basie Orchestra Southland Cafe WNAC NBC Boston 20 Feb 1940 Open + Cottonpicker’s Congregation Russ Morgan Orchestra Paradise Restaurant WABC CBS NY 14 Oct 1938 Love Nest Les Brown Orchestra Green Room Hotel Edison WOR Mutual NY 22 Nov 1938 Set 5 There, I’ve Said It Again George Trevare Orchestra (voc) Tassie Hamilton Comm Rec Sydney 1945 White Sails Harry James Orchestra (voc) Connie Haines ‘America Dances’ Roseland Ballroom New York CBS/BBC 19 Jul 1939 Sugar Lee Wiley (voc) ‘St Regis Hotel Jam Session’ New York/BBC 5 Nov 1938 Somebody Loves Me/ Goodbye (close) Benny Goodman Sextet ‘Kings of Swing’ New York/BBC 8 Dec 1945 Dancing With You Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ‘Ford V8 Show’ Texas Centennial NBC Dallas Tx Aug 1936 A Heart Of Stone Hal Kemp Orchestra ‘Lady Ester Serenade’ WEAF NBC Red NY 26 Aug 1936 You Turned The Tables On Me + Close Bunny Berrigan Orchestra (voc) Carol McKay ‘Norge Program’ Radio Transcription New York 1937 Set 6 Twilight In Teheran Buck Ram All-Stars Comm Rec New York 18 Sep 1944 How High The Moon Lester Young (ts) Allan Eager (ts) Kai Winding (tb) Hank Jones (p) Ray Brown (b) Ella Fitzgerald (voc) ‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 27 Nov 1948

Alvino Rey Sonovox & Stringy The Guitar By Request

G’day Phantom Dancers,

By request on this week’s Phantom Dancer, you get to enjoy once more an Alvino Rey set from a 1942 Spotlight Bands Blue Network broadcast which I played just over a year ago. In particular, the requester asked for the song ‘Cash for Your Trash’

The requests email address is phantomdancer@2ser.com

Alvino Rey, born Alvin McBurney, was a bandleader and pioneer electric guitarist. He built his first amplified guitar pickup in 1923 at the age of 15, but didn’t patent it. Gibson had him help design a pickup for their first electric guitar, the ES-150 in 1935

Quoting Wiki, “Starting in 1939, Rey used a carbon throat microphone to modulate his electric guitar sound. The mike, developed for military pilots, was worn by Rey’s wife Luise, who stood behind a curtain and sang along with the guitar lines. The novel combination was called “Singing Guitar”, and later became known as the Sonovox. Along with early Vocoders (initially called Voders), which were initially developed to scramble messages between the Pentagon and field commanders during WWII, the Sonovox innovation was one the first known talk box experiments. A Soundie film of Rey using the Sonovox is posted on YouTube and further info about Rey and the Sonovox can be found in the Dave Tomkin’s book, “How To Wreak A Nice Beach” (How to Recognize Speech)”

This week, two Phantom Dancer Videos of the Week explaining the Sonovox. The first is a brief explanation from the Disney studios. Is the chappie asking the questions the voice of Bugs Bunny, Mel Blanc?

And here’s the Alvino Rey Sonovox clip with ‘Stringy The Guitar’. All Stringy’s voices are done through Alvino Rey’s pedal steel…

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio CRN Show #5 2SER Tuesday 19 June 2012 12 noon – 1:30pm (+10 hours GMT)   2SER Saturday 23 June 2012 6 – 7:30pm (+10 hours GMT) Set 1 Ad + Fellow On A Furlough + Ad Mark Warnow & The Hit Parade Orchestra (voc) The Hit Paraders ‘Your Hit Parade’ WEAF NBC NY Jan 1944 Ad + Blind Date Open ‘Blind Date’ WJZ ABC NY 28 Sep 1945 Lambeth Walk Jim Davidson & His ABC Dance Orchestra (voc) Alice Smith, Gordon Rawlinson, Dick Cranburn Comm Rec Sydney 2 Nov 1938 Ad + Wolverine Blues + Study In Brown (close) Larry Clinton Orchestra ‘RCA Victor Campus Club’ Glen Island Casino New Rochelle WEAF NBC Red NY 2 Jul 1938 Set 2 Open + Hindustan Alvino Rey Orchestra ‘Spotlight Bands’ Paramount Theatre WJZ NBC Blue NY 28 Feb 1942 Cash For Your Trash Alvino Rey Orchestra (voc) Bonnie Rae ‘Spotlight Bands’ Paramount Theatre WJZ NBC Blue NY 28 Feb 1942 If I Could Only Play A Concertina Alvino Rey Orchestra (voc) The King Sisters ‘Spotlight Bands’ Paramount Theatre WJZ NBC Blue NY 28 Feb 1942 Deep In The Heart Of Texas + Close Alvino Rey Orchestra (voc) Band ‘Spotlight Bands’ Paramount Theatre WJZ NBC Blue NY 28 Feb 1942 Set 3 Bei Dir War Es Immer So Schoen Django Reinhardt (g) Fud Candrix Orchestra Comm Rec Brussels 16 Apr 1942 Moon Love Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Ray Eberle Glen Island Casino New Rochelle WEAF NBC Red NY 13 Jun 1939 Up A Lazy River Henry Levine Octet (voc) Dolores O’Neill ‘Chamber Music Society Of Lower Basin Street’ WEAF NBC Red NY 17 Feb 1941 Ad + Serenade In The Night Peter van Steeden & The Ipana Troubadours ‘Town Hall Tonight’ WEAF NBC Red NY 17 Mar 1937 Set 4 Tiger Rag Graeme Bell & His Dixieland Jazz Band 3AW Macquarie Network Melbourne 1949 Canteen Bounce Les Brown Orchestra ‘Spotlight Bands’ Miami Florida Mutual Network 10 Aug 1943 Dixieland Detour Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ WEAF NBC Red NY 5 Oct 1939 Losers Weepers Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 17 Apr 1944 Set 5 Let’s Have One For The Road George Trevare Orchestra (voc) Unknown Comm Rec Sydney 1943 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me Harry James Orchestra (voc) Helen Forrest Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 1944 Jack Benny-Gary Cooper Skit + One O’Clock Jump Jack Benny, Gary Cooper, Benny Goodman Orchestra ‘Jack Benny Show’ WABC CBS NY 13 Dec 1942 Set 6 Le Boogie De Paris Jacques Helian Orchestra (voc) Jacques Helian & Band Comm Rec Paris 1946 Swing That Music Eddie Condon ‘Eddie Condon Town Hall Jazz Concert’ Ritz Theatre WJZ Blue Network 29 Jul 1944 The Blizzard Louis Prima Orchestra ‘Spotlight Band’ Mitchell Field WJZ Blue New York 15 Jan 1945

Antiques & Collectibles Magazine

Thought I’d let you in on the big secret that Antiques & Collectibles Magazine http://www.acpp.com.au have featured me in their ‘Final Word. 60 Seconds with…” interview page in their just released Winter 2012 Edition (Issue 45)

Antiques and Collectibles is a quarterly magazine published by Julie & Christine Carter in Coffs Harbour and available in newsagents across Australia. It’s great to read such a well-produced glossy, published not by the big multinationals, but by two dynamic sisters who are passionate about quality magazines and publishing. They also publish a bridal magazine: http://www.facebook.com/affordableweddingsmagazine

As I say, Antiques and Collectible can be bought in newsagents across Australia. But if it isn’t in yours, or it’s sold out, you can email A & C at info@acpp.com.au

Antiques & Collectibles is a quarterly glossy much respected in the industry and published by the dynamic Julie & Christine Carter from Coffs Harnbour

In the interview I answer questions like “what was the first record I ever bought?”, “the best book I’ve read so far?” and the “worst thing about TV?”. The answers give some background to The Phantom Dancer Radio Show (Swing & Jazz from live 1920s-60s Radio & TV) and the Bakelite Broadcasters 1920s-1930s Band. As for the worst thing about TV – there isn’t any – I love it all – it employs me on its dramas and comedies and on those little documentaries in between called commercials!

In the Winter 2012 Edition of Antiques and Collectibles you can read articles on…
- History of Australian Telly
- Olympic Posters
- Beauty Through The Ages
- WWI Trench Art
- 20th Century Pewter
- Hermes Handbags
- Alarm Clocks
and plenty more, including a fascinating ‘Ask The Experts’ page where readers send in photos of their interesting antiques and curios for a bit of history and valuation

Enjoy!

Greg

George Gershwin Live On NBC Radio In 1934

There’s delightful swing, jazz and dance for you from live 1920s – 1960s radio & TV on this week’s Phantom Dancer – produced by Greg Poppleton at 107.3 2SER Sydney and heard across Australia over the Community Radio Network

There’s even a late 1940s bop set for you this week, with live radio bop by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Barnet and Benny Goodman

And this week’s Video of the Week? ‘Music By Gershwin’ George Gershwin himself on NBC New York radio for Feen-A-Mint chewing gum, live in 1934

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney CRN Show #3 2SER Tuesday 12June 2012 12 noon – 1:30pm (+10 hours GMT) Live stream on 2ser.com 2SER Saturday 16 June 2012 6 – 7:30pm (+10 hours GMT) Live stream on 2ser.com Set 1 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Barbara James (voc) Reg Lewis’ Trocadero Orchestra Comm Rec Sydney Jan 1941 Tessa’s Torch Song Vaughn Monroe Orchestra (voc) Rosemary Calvin ‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Hollywood AFRS Re-broadcast 6 Feb 1945 Begin The Beguine Horace Heidt Orchestra ‘One Night Stand’ Trianon Ballroom Southgate ca AFRS Re-broadcast 23 Jan 1945 Odalisque + Zara Unidentified Turkish & Persian Orchestras introduced by Vincent Price ‘The World In Music’ AFRS Hollywood 1944 Set 2 Heigh Ho Dave Brubeck Quartet Comm Rec Los Angeles 1959 Open + I’m Coming Over To Love You Tonight Champ Butler (voc) Frank deVol Orchestra ‘Stand By For Music’ Radio Transcription Hollywood 6 Jan 1955 Airline Ad Studio Announcer ‘Mr & Mrs Blandings’ KFI NBC LA 18 Mar 1951 Car Ad + Close Johnny Green Orchestra ‘Oldsmobile Program’ WABC CBS NY 20 Feb 1934 Set 3 Che Si Fa? Angelini Orchestra (voc) Nilla Pizzi & Luciano Benevene Comm Rec Rome 1940 Open + Just A Prayer Away Sammy Kaye Orchestra (voc) Billy Williams & Choir ‘Sunday Serenade’ WJZ Blue Network New York 15 Apr 1945 A Friend Of Yours Enoch Light & His Light Brigade (voc) Danny Sullivan ‘One Night Stand’ New Park Casino Palisades Park NJ AFRS Re-broadcast 1944 It Happened In Monterey Bing Crosby (voc) Buddy Cole’s Music ‘Ford Show’ KNX CBS LA 2 Sep 1957 Set 4 Hot House Charlie Parker Quintet ‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA New York 1 Jan 1949 Limehouse Blues Benny Goodman Sextet ‘One Night Stand’ The Click Phialdelphia AFRS Re-broadcast 3 Jul 1948 A Ba Le E Bop (Is The Thing) Charlie Barnet Orchestra ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Mar 1945 Fine & Dandy + Close Barry Ulanov’s All-Star Modern Jazz Musicians ‘Bands For Bonds’ WOR Mutual NY 13 Sep 1947 Set 5 Under The Trees George Trevare Orchestra (voc) Lawrence Brooks Comm Rec Sydney 1944 Sophisticated Swing Russ Morgan Orchestra Hotel Claremont KQW CBS San Francisco 11 Jul 1945 Don’t Fence Me In Johnny Mercer, June Hutton, Piedc Pipers (voc) Paul Weston Orchestra ‘Johnny Mercer’s Music Shop’ KNX CBS LA 1944 What’s New Terry Gibbs All-Stars Birdland WJZ ABC NY Oct 1951 Set 6 Off Shore Woody Herman Orchestra Aircheck Peony Park Omaha, Nebraska 1954 Swing That Music Eddie Condon ‘Eddie Condon Town Hall Jazz Concert’ Ritz Theatre WJZ Blue Network 29 Jul 1944 The Blizzard Louis Prima Orchestra ‘Spotlight Band’ Mitchell Field WJZ Blue New York 15 Jan 1945

New 1920s Great Gatsby Dance Orchestra Launch

Saturday 28 April saw the successful launch of Sydney’s newest Great Gatsby 1920s Dance Orchestra – The Lounge Bar Lotharios…

The Lounge Bar Lotharios - Reeds & Brass Section. Front row soprano, alto, tenor, baritone saxes and clarinets l-r Paul furniss, Ron Nairn, Alan Solomon. Back row trumpets and trombone l-r Ben Gurton, Geoff Power (musical director) Al Davey

The Lounge Bar Lotharios feature Sydney’s Top 10 Vintage Jazz Musicians playing authentic 1920s dance band arrangements fronted by Sydney’s only authentic 1920s jazz singer, Greg Poppleton, under the musical direction of Geoff Power

Geoff Power is a world-renowned classic jazz trumpeter who has toured the US nine times, played jazz festivals and clubs in New York, Los Angeles and throughout the US, recorded a CD in New Jersey with leading NYC musicians including Vince Giordano, and played with many leading US musicians

Penrith RSL witnessed its biggest crowd ever for any jazz show. The room was full. The slow 1920s numbers filled the dance floor and the hot dance tunes had everyone’s toes a-tappin’

I hope you enjoy the photos of the 1920s Orchestra launch I’ve posted for you below. You can see more photos on The Lounge Bar Lotharios’ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheLoungeBarLotharios. Please drop by. And while you’re there, Like us, too! Thank you

You can use the Facebook Page to book the Orchestra, as well: https://www.facebook.com/TheLoungeBarLotharios, simply by messaging me. Or get in touch via the Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters website. The Lounge Bar Lothario’s website will be up for you soon

Greg Poppleton, Sydney's only authentic 1920s singer with The Lounge Bar Lotharios

Geoff Power, Trumpet and Musical Director

Grahame Conlon on Banjo with Paul Furniss, Sax

Rod Herbert, Sousaphone with The Lounge Bar Lotharios 1920s Dance Orchestra

Peter Locke, piano, The Lounge Bar Lotharios

The Lounge Bar Lotharios are available now for your wedding, corporate event big or small and your Great Gatsby Party

To book the band, simply contact Greg Poppleton, band leader, via The Lotharios’ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheLoungeBarLotharios or via the Greg Poppleton and his Bakelite Broadcasters’ Website http://www.bakelitejazz.com. There’ll be a Lounge Bar Lotharios website for you to visit and enjoy very soon!

1911 King St Newtown Garage Sign Completely Vandalised

That valuable piece of our industrial history has now been finally destroyed. The 1911 garage sign with ads for early Australian icons such as Perdriau Tyres, Waratah Motor Spirit and Cars For Rent (in 1911!!!!) is now completely gone. If you don’t know what sign I’m talking about, here’s the link to the original story

This morning I was walking up King Street when I noticed one end of the chain mesh fence that closed off the vintage garage sign from King Street had been pushed aside

No fence is going to get in the way when there's paintin' work to be done!

“Hello,” I thought, “What surprise awaits me?”

A blank grey wall – with – wait for it – some tagger’s scribble. Already! The tagger even “copyrighted” their scribble with a “c” and the date! Got to laugh! Have a look….

Grey Wall - 1911 King St Newtown Garage Mural Destroyed

But the blank grey wall! All the historic 1911 sign is now gone. And here’s another laugh. The painters carefully painted around a metal strip! Derrrrr! The metal strip seems to have been put in to stabilise the top fascia on the adjoining fire-damaged shopfront

Careful! Paint over our history, but careful with the metal strip!?!

The vacant lot is up for sale. The sale sign went up a few days ago

For Sale Sign

Now I’m just reporting the facts as we can all plainly see them in the photos. I have no idea who, when, how, why, what? I will not speculate. I do not accuse

Here’s one last photo. After the last bit of graffiti went up that wiped out the bottom half of our history contained in the 1911 sign, someone leant a chipboard sign up against the vandalised wall. The sign read “Marsh. Dumb ass”. The grey painters have blotted out the name, Marsh

?

Fortunately, due to this blog, the sign has been measured and will be reproduced full size in the Motor Life Museum, Albion Park. Here’s the story. But could it have been the interest stirred up by this blog that lead person or persons unknown to destroy our valuable first hand history before the land was put up for sale? 101 years old and now out