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

Donald Duck Visits Brazil (1943)

Hear jazz and swing from live Australian, French & US 1930s – 1950s radio broadcasts and Italian and German commercial swing recordings on this week’s Phantom Dancer. Broadcast times and play list below

And this week’s Video of the Week has Donald Duck visiting Brazil in 1943

Enjoy!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney
Tuesday 4 October 2011 12noon – 1:30pm (+11 hours GMT)
Saturday 8 October 2011 6 – 7:30pm (repeat) Live stream on 2ser.com
The Wireless	Lobby Lud	www.myspace. com/lobbylud
Set 1
Blue Skies	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Frank Sinatra and Band	Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ WABC CBS NY Oct 1941
Austerity Blues	Albert Fisher Orchestra (voc) Barbara James	‘Song of Australia’ Aircheck 1942
Let Me Go, Lover	Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) Joanie O’Brien	Radio Transcription Hollywood 1950
It’s Almost Like Being In Love	Jerry Fielding Orchestra (voc) Jack Paar	‘Jack Paar Show’ KFI NBC Los Angeles 1949
Set 2
Juliana	Teddy Stauffer & his Original Teddies	Comm Rec Berlin 24 Nov 1938
One O’Clock Jump (theme) + Every Tub	Count Basie Orchestra	Birdland WCBS CBS NY 16 Dec 1956
K. C. Caboose	John Kirby Sextet	‘One Night Stand’ Aquarium Restaurant New York AFRS Re-broadcast Jul 1944
Honeysuckle Rose	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Joseph Urban Room Congress Hotel WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 20 Jan 1936
Set 3
Quando Ascolto Alla Radio Una Canzone	Giovanni Vallarino	Comm Rec Rome 1940
Serenade in Blue	Sarah Vaughan	Birdland WNBC NBC NY 21 Apr 1953
St Louis Blues	Abe Romaine Orchestra	Trocadero Ballroom 2UW Sydney 1943
Take The A-Train + Way Low	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘Date With The Duke’ WJZ ABC NY 1945
Set 4
Snuff Stuff	Seger Ellis & his Choirs of Brass	Radio Transcription New York 1937
Oh So Good	Glenn Miller Orchestra	Aircheck London 12 Oct 1944
Indian Love Call	Raymond Scott Orchestra	Panther Room Hotel Sherman WMAQ NBC Chicago 1940
Man From Mars + Nightmare (theme)	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WEAF NBC Red NY 21 Oct 1939
Set 5
Shoo Be Doo Be	Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra	Rex Theatre RTF Paris Feb 1953
Tenderly	Chubby Jackson Orchestra (voc)	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 5 Mar 1949
Baghdad	Boyd Raeburn Orchestra	Rose Room Palace Hotel KQW CBS San Francisco 27 Jul 1945
In Your Own Sweet Way	Dave Brubeck Quartet	‘Monitor’ Basin Street WRCA NBC NY Feb 1956
Set 6
Pantin’ At Pacific	Les Welch And His Back Beat Boys	Pacific Records Sydney Jul 1950
Artistry in Rhythm (theme) + Artistry Jumps	Stan Kenton Orchestra	Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 27 Nov 1945
Flat Foot Floogie	Slim Gaillard (g & voc) Slam Stewart (b) Billy Tayloer (p) and drums	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Birdland WJZ ABC NY 26 May 1951

1929 Disney Cartoon- Skeleton Dance

This Tuesday’s (27 September) and Saturday’s (2 October) is a Phantom Dancer ‘classic’ with live radio swing & jazz by Hoagy Carmichael, Dolly Dawn, Joe Marsala, Raymond Scott, Martha Tilton & more

See where and when you can hear it, plus this week’s play list after this week’s Phantom Dancer Video of the Week – a Disney Cartoon from 1929 with music by Carl Stalling

Enjoy!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney
Tuesday 27 September 2011 12noon – 1:30pm (+10 hours GMT)
Saturday 2 October 2011 6 – 7:30pm (repeat) Live stream on 2ser.com
The Wireless	Lobby Lud	www.myspace. com/lobbylud
Set 1
Arabian Dance	Claude Thornhill Orchestra	Comm Rec New York 17 Jun 1946
Moon Love	Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Ray Eberle	Glen Island Casino New Rochelle WEAF NBC Red New York 20 Jul 1939
Ol’ Buttermilk Sky	Hoagy Carmichael (voc & piano)	‘Guest Star’ New York 20 Aug 1950
The Man That Got Away	Ray Anthony Orchestra (voc) June Vallee	‘Let’s Go To Town’ Radio Transcription Hollywood 1950s
Set 2
Davenport Blues	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Comm Rec New York 29 Nov 1938
Open + Swing High Swing Low	Peter van Steeden Chorus & Orchestra	‘Town Hall Tonight’ WEAF NBC Red New York 17 Mar 1937
Come With Me My Honey	Henry Busse Orchestra (voc) Elaine Bower	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Hollywood AFRS Re-broadcast 21 Sep 1944
C Jam Blues + Take The A Train (theme)	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘A Date With The Duke’ AFRS Re-broadcast 1945
Set 3
Dreamer’s Blues	Rex Stewart Orchestra	Comm Rec New York 30 Jul 1945
Interview + Out Of Nowhere	Charlie Parker	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Hi-Hat Club WCOP Boston 24 Jun 1954
Manhattan	Alexander Courage Piano & Orchestra	‘Broadway Is My Beat’ WCBS CBS NY 13 Jun 1953
Set 4
Bluebirds in the Moonlight	Blue Barron Orchestra (voc) Charlie Fisher	Radio Transcription New York 1940
52nd Street	George Hall Orchestra (voc) Dolly Dawn	Radio Transcription New York 1937
Don’t Be That Way	Cab Calloway Orchestra (voc) Cab Calloway	KTSP St Paul-Minneapolis 28 May 1938
Solid Geometry For Squares	Joe Marsala Orchestra with Adele Girard on swing harp	Log Cabin Armonk New York 23 Oct 1942
Set 5
The Cradle Song	Les Elgart Orchestra	Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1946
I Love to Dance With Tou	Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians (voc) Carmen Lombardo	‘Esso Boulevarde’ WABC CBS NY 7 Oct 1935
Sugar	Lee Wiley	St Regis Hotel New York BBC London 5 Nov 1938
Once In A While	Benny Goodman Orchestra (voc) Martha Tilton	Madhattan Room Hotel Pennsylvania WABC CBS NY 6 Nov 1937
Set 6
Ride Red Ride	Lucky Millinder Orchestra (voc) Lucky Millinder	Comm Rec New York 27 Jun 1941
Powerhouse	Raymond Scott Orchestra	Aircheck 1940
Birmingham Special	Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra	‘Spotlight Bands’ Blue Network Columbus OH 19 Nov 1943
Flying Home	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Blue Note WMAQ NBC Chicago 13 Aug 1952