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George Burns & Grace Allen 1929 Vitaphone Short


Enjoy the latest Phantom Dancer play list and the latest Phantom Dancer Video of the Week: George Burns & Gracie Allen in a 1929 Vitaphone short, ‘Lambchops’…

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

Community Radio Network Show #42

2SER Tuesday 12 March 2013
12 noon – 1:30pm (+11 hours GMT)

2SER Saturday 16 March 2013
6 – 7:30pm (+11 hours GMT)

Set 1
Yours
Chuck Foster Orchestra
Blackhawk Restaurant
WGN Mutual Chicago
7 Jan 1945
Theme + Shelter From A Shower
Vincent Valsanti Orchestra (voc) Larry Stanley
‘Cocoanut Grove’
TRANSCO Radio Transcription
Los Angeles
1933
Goodbye My Love
Ted Weems Orchestra (voc) Perry Como
Trianon Ballroom
WGN Mutual Chicago
10 Feb 1937
And There You Are + Close
Lena Romay (voc)
‘Personal Album’
AFRS Hollywood
1944
Set 2
Rosalie
Teddy Stauffer Orchestra (voc) Billy Toffel
Comm Rec
Berlin
9 Apr 1938
Bye Bye Baby
Freddie Rich Orchestra
‘Your Hit Parade’
WEAF NBC Red NY
21 Oct 1936
Brazil
Horace Heidt Orchestra
‘One Night Stand’
Trianon Ballromm
Southgate Ca
AFRS Re-broadcast
23 Jan 1945
I Want To Be Happy
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Cafe Rouge
Hotel Pennsylvania
WJZ NBC Blue NY
5 Apr 1940
Set 3

I’ve Got You Under My Skin

Bud Powell (p) Roy Haynes (d) Oscar Pettiford (b)

Birdland
WJZ ABC NY
14 Feb 1953

Birdland Ad
Studio Announcer
WNBC NBC NY
6 Jan 1953
Over The Rainbow
Stan Kenton Orchestra (feat.) Bob Burgess (tb)
‘Stars In Jazz’
Birdland
WNBC NBC NY
23 Apr 1953
Theme + The Mooche
Duke Ellington Orchestra
‘Stars In Jazz’
Birdland
WNBC NBC NY
20 Nov 1952
Basie English
Count Basie Orchestra
‘Stars In Jazz’
Birdland
WNBC NBC NY
6 Jan 1953
Set 4

I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody My Jelly Roll
Jack Parnell’s Jazzmen
‘Swing Session’
BBC London
13 Feb 1945
Theme + Unidentified Time
Johnny Otis Orchestra
‘Jubilee’
AFRS Hollywood
Oct 1945
Barrelhouse
Erskine Hawkins Orchestra (feat.) Illinois Jacquet
‘Jubilee’
AFRS Hollywood
1943
After You’ve Gone + Theme
Fats Waller & his Rhythm
Yacht Club
WABC CBS NY
14 Oct 1938
Set 5

Old Man River
Eliot Lawrence Orchestra (voc) Jack Hunter
Palladium Ballroom
KNX CBS LA
2 Dec 1947
The Hour Of Parting
Benny Goodman Orchestra
Peacock Court
Hotel Mark Hopkins
KFRC Mutual Don Lees
San Francisco
28 May 1940
Washboard Blues
Paul Whiteman Orchestra (voc) Mildred Bailey
‘Paul Whiteman Show’
WABC CBS NY
1 May 1938
Monday Morning
Jan Savitt and his Top Hatters (voc) Carlotta Dale
Studios KYW
NBC Red Philadelphia
17 Oct 1938
Set 6

Indiana
Jimmy Dorsey’s Dorseyland Band
Radio Transcription
New York
1950
Bugle Call Rag
International Sweethearts Of Rhythm
‘Jubilee’
AFRS Hollywood
Feb 1945
Open + Light
Duke Ellington Orchestra
‘Date With The Duke’
Radio City Music Hall
WJZ ABC NY
10 Nov 1945

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Don Redman 1934 Vitaphone Short


Ah! My favourite singer & lyricist, Mr Don Redman, with his Orchestra, is this week’s Phantom Dancer Video of the Week in a sparkling Vitaphone Short from 1934

‘And what about The Phantom Dancer play list?’ you ask

There’s swing & jazz from live 1920s-60s radio & TV this Tuesday & Saturday by Erroll garner, Miles Davis, Eddie Condon, Ted Weems, Billy Eckstine & more. You’ll see the play list below the Don Redman short. And the play list will tell you where and when you’ll hear this week’s Phantom Dancer

PS – This coming 20 Aug I’ll be singing the songs of the 1920s & 1930s with Bakelite Jazz at Penrith RSL, 2pm. Free!

Enjoy!


Play List – The Phantom Dancer
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney
Tuesday 9 August 2011
12noon – 1:30pm (+10 hours GMT)

Saturday 13 August 2011
6 – 7:30pm (repeat)

Live stream on 2ser.com

The Wireless
Lobby Lud
Set 1
Maramao Perche Sei Morto?
Maria Jottini & Trio Lescano (voc) Barzizza Orchestra
Comm Rec
Rome
1939

Open + Dippermouth Blues

Eddie Condon Group
‘Dr Jazz’
Eddie Condon’s Place
WMGM New York
5 Jan 1951
What A Difference A Day Makes
Joe Reichman Orchestra (voc) Ray Foster
‘One Night Stand’
Biltmore Bowl
Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles
AFRS Re-broadcast
Jul 1944
Goodnight My Love
Ted Weems Orchestra (voc) Perry Como
Trianon Ballroom
WGN MBS Chicago
10 Feb 1937
Set 2
Roll-Roll-Rolling Along (theme) + It’s You I’m Talking About + Ad
Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) Bob Crosby
‘Ford V8 Revue’
New York
1936
Clarinet Holiday
Lucky Millinder Orchestra
‘One Night Stand’
Savoy Ballroom
Harlem NY
AFRS Re-broadcast
17 Jul 1945
Shine On Harvest Moon
Artie Shaw Orchestra
Blue Room
Hotel Lincoln
WEAF NBC Red
New York
1 Dec 1938
Set 3

Buds Won’t Bud
Phil Harris Orchestra (voc) Phil Harris
Comm Rec
Los Angeles
Jan 1940
Biding My Time
Les & Murray Elgart Orchestra
‘Let’s Go With Music’
Radio Transcription
Los Angeles
1950s
You Are Always In My Heart
Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (voc) Tommy Mercer
Cafe Rouge
Hotel Statler
WABC CBS NY
1956
I’ll Remember April
Stan Kenton Orchestra (voc) Chris Connor
‘Encores – Stars in Jazz’
Birdland
WNBC NBC NY
23 Apr 1953
Set 4

Who’s Going Steady With You?
Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson
Radio Transcription
Los Angeles
8 Feb 1946
Theme + I’m In A Dancing Mood
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Basin Street
WRCA NBC NY
Mar 1957
Stompin’ At The Savoy
Erroll Garner Trio
Basin Street
WRCA NBC NY
Mar 1956
Big Foot
Charlie Parker & Miles Davis
‘Symphony Sid Show’
Royal Roost
WMCA NY
11 Dec 1948
Set 5

September in The Rain
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
Comm Rec
New York
2 Feb 1937
If This Isn’t Love
Cab Calloway Orchestra (voc) Cab Calloway
Club Zanzibar
WOR Mutual
New York
16 Jul 1945
As Long As I’m Dreaming
Peggy Lee (voc) Red Barbour Orchestra
‘Peggy Lee Show’
KNX CBS LA
Jun 1947
Set 6
Blue & Boogie (theme) + Airmail Special
Billy Eckstine Orchestra
‘Jubilee’
AFRS Hollywood
Feb 1945
What To Do?
Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra

‘Spotlight Bands’
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Blue Network
23 Nov 1945

Flying Home (theme) + Hamp’s Got A Duke
Lionel Hampton Orchestra
Casa Manana
Culver City Ca
KFI
NBC LA
20 Jul 1947
Flying Home
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Blue Note
WMAQ NBC Chicago
13 Aug 1952

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Red Nichols & his 5 Pennies Vitaphone Short (1929)


Phantom Dancer Radio Show Play List and Video of the Week for…

Tuesday 18 May 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sunday 23 May 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 on your wireless and ear-o-phones. Now daylight saving is over here, The Phantom Dancer can now be heard at GMT +10 hours on your computer, live-streamed over 2SER.com

This week’s show includes Lena Horne singing over AFRS in 1944 while Sarah Vaughan has Happy Birthday sung to her over NBC in 1953

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST for this week’s show below or click on the NEW radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

You’ll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer’s VIDEO OF THE WEEK below. It’s Red Nichols & his 5 Pennies in a 1929 Vitaphone short

Enjoy!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney

Tuesday
18 May 2010
12noon – 1:30pm (+10 hours GMT)
Sunday
23 May 2010
6:30 – 8am (repeat) Hear
on 2ser.com

Voglio Fischiettiare (I Like to Whistle)

Nuccia Natali, Male Quartet & Orchestra

Cetra
Rome
1939

Anitra’s Dance

Jack Teagraden Orchestra

‘One Night Stand’
Coral Gardens
Weymouth Ma
AFRS Re-broadcast
24 Aug 1944

It’s Only a Paper Moon

Sammy Kaye Orchestra with Male Vocal

Astror Roof
Hotel Astor
WCBS CBS NY
Jul 1951

Blue Skies

Jimmy Walsh Orchestra

Sweet’s
Sacramento Ca
Local broadcast
1938

Blues on the Double

Duke Ellington Orchestra

‘Date with the Duke’
ABC
1945

Open + Wolverine Blues

Jimmy Dorsey’s Dorseyland Band

‘Jimmy Dorsey Show’
Hollywood
1955

Blue Flame (theme) + Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?

Woody Herman Orchestra (voc) Woody Herman

Cafe Rouge
Hotel Pennsylvania NY
WABC CBS NY
21 Aug 1945

Open + I Took a Choo Choo

Ginny Simms (voc) Borden Milk Chorus & Frank deVol Orchestra

‘Ginny Simms Show’
KNX CBS LA
11 Jan 1946

(Just One Way To Say) I Love You

Buddy Clark & The Girlfriends (voc) Ted Dale Orchestra

‘Carnation Contented Hour’
KNX CBS LA
11 Jul 1949

Moondust Rhapsody

Frankie Carle his piano &N Orchestra

‘Summer Electric Hour’
KNX CBS LA
13 Jun 1948

Happy Birthday to You + Body & Soul

Sarah Vaughan (voc) & Trio

‘Stars in Jazz’
Birdland
WNBC NBC NY
26 Mar 1953

Let’s get Lost

Frank Sinatra (voc) Mark Warnow & the Your Hit Parde Orchestra

‘Your hit Parade’
Rehearsal
WEAF NBC NY
22 May 1943

Honeysuckle Rose

Fats Waller

Aircheck

Christopher Columbus

Isham Jones Orchestra

‘Good Evening Serenade’
WOR Mutual NY
13 Mar 1936

Sweet Little Headache

Benny Goodman Orchestra (voc) Martha Tilton

‘Camel Caravan’
WABC CBS NY
14 Feb 1939

Benny’s Bugle

Lester & Lee Young’s Orchestra

Club Capri
KHJ Don Lees -Mutual
Los Angeles
2 Dec 1941

Don’t Let thec Sun Catch You Crying

Louis Jordan Tympani 5 (voc) Louis Jordan

Hollywood Empire
Los Angeles
Apr 1949

Mad About the Boy

Lena Horne (voc) Fletcher Henderson Orchestra

‘Jubilee’
AFRS Hollywood
1944

Every Time We Say Goodbye

Charlie Spivak Orchestra (voc) Irene Day

‘Spotlight Bands’
Jamestown NY
Blue Network
19 Jan 1945

Blue & Sentimental

Harry James Orchestra (ten sax: Corky Corcoran)

‘Your Navy’
Radio Transcription
Hollywood
1949

Rose Room

Benny Carter Orchestra

‘Trianon Time’
Trianon Ballroom
Southgate Ca
KECA Blue LA
1944

Softly As in a Morning Sunrise

Artie Shaw Orchestra

Blue Room
Hotel Lincoln
WEAF NBC Red NY
2 Dec 1938

Bizet Has His Day + Leap Frog (theme)

Les Brown Orchestra

‘One Night Stand’
Cafe Rouge
Hotel Pennsylvania NY
AFRS Re-broadcast
28 Dec 1945

Shoemaker’s Apron

Django Reinhardt & the Glenn Miller Orchestra

Jazz Club Francaise
Paris
Mar 1945

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