Your 23 December Phantom Dancer brings you seasonal swing and jazz from live 1920s – 1950s radio and TV.
YOU CAN NOW HEAR IT ONLINE UNTIL FEB. AT 2SER.COM
In the first half, re-broadcast to stations of the Community Radio Network across Australia in the final week of the year, it’s New Years broadcasts from 1940 – 1970 featuring Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, Kid Ory and more.
Then it’s Christmas on The Phantom Dancer for 107.3 2SER Sydney listeners alone. The Christmas cheer from live 1930s-60s radio and TV is brought to you by Charlie Parker, Glenn Miller, Fats Waller and more.
And as your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week, part 16 in the ongoing series of Dramatic Demonstrations in Physics has Professor Julius Sumner Miller rousing your enthusiasm for Ideas of Heat and Temperature . These programs were made at ABC TV in Sydney in 1969.
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| Set 1 | ||
| New Years Eve Aboard An Ocean Liner | Raymond Scott Quintette | Comm Rec New York 21 Jul 1939 |
| In The Mood | Glenn Miller Orchestra | ‘Chesterfield Show’ WABC CBS NY 27 Dec 1939 |
| Never Should Have Told You + Predictions for 1937 + Chim Bomba + Close | Rudy Vallee and Wim the Astrologer | ‘Royal Gelatin Show’ WEAF NBC Red NY 31 Dec 1936 |
| Set 2 | ||
| Open + Happy Holidays | Bing Crosby (voc) John Scott Trotter Orchestra | ‘Kraft Music Hall’ KFI NBC LA 30 Dec 1943 |
| Rhapsody In Blue (theme) + Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah | Paul Whiteman Orchestra and Chorus | ‘The Paul Whiteman Show’ WJZ ABC NY 1 Jan 1947 |
| Poinciana + Close | Bing Crosby (voc) John Scott Trotter Orchestra | ‘Kraft Music Hall’ KFI NBC LA 30 Dec 1943 |
| Set 3 | ||
| Deep Forest (theme) + Dippermouth Blues + When The Saints Go Marching In + Tiger Rag | Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines | Club Hangover KCBS CBS San Francisco 1 Jan 1957 |
| Set 4 | ||
| Let’s Do It Again | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (voc) Trio | Grand Ballroom Waldorf-Astoria Hotel WNBC NBC NY 1 Jan 1970 |
| Flying Home / Dark Eyes | Gene Krupa Quartet | ‘New Years Dancing Party’ Metropole Café WNBC NBC NY 31 Dec 1965 |
| Set 5 | ||
| Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells | Fats Waller and his Rhythm | Comm Rec New York 29 Nov 1936 |
| Jingle Bells | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Café Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WJZ NBC Blue NY 27 Dec 1941 |
| Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | Harry Reser Orchestra (voc) Tom Stacks | Comm Rec New York 24 Oct 1934 |
| Drummin’ Man + Theme | Gene Krupa Orchestra (voc) Anita O’Day | Aircheck 25 Dec 1942 |
| Set 6 | ||
| Jingle Bells | Dave Brubeck Quartet | Birdland WABC ABC NY Jan 1954 |
| Half Nelson / White Christmas / Little Willie Leaps | Charlie Parker (as) Kenny Dorham (tp) Al Haig (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d) | ‘Symphony Side Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 25 Dec 1948 |
| Set 7 | ||
| Open + March of the Toys | Phil Davis Orchestra | ‘Fountain of Fun’ WLW Cincinnati 19 Dec 1943 |
| My Silent Love | Lena Horne (voc) Count Basie Orchestra | ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1945 |
| Embraceable You | The Pied Pipers (voc) Harry James and the Music Makers | ‘Command Performance USA’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1945 |
| Yesterdays | Art Tatum (p) | ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1947 |
| Set 8 | ||
| Open + 2 Latin American Christmas Songs | Chiquita | ‘Chriquita’ AFRS Hollywood Dec 1946 |
| O Come All Ye Faithful / Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem / It Came Upon A Midnight Clear / Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | Frank Sinatra | ‘V-Disc Christmas Selections’ New York 1944 |
| Good King Wenceslas | Carol Richards, Garry Crosby, The Mellow men (voc) Ray Noble Orchestra | ‘The New Edgar Bergen Show’ KNX CBS LA 25 Dec 1955 |
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