The Phantom Dancer with Greg Poppleton on 107.3 2SER is your non-stop 2 hour swing and jazz mix from 1920s-60s radio and TV.
You can now hear the 23 Feb show online at 2ser.com
Today’s show has sets of music by Fats Waller and George Gershwin. There’s a set of far-out jazz from 1950s radio, Cocoanut Grove transcriptions from the early 1930s, and, well, check out the play list for the rest.
As always, the final hour of the mix is all vinyl.
Play List – The Phantom Dancer
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio
Community Radio Network Show CRN #203 |
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107.3 2SER Tuesday 23 February 2016 |
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Set 1
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Cocoanut Grove Radio Transcriptions 1932-34 | |
Sweet and Lovely (theme) + Look In The Looking Glass
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Gus Arnheim Orchestra
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‘Cocoanut Grove’
TRANSCO Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1933 |
Make Me Yours
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Phil Harris Orchestra (voc) Leah Ray
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‘Cocoanut Grove’
TRANSCO Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1934 |
Sweet Sue + Sweet and Lovely (theme)
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Jimmie Grier Orchestra
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‘Cocoanut Grove’
TRANSCO Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1932 |
Set 2
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Far Out Jazz on 1956 Radio | |
It’s A Grand Night For Swinging
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Billy Taylor Trio
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‘All-Star Parade Of Bands’
Composers Club WRCA NBC New York 7 May 1956 |
Little Girl Blue
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Stan Getz Quartet
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Basin Street
WCBS CBS NY 21 Apr 1956 |
Bohemia After Dark + Close
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Marian McPartland Trio
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‘All-Star Parade Of Bands’
Composers Club WRCA NBC New York 23 Apr 1956 |
Set 3
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Pop Singers on 1940s Radio | |
Free For All + I’m Getting Sentimental Over You (Close)
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Frank Sinatra (voc) Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
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Astor Roof
Hotel Astor WOR Mutual NY May 1941 |
Somebody Loves Me
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Kitty Kallen (voc) Harry James Orchestra
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Casino Gardens
Ocean Park KECA ABC LA 27 Sep 1945 |
Indian Summer
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Ray Eberle (voc) Glenn Miller Orchestra
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Cafe Rouge
Hotel Pennsylvania WJZ NBC Blue NY 7 Jan 1940 |
Set 4
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Dance Bands on 1940s – 1950s Radio | |
Deep Down In My Heart
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Ray Eberle Orchestra (voc) Toni Deen
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The Click
WFIL ABC Philadelphia 18 jul 1947 |
Theme + I’ll Never Stop Loving You
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Charlie Spivak Orchestra (voc) Audrey Morris
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‘Monitor’
Pleasure Beach Ballroom Bridgeport Conn WRCA NBC NY 26 Jun 1955 |
Midnight Sun
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Les Brown Orchestra
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‘All-Star Parade Of Bands’
Palladium Ballroom KFI NBC LA 12 Oct 1953 |
Set 5
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Spotlight Bands Radio Series | |
Swingin’ On The Teagarden Gate
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Jack Teagarden Orchestra
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‘Spotlight Bands’
Blythe Ca AFRS re-broadcast 5 Nov 1943 |
Saturday Night
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Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Patti Thomas
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‘Spotlight Bands’
AFRS re-broadcast 11 Feb 1945 |
Honeydripper
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Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra
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‘Spotlight Bands’
Jefferson Barracks Missouri Blue Network 23 Nov 1945 |
The Minor Goes A-Muggin’
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Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
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‘Spotlight Bands’
AFRS re-broadcast 5 Nov 1945 |
Set 6
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Fats Waller | |
Fats Waller Story (excerpt)
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Pat Flowers (piano) (voc) Fats Waller Rhythm
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‘2nd Annual American Swing Festival’
WNEW NY 4 Feb 1945 |
I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby + Truckin’
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Fats Waller
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WHIS
Bluefield WV 2 Feb 1936 |
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter + Christopher Columbus |
Fats Waller
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‘The Magic Key’
WEAF NBC Red NY 24 May 1936 |
Hallelujah |
Fats Waller
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‘George Jessel’s Celebrity Program’
WEAF NBC Red NY 12 Feb 1939 |
Set 7
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1930s Swing | |
Tel Quel (en plain sur le nez)
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Alix Combelle Orchestra
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Comm Rec
Paris 21 Oct 1940 |
When My Dreamboat Comes Home
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Count Basie Orchestra (voc) Jimmy Rushing
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Savoy Ballroom NY
30 Jun 1937 |
Change Partners
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Jan Savitt and his Top Hatters (voc) Bon Bon
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KYW NBC Red
Philadelphia 17 Oct 1938 |
The Lamp Is Low
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Artie Shaw Orchestra (voc) Helen Forrest
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‘Melody and Madness’
WABC CBS NY 22 Aug 1939 |
Set 8
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George Gershwin | |
Second Rhapsody
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Paul Whiteman Orchestra (piano) Roy Bargy
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‘Everybody’s Music’
WABC CBS NY 10 Jun 1938 |
Someone To Watch Over Me
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Jess Stacy (piano)
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‘Eddie Condon Jazz Concert’
Town Hall WJZ Blue NY 5 Aug 1944 |
George Gershwin Medley
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Eddie Condon Group (voc) Helen Ward
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‘Eddie Condon’s Floorshow’
WNBT-TV NBC NY 9 Jul 1949 |
Soon + Sweet and Lowdown
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Eddie Condon Group (voc) Lee Wiley
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‘Eddie Condon Jazz Concert’
Town Hall WJZ Blue NY 5 Aug 1944 |