Linda Keene, is this week’s Phantom Dancer feature artist. You’ll hear three songs by Linda singing with Jack Teagarden’s Orchestra in an aircheck from 1939.
She’s the singer that should have made it in the Big Band Era. Though she sang with many of the top name bands in the 1940s, her career never gained momentum, despite her huge vocal talent. Discover her story below. It’s one of the rare stories of those with all that it takes not making it for reasons unknown.
The Phantom Dancer is your non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV hosted presented by myself, Greg Poppleton.
There’s a whole library of Phantom Dancer mixes online now for you to enjoy at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/.
This Phantom Dancer mix will be online after 2pm AEST, Tuesday 8 June, at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/
Here’s a photo of Linda Keene, with Pee Wee Russell on clarinet and Eddie Condon, guitar
THE LINDA KEENE STORY
For the full Linda Keene big band singer story, compiled through extensive research by The False Ducks Blahgger, check these links. Each article is a chronology of Linda’s career painstakingly sorted with newspaper clippings, photos and audio. The False Ducks Blahg is a rich source of archival material about bands from the 1930s and 40s. Happy reading!
http://falseducks.com/theblahg/?p=1668
http://falseducks.com/theblahg/?p=1815
http://falseducks.com/theblahg/?p=2111
http://falseducks.com/theblahg/?p=3317
8 JUNE PLAY LIST
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Play List – The Phantom Dancer
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107.3 2SER Tuesday 8 JUNE 2021 |
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Set 1
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1940s One Night Stand Radio | |
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Cirribirribin (theme) + Loveless Love
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Harry James Orchestra
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‘One Night Stand’
Casino Gardens Ocean Park Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 29 Jun 1944 |
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All of Me
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Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Claire Hogan
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‘One Night Stand’
Cafe Rouge Hotel Statler NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 7 Apr 1949 |
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Annie Laurie + Memories of You (theme)
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Sonny Donham Orchestra
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‘One Night Stand’
Palladium Ballroom Hollywood AFRS Re-broadcast 1 Aug 1944 |
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Set 2
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1932 Jimmy Grier Radio | |
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Music in the Moonlight (theme) + Shadows on the Swannee
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Jimmy Grier Orchestra (voc) Frank Foster
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‘Cocoanut Grove’ Radio Transcription Hollywood 1932 |
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I Couldn’t Tell Them What To Do
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Jimmy Grier Orchestra (voc) Gogo Delys
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‘Cocoanut Grove’
Radio Transcription Hollywood 1932 |
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My Love + Music in the Moonlight (theme)
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Jimmy Grier Orchestra (voc) Dick Webster
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‘Cocoanut Grove’
Radio Transcription Hollywood 1932 |
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Set 3
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1920s Commercial Sides | |
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Hot Town
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Fess Williams and the Royal Flush Orchestra
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Comm Rec
New York City 17 Apr 1929 |
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If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
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Mound City Blues Blowers (tb) Glenn Miller
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Comm Rec
NYC 14 Nov 1929 |
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All Muggled Up
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Blue Steele and his Orchestra |
Comm Rec
Memphis 15 May 1930 |
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Set 4
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Linda Keene | |
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The Sheik of Araby
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Jack Teagarden Orchestra (voc) Linda Keene and Jack Teagarden
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‘Young Man with a Band’
WEAF NBC Red NYC Nov 1939 |
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Tears From My Inkwell
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Jack Teagarden Orchestra (voc) Linda Keene
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‘Young Man with a Band’
WEAF NBC Red NYC Nov 1939 |
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The Lady’s in Love with You
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Jack Teagarden Orchestra
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‘Young Man with a Band’
WEAF NBC Red NYC Nov 1939 |
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Yankee Doodle + Close
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Jack Teagarden Orchestra (voc) Linda Keene
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‘Young Man with a Band’
WEAF NBC Red NYC Nov 1939 |
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Set 5
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1950s – 60s Radio Dance Bands | |
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Theme + Tea for Two
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Leon Kellner Orchestra
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‘Treasury Bandstand’
Blue Room Roosevelt Hotel WWL CBS New Orleans 1964 |
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Muskrat Ramble
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Jimmy Dorsey ‘Dorseyland’ Jazz Band
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‘All-Star Parade of Bands’
Magnolia Roof Hotel Claridge WMC NBC Memphis 1956 |
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Whatever Lola Wants + Close
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Prado Perez Orchestra
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‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Birdland WNBC NBC NYC 24 Jul 1953 |
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Set 6
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Trad Radio | |
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Salty Dog
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Southern Jazz Group
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5AD Adelaide
18 Jun 1949 |
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Bay City + New Orleans Shuffle
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Turk Murphy
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Easy Street
KCBS San Francisco 7 Nov 1958 |
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The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
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Vic Lewis
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‘Swing Session’
BBC London 13 Feb 1945 |
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Shine + Close
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Kid Ory
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Club Hangover
KCBS San Francisco 10 Oct 1954 |
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Set 7
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Radio Jazz Stars | |
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Theme + Coversation While Dancing
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Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford
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‘Johnny Mercer’s Music Shop’
WEAF NBC NY 1943 |
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Theme + Pennsylvania 6-5000
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Glenn Miller Orchestra
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Aircheck
20 Apr 1940 |
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Sweet Georgia Brown
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Nat King Cole Trio
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Trocadero
KHJ Mutual Los Angeles 26 Apr 1945 |
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Cherokee
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Harry James Orchestra
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Blue Room
Hotel Lincoln WABC CBS NYC 20 May 1941 |
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Set 8
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Breakout Radio | |
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She’s the Ginchiest
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Lee Gordon
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Comm Rec
Sydney 1959 |
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Brown Betty
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Elliot Lawrence Orchestra |
Palladium Ballroom
KNX CBS LA 2 Dec 1947 |
| Mel’s Idea | Benny Goodman Sextet |
‘One Night Stand’
The Click Phildelphia AFRS Re-broadcast 3 Jun 1948 |
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Sound Lee
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Lee Konitz
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Storyville
Copley Square Hotel WHDH Boston 5 Jan 1954 |
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