26 April Phantom Dancer – Miss US TV (Dumont – 1950)

The Phantom Dancer is your non-stop 2 hour mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio. On-air with Greg Poppleton since 1985.

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Your 26 April Phantom Dancer includes a set of swing bands and then a set of pop bands on live 1939 radio and lots more. Tune in.

There’s also a set of 1929 radio. And we venture into 1962 radio with Buddy Cole’s music and Bing Crosby discussing those new-fangled answering machines with Rosemary Clooney.

You’ll even hear Harry James’ farewell performance with Benny Goodman’s Orchestra. That was on 10 January 1939 Camel Caravan radio show.

The final hour of the mix is all vinyl.

The Phantom Dancer is live-streamed as the show goes to air on 107.3 2SER Sydney, Tuesdays 12 – 2pm (12 – 2am GMT) and repeated 5 – 6pm Sundays, http://www.2ser.com

The show is then archived at 2ser.com/Phantom_Dancer for you to listen to online at any time.

Your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week is the inaugural and the only Miss US Television Pageant (1950 – Dumont TV), won by Edie Adams who went on to have a brilliant TV career. Enjoy!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #211 107.3 2SER Tuesday 26 April 2016 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 – 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) National Program: 2RRR Gladesville Thurs 11am – 12 2SER Sunday 2SER 5 – 6pm ArtSoundFM Canberra Sunday 7 – 8pm and early morning on 30 other stations. Set 1 1930s Swing Goona Goo Frank Coughlan Orchestra (voc) FC Prestophone Sydney 1937 The Dipsy Doodle (theme) + The One Rose + RCA Victrola Ad Larry Clinton Orchestra (voc) Bea Wain ‘RCA Campus Club’ Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY WEAF NBC Red NY 2 Jul 1938 More Than You Know Benny Goodman Orchestra Madhattan Room Hotel Pennsylvania WOR Mutual NY 21 Oct 1937 Set 2 Jazz Pianoforte on 1950s Radio Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Ralph Sutton Quintet Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 11 Sep 1946 If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight Erroll Garner (piano) Woody Herman’s Third Herd (voc) WH ‘Monitor’ Basin Street NY WRCA NBC NY 26 Jun 1955 Carnegie Horizons + Close George Shearing ‘Stars in Jazz’ Birdland WNBC NBC NY 3 Jul 1952 Set 3 Jump and Jive from 1949 – 62 Radio Do The Hucklebuck Benny Goodman Orchestra (voc) Band Surf Beach Club Virginia Beach, Virginia 27 Aug 1949 Don’t Worry About The Mule Going Blind Louis Jordan and the Tympani 5 (voc) LJ ‘All Star Parade of Bands’ Zardi’s Hollywood KFI NBC LA 9 Jul 1956 Nobody Boogie (Twist) + Talk about new-fangled Answering Machines Buddy Cole’s Music ‘Bing Crosby Rosemary Clooney Show’ KNX CBS LA 2 Aug 1962 Set 4 1929 Radio Kansas City Kitty + What a Girl What a Night Coon Sanders Nighthawks (voc) Joe Sanders ‘Maytag Washing Machines Program’ Radio Transcription Chicago 1 Mar 1929 I’m In The Seventh Heaven Al Jolson Comm Rec New York 7 Apr 1929 That’s A Plenty + Say It With Music (close) Red Nicols and his Five Pennies ‘Brunswick Brevities’ Radio Transcription Chicago 27 Aug 1929 Set 5 1939 Swing Bands on Radio Little Jazz (theme) + Mahogany Hall Stomp Roy Eldridge Orchestra Broadcast Arcadia Ballroom New York City 1939 Many Dreams Ago Artie Shaw Orchestra (voc) Helen Forrest Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvnia WEAF NBC Red NY 19 Oct 1939 Ciribiribin Benny Goodman Orchestra (tp) Harry James ‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS New York 10 Jan 1939 Pagan Love Song + Close Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ WEAF NBC Red NY 5 Oct 1939 Set 6 1939 Pop Bands on the Radio Theme + And The Angels Sing Ray Noble Orchestra (voc) Liz Tilton Beverly – Wiltshire Hotel Beverly Hills Ca KECA NBC Blue LA 22 Oct 1939 Cherokee Sterling Young Orchestra Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1939 White Sails Lanny Ross (voc) Al Goodman Orchestra ‘Your Hit Parade’ WEAF NBC Red NY 15 Jul 1939 Penny Serenade Hal Kemp Orchestra (voc) Saxie Dowell and Orchestra Broadcast 1939 Set 7 Early 1930s Radio Dance Bands 42nd Street Medley Jack Hylton Orchestra (voc) Pat O’Malley Comm Rec London 5 Jul 1933 Open + Let’s Put Our Heads Together Rudy Vallee (voc) and Orchestra with Electric Banjo ‘Fleishman Yeast Hour’ WEAF NBC Red NY 1933 Out Of Nowhere + What Is It? Bing Crosby (voc) Gus Arnheim Orchestra Cocoanut Grove Ambassador Hotel KECA NBC Gold LA 1931 Egyptian Shimmy Anson Weeks Orchestra Peacock Court Hotel Mark Hopkins San Francisco 1932 Set 8 Charlie Parker on WMCA NY How High The Moon Charlie Parker (as) Flip Phillips, Charlie Ventura (ts) Conte Condoli (tp) Benny Green (tb) Al Haig (piano) Jimmy Potter (b) Ed Shaughnessy (d) ‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 1 Jan 1949 52nd Street Theme Charlie Parker (as) Miles Davis (tp) Tadd Dameron (piano) Curley Russell (b) Max Roach (d) ‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 4 Sep 1948 Cosmetics Ad Symphony Sid ‘Symphony Sid Show’ WMCA NY 4 Sep 1948 Scrapple From The Apple Charlie Parker (as) Kenny Dorham (tp) Al Haig (piano) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d) ‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 5 Feb 1949

29 March Phantom Dancer – Frances Carroll and the Coquettes Vitaphone Short (1939)

The 29 March Phantom Dancer is your non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1930s – 1950s radio and TV with Greg Poppleton on 107.3 2SER.

Today we’ve got the Blues from 1945 radio, Rock’n’Roll from 1956 radio, Swing from 1930s radio, Singers on 1940s radio and Dance Bands from 1933 radio.

The Johnny Otis Orchestra plays the blues in 1945. Otis claimed to have ‘invented’ rock’n’roll. So it’s no coincidence that the set following Otis’ features Downbeat’s No. 1 rock’n’roll dance band for 1956 – Count Basie. And the Count in turn is backing acts on the ‘King of Rock’n’Roll’s’ live 1956 CBS radio show, ‘Alan Freed’s Saturday Night Rock’n’Roll Dance Party’.

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The final hour of the mix is all vinyl.

The Phantom Dancer is also conveniently live-streamed as the show goes to air on Tuesdays 12 – 2pm EDST (1 – 3am GMT), http://www.2ser.com.

After the Tuesday broadcast, you can hear the show and past Phantom Dancers online at 2ser.com/Phantom_Dancer.

Your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week is a 1939 Vitaphone short featuring Frances Carroll and her Swing Orchestra with the stunning drumming of Viola Smith (one of her sisters plays clarinet in The Coquettes).

Smith penned an article in 1942 for Down Beat magazine titled “Give Girl Musicians a Break!”.

She argued that woman musicians could play just as well as men, writing, “In these times of national emergency, many of the star instrumentalists of the big name bands are being drafted. Instead of replacing them with what may be mediocre talent, why not let some of the great girl musicians of the country take their place?” Why is there still such a gender imbalance in popular music today?

Enjoy!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #207 107.3 2SER Tuesday 29 March 2016 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 – 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) National Program: 2RRR Gladesville Thurs 11am – 12 2SER Sunday 2SER 5 – 6pm ArtSoundFM Canberra Sunday 7 – 8pm and early morning on 20 other stations. Set 1 Woody Herman and the Band That Plays The Blues On Air Open + Chopping Wood Woody Herman Orchestra Famous Door WEAF NBC Red NY 7 Jan 1940 Time Waits For No One Woody Herman and the First Herd (voc) Frances Wayne Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 17 Oct 1944 Early Autumn Woody Herman and the Third Herd ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Royal Grove Peony Park WOW NBC Omaha 1948 Set 2 Dance Bands On 1933 Radio Open + Moon Song Phil Harris Orchestra (voc) Lee Norton ‘Cocoanut Grove’ TRANSCO Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1933 Stardust A&P Gypsies (voc) Frank Parker ‘A&P Gypsies’ WEAF NBC Red NY 1933 Dardenella + Caucasian March + Close (Two Guitars) A&P Gypsies ‘A&P Gypsies’ WEAF NBC Red NY 1933 Set 3 Claude Thornhill Piano-Playing Band Leader on 1930s – 40s Radio Classics in Jazz + Flight of the Bumble Bee Claude Thornhill (piano) Leith Stevens Orchestra ‘Saturday Night Swing Club’ WABC CBS NY 12 June 1937 Walking Stick Claude Thornhill Orchestra Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WJZ ABC NY 22 Sep 1947 At Sundown + Close Claude Thornhill Orchestra (voc) Gene Williams ‘One Night Stand’ Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY AFRS re-broadcast 23 Jun 1947 Set 4 Singers on AFRS Open + Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby Johnny Mercer (voc) Paul Weston Orchestra ‘Johnny Mercer’s Music Shop’ AFRS re-broadcast Jun 1944 Walk A Little Talk A Little Ginny Simms (voc) Cookie Fairchild Orchestra ‘Personal Album’ AFRS Hollywood 1945 Swingin’ On A Star + Just You Just Me (Close) The Smoothies ‘The Smoothie Song Shop’ AFRS Hollywood 1944 Set 5 Songs by Gershwin Mischa, Yascha, Tascha, Sacha Paul Whiteman Orchestra (voc) The Modernaires ‘Everybody’s Music Hour’ WABC CBS NY 10 Jun 1938 I’ve Got A Crush On You Eddie Condon Group (voc) Lee Wiley ‘Eddie Condon Town Hall Jazz Concert’ WJZ Blue Network New York City 5 Aug 1944 George Gershwin Medley Eddie Condon Group (voc) Helen Ward ‘Eddie Condon’s Floorshow’ WNBT-TV NBC NY 9 Jul 1949 Set 6 Swing Bands on 1930s Radio One Night Stand Artie Shaw Orchestra Aircheck 10 Jun 1939 Every Tub + Song of the Wanderer Count Basie Orchestra ‘America Dances’ Famous Door WABC CBS NY / BBC London Jul 1938 Joseph Joseph Benny Goodman Quartet BG (cl) Lionel Hampton (vb) Teddy Wilson (piano) Dave Tough (d) Ritz Carlton Hotel CBS Boston 24 May 1938 Intro + Murdy Purdy Gene Krupa Orchestra Aircheck 28 Nov 1938 Set 7 Jazz Blues on 1945 Radio Empty Bed Blues / Love My Baby / Improvised Blues Johnny Otis Orchestra (voc) Ivie Anderson and Joe Turner ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Oct 1945 Set 8 ‘Rock’n’Roll Dance Party’ 1956 – 57 Radio Let’s Face It Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor Big Band ‘Rock’n’Roll Dance Party’ Paramount Theatre Brooklyn WCBS CBS NY 1957 I Almost Lost My Mind Ivory Joe Hunter with Count Basie’s Orchestra ‘Rock’n’Roll Dance Party’ Paramount Theatre Brooklyn WCBS CBS NY 1956 I’ll Be True Faye Adams (voc) Count Basie Orchestra ‘Rock’n’Roll Dance Party’ Paramount Theatre Brooklyn WCBS CBS NY 1956 You Ain’t Nothin’ But a Hound Dog Gene Vincent (voc) and The Blue Caps ‘Rock’n’Roll Dance Party’ Paramount Theatre Brooklyn WCBS CBS NY 1956 Woe Is Me The Cadillacs (voc) Count Basie Orchestra ‘Rock’n’Roll Dance Party’ Paramount Theatre Brooklyn WCBS CBS NY 1956 Be Bop A Lula + One O’Clock Jump Gene Vincent (voc) and the Blue Caps with Count Basie Orchestra ‘Rock’n’Roll Dance Party’ Paramount Theatre Brooklyn WCBS CBS NY 1956

8 March 2016 Phantom Dancer – International Women’s Day Show

Hear the IWD2016 Phantom Dancer now online at 107.3 2SER Sydney

8th March is International Women’s Day. So today’s The Phantom Dancer mix, with Greg Poppleton on 107.3 2SER Sydney and online, is non-stop swing and jazz women singers, women instrumentalists and women big bands from 1930s – 1950s radio.

Meet Australia’s Des Tooley ‘The Lady Baritone’ from 1930, Mary Osbourne pioneer electric guitarist, big band guitarist and founder of Osbourne guitars, Dizzy Gillespie trombonist Melba Liston, Woody Herman vibes player Marjorie Hyams and the big bands of Ina Ray Hutton, The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Ella Fitzgerald and lots more. Check out the play list.

The final hour of the mix is all vinyl.

The Phantom Dancer is also conveniently live-streamed for your enjoyment Tuesdays 12 – 2pm (1 – 3am GMT), http://www.2ser.com.

After the Tuesday broadcast, you can hear past Phantom Dancers archived at 2ser.com/Phantom_Dancer as well. Scroll down for the show you want to hear.

Your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week is from a 1936 swing short featuring Ina Ray Hutton and her Melodears. Enjoy!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #205 107.3 2SER Tuesday 8 March 2016 International Women’s Day Show After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 – 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) National Program: 2RRR Gladesville Thurs 11am – 12 2SER Sunday 2SER 5 – 6pm ArtSoundFM Canberra Sunday 7 – 8pm and early morning on 30 other stations. Set 1 Women Jazz Band Leaders on the Radio Open + Hallelujah Ina Rae Hutton Orchestra ‘Spotlight Bands’ Fort Monroe Virginia Blue Network 13 Apr 1943 Pine Top’s Boogie Sylvia Marlowe (harpsichord) and Band ‘Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street’ WJZ NBC Blue NY AFRS Re-broadcast 17 Dec 1941 Bohemia After Dark + Close Marian McPartland Trio ‘All Star Parade of Bands’ Composers Club WRCA NBC NY 23 Apr 1956 Set 2 Dinah Washington on WJZ NY in 1951 Baby Get Lost + patter with Symphony Sid Dinah Washington (voc) Quartet ‘Symphony Sid Show’ Birdland WJZ ABC NY 21 Jul 1951 I Wanna Be Loved + I Won’t Cry Anymore Dinah Washington (voc) Quartet ‘Symphony Sid Show’ Birdland WJZ ABC NY 21 Jul 1951 Please Send Me Someone To Love Dinah Washington (voc) Quartet ‘Symphony Sid Show’ Birdland WJZ ABC NY 21 Jul 1951 Set 3 Pop Singers on the Air Open + I Cried For You + He’s Home For A Little While Helen Forrest ‘Personal Album’ AFRS Hollywood 1945 Open + You Make Me Feel So Young Rosemary Clooney ‘Rosemary Clooney Show’ KNX CBS LA 4 Nov 1954 You Bought A New Kind Of Love To Me + I Surrender Dear + Close Ginny Simms ‘Ginny Simm’s Show’ WABC CBS NY 11 Jan 1946 Set 4 Women Instrumentalists on the Radio Tin Roof Blues Jack Teagarden Band (piano) Norma Teagarden Club Hangover KCBS CBS San Francisco 7 May 1955 Isle of Capri Gay Claridge Orchestra (electric guitar) Mary Osbourne ‘One Night Stand’ Chez Paree Chicago AFRS Re-broadcast 21 Aug 1945 Northwest Passage Woody Herman’s Third Herd (vibes) Marjorie Hyams Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ WABC CBS NY 18 Feb 1945 Set 5 Big Bands led by Women on the Wireless Jump Children International Sweethearts of Rhythm Comm Rec New York City 14 Oct 1946 Open + Who Ya’ Hunchin’ Ella Fitzgerald Orchestra Roseland Ballroom WEAF NBC Red NY 26 Feb 1940 Galvanising International Sweethearts of Rhythm ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Jan 1945 Mr Sandman + Eddie My Love The Chordettes (backed by Count Basie’s Orchestra) ‘Saturday Night Rock’n’Roll Dance Party’ Paramount Theatre Brooklyn WCBS CBS NY 1956 Set 6 Mildred Bailey’s Music Till Midnight Radio Show Open + Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone Mildred Bailey (voc) Paul Baron Orchestra ‘Music Till Midnight’ WABC CBS NY 1944 Tain’t Me Mildred Bailey (voc) Paul Baron Orchestra ‘Music Till Midnight’ WABC CBS NY 24 Nov 1944 I Dream Of You Mildred Bailey (voc) Paul Baron Orchestra ‘Music Till Midnight’ WABC CBS NY 1944 Robin Hood Mildred Bailey (voc) Paul Baron Orchestra ‘Music Till Midnight’ WABC CBS NY 12 Jan 1945 Set 7 More Women Instrumentalists Strange Things Happen Every Day Sister Rosetta Tharpe (vocal and guitar) Comm Rec New York City 23 Sep 1944 Stella By Starlight Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra (tb) Melba Liston Birdland WCBS CBS NY Jul 1956 The Boogie Woogie Girl Christine Chatman (voc) and her Orchestra (piano) Mabel Smith Comm Rec New York City 6 Apr 1944 Solid Geometry For Squares Joe Marsala Orchestra (harp) Adele Girard Log Cabin Farm Armouk NY WJZ NBC Blue NY 23 Oct 1942 Set 8 Women Singers 1930s-40s Radio I’m sailing On A Sunbeam Des Tooley (The Girl with the unusual (baritone) voice) Beryl Newell (piano) Comm Rec Sydney Mar 1930 Mr Paganini + Sing Me A Swing Song + Copper Coloured Gal Francis Faye (vocal and piano) ‘Norge Program’ Radio Transcription New York City 1937 Honeysuckle Rose Lena Horne (voc) Fletcher Henderson Orchestra ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1944 Mean To Me Sarah Vaughan (voc) Billy Eckstine Orchestra ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Feb 1945

Birthday Party At Hopewood House, Bowral – Greg Poppleton’s 1920s-30s Music

Greg Poppleton had the great honour and pleasure to play at a special birthday party in Bowral on Saturday.

The band, all world-touring musicians led by Australia’s only authentic 1920s – 1930s singer, Greg Poppleton, played the songs of the 1920s and 1930s for background and dancing.

The party was at Hopewood House.

Hopewood House is a popular venue for weddings, parties and events outside of Bowral NSW.

BIRTHDAY PARTY

At twilight, the acoustic duo, Ben Jones (tenor sax, alto sax, clarinet) and Chuck Morgan (banjo) played songs from the 1920s – 1930s for guests in the garden.

Ben Jones (reeds) Chuck Morgan (banjo) play as an acoustic duo during pre-dinner drinks.

Then, as guests entered the house for dinner, they were serenaded by Geoff Power playing from the Bakelite’s extensive 1920s – 1930 song list.

Geoff Power at the upright, serenading guests as they arrived for dinner and speeches.

After dinner and speeches, the guests, including many prominent Australians, danced to Greg Poppleton‘s authentic 1920s – 1930s vocals and his quartet till late into the night.

Greg Poppleton band (l-r) Alex Inman-Hislop (drums) Geoff Power (trumpet doubling sousaphone) Chuck Morgan (banjo doubling guitar) Ben Jones (tenor and alto saxes plus clarinet)

Greg Poppleton plays swing authentic 1920s jazz and 1930s swing for background and dancing.

Greg Poppleton is Australia’s only authentic 1920s-30s singer. He’s Australia’s most listened to 1920s – 1930s duo to Orchestra on YouTube

To enquire about Greg Poppletons’ hotcha 1920s-1930s jazz and swing for your party, talk to Tony Jex. Call: 61 2 9567 7171 | 0407 941 263. Email: tony@ozmanagement.com

 

BAND PARTY PHOTOS

I’ve taken photos on my pocket camera of the individual band members as we played at the birthday party. Although, this one of Geoff and I was snapped by Ben Jones…

Greg Poppleton, band leader and Australia’s only authentic 1920s – 1930s singer with Geoff Power on sousaphone.

Some of you have asked, “But what does the party look like?” in response to some of my previous posts about weddings and events where Greg Poppleton has played.

In short, I don’t take photos of the parties themselves. That’s to protect the privacy of the hosts and guests. We respect your privacy.

 

Geoff Power tp, Ben Jones ts, let riff on Lady Be Good.

 

Chuck Morgan, his banjo and guitar.

 

Alex Inman-Hislop is one of the most respected up-and-coming 1920s jazz and 1930s swing drummers in Sydney.

HAVE THE BAND AT YOUR PARTY

Greg Poppleton‘s duo to orchestra would love to play for you at your wedding, corporate event and party, too. To enquire, talk to Tony Jex. Call: 61 2 9567 7171 | 0407 941 263. Email: tony@ozmanagement.com

The Life and Music of Scott Joplin

Ragtime music at its best. Songs by the King of Ragtime – Scott Joplin. Two shows at The Glen Street Theatre.

A full ragtime orchestra with singer under the direction of trumpeter and arranger, Craig Mitten.

Craig has loved ragtime since first hearing it at the age of 6. So his ragtime sound and orchestrations are absolutely real.

For someone like me who had only ever heard rags on piano, hearing this tight full orchestra with flute and piccolo by Sandra Mitten and ex-Opera Australia singer, Tanya Christensen, giving voice to Joplin’s Ragtime Dance and excerpts from his opera Treemonisha, was a joyous revelation.

The show was produced by John Buchanan with script by John Buchanan and additions by myself. I played the role of John Stack, Scott Joplin’s publisher, narrating the life and musical career of the King of Ragtime.

The orchestra played the well-known Joplin favourites, Maple Leaf Rag and The Entertainer as well as many other fascinating numbers including, Stoptime Rag, the Ragtime Dances, Pineapple Rag and may more.

If you didn’t catch The Life and Music of Scott Joplin at Glen Street, keep an eye out for when it might come to a theatre near you.

Cast (l-r) Tanya Christensen (voc) Geoff Power (tb) Craig Mitten (trumpet, arranger and band leader) Stephen Grant (p) Phil Harper (cl) Marcus Holden (vln) Sandra Mitten (flute and piccolo) Ed Baston (db) Chris King (p) Greg Poppleton (seated front – narrator, John Stack)

Great Christmas Gift Ideas For You

What to get your special someone this Christmas?

Problem solved…

1. Wrap some toe-tappin‘, 1920s – 1930s flavoured, hot jazz and swing for your favourite’s Christmas stocking. CD or downloads in stock now. Check them out at the Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters Bandcamp shop or CDBaby shop. Open 24/7.

‘Doin’ The Charleston’ by Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters. Available at Bandcamp, CDBaby, iTunes and Amazon.

2. Hire Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters for your special Christmas party at work or home. December is getting booked out, so find out more quickly, greg@bakelitejazz.com

Dancing the Charleston to Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters

3. Spend an exciting day at Pallet Land and find some great bargains (from Viz)

 

Merry Christmas and Happy Listening,

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters 

Julius Sumner Miller Archimedes Principle and Phantom Dancer 2SER 2 Dec 2014

Today’s Phantom Dancer, 2 December 2014, is eight hot sets of swing and jazz from live 1920s – 1960s radio and TV.

MISSED today’s Phantom Dancer? Here it is until January at 2ser.com

There’s a set of the great woman jazz singers, Bille, Sarah and Ella. A set of piano and orchestra, George Shearing, Frankie Carle and Eddie Heywood, sets of hot swing, a set of early radio dance bands and so much more

Your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week is program 13 in the series ‘Demonstrations in Physics’ with Professor Julius Sumner Miller and made at ABC TV in Sydney in 1969. The series was telecast in Australia as ‘Why Is It So?’ This week, the Professor demonstrates Archimedes’ Principle.

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN#134

2SER Tuesday 2 December 2014 12 noon – 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT)

Set 1

Open + St Louis Breakdown Lucky Millinder Orchestra ‘One Night Stand’ Savoy Ballroom NY AFRS Re-broadcast 17 Jul 1945 Back To Back Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Marion Hutton Glen Island Casino New Rochelle WEAF NBC Red NY 13 Jun 1939 Nagasaki + One O’Clock Jump (theme) Louis Jordan Tympani 5 ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Sep 1943 Set 2     Open + Waltz Our Orchestra Radio Transcription TRANSCO Hollywood 1933 Too Many Tears Jimmie Grier Orchestra (voc) Gogo Delys Radio Trancription ‘Cocoanut Grove’ TRANSCO Hollywood 1932 Yours Sincerely Eskimo Pie (Jean Goldkette) Orchestra ‘The Eskimo Pie Program’ Chicago 27 Jul 1929 Set 3     The Girl On The Police Gazettre Jim Davidson ABC Dance Orchestra (voc) Dick Cranburne Comm Rec Sydney 1936 Jubilee Mildred Bailey (voc) Benny Goodman Orchestra ‘For The Record’ WEAF NBC NY 1944 Comin’ Through The Rye Diane Courtney ‘Chamber Music Society Of Lower Basin Street’ WJZ NBC Blue NY 7 Jul 1941 Set 4     Limehouse Blues Stephan Grapelli with Hatchett’s Swingtette. George Shearing piano and novochord Aircheck BBC London 1943 Falling Leaves Frankie Carle Orchestra (p) Frankie Carle ‘One Night Stand’ Cocoanut Grove Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles AFRS Re-broadcast 1950s Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone Eddie Heywood Sextet ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 21 May 1945 Set 5     Don’tcha Go ‘Way Mad Fletcher Henderson Aircheck Cafe Society, NY 1950 ‘Til I Waltz Again with You Harry James Orchestra (voc) April Ames Hotel Astor Roof WCBS CBS NY 25 May 1953 Interview Gerard Hoffnung and Cyril Richardson ‘Saturday Night on the Light’ BBC Light Program London 1955 Riding Around In The Rain Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (voc) Dolly Houston Cafe Rouge Hotel Statler WNBC NBC NY 1955 Set 6     105 In The Shade Cab Calloway Orchestra (voc) CC ‘Personal Album’ AFRS Hollywood 1943 One O’Clock Jump Duke Ellington Orchestra ‘A Date With The Duke’ Apollo Theare WJZ ABC NY 30 Jun 1945 Stealin’ Apples Benny Goodman Orchestra Hotel Astor Roof WABC CBS NY Jul 1943 Gin Mill Special Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1943 Set 7     Billie’s Blues Billie Holliday (voc) Storyville WMEX Boston Apr 1959 Sunday, Monday or Always George Trevare and his Australians (voc) Joan Blake Comm Rec Sydney 1945 You’re All I Need Sarah Vaughan (voc) Stan Getz Big Band ‘Symphony Sid Show’ Apollo Theatre WJZ ABC NY 17 Aug 1950 Ridin’ High Ella Fitzgerald (voc) Benny Goodman Orchestra WNBC TV NY 9 Apr 1958 Set 8     Hot House Miles Davis Septet ‘Jazz Club USA’ Carnegie Hall NY 25 Dec 1949 Voice of America Lullaby of Birdland into Three Little Words Lester Young Quintet Birdland WABC ABC NY 5 Sep 1956

Sydney’s 1920s Dance Orchestra – The Lounge Bar Lotharios

Sydney’s only 1920s Great Gatsby Dance Orchestra, The Lounge Bar Lotharios, played for dancers and fans of 1920s hotcha at Glenaeon on Sunday 21 September to a capacity crowd.

Who are The Lounge Bar Lotharios?

The Lounge Bar Lotharios is Sydney’s only authentic 1920s Dance Orchestra playing original 1920s arrangements of 1920s Hot Jazz and Dance Music…

The Lounge Bar Lotharios is Sydney’s only authentic 1920s Dance Orchestra. Geoff Power, middle back row with trumpet is the musical director. Singer, Greg Poppleton, in blue suit, conducts.

Listen to some of last Sunday’s 1920s The Lounge Bar Lotharios Glenaeon show…

The Lounge Bar Lotharios play again, 2pm, Sunday 16 November in St Leonards Park, North Sydney for Spring Into Jazz. AND IT’S FREE!

Grab this opportunity to witness the spectacle of Sydney’s only authentic 1920s Dance Orchestra, The Lounge Bar Lotharios.

Bring a picnic, bring the bubbly, and enjoy Roaring 20s classics like ‘Crazy Words Crazy Tune’ and ‘Let’s Misbehave’, played just like they did in the Flapper Age and sung by Australia’s only authentic 1920s singer, Greg Poppleton, under the musical direction of ARIA nominee, Geoff Power.

It’ll also be one last opportunity for you to hear Geoff’s hot 1920s trumpet before he tours the US and Europe in late December and early January.

Brass and reeds section – The Lounge Bar Lotharios. Front row (l-r) Jim Elliott (alto sax / clarinet) Laura Power (alto sax / baritone sax / clarinet) Glenn Henrich (tenor sax / clarinet). Back Row (l-r) James Power (trumpet) Geoff Power (trumpet / musical director) Ben Gurton (trombone)

Rhythm Section – The Lounge Bar Lotharios. (l-r) Bradley Newman (piano) Michael Brady (banjo) Alex Inman-Hislop (drums) Greg Chilcott (sousaphone)

The Lounge Bar Lotharios play next at Spring Into Jazz, St Leonards Park, North Sydney. Sunday 16 November. 2 – 5pm. Bring a picnic!

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See you 16 November at St Leonards Park. Bring the bubbly,
Greg

Gin Mill Social 25 July 2014 Speakeasy Photos

Check out these hot action pix from the latest Gin Mill Social with Greg Poppleton and a cast of amazing entertainers.

The next Gin Mill Social, 22 August, is already SOLD OUT.

There are still tickets for the September Gin Mill Social, Friday 24 October at Slide Cabaret, 41 Oxford St Darlinghurst.

Your ticket price includes dinner, complimentary welcome gin in a teacup, and speakeasy show. These are the hottest tickets in town so get yours quick.

All images are by Crea Crea Studios. You can see more photos on the Gin Mill Social Facebook page.

Enjoy! And come to the next show…

Greg Poppleton and band playing a hot instrumental version of Hindustan. Greg can’t play the piano as such. However he has played film roles opposite 3 Academy Award winners (Adrien Brody, Nicole Kidman, Howard Berger) and 1 Golden Globe winner (John Goodman) – so he knows how to play ‘Hollywood movie piano’ just right.

Greg Poppleton opens each Gin Mill Social with an uptempo hour of Sydney’s only genuine 1920s hotcha. Greg Poppleton (1920s vocals in pinstripe suit) Paul Baker in top hat (banjo) Geoff Power (sousaphone and trumpet)

The Gin Mill Social begins. All set for a night of great 1920s cuisine and amazing entertainment.

Cocktails!

Hooch on the rocks

Dancing the Charleston to Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters

Getting up close and personal to live music by the Emma Hamilton Trio

The food is great and the staff are fun!

The amazing Emma Hamilton Trio serenade you through the night after Greg Poppleton

Geoff Power plays trumpet with Greg Poppleton – using a teacup mute. I’m told there’s gin served in those teacups, but don’t tell the cops.

Geoff also provides the 1920s rhythm to Greg Poppleton on sousaphone. That’s Paul Baker on a very rare, handmade, jewel encrusted banjo.

Greg Poppleton is Australia’s only authentic 1920s – 1930s singer. He doesn’t put on a funny voice. He’s never sung in an American accent. It’s just true, musical and straight from the heart.

Happy Birthday!

I’m sure the text reads, “Wish you were here!”

What’s in those fine bone china teacups?

Greg Poppleton gives that 1920s classic ‘Button Up Your Overcoat’ the acoustic megaphone treatment.

Aerialist and fan dancer Missy makes an entrance on the shoulder of Mr Gorski. My favourite photo of the 25 July Gin Mill Social.

Mr Gorski plays with blocks

And Mr Gorski plays cards

Paul Baker gets feet tapping on ‘Dinah’

A serenade in blue

It’s the 1920s at the Gin Mill Social

There’s amazing entertainment all night long

Including some breathtaking tap dancing backed live by the Emma Hamilton Trio

There are still tickets for the September Gin Mill Social, Friday 24 October. Ticket price includes dinner, complimentary welcome gin in a teacup, and show. These are the hottest tickets in town so get yours quick. See you September 26 at the next Gin Mill Social.

Greg Poppleton is also available for your private bookings. Visit the band’s website www.gregpoppletonmusic.com.

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August Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters Newsletter

Hello Bakelite Broadcasters,
 


WHAT’S HAPPENING IN AUGUST?

  5 Aug – 12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Listen.

12 Aug – 12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Listen.

15 Aug – Gin Mill Social Corporate Event. Yes, the 1920s Gin Mill Social show is for hire.

16 Aug – 7pm, bringing 1920s musique to Dubbo Golf Club for the Dubbo Jazz Festival. Tickets

16 Aug – 10pm, concertising at Club Dubbo, making merry at Dubbo Festival. Tickets

17 Aug – 7pm, Sunday Carnival, Victoria Room, Darlinghurst. Free. Booking Recommended

19 Aug – 12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Listen.

22 Aug – 7pm, Gin Mill Social – Sydney’s most exciting 1920s night at Slide, Darlinghurst. Tickets.

26 Aug – 12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Listen.

 

Dubbo Jazz Festival! Saturday 16th August.
Headliners. Greg Poppleton 1920s vocals and megaphone, Geoff Power sousaphone and trumpet, Grahame Conlon banjo and guitar, Jim Elliot bass saxophone, alto saxophone and clarinet…

How much? The single Dubbo Jazz Combo Basement & Golf Club Auditorium 5pm – 11pm Saturday 16th August package gets you into both Bakelite shows and lots more music beside! Tickets

 

Gin Mill Social. Friday 22nd August
It’s the 1920s at Slide on Oxford St when the Gin Mill Social comes to town again.

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters Trio, (Greg, 1920s vocals and megaphone. Geoff Power, trumpet and sousaphone, Paul Baker, banjo and top hat) get the speakeasy of 1920s cuisine and hooch, fan dancers, aerials, jugglers and tap dancers going with a high energy set of 1920s hits.

Above is a happy snap of the band from last month’s Gin Mill Social…

 

The band’s YouTube clip is fast approaching 30, 000 views. Thank you!

Bookings – Weddings, Corporate Events, Birthday Parties and Anniversaries
Talk to the debonair Mr Tony Jex:
T: 02 9567 7171
M: 0407 941 263
E: bookings@bakelitejazz.com



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NEW 1920s Orchestra Website (we’ll be at Spring Into Jazz, St Leonard’s Park, 16 November):
1920s Great Gatsby Orchestra – The Lounge Bar Lotharios www.1920sorchestra.com.au



See you at a show in August,
Kindest Regards
Greg

PS – Here’s a pic of Greg and Tony Gardner (piano) at our last Victoria Room show in March this year: