Julius Sumner Miller 22 – Heat Energy Transfer By Conduction. Phantom Dancer Swing Jazz Radio 3 Mar 2015

Dear Phantom Dancers,

12 noon Tuesday 17 February is Phantom Dancer time on 107.3 2SER Sydney. Swing, jazz and dance from live 1920s-60s radio and TV presented by Greg Poppleton on 30 CRN stations across Australia.

HEAR THE SHOW AT 2SER ONLINE FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS

This week, in the 2 hour radio mix, you’ll hear live swing and jazz by Buddy Rich, The Mills Brothers, Helen Forrest and more. Listen online at http://www.2ser.com.

See the play list below…

As this week’s Phantom Dancer Video of the Week, recorded at ABC-TV in Sydney in 1969, Julius Sumner Miller investigates Heat Energy Transfer By Conduction. Enjoy!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN#147 2SER Tuesday 3 Mar 2015 12 noon – 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) Set 1 Should I? Eddie Condon Group ‘Eddie Condon’s Town Hall Jazz Concert’ Ritz Theatre WJZ Blue Network NY 10 Feb 1945 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Buddy Morrow Orchestra ‘One Night Stand’ Blue Room Hotel Lincoln NY AFRS re-broadcast 27 May 1945 I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But The Blues + Blue Flame (theme) Woody Herman Orchestra Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WABC CBS NY 21 Aug 1944 Set 2 A Setting In Motion Stan Kenton Orchestra (feat. Howard Rumsey) Radio Transcription Los Angeles 20 Oct 1941 Instrumental + Fab TV Ad (1955) Stan Kenton Orchestra (feat. Frank Russolino and Lee Konitz) ‘Concert in Miniature’ Rustic Cabin NJ WNBC NBC NY 1953 To Each His Own + Body and Soul + Mood Indigo Larry Green Orchestra Starlight Roof Hotel Chase KMOX CBS St Louis 1958 Set 3 Now You’ve Got Me Doing It Phil Harris Orchestra  (voc) PH Comm Rec New York 16 Sep 1935 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Connie Boswell ‘Dodge Show’ Radio Transcription New York 13 Feb 1936 Break ‘Em Down + Let’s Get Together (theme) Ella Fitzgerald Orchestra Savoy Ballroom Harlem WEAF NBC Red NY 25 Jan 1940 Set 4 Open + You’re Driving Me Crazy + Easy Street Billy May Orchestra ‘Let’s Go To Town’ Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1954 Let’s Be Sweethearts Again Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) BC and Margaret Whiting Club 15 KNX CBS LA 25 Nov 1949 Rock Island Flagstaff + Close Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra ‘Yank Swing Session’ AFRS Hollywood 1940s Set 5 Jealousy Les Brown Orchestra (voc) Billy Eckstine Radio Transcription Hollywood Sep 1949 Lazy River Louis Armstrong Orchestra (voc) LA ‘Spotlight Bands’ Dallas Tx Blue Network 17 Aug 1943 It’s Dawn Again Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ‘One Night Stand’ Blue Room Hotel Lincoln AFRS Re-broadcast 1 May 1946 Jenny Duke Ellington Orchestra Aquarium Restaurant WABC CBS NY 25 Oct 1946 Set 6 Starburst (theme) + Blue Moon Gene Krupa Orchestra ‘Spotlight Bands’ Newport, RI Blue Network 2 Oct 1944 Swanee River Lionel Hampton Orchestra ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 3 Dec 1945 Come To Baby Do Charlie Barnet Orchestra (voc) Lena Horne ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Oct 1945 That’s it! Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ‘Spotlight Bands’ ABC 5 Nov 1945 Set 7 Fraulein, kleines Fraulein (Cheek to Cheek) Die Goldene Sieben Comm Rec Berlin Feb 1936 Nightmare (theme) + Yesterdays Artie Shaw Orchestra Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WEAF NBC Red NY 20 Oct 1939 Pennies From Heaven Mills Brothers ‘Norge Program’ New York 1937 When My Dream Boat Comes Home Count Basie Orchestra (voc) Jimmy Rushing Savoy Ballroom Harlem NY 30 Jun 1937 Set 8 Flat Foot Floogie Slim Gaillard ‘Symphony Sid Show’ WJZ ABC NY 26 May 1951 Walkin’ Miles Davis (tp) John Coltrane (ts) Cannonball Adderley (as) Red Garland (p) Paul Chanbers (b) Philly joe Jones (d) ‘Bandstand USA’ Birdland WOR Mutual NY 3 Jan 1959

February Newsletter – Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters

HELLO Bakelite Broadcasters and Lounge Bar Lotharios,

LATEST NEWS – BAND YOUTUBE VIDEO

– The band’s YouTube video is now at 224 797 views. Watch it here,
– Up from 187 660 on 2nd January,
– 2030 people listened to the mix on New Year’s Eve alone,
– Download your copy at BANDCAMP…

 

1920s – 1930s Swing Jazz Chill Mix Cover. A mix from all 3 Greg Poppleton albums.

35 DJs IN 35 HOURS TO CELEBRATE 35 YEARS OF RADIO 2SER

Greg Poppleton – 1920s, 1930s singer and national jazz broadcaster on over 30 stations of CRN

Greg Poppleton as ‘The Phantom Dancer’ is Australia’s longest-running swing DJ and radio host.
He’s been heard on 2SER every week since 1985.
And he was one of the 35 DJs in the special 2SER broadcast.
Hear The Phantom Dancer swing & jazz mix, Sat. 31 Jan.

FEBRUARY GIG GUIDE

Tues 3 Feb: 12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Play List

Sat 7 Feb: 7:30 – 10:30pm, Great Art Deco Ball, Carrington Hotel, Katoomba. Tickets. This is the band’s 3rd year in a row at the Great Art Deco Ball. Greg Poppleton (1920s voc) Geoff Power (trumpet and sousaphone) Grahame Conlon (banjo) Alex Inman-Hislop (drums)

Tues 10 Feb: 12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Play List

Sun 15 Feb: 12:30 – 4:00pm, Jazz At The Pines, Roughley House, Dural. Tickets
Greg Poppleton (1920s voc) Paul Furniss (soprano and alto saxes and clarinet) Grahame Conlon (banjo and guitar) Jim Elliot (clarinet, alto sax and bass saxophone) Lawrie Thompson (drums)

Tues 17 Feb: 12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Hear past shows

Fri 20 Feb: 7pm, Gin Mill Social, Slide Cabaret, Oxford St Surry Hills. Tickets
If you’ve never attended a Gin Mill Social at Slide, you’re missing out!  Gangsters, flappers, acrobats, all to the music of Greg Poppleton’s Bakelite Broadcasters! Greg Poppleton (1920s voc) Chuck Morgan (banjo and uke) Jim Elliot (clarinet, alto sax and bass saxophone)

Tues 24 Feb: 12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Hear past shows

Sun 28 Feb: 2 – 5pm, Penrith RSL, 8 Tindale St Penrith. FREE

CANBERRA, Tune in to The Phantom Dancer radio show 7pm every Sunday night on ArtSoundFM

Check the Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters website for lots more shows coming in March and the band’s first Cronulla RSL show in April.

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters, 2014 Great Art Deco Ball

CALL TONY JEX…

He will help you through the booking process so everything is perfect on the day.
We add 1920s – 1930s glamour to wedding receptions, birthday parties and corporate events. Trio to orchestra.

T: 02 9567 7171
M: 0407 941 263
E: bookings@bakelitejazz.com

Like The Band On Facebook

Official 1920s Band Website
Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters

Official 1920s Orchestra Website 
1920s Great Gatsby Orchestra – The Lounge Bar Lotharios 

We look forward to seeing you at a show soon…

Kindest Regards
Greg

Phantom Dancer Special 31 Jan. 35 DJs In 35 Hours On 2SER Radio.

Good Morning Phantom Dancers,

Celebrating 35 years of 2SER Radio, 2SER presents 35 DJs in 35 hours with your Phantom Dancer on the air from 9 – 10am Saturday 31 Jan. Swing, jazz and musical curios from live 1920s-60s radio and TV.

HEAR the mix online NOW until 28 February at http://www.2ser.com.

Check out the play list below (there are some extras I played live, too, that are not on the play list)

This year, 2015, also marks 30 years of the Phantom Dancer on 2SER. Greg Poppleton is Australia’s longest-running swing DJ and broadcaster. The Phantom Dancer goes to air every week over 2SER and online, Tuesdays, 12 noon (+11 GMT).

And here’s a pic of your Phantom Dancer (that’s me, Greg Poppleton)…

The Phantom Dancer, Greg Poppleton on 107.3 2SER Radio

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Special 35 DJs in 35 Hours Show for 35 Years of 2SER. 2SER Saturday 31 Jan 2015 9 – 10am (+11 hours GMT) Set 1 Rose Room (theme) + Take Me In Your Arms Phil Harris Orchestra (voc) Lee Norton Cocoanut Grove Radio Transcription TRANSCO LA 1934 Syncopated Love Song Nathaniel Shilkret Orchestra NBC 1935 I Don’t Mind Walking In The Rain Philco Orchestra ‘Philco Hour’ WABC CBS NY 1930 Set 2 Indian Love Call Charlie and his Orchestra Radio Transcription RRG Berlin Mar 1941 Kissa Viekoon Bruno Laakko ja Orkesta Lepakot (The Bats) Comm Rec Helsinki 1939 Goodbye Sha Sha Bai Hung Comm Rec Pathe Shanghai 1947 Set 3 Anything For You Henry Red Allen All-Stars w Claude Hopkins (organ) ‘Bandstand USA’ WOR Mutual NY 11 Jan 1958 Any Old Time + Closing Ensemble Eddie Condon Group (voc) Lee Wiley ‘Eddie Condon Jazz Concert’ Ritz Theatre WJZ ABC Blue NY 24 Feb 1945 Set 4 Theme + Let’s Dance Ray Anthony Orchestra ‘One Night Stand’ Cafe Rouge Hotel Statler NY AFRS Re-broadcast 12 Dec 1950 I’m Gonna Love That Guy Joan Edwards ‘Your Hit Parade’ AFRS Re-broadcast Tzena, Tzena, Tzena + Close Ralph Flanagan Orchestra (voc) Band ‘One Night Stand’ Cafe Rouge Hotel Statler NY AFRS Re-broadcast 28 Sep 1950 Set 5 Blues in Asia Minor Stan Kenton Orchestra Radio Transcription Los Angeles 20 Sep 1941 Things Ain’t What They Used to Be Duke Ellington Orchestra Birdland WNBC NBC NY 20 Nov 1942

1920s Singer and Trio at Amalia and Jakob’s Wedding

Amalia and Jakob just emailed me some pictures which they said I can share with you. The pictures are of their beautiful reception held in Sydney in late December. All photos are by studiosomething.com

Greg Poppleton – Sydney’s only authentic 1920s – 1930s singer and band of entertaining, vintage specialists.

Testimonial: “We were delighted to have Greg Poppleton perform as a trio at our wedding. Their charismatic performance created a wonderful atmosphere for our cocktail reception. The music was wonderful as always and we couldn’t have imagined a better band. We have received so many compliments from guests on the music, thank you Greg Poppleton, Greg Chilcott and Grahame Conlon for making our day such a success!” The Round Pearls

Greg Poppleton 1920s Trio

The Band: Greg Poppleton 1920s trio – authentic 1920s singer, banjo and sousaphone doubling trombone. The band can be any size you want – trio to full 11-piece 1920s Orchestra. The band’s YouTube clip has now had over 1.1 Million views.

Amalia, with Jakob standing behind her, prepares to make a speech.

Band Booking: Amalia and Jakob booked Greg Poppleton through Tony Jex at OzManagement. Tony is always an absolute pleasure to work with. He makes sure your music and sound is totally perfect on the day.

The Band Played: 3 x 45 minute sets over 3 hours. A mix of authentic 1920s hot and sweet with Sydney’s only real 1920s crooner specially programmed for background and dancing.

Important Extras Free: Set up, PA, 1920s music in the intermission (The Philco Orchestra from 1929 radio transcriptions transferred to iPod), and use of the microphone for speeches – all gladly done for free.

Amalia and Jakob are radiant as they take to dance floor

The Venue: Golden Age Cinema, Paramount House, 80 Commonwealth St, Surry Hills. (The 4-piece 1930s swing band will be playing a birthday party there again on 24 January).

Greg Poppleton – Sydney’s only authentic 1920s – 1930s singer and band.

Authentic 1920s singer, Greg Poppleton, has a 3 octave range and has appeared in the feature films Moulin Rouge, Dirty Deeds, Pizza, Footy Legends, Hunt Angels and the soon-to-be released, Backtrack.

Greg Chilcott on sousaphone and trombone

Grahame Conlon, banjo, with Greg Poppleton

Greg Poppleton singing through the 1920s megaphone

Greg Poppleton with Amalia and Jakob in the foreground. Amalia and Jakob booked the 1920s trio: Sydney’s only 1920s singer / banjo / sousaphone doubling trombone.

Jakob and Amalia asked me to pose with them for a photo outside the venue after their beautiful reception.

Hear the band’s 1.1 Million+ views YouTube clip on the band’s official website www.gregpoppletonmusic.com

Would you like Greg Poppleton’s 1920s-1930s magic at your wedding, too? Talk to Tony by email. Or call Tony on 9567 7171 / 0407 941 263.

Julius Sumner Miller 18 – How To Make Heat. Phantom Dancer 3 Feb 2015

Your Tuesday 3 February Phantom Dancer features swing virtuosi aplenty. From live vintage radio broadcasts you’ll hear guitarist Les Paul, trumpeter Harry James, and clarinettist Benny Goodman live on-the-air in exciting performances.

The play list tells the full story. SO DOES HEARING THE SHOW – NOW ONLINE UNTIL MARCH

Your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week, is Lesson 18 in the 48 part series of Dramatic Demonstrations in Physics with Professor Julius Sumner Miller. This week Prof Miler demonstrates ‘How To Produce Heat Energy’. These programs were made at ABC TV in Sydney in 1969.

Phantom Dancer 3 February 2015 CRN (Community Radio Network) Program #144 Tuesdays 12noon – 2pm. (+11 GMT) 107.3 2SER Sydney. Listen Online. Online Archive.
Set 1
Open + Button Up Your Overcoat	Dinah Shore	‘Showtime’ AFRS Hollywood 1945
This Can’t Be Love	Les Paul	‘Showtime’ AFRS Hollywood 1945
Heat Wave	Meredith Willson and the AFRS Orchestra	‘Showtime’ AFRS Hollywood 1945
Set 2
Sweet Georgia Brown	Harry James Orchestra	Comm Rec 20 Feb 1939 New York
Moonlight Serenade (theme) + Glen Island Special	Glenn Miller Orchestra	Café Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WJZ NBC Blue NY 7 Jan 1940
Wabash Blues	Johnny Green Orchestra	‘Fitch Bandwagon’ WEAF NBC Red NY 9 Apr 1939
Set 3
Do You Ever Think Of Me?	Russ Morgan Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ AFRS Re-broadcast 28 Apr 1944
Where Or When?	Benny Goodman Trio (voc) Audience	Madhattan Room Hotel Pennsylvania WABC CBS NY 23 Oct 1937
Medley: The Very Thought Of You / Love Is The Sweetest Thing / Cherokee / Goodnight Sweetheart / Close	Ray Noble Orchestra	‘By Request’ KNX CBS LA 13 Jun 1945
Set 4
Open + Shiny Stockings	Harry James and his Music Makers	‘New Year All-Star Parade of Bands’ Crystal Room Desert Inn, Las Vegas KFI NBC LA 31 Dec 1970
Open + Pretzel	Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor Big Band	‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance Party’ Paramount Theatre Brooklyn NY AFRTS Re-broadcast 1957
Solo For Alto	Lee Konitz (as) Stan Kenton Orchestra	‘Concert in Miniature’ KFSD NBC San Diego 10 Feb 1953
Set 5
What’ll I Do	Claude Hopkins Cotton Club Orchestra	Radio Transcription New York 18 Oct 1935
Down By The Old Mill Stream	Bunny Berrigan Orchestra	‘Saturday Night Swing Club’ WABC CBS NY 31 Oct 1936
Open + Murdy Purdy	Gene Krupa Orchestra	Aircheck 28 Nov 1938
Chatanooga Choo Choo	Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Tex Beneke and The Modernaires	‘Sunset Serenade’ Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WJZ NBC Blue NY 27 Dec 1941
Set 6
Cecilia	Horace Heidt Orchestra (voc) Gene Walsh	Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1944
Perdido	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘Date With The Duke’ ABC Detroit 19 May 1945
Lover Come Back To Me	Harry James Orchestra	‘Spotlight Bands’ Hollywood KHJ Mutual-Don Lees 18 Oct 1946
Bugle Blues	Count Basie Orchestra	Savoy Ballroom Aircheck Harlem NY 30 Jun 1937
Set 7
Foo A Little Ballyhoo	Cab Calloway Orchestra	Club Zanzibar WOR Mutual NY 14 Aug 1945
Hi Beck	Lee Konitz	Storyville Copley Square Hotel WHDH Boston 4 Jan 1954
Spring is Here / Stardust	Dave Brubeck	‘Symphony Sid Show’ WJZ ABC NY Dec 1953
I Guess I’ll Have To Dream The Rest	Blue Barron Orchestra (voc) Jimmy Brown	Radio Transcription 1946
Set 8
Do I Love You?/ It’s A Blue World	Ozzie Nelson Orchestra	Blackhawk Restaurant WGN Chicago 30 Mar 1940
The Starlit Hour / Sugar Foot Stomp + Close	Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) Bob Crosby	Blackhawk Restaurant WGN Chicago 30 Mar 1940

Phantom Dancer Show 20 Jan – Julius Sumner Miller – The Thermal Expansion Of Solids

A set of requests on this Tuesday’s Phantom Dancer for Andrew and Olivia.

Hear today’s Phantom Dancer online till late Feb. Less talkmore music.

With lots of swing, jazz and dance from live 1920s – 60s radio and TV (online at http://www.2ser.com), we’ll also hear Andrew and Olivia’s request for the original Phantom Dancer program from 1934 and Phil Harris playing the theme ‘A Boy And A Girl Were Dancing’ from a 1933 TRANSCO Cocoanut Grove radio transcription.

Jim Davidson and his Palais Royal Orchestra

As this week’s Phantom Dancer Video of the Week, recorded at ABC-TV in Sydney in 1969, Julius Sumner Miller investigates The Thermal Expansion of Stuff – Solids. Enjoy!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN#142 2SER Tuesday 20 Jan 2015 12 noon – 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) Set 1 San Luigi (Le Tristezze di…) (St Louis Blues) Trio Lescano Comm Rec Milan 1942 Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Andrew Sisters ‘Chesterfield Show’ WABC CBS NY 27 Dec 1939 You Forgot To Remember Benny Goodman Orchestra Joseph Urban Room Congress Hotel WMAQ NBC Red NY 25 Dec 1935 Set 2 Japanese Sandman Rytmin Swing Yhtye Comm Rec Helsinki 22 Jan 1948 Blue Skies + The Hucklebuck Erroll Garner ‘Guest Star’ Radio Transcription New York 14 Dec 1949 Too Close For Comfort Count Basie Orchestra (voc) Joe Williams Birdland WCBS CBS NY 16 Dec 1956 Set 3 Rose Room (theme) + A Boy and a Girl were Dancing Phil Harris Orchestra (voc) Jeffrey Gill Radio Transcription TRANSCO Los Angeles 1933 A Boy and a Girl were Dancing / The Song of Suurender / One Morning In May / The Carioca / I’ll String Along With You / Will You Be Hating Me Tomorrow for Loving You Tonight Studio Orchestra ‘Phantom Dancer Show’ Radio Transcription New York 1934 Set 4 Moszkowski’s Spanish Dance Henry Levine Octet ‘Chamber Music Society of Lower basin Street’ WJZ NBC Blue NY 4 Aug 1941 Squeeze Me Eddie Condon ‘Doctor Jazz’ Eddie Condon’s Club WMGM NY 5 Jan 1951 One O’Clock Jump + Deep Forest (theme) Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines Club Hangover KCBS CBS San Francisco 30 Jan 1954 Set 5 Teasy Toe Les Brown Orchestra Radio Transcription Los Angeles Sep 1949 Interview Gerard Hoffnung and Cyril Richardson ‘Saturday Night on the Light’ BBC Light Programme London 1955 Mister Beebe Erskine Hawkins Orchestra (voc) June Richmond ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1943 Riff Staccato Duke Ellington Orchestra (voc) Joya Sherill ‘One Night Stand’ Club Zanzibar NY AFRS re-broadcast 28 Oct 1945 Set 6 Hodge Podge Gene Krupa Trio V-Disc New York 4 May 1944 Million Dollar Smile Lionel Hampton Orchestra (voc) Dinah Washington ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 16 Oct 1944 West End Blues Charlie Barnet Orchestra ‘Downbeat’ AFRS Hollywood Feb 1944 It’s Sand Man Count Basie Orchestra Blue Room Hotel Lincoln WABC CBS NY 23 Dec 1944 Set 7 Rhythmus der Freude (There’s a New World) Die Goldene Sieben Comm Rec Berlin Jun 1937 Who Blew out The Flame? Artie Shaw Orchestra (voc) Helen Forrest Blue Room Hotel Lincoln WEAF NBC Red NY 6 Dec 1938 I Can’t Get Started (theme) + Organ Grinder’s Swing Bunny Berrigan Orchestra ‘Norge Program’ Radio Transcription New York 1937 It’s Funny To Everyone But Me Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Bob Eberly Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ WEAF NBC Red NY 5 Oct 1939 Set 8 Sweet Georgia Brown Fats Navarro (tp) Bill Harris (tb) Allan Eager Charlie Ventura (ts) Ralph Burns (p) Al Valante (g) Chubby Jackson (b) Buddy Rich (d) ‘Saturday Night Swing Session’ WNEW NY 12 Apr 1947 The Cinch Buddy Rich Quintet Birdland WABC ABC NY 8 Nov 1958

January Newsletter – Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters

HELLO Bakelite Broadcasters and Lounge Bar Lotharios,
December was a frantic end to a busy year of 1920s and 1930s music making for both Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters. I’ve posted some action pics for you below…

REVIEW

A review from an American writer / director who saw Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters at The Rocks Village Bizarre Gin Mill Social shows in November…

“Damn, I wish I had known you when we had a theatre. We would have called you over to perform with us in a minute! The thing that got both Lynn and me, besides your great voice was your ability to “sell a song” and your particular energy and pronunciation which came across as completely American! Not sure an Australian would see that as a compliment, but you were singing what amounts to virtual American “folk” music. And that trio, which I mentioned at the time, was an absolute knockout. And the kid of the tuba, he is ready for New Orleans if he cares to go try it. ” Lance Belville, Writer / Director, San Francisco (USA)

BANDCAMPThe Band YouTube Video is now at 187 660 views, up from 150 660 on 2nd December when the November newsletter was sent to your inbox.

Listeners have left some really nice comments about the video on YouTube. And the stereo version of the 53’53” YouTube 1920s-1930s Band Chill Mix soundtrack has been downloaded plenty (for just a few dollars) from BANDCAMP. The download cover artwork is by my 11 year old son, Damon…

JANUARY GIG GUIDE

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters and the 1920s Orchestra, The Lounge Bar Lotharios, are available for bookings in January.

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters has a private birthday party booking on 25^th January.

Greg is also busy hosting The Phantom Dancer radio show on 2SER Sydney every Tuesday 12noon – 2pm, swing and jazz from live 1920s-1960s radio and TV heard over 30 stations of the Community Radio Network.

THE PHANTOM DANCER RADIO SHOW

The Phantom Danceris now in its 30^th year on 107.3 2SER Sydney, presented all that time by your Phantom Dancer, Greg Poppleton

The Phantom Dancer plays swing and jazz from live 1920s-1960s radio and TV.

Over the Christmas-New Years period I was very honoured to hear from Barbara Effros, who heard her trumpeter / composer grandfather,Bob Effros on 1930 The Philco Hour over The Phantom Dancer, and from Jayme Harding who heard her mother Eleanor Russel singing with Jimmy Dorsey’s Orchestra from The Edgewater, Madison, Wi over CBS in 1950, again over The Phantom Dancer.

2SER 35 HOUR DJ MARATHON

To celebrate 35 Years of 2SER, Greg Poppleton as The Phantom Dancer, will mixing an hour of live swing and jazz from live 1920s-1960s radio and TV in the 2SER 35 Hour DJ Marathon, Saturday 31 January, 9-10am.

6 Jan: 12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Hear past shows

13 Jan: 12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Hear past shows

20 Jan:12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Hear past shows

25 Jan: 11am – 2pm, 50^th Birthday Party, Surry Hills

27 Jan: 12 – 2pm, Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Hear past shows

31 Jan: 9am – 10am, Phantom Dancer 2SER 35 Hour DJ Marathon, 107.3 2SER. Swing and jazz from 1920s-60s radio. Hear past shows

CANBERRA,Tune in to The Phantom Dancer radio show 7pm every Sunday night on ArtSoundFM

Check the Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters website for lots more shows coming in February and March.

WHAT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER?

What was Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters and Sydney’s only 1920s Orchestra, The Lounge Bar Lotharios up to in December?

6 DEC – FAIRFIELD MUSEUM – CHRISTMAS IN THE GARDEN

It was raining, so it became Christmas in the Machine Shed, which was even better with a really relaxed country feel. In the band: Greg Poppleton (1920s singer) Geoff Power (sousaphone and trumpet) Grahame Conlon (banjo) Bob Gillespie (drums)

14 DEC – ST GEORGE LEAGUES CLUB – SUNDAY JAZZ
A fun Sunday afternoon of 1920s hotcha, withGreg Poppleton (1920s singer) Geoff Power (sousaphone and trumpet) Grahame Conlon (banjo) Lawrie Thompson (drums)

15, 18, 19, 24 DEC – HOUSE PARTIES
No pictures of these for privacy, just an hour of entertaining interactive 1920s and 1930s jazz with Greg Poppleton singing and Grahame Conlon on guitar and ukelele.

18 DEC – GIN MILL SOCIAL – SLIDE CABARET
The next Gin Mill Social is Friday 20 February. It’s Sydney’s hottest 1920s show. Tickets.

20 DEC – WEDDING – SURRY HILLS
The 1920s hot jazz Bakelite trio played: Greg Poppleton (1920s vocals), Greg Chilcott (sousaphone and trombone) Grahame Conlon (banjo)

28 DEC – SYDNEY ROWERS CLUB – JAZZ ON THE DECK
Afternoon swing by the Parramatta river: Greg Poppleton (1920s-1930s vocals), Grahame Conlon (guitar) Darcy Wright (double bass) Lawrie Thompson (drums).

CALL US…

Would you like us to play beautiful 1920s-1930s hot jazz and swing music for your wedding reception, birthday party, club or corporate event? Trio to orchestra.

Talk to the debonair Mr Tony Jex for your free quote,
T: 02 9567 7171
M: 0407 941 263
E: bookings@bakelitejazz.com

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Official 1920s Band Website
Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters

Official 1920s Orchestra Website 
1920s Great Gatsby Orchestra – The Lounge Bar Lotharios

We look forward to seeing you at a show soon…

Kindest Regards
Greg

 

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PRESS

“Damn, I wish I had known you when we had a theatre. We would have called you over to perform with us in a minute! The thing that got both Lynn and me, besides your great voice was your ability to “sell a song” and your particular energy and pronunciation which came across as completely American! Not sure an Australian would see that as a compliment, but you were singing what amounts to virtual American “folk” music. And that trio, which I mentioned at the time, was an absolute knockout. And the kid of the tuba, he is ready for New Orleans if he cares to go try it. ”  Lance Belville, Writer / Director, San Francisco (USA)

““Awesome. Totally fun,””  Jesse Miner, Manu Smith, ‘Hey Mr Jesse’ podcast (USA)

“There’s nothing like stumbling across an artist who is fresh, original, filled with musical integrity, and especially one that has a unique perspective on the familiar. Australian Jazz vocalist extraordinaire Greg Poppleton is such an artist…”  Gerald H. Beulah, Jr., JazzReview.com (USA)

1930s Swing at Sydney Rowers Club. Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters played at Jazz on the Deck at Sydney Rowers Club today, Sunday 28 December.

STOP PRESS: Greg Poppleton returns to Sydney Rowers in 2015.
Greg Poppleton Jazz on the Deck dates are:
Sunday July 19,  3-6pm, Free
Sunday October 11  3-6pm, Free
Sunday December 20  3-6pm, Free

Sydney Rowers Club, 613 Great North Road, Abbotsford, overlooks the Parramatta River at Hen & Chicken Bay. Founded in 1870, the club established its Abbotsford branch in 1874 at what was the ‘Red Cow Inn’.

From the club website history page, the location was,
“beautifully situated at a bold point of the river only seven miles from Sydney. There were already adequate facilities for members to remain whilst training and stop for the night if required. There was also plenty to do if tired of rowing; including fishing and shooting in the adjacent bush.”

Sadly, the “adjacent bush” was chopped down for housing after WW1 (my grandmother remembered the ironbark forest. She moved into the area in 1917 with my baby father).

Here are some pictures I took of Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters and the audience at Jazz on the Deck, today, Sunday 28 December. We look forward to playing again for the good people at Sydney Rowers…

Some of the audience during the second set by Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters, Jazz on the Deck, Sydney Rowers. Guitarist Peter Pik is seated at the front right table wearing a black bandanna.

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters – the swing rhythm section. (L-r) Lawrie Thompson (d) Darcy Wright (db) Grahame Conlon (g). Greg Poppleton is the singer and took the photo.

Darcy Wright at the mighty double bass soloing on Sweet Georgia Brown. Darcy has been a jazz bassist since the late 1950s. He’s played for Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington and more. He built Australia’s first electric bass. He’s also taught bass in universities.

Greg Poppleton is Australia’s only authentic 1920s and 1930s style singer. The Bakelite Broadcasters are all world-touring, vintage jazz musicians.

Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters are available for your wedding, corporate function, birthday party and event. We have played for christenings and wakes. Ask Tony to see if we are available for your special occasion tony@ozmanagement.com

‘Stars In Jazz’ TV Show Jack Teagarden. Phantom Dancer Show 13 Jan 2015

Hello Phantom Dancers,

I had planned this 13 Jan. show to be the first live 2SER Phantom Dancer radio show for 2015 (I was on holidays last week). But I’ve been booked to do voiceovers for a commercial radio station. The book is for just when the Phantom Dancer goes to air.

So, of course, I immediately deferred to entertainment experts to carefully hand pick a premium, bespoke encore Phantom Dancer presentation for you taken off the very top shelf.

These PhDs in entertainment are 99.99998% sure you will enjoy today’s classic selection, especially the two add-on numbers at the end of the show by Lee Morse and the Adolf Steimel Organum-Tanz-Orchester.

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What’s more, this Tuesday’s Phantom Dancer, 12 noon 107.3 2SER Sydney, online at 2ser.com, and on over 30 stations of the Community Radio Network, will also bring to your eager ears live 1920s-60s radio by John Kirby and his Sextet, the Johnny Guanieri Quintet, and Sandman from a 1935 Congress Hotel broadcast by the Benny Goodman Orchestra. And there’s a couple of songs by Mildred Bailey.

You can see the full play list after this week’s Phantom Dancer Video of the Week. This week’s video is Jack Teagarden and his All-Stars on a ‘Stars In Jazz’ TV Show, Los Angeles TV, 1956. The host is singer, Bobby Troup, lyricist for the songs Route 66 and My City Of Sydney. And all the great 50s ads are intact! Back to dramatic Demonstrations in Physics with Julius Sumner Miller next week.

Cheers,
Greg Poppleton
Your Phantom Dancer.

Play List – The Phantom Dancer107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN#141 2SER Tuesday 13 January 2015 12 noon – 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT)   Set 1 Lonesome Road Parts 1 and 1 Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Comm Rec New York 25 May 1939 Sandman Benny Goodman Orchestra Joseph Urban Room Congress Hotel WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 3 Feb 1936 Take it From The Top Ella Fitzgerald Orchestra Savoy Ballroom WEAF NBC Red NY 20 Jan 1940 Set 2 Rockin’ Chair + Ad Mildred Bailey (voc) Harry Sosnik and the Defence Bonds Orchestra ‘Guest Star’ New York 1951 Jubilee Mildred Bailey (voc) Benny Goodman Orchestra ‘For The Record’ WMAQ NBC Chicago 1944 When Your GI Guy Comes Marching Home Norton Sisters (voc) Vaughn Monroe Orchestra ‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Hollywood AFRS Re-broadcast 8 Feb 1945 Set 3 Contrasts (theme) + Melange Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra ‘One Night Stand’ Cafe Rouge Hotel Statler AFRS Re-broadcast 7 Apr 1949 Young Blood Stan Kenton Orchestra Rendezvous Ballroom Bilboa Ca KFI NBC LA 1 Jan 1953 Carioca Johnny Guanieri Quintet ‘Stars On Parade’ New York 24 Nov 1950 Set 4 Bugler’s Dilemma John Kirby Sextet ‘Chamber Music Society Of Lower Basin Street’ WJZ NBC Blue NY 7 Jul 1941 WNEW NY News ‘Glenn Miller Day Broadcast’ WNEW NY 5 Jun 1945 Tin Roof Blues Pete Dailey and his Chicagoans ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1946 Set 5 Gilly Benny Goodman Sextet including Charlie Christian (eg) Comm Rec New York 19 Dec 1940 Taking A Chance On Love Les Brown and his Band of Renown (voc) Pied Pipers ‘Spotlight Bands’ Miami Mutual Network 10 Aug 1943 Stormy Weather Shep Fields and his New Music Radio Transcription New York 1943 Lady Be Good Lionel Hampton Orchestra ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1946 Set 6 Tales Of The Vienna Woods Earl Hines Orchestra Aircheck Apollo Theatre NY 10 Jan 1945 Amateur Show Pearl Jones, Danny Rogers, Doreen Vaughan, The Heartbreakers Apollo Theatre Amateur Night New York 1958 Easy To Love Charlie Parker and Strings Apollo Theatre WJZ ABC NY 17 Aug 1950 Who Does She Think She Is? The Keynoters Apollo Theatre Amateur Night New York 1958 Set 7 The Song Is You Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra (voc) Les Allen Comm Rec London 4 Apr 1933 With My Eyes Wide Open I’m Dreaming Russ Colombo (voc) ‘Hollywood On The Air’ KECA NBC LA 1 Jul 1934 Moonlight Mood The Captivators WABC CBS NY 10 Jan 1943 As Time Goes By Bing Crosby ‘Cremo Program’ WABC CBS NY 6 Dec 1931 Set 8 Tain’t No Sin To Take Off Your Skin And Dance Around In Your Bones Lee Morse Comm Rec New York 1929 Was macht ein mann nicht alles? Adolf Steimel und seinem Organum-Tanz-Orchester Comm Rec Pot Pourri ‘Frauen im Metropol’ Berlin 5 Sep 1940

A Classic Encore Phantom Dancer, 6 Jan 2015

A Happy 2015 to you, Phantom Dancers,

On this Tuesday’s show of swing, jazz and dance from live 1920s – 60s radio and TV (online at http://www.2ser.com), tune in for Red Nichols from 1930s, Frank Sinatra from 1944, Roy Eldridge from 1950 and lots more.

LISTEN TO THE SHOW NOW. ONLINE UNTIL FEBRUARY

Your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week is Time Marches On – The History of Records (1949), with footage including Paul Whiteman, Eddie Duchin, Eddie Condon, Buddy Rich, Ella Fitzgerald and Guy Lombardo. Enjoy!

Julius returns next week because this program is a classic encore. I’m having a holiday!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital RadioCommunity Radio Network Show CRN#140 2SER Tuesday 6 Jan 2015 12 noon – 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) Set 1 Ain’t He Sweet Annette Hanshaw Comm Rec New York 28 Jan 1927 Theme (I’ve Got Five Dollars) + It’s The Girl Freddy Rich Orchestra (voc) Freddy Rich ‘Friendly Five Footnotes’ Radio Transcription New York 1931 OK Toots + Theme Vincent Valsanti (Ted Fio Rito) Orchestra (voc) Dons 1, 2 and 3 Cocoanut Grove TRANSCO Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1934 Set 2 Open + Diggin’ Dyke International Sweethearts Of Rhythm ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1944 Latch Randy Brooks Orchestra (voc) Freddy Mann ‘One Night Stand’ Roseland Ballroom New York AFRS Re-broadcast 14 Jul 1945 Theme + Lullaby Of Broadway Jan Savitt Orchestra ‘Spotlight Bands’ Atlantic City NJ Blue Network 13 Jan 1945 Set 3 Miss Annabelle Lee Frank Sinatra ‘Vimms Vitamins Show’ WABC CBS NY 31 May 1944 Buttons And Bows Dinah Shore ‘Guest Star’ New York 5 Dec 1948 I’ll See You In My Dreams Ross Higgins ‘The Club Show’ 2GB Macquarie Network Sydney 1955 Set 4 Turn On The Heat (theme) + Strike Up The Band + Alexander’s Ragtime Band Red Nichols Five Pennies ‘Heat’ New York 3 Aug 1930 Ain’t Misbehavin’ Eddie Condon Group ‘Eddie Condon Town Hall Jazz Concert’ WJZ Blue NY 17 Jun 1944 Shoo Shoo Baby Thrasher Sisters ‘Fountain Of Fun’ WLW Cincinnati 21 Nov 1943 Set 5 Shiner Song (sung in Czech) Adolph Hofner voc and Orchestra Comm Rec San Antonio TX 1948 This Is The Chorus Hoosier Hot Shots Radio Transcription Chicago Late 1930s Shine On Harvest Moon Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ‘Ford V8 Show’ CBS Dallas TX Aug 1936 My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms Duke Ellington Orchestra ‘Date With The Duke’ Regal Theatre ABC Chicago 26 May 1945 Set 6 I May Be Wrong Harry James Orchestra ‘Call For Music’ KNX CBS Los Angeles 1948 High On An Open Mike Charlie Ventura Group (voc) Jackie Cain and Roy Kral ‘Symphony Sid Show’ WMCA NY 1949 The Song Is For You Dave Brubeck Quartet ‘Monitor’ Basin Street NY WRCA NBC NY Mar 1957 These Foolish Things Lee Konitz Quartet Storyville Club Copley Square Hotel WHDH Boston 5 Jan 1954 Set 7 Somebody Loves Me Woody Herman Orchestra ‘Old Gold Show’ WABC CBS NY 1944 Poor Little Rich Girl Claude Thornhill Orchestra ‘One Night Stand’ Steel Pier Atlantic City NJ 19 Jun 1956 Nice Work If You Can Get It Billie Holliday Storyville Club Copley Square Hotel WMEX Boston Apr 1959 It Don’t Mean A Thing Roy Eldridge ‘King David and his Little Jazz’ (voc) RE and Anita Love Comm Rec Paris 9 Jun 1950 Set 8 College Stomp Philippe Brun Orchestra Comm Rec Paris 28 Dec 1937 Open + Basie Boogie Count Basie Orchestra ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Jun 1945 Bugle Call Rag Glenn Miller Orchestra Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ WJZ Blue NY 24 Nov 1939 That’s It Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ‘Spotlight Bands’ Blue Network 5 Nov 1945