Cabaret of 1920s – 30s Songs

An hour cabaret of 1920s – 1930s songs by Greg Poppleton (1920s-30s-style singer) and Grahame Conlon (banjo / guitar)

No microphone (the suspension mic is a prop) and no audio sweetening. The sound is Zoom via an inbuilt laptop mic. We’re sitting on a lounge so this could also be called Lounge Music.

Every year since 2006 we’ve played an annual concert in the historic Bondi Pavilion next to iconic Bondi Beach. This year the concert was online because of Covid and restoration work at the Pavilion.

Greg’s authenticity in 1920s – 30s singing comes from a lifetime of listening. He also trained in bel canto singing with Steve Ostrow of Continental Baths fame. Steve discovered Bette Midler and relaunched the career of Peter Allen. Cab Calloway, Margaret Whiting and Josephine Baker sang in his club.

Greg sings in an Australian accent, including when he sings in German, Spanish and Italian. He sometimes sings while eating a banana. The Jazz Police called during the show.

Songs in this spontaneous, energetic cabaret include The Charleston, Yes We Have No Bananas and Carolina in the Morning.

Bookings & Music Website: https://www.gregpoppletonmusic.com

Greg has put out 8 albums. His new album, released in July 2020, is ‘Tin Pan Alley Vol. 2’.
Read Dave J Doyle’s review of ‘Tin Pan Alley Vol. 2’ in the online US magazine, ‘The Syncopated Times’: https://syncopatedtimes.com/greg-poppleton-%E2%80%A2-tin-pan-alley-vol-2/

Download songs
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/1fWRX8EF00yiI9xYgYRVnA
APPLE MUSIC: https://music.apple.com/us/album/tin-pan-alley-vol-2/1515196327
AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/Greg-Poppleton/e/B001LI794A
WEBSITE: https://www.gregpoppletonmusic.com/20s-30s-tin-pan-alley-vol-2/

Enjoy!

I Can’t Give You Anything But Love: 1920s-30s Wednesdays

1920s – 30s Wednesdays. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, recorded Wednesday, 29 April 2020, music by Jimmy McHugh, lyrics by Dorothy Fields (1928).

This is the last 1920s-30s Wednesday as Damon is back at school.
More music at www.gregpoppletonmusic.com

This week’s Phantom Dancer swing jazz mix has Harry Reser as feature artist. Tune in.

Night and Day Video – Swing Dancers at Sydney’s Central Train Station

Photos and video from the Greg Poppleton band’s third day of playing Tin Pan Alley 1920s – 1930s jazz and swing at the 2019 Transport Heritage Expo, Sydney Central Railway Station…

Enjoy. Band Website – www.gregpoppletonmusic.com

Greg Poppleton 1920s-1930s singer holding his megaphone and his Tin Pan Alley band.

 

Greg Poppleton singing to a swing dancing couple.

 

Swinging to Greg Poppleton’s Tin Pan Alley music

 

Swing dancers join the band after the show, Suzy and Sandy from Sydney with Steve and from Los Angeles. In the band, Geoff Power cornet doubling sousaphone, Greg Poppleton 1920s-30s singer, Grahame Conlon guitar and Adam Barnard washboard.

Band website: www.gregpoppletonmusic.com

Have You Met Miss Jones Video Clip

A video and more photos of the Greg Poppleton Tin Pan Alley 1920s- 30s band at the second day of 2019 Transport Heritage Expo.

Greg and the band played in the beautiful Edwardian Country Concourse at Central. And swing dancers dropped by to twirl and swirl.

Band bookings: https://www.gregpoppletonmusic.com/contact

VIDEO: HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES? (1937) Greg Poppleton at the 2019 Transport Heritage Expo:

We’ll be at the Expo, tomorrow, Monday 10am – 2pm with sousaphone and cornet. Some photos…

Swing dancing to the Greg Poppleton band. you can just see Grahame Conlon’s guitar. Greg Poppleton singing, Dave Clayton double bass, Damon Poppleton alto sax.

 

Swing dancing to Greg Poppleton’s 1920s – 30s music at Sydney Central Station for Day 2 of the Transport Heritage Expo.

 

Now that’s a clearer picture of Grahame Conlon on guitar with Damon Poppleton alto sax and Dave Clayton double bass in the Greg Poppleton band.

 

Band booking: https://www.gregpoppletonmusic.com/contact

Swinging at the Transport Heritage Expo – Tin Pan Alley, Dancers and Steam Trains

Greg Poppleton and band returned to the Transport Heritage Expo at Sydney’s Central Station today, Saturday 8 June. It’s their third year entertaining visitors with Tin Pan Alley songs from the 1920s and 1930s to fit the Heritage theme of vintage trains and buses.

Adding to the fun, fantastic and colourful swing dancers came along to dazzle with deft footwork as the band played. Thank you Sue Ann!

Greg Poppleton and band will be at the Transport Heritage Expo, Country Concourse at Central Station, Sunday 9 June and Monday 10 June, 10am – 2pm. Free! Dancers welcome. Band bookings: https://www.gregpoppletonmusic.com/contact

And go for a ride on the steam train, Sydney red rattler and the vintage double and single deck buses. The NSW Rail Museum will be operating steam train rides through the city from Central as part of the annual Transport Heritage Expo. It’s a fantastic nostalgic long weekend event for families and transport enthusiasts alike!
https://www.nswrailmuseum.com.au/

Here are some phots of the band, dancers and trains,

Greg Poppleton singing, Geoff Power Cornet, Grahame Conlon guitar at the 2019 Transport Heritage Expo.

 

Posing with Sandy (L) and Sue Ann (R), two of the wonderful swing dancers sliding and gliding to the Greg Poppleton band today. (Thanks Sue Ann for this photo).

 

Geoff Power cornet and sousaphone with Grahame Conlon guitar during a Greg Poppleton band instrumental.

 

Adam Barnard on keyboard during that same instrumental.

 

One of the steam trains at the Transport Heritage Expo.

 

Swing dancing to the Greg Poppleton band at Central Station.

 

Swing dancing to Greg Poppleton in the beautiful, Edwardian Era Country Concourse

 

Steppin’ out as the audience gathers.

 

Band bookings: https://www.gregpoppletonmusic.com/contact

Golden Age Birthday – 1920s Band Photos

The band and I had the great pleasure of playing for Vera’s Golden Age birthday at the historic Carrington Hotel at the Blue Mountains in Katoomba last Saturday.

I took some photos to show you how much fun the guests and band had at Vera’s 1920s inspired party.

WHAT WE DO

Greg Poppleton, which is both my name and the band’s name, specialises in the music of the 1920s and 1930s.
We feature Australia’s only authentic 1920s – 30s singer with world-toured classic jazz musicians.

BAND SIZE

Vera chose the quartet to play for her:
1. Greg Poppleton – authentic 1920s-1930s singer,
2. Sousaphone doubling cornet,
3. Banjo doubling guitar,
4. Baritone sax tripling alto sax and clarinet

PARTY PLAN

1. The band played three 45 minute sets over three hours in the Carrington Hotel ballroom.
2. We personalised some 1920s songs for Vera.
3. Vera sent us three requests from the band’s song list to play for her.
The song list can be emailed to you by Tony, tony@ozmanagement.com
4. We played Happy Birthday for Vera and all the guests joined in, raising three cheers.
5. We encouraged guests to dance, which they did.
6. We played a special slow song for Vera at the end of the party.
7. The band used a small PA with 1920s music played during band intermissions.
8. Vera used Greg’s 1920s microphone for her speeches.

For your booking enquiries contact Tony Jex – tony@ozmanagement.com
Band website: www.gregpoppletonmusic.com

 

 

 

To book Greg Poppleton for your birthday, wedding or corporate function, contact Tony Jex – tony@ozmanagement.com
Please visit the band website: www.gregpoppletonmusic.com

Penrith Jazz Show Photos 30 March 2019

A fun afternoon at Penrith RSL.

Songs from the 1920s and 30s by Australia’s only authentic 1920s-30s singer.

Backed by a swinging trio of Grahame Conlon (guitar and banjo), Dave Clayton (double bass), and Bob Gillespie (drums)

We’ll be back at Penrith RSL, Saturday 27 July, 2-5pm. Free.

Here’s a trio of photos from today’s 30 March gig.

Greg Poppleton – authentic sounding 1920s and 1930s jazz swing singer

 

Greg Poppleton swing duo. Grahame Conon guitar, Dave Clayton double bass

 

Greg Poppleton jazz trio. Bob Gillespie drums, Dave Clayton double bass, Grahame Conlon guitar

Book Greg Poppleton for you event. Contact

Jazzy Birthday Party – Greg Poppleton Quartet

Two snaps of Greg Poppleton with his 1920s quartet.

We were playing at the birthday party of a famous artist, for whom we’ve had the great pleasure of playing before.

The party was in a house. It was a thrill to see so many guests on the dance floor.

Noise restrictions meant that the music volume had to be capped at 80 dB while playing to 160 guests in a reverberant space.

We pride ourselves at always playing at a volume where people can talk easily. Keeping to the restrictions while still being dynamic, musical and entertaining was easy and fun.

Greg Poppleton while singing Irving Berlin’s 1927 song, Blue Skies.

Greg Poppleton 1920s band: Geoff Power sousaphone and cornet, Grahame Conlon guitar and banjo, Glenn Henrich alto sax, baritone sax and clarinet.

Enquiries – Have Greg Poppleton at your party – contact Tony Jex 61 2 9567 7171  |   04407 941 263
tony@ozmanagement.com

10 Nov Show – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love

On Saturday November 10, the band and I returned to our favourite venue in Sydney’s outer west, Penrith RSL, for an afternoon of 1920s – 30s jazz and swing.

There was lots of dancing, lots of laughing and lots of jazz.

Here’s a very personal version of ‘I Can’t Give You Anything But Love’ which I sang to myself as a selfie live in front of the Penrith club audience.

It was like singing into the bathroom mirror, but with a band behind me, which included Grahame Conlon guitar, Dave Clayton double bass and Bob Gillespie drums. Enjoy!

Contact Greg: www.gregpoppletonmusic.com/contact

Night and Day – Very Serious Live Concert Performance

Jazz is very serious and difficult. When it kicked off in the brothels of New Orleans, everyone had to listen carefully and critique, or else they’d be forcefully ejected from the bordello. Today, the Jazz Police continue a century old tradition of making jazz inaccessible. Fortunately, on the day this low-life jazz trio and singer were recording their ‘selfie-musicale’, the Jazz Police were patrolling a nearby empty concert hall where grant recipients and worthy jazz school graduates were carefully trudging through a stunning original in 11/16 and 22/8. The Jazz Society Improvised Collective Association Workshop Co-Op Newsletter write-up of their efforts was praiseworthy.

Night and Day – Cole Porter (1932) Singer – Greg Poppleton,
Guitar – Grahame Conlon, Double Bass – Dave Clayton, Drums – Bob Gillespie

Greg Poppleton makes 1920s-30s Pop.

Albums: https://gregpoppleton.bandcamp.com/
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/artist/greg-poppleton-and-the-bakelite-broadcasters/574671719
Band Website: https://www.gregpoppletonmusic.com