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27 OCTOBER PLAY LIST

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream Community Radio Network Show CRN #436
107.3 2SER Tuesday 27 October 2020 12:04 – 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) and Saturdays 5 – 5:55pm National Program: 1ART ArtsoundFM Canberra Sunday 10 – 11pm 5GTR Mt Gambier Monday 2:30 – 3:30am 3MBR Murrayville Monday 3 – 4am 4NAG Keppel FM Monday 3 – 4am 2SEA Eden Monday 3 – 4am 2MIA Griffith Monday 3 – 4pm 2BAR Edge FM Bega Monday 3 – 4pm 3VKV Alpine Radio Monday 6 – 7pm 7MID Oatlands Tuesday 8 – 9pm  2ARM Armidale Friday 12 – 1pm 7LTN Launceston Sunday 5 – 6am 3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 – 6am 6GME Radio Goolarri Broome Sunday 5 – 6am
Set 1	Glenn Miller Orks post Glenn Miller
Moonlight Serenade (theme) + Man on the Street	Ray McKinley and the Glenn Miller Orchestra	‘Let’s Go To Town’ Radio Transcription 1950s
Baby Doll	Ray McKinley and the Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Ray McKinley	‘Guest Star’ Radio Transcription 30 Jun 1957
I Hear You Screamin’ + Moonlight Serenade (theme)	Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra	Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 2 Oct 1946
Set 2	This is Jazz April 1947
Night and Day	Wally Portingale Orchestra	‘All In Fun Revue’ 2CH AWA Sydney Sep 1943
I’ll See You Again	Pat Burling	‘The Army on Parade” 2CH AWA Sydney Sep 1943
Begin the Beguine + All in Fun	Wally Portingale Orchestra	‘All In Fun Revue’ 2CH AWA Sydney Oct 1943
Set 3	Eddie Condon
Should I?	Eddie Condon Ensemble	‘Eddie Condon Town Hall Jazz Concert’ WJZ Blue NY 10 Feb 1945
Song of the Wanderer	Eddie Condon Ensemble	‘Eddie Condon Town Hall Jazz Concert’ WJZ Blue NY 10 Feb 1945
Impromptu Ensemble	Eddie Condon Ensemble	‘Eddie Condon Town Hall Jazz Concert’ WJZ Blue NY 10 Feb 1945 NYC 9 Dec 1951
Set 4	Chamber Music
Theme + Dixieland One-Step	Henry Levine Octet	’The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ’  WJZ NBC Blue NY 11 Sep 1941
Oh Susannah!	Diane Courtney	’The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ’  WJZ NBC Blue NY 11 Sep 1941
Cirribirribin	The Tune Toppers	’The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ’  WJZ NBC Blue NY 11 Sep 1941
Dangerous Moods	Paul Lavalle	’The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ’  WJZ NBC Blue NY 11 Sep 1941
Set 5	1940s- 50s Big Band Singers
No Love , No Nothing	Ray Dorey (voc) Benny Goodman Orchestra	‘Spotlight Bands’ Cornell University Blue Network 25 Sep 1943
Love Is Just Around The Corner	Harry James Octet (voc) Buddy Rich	Aircheck 1950
That Old Feeling	Woody Herman Orchestra (voc) Dolly Houston	Blue Room Hotel Roosevelt WWL CBS New Orleans 10 Nov 1951
Shadows On The Sand + Hawaiian War Chant	Frank Sinatra (voc) Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 26 Nov 1940
Set 6	Artie Shaw Swing on 1930s Radio
Nightmare (theme) + You’re Mine You	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WEAF NBC Red NYC 20 Oct 1939
Any Old Time	Artie Shaw Orchestra (voc) Helen Forrest	Blue Room Hotel Lincoln WEAF NBC Red NYC 18 Jan 1939
The Lamp Is Low	Artie Shaw Orchestra (voc) Helen Forrest	Aircheck 22 Aug 1939
Man From Mars + Nightmare (close)	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WEAF NBC Red NYC 21 Oct 1939
Set 7	Mildred Bailey 1944-45 Radio
Rocking Chair (theme) + Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone	Mildred Bailey (voc) Paul Baron Orchestra	‘Music Till Midnight’ WABC CBS NY 1944
Stormy Weather	Mildred Bailey (voc) Paul Baron Orchestra	‘Music Till Midnight’ WABC CBS NY 24 Nov 1944
From The Land of the Sky Blue Water	Mildred Bailey (voc) Paul Baron Orchestra	‘Music Till Midnight’ WABC CBS NY 1944
Summertime	Mildred Bailey (voc) Paul Baron Orchestra	‘Music Till Midnight’ WABC CBS NY 12 Jan 1945
Set 8	1940s Progressive Radio
I’d Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream	Sarah Vaughan	Comm Rec 25 May 1945
Hurry Home	Buddy Stewart	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 5 Mar 1949
Koko + Anthropology (theme)	Barry Ulanov Metronome Jazzmen	‘Bands for Bonds’ WOR Mutual NY 8 Nov 1947

Count Basie 1956 and Rock’n’Roll – Phantom Dancer 8 October 2019

COUNT BASIE

The American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader and composer led his orchestra for almost 50 years from 1935, creating innovations like the use of two split tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band and using arrangers to broaden their sound. This week’s Phantom Dancer presented by Greg Poppleton features a set of Count Basie from 1956, the year he was voted America’s No. 1 rock’n’roll band.

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ROCK’N’ROLL

When did rock begin and what is rock is a debate that still continues. On the one hand, writers will point to nineteenth century songs using the words rock and roll and day, “there!”.

Today, if a singer uses a different chord in the usual pentatonic scale of rock, or dresses differently, it becomes a whole new genre.

However, as a defined commercial musical type, the mid-1950s is generally agreed to be the time it hatched from the egg in which it was laid.

And ‘what was rock then’, can generally be defined through surviving records and radio broadcasts as whatever influential DJ, Al Freed, spotlighted.

SWING CAN BE ROCK?

Well, not really. Swing gets its momentum by accenting beats 2 and 4. Rock plods along on beats 1 and 3.

So hearing Count Basie’s big swing orchestra backing 4-piece rock acts and taking up much of Al Freed’s weekly radio ‘Rock’n’Roll Dance Party’ on CBS will sound alien to the average tatooed ‘alternative’ type, happily cocooned in their privileged mainstream bubble created by big music.

KING OF ROCK’N’ROLL

But Count Basie was touted as, and awarded as, the ‘number one rock’n’roll band’ in 1956.

Basie himself said that the CBS Rock’n’Roll dance experience was the worst of his career.

While his swing band were kicking goals across the US in 1956 creating new sounds by continuing to innovate, with regular radio exposure from nightclubs, lugging behind the likes of Little Richard or Bill Haley was both boring and humiliating.

Further, Basie reported, when the rock bands stopped and it was just the Basie band playing, the kids headed out to the foyer.

An experience I have personally had when my 1920s-30s band was used as intermission in a big Sydney venue between rock acts.

So, you’ll hear Count Basie today broadcasting live from jazz clubs in 1956 and from the CBS ‘Rock’n’Roll Dance Party’ show.

VIDEO

This week’s Phantom Dancer video of the week is Count Basie on TV from Birdland from 22 July 1956 on a ‘Steve Allen Show’. You’ll see Birdland as it was in 1956, Birdland’s famous MC ‘Pee Wee’ and the Count playing ‘April in Paris’. Enjoy!

8 OCTOBER PLAY LIST

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #408
107.3 2SER Tuesday 8 October 2019 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 – 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) National Program:ArtsoundFM Canberra Sunday 10 – 11pm Edge FM Bega Monday 3 – 4pm7MID Oatlands Tuesday 8 – 9pm2ARM Armidale Friday 12 – 1pm3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 – 6amand early morning on 23 other stations.
Set 1	1939 – 40 Radio Remotes
Open + I’ll Get By	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Connie Haines	‘Spotlight Bands’ WOR Mutual NY 17 Jan 1942
Cherokee	Henry Busse Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Hollywood AFRS Re-broadcast 21 Sep 1944
The Chinese Lullaby + Close	Teddy Powell Orchestra (voc) Jimmy Blair	The Famous Door WJSV Washington DC via WABC CBS NY 21 Sep 1939
Set 2	Sweet Bands on Radio
I’m Grateful to You + Crosspatch	Clint Noble Orchestra (voc) Judy Land	WENR NBC Blue Chicago 1936
Meliana E	Harry Owens Orchestra (voc) Eddie Bush	Mural Room Hotel St Francis KPO NBC San Francisco 1940s
I Don’t Know Why I Love You Like I Do + Easy Street + You Ought To Be In Pictures + Theme	Tommy Carlyn Orchestra	Bill Green’s Casino NBC Pittsburgh 1941
Set 3	Raymond Scott
Pretty Little Petticoat (theme) + Four Beat Shuffle	Raymond Scott Orchestra	Blackhawk Restaurant WGN Mutual Chicago 1 Nov 1940
Humpty Dumpty Heart	Raymond Scott Orchestra (voc) Roberta Louise	Bermuda Room Brunswick Hotel WBZ NBC Blue Boston 6 Dec 1941
Runnin’ Wild + Pretty Little Petticoat (theme)	Raymond Scott Orchestra	Blackhawk Restaurant WGN Mutual Chicago 21 Oct 1940
Set 4	Count Basie 1956
Open + Sixteen Men Swinging	Count Basie Orchestra	‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Birdland WRCA NBC NY 2 Jul 1956
Open + Blee Blop Blues + Shake a Hand	Count Basie Orchestra (voc) Faye Adams	‘Rock’n’Roll Dance Party’ WCBS CBS NY 21 Apr 1956
The Comeback	Count Basie Orchestra (voc) Joe Williams	‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Zardi’s KFI NBC LA 14 May 1956
One O’Clock Jump	Count Basie Orchestra	‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Zardi’s KFI NBC LA 14 May 1956
Set 5	Swing from 1930s French and German Records
College Stomp	Philippe Brun and his Swing Band	Comm Rec Paris 28 Dec 1937
Georgina	Hans Rehmstedt Orchestra (voc) Rudi Schuericke	Comm Rec Berlin Jul 1939
Got a Date in Louisiana	Philippe Brun and his Jam Band	Comm Rec Paris 8 Mar 1938
Tanzpueppchen (My Dancing Lady)	Goldene Sieben (voc) Marita Gruendgens	Comm Rec Berlin Nov 1934
Set 6	1930s Helen Forrest
The Lamp is Low	Helen Forrest (voc) Artie Shaw Orchestra	‘Melody and Madness’ WJZ NBC Blue NY 22 Aug 1939
This Can’t Be Love	Helen Forrest (voc) Artie Shaw Orchestra	Blue Room Hotel Licoln WEAF NBC Red NY 18 Jan 1939
Lilacs in the Rain	Helen Forrest (voc) Artie Shaw Orchestra	Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WEAF NBC Red NY 21 Oct 1939
Where Do I Go From You? + Goodbye (theme)	Helen Forrest (voc) Benny Goodman Orchestra	Peacock Court Hotel Mark Hopkins KFRC Don Lee – Mutual San Francisco 28 May 1940
Set 7	Coffee Songs
Java Jive	The Inkspots	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1944
You’re The Cream in my Coffee	Ray Miller Orchestra (voc)	‘Sunny Meadows’ Radio Transcription New York 18 Jan 1929
The Coffee Song	Frank Sinatra	‘Command Performance’ AFRS Hollywood 10 Nov 1946
Set 8	A Date with the Duke
New World A-Coming (extended work)	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘A Date with the Duke’ Evansville In. ABC Network 10 Jun 1945
Fickle Fling	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘A Date with the Duke’ Apollo Theatre WJZ ABC NY 30 Jun 1945

Hit of the Week – Phantom Dancer Show 6 August 2019

CARDBOARD RECORDS

This week’s Greg Poppleton Phantom Dancer feature is a set of famous cardboard records from 1931. These are Hit of the Week cardboard records.

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ONE SIDED

Hit of the Week was a US record label founded in 1930 that sold low-priced records made of resin coated cardboard rather than the usual shellac.

After August 1931 they were extended play discs advertised with ‘up to twice the playing time of the average record’.

They also used two long outdated industry practices not used since before 1910:

1. some of the records had the songs announced or contained advertising about ‘Hit of the Week’ records. (The company that brought out Hit of the Week records also produced low cost advertising discs).

2. All of the records were recorded on one side only.

The playing side of the cardboard records was coated with Durium, a lightweight synthetic resin. The unrecorded side was uncoated and the unprotected cardboard absorbed moisture from the air. Therefore the discs have a propensity to curl. They now often require the use of a clip or weight around the turntable spindle to keep them flat during play.

Apart from some low-frequency rumble due to their texture, Hit of the Week audio fidelity was equal to or better than most ordinary shellac records., as you’ll hear in Set 4 of this week’s Phantom Dancer.

A few releases had the performer’s portrait printed on the uncoated paper side, or were imprinted there with advertising matter. They were issued in flimsy rice paper sleeves, few of which have survived.

A new issue featuring a current hit song was released every week. They were sold at newsstands. Previous issues could be obtained by mail order. Retailing for 15 cents each, later raised to 20 cents, Hit of the Week records were by far the lowest-priced records in the US at that time.

BOOM AND BUST

The first regular issue was released in February 1930.

By mid 1930, up to half a million copies of each week’s issue were produced. But sales quickly slumped as the Depression worsened.

In March 1931 the company went into receivership and in May it was purchased by the Erwin, Wasey & Company advertising agency. They debuted a new format debuted in August, featuring two songs or dance tunes on each single-sided disc and a total playing time of about five minutes, but the label remained unprofitable.

The final Hit of the Week issue was released in June 1932.

After the demise of the label, some limited use was made of smaller (often only four inches in diameter) records made of the same material, mostly for giveaway advertising novelties. Specimens of one of the most common advertising records, which invited the recipient to come see the new 1932 Chevrolet automobile, are usually found with a mailing label and postage on the uncoated back side.

Musicians who recorded for Hit of the Week included Gene Austin, Duke Ellington (under the pseudonym “Harlem Hot Chocolates”), Ben Pollack, Eddie Cantor (on a special 25 cent “Durium De Luxe” issue), Morton Downey, and Rudy Vallée. Most of the arrangements were performed by studio musicians in New York, led by Adrian Schubert, Bert Hirsch, Vincent Lopez, Don Voorhees and Phil Spitalny.

Jazz solos by instrumental stars including Bunny Berrigan, Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang enlivened some recordings.

Two of the recordings on this week’s Phantom Dancer are tailed with football songs, trying to appeal to the young, male university market.

The vocalists who recorded with the studio bands included several popular radio singers of the day including Ralph Kirbery and Helen Rowland.

In the UK, a similar series was issued on the Durium label with songs by Al Bowlly and more.

VIDEO

This week’s Phantom Dancer video of the week is from the late 1940s, an unidentified woman reading to paper tape. Enjoy her story!

6 AUGUST PLAY LIST

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #397
107.3 2SER Tuesday 6 August 2019 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 – 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) National Program: Edge FM Bega Monday 3 – 4pm 7MID Oatlands Tuesday 8 – 9pm 2ARM Armidale Friday 12 – 1pm 3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 – 6am 1ART ArtSoundFM Canberra Sunday 7 – 8pm 7LTN CityPark FM Launceston Sunday 5 – 6am and early morning on 23 other stations.
Set 1	1945 – 46 Radio Spotlight Bands
Nightmare (theme) + Bedford Drive	Artie Shaw Orchestra	‘Spotlight Bands’ Santa Ana AFB Ca Mutual Network 3 Oct 1945
Chickery Chick	Gene Krupa Orchestra (voc) Anita O’Day	‘Spotlight Bands’ AFRS Re-broadcast 1946
This Love of Mine + Close	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Frank Sinatra	‘Spotlight Bands’ Blue Network 17 Jan 1942
Set 2	Cocoanut Grove 1932-34 Radio
Theme + You’re Blase + Sophisticated Lady	Vincent Valsanti aka Ted Fio Rito Orchestra	‘Cocoanut Grove’ TRANSCO Radio Transcription Hollywood 1934
The Vamp	Phil Harris Orchestra	‘Cocoanut Grove’ TRANSCO Radio Transcription Hollywood 1933
Gooby Gear + Music in the Moonlight (theme)	Jimmie Grier Orchestra (voc) Donald Novis	‘Cocoanut Grove’ TRANSCO Radio Transcription Hollywood 1932
Set 3	1941 Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
Open + Magic Carpet	Paul Lavalle’s Woodwind 10	‘Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street’ WJZ NBC NY 14 Aug 1941
Flow Gently Sweet Afton	Diane Courtney	‘Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street’ WJZ NBC NY 14 Aug 1941
Twirl Away	Lumel Morgan Trio	‘Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street’ WJZ NBC NY 14 Aug 1941
Home Town Blues	Henry Levine’s Dixieland Octet	‘Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street’ WJZ NBC NY 14 Aug 1941
Set 4	Hit of the Week Records
Me + Football Song	Sam Lanin Orchestra with vocals	Hit of the Week Record 1931
Love Letters in the Sand + Football Song	Sam Lanin Orchestra with vocals	Hit of the Week Record 1931
Pardon Me, Pretty Baby	Sam Lanin Orchestra (voc) Paul Small	Hit of the Week Record 13 Aug 1931
Set 5	Louis Armstrong Big Swing Band on 1940s Radio
Open + I Never Knew	Louis Armstrong Orchestra	‘Spotlight Bands’ Blue Network Dalls TX 17 Aug 1943
I’ve Got Plenty of Nothing	Louis Armstrong Orchestra (voc) Ada Brown	‘Jubilee’ AFRS NYC 1943
Lazy River	Louis Armstrong Orchestra	‘Spotlight Bands’ Blue Network Dalls TX 17 Aug 1943
It Had To Be You + Close	Louis Armstrong Orchestra	‘Spotlight Bands’ Tuskagee Alabama AFRS Re-broadcast 5 Oct 1944
Set 6	Trad Bands on 1940s Radio
Open + Medley	Bud Freeman Summa cum Laude Orchestra	Panther Room Hotel Sherman WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 20 May 1940
That’s a Plenty + Relaxin’ at the Trouro	Muggsy Spanier	Home Recording Blue Note WMAQ NBC Chicago 18 Oct 1953
Big Butter and Egg Man	Miff Mole and the Nixieland 6	‘For The Record’ WEAF NBC NYC 30 Oct 1944
Set 7	Chuck Foster 1938-40 Radio Transcriptions
Oh, You Beautiful Doll (theme)	Chuck Foster Orchestra (voc) CF	Radio Transcription 1940
I Found My Yellow Basket	Chuck Foster Orchestra (voc) Dorothy Brandon, CF and The 3 Ds	Radio Transcription 1938
Listen to My Heart	Chuck Foster Orchestra (voc) Dorothy Brandon	Radio Transcription 1940
How Srrange	Chuck Foster Orchestra (voc) Dorothy Brandon	Radio Transcription 1939
Set 8	Early Charlie Parker on 1940 and 45 Radio
Honeysuckle Rose	Jay McShann Orchestra (alto sax Charlie Parker)	Radio Transcription KFBI Witchita Kansas 2 Dec 1940
Floogie Boo + St Louis Blues	Cootie Williams Orchestra (with Charlie Parker)	‘One Night Stand’ Savoy Ballroom Harlem AFRS Re-broadcast 12 Feb 1945
I Found a New Baby	Jay McShann Orchestra (alto sax Charlie Parker)	Radio Transcription KFBI Witchita Kansas 30 Nov 1940

Fax Machines in 1938? Hear One Working – 30 April 2019 Phantom Dancer

Radio Stations used Fax Machines in 1938 just like radio uses the internet to complement its programming now. This blog being an example…

Faxes were sent over AM radio, not the phone line.

Hear one in operation on today’s Phantom Dancer – your non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV (and with a whole hour of live 1930s swing radio today).

I bring you The Phantom Dancer every Tuesday after the midday news on 107.3 2SER and online at radio 2ser.com. Hear this week’s show online after 2pm AEST, Tuesday 30 April.

A 1938 radio fax used to promote personalities on the radio station transmitting it. Three generations of John Gamblings broadcast on New York City radio between 1925 and September 2016.

1930s RADIO FAXES
On today’s Phantom Dancer, marvel at the ‘pump and wheeze’ sound of a 1930s fax machine taken from a recording made in 1938 to introduce WOR New York’s new radio fax service.

As the radio announcer and station engineer tell us, the fax service is a ‘new breakthrough’ in radio to transmit news and information overnight to subscribers with radio fax machine in their homes.

About a dozen US AM radio stations in the late 1930s transmitted a radio fax service, with news faxes sent between midnight and 6am when the stations were ordinarily shut down.

A WOR radio fax from 1938

Static was a problem. Static from a passing car or lightening could wipe out whole pages of information.

By the early 1940s shortwave and ultra short wave frequencies were set aside solely for the transmission of faxes.

When FM radio was introduced after WW2, some FM stations transmitted radio faxes on their broader bandwidth subcarriers. A page of news and pictures would take 15 minutes to be printed from an FM service.

So easy to use, even a child can operate it. A 1938 publicity photo shows a Finch home printer receiving a facsimile newspaper from WWJ in Detroit. (Detroit News Archives, The Radio Historian)

Lack of public interest in this expensive substitute newspaper technology killed the mass production of home radio fax machines.

However, radio facsimile was still in use for the transmission of weather maps by satellite in 2010.

See the full Phantom Dancer play list below, including the 1938 announcement of WOR’s radio fax service.

Internet source:
http://www.theradiohistorian.org/Radiofax/newspaper_of_the_air1.htm

Greg Poppleton is Australia’s only authentic 1920s – 30s singer. He is also a film and TV actor who has worked with Adrien Brody, Nicole Kidman, John Goodman and many others.
Band website: www.gregpoppletonmusic.com
Actor and Voiceover: www.gregpoppleton.com

PHANTOM DANCER PLAY LIST 30 APRIL

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #383
107.3 2SER Tuesday 30 April 2019 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 – 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) National Program: ArtSoundFM Canberra Sunday 7 – 8pm 2ARM Armidale Friday 12noon – 1pm and early morning on 22 other stations.
Set 1	Raymond Scott on 1940-41 Radio
Pretty Little Petticoat (theme) + Wellesley High Jump	Raymond Scott Orchestra	Blackhawk Restaurant WGN Mutual Chicago 21 Oct 1940
Pretty Little Petticoat (theme) + A Symphony Under The Stars	Raymond Scott Orchestra	Bermuda Room Hotel Brunswick WBZ NBC Boston 6 Dec 1941
Huckleberry Duck + Pretty Little Petticoat (theme)	Raymond Scott Orchestra	Blackhawk Restaurant WGN Mutual Chicago 1 Nov 1940
Set 2	A New Radio Service
Il Pesce e l’Uccellina	EIAR Orchestra Moderna (voc) Silvana Fioresi and Trio Lescano	Comm Rec Rome 1938
Facsimile ‘Visual’ Radio	Interview	WOR Mutual NYC 9 Feb 1938
Set 3	1930s Local Radio Music
Theme + Sugar + On The Lone Prairie + When The Rest of the Crowd Goes Home + Heigh Ho + Theme	Our Orchestra	Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1934
Set 4	1935-36 Radio
Open + Ad Music + I Got Rhythm	Freddy Rich Orchestra	’Dodge Show’ Radio Transcription New York City 1936
Sleep (theme) + On Your Toes	Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians (voc) Johnny Davis and Trio	’Ford Show’ WABC CBS NY 14 Apr 1936
Syncopated Love Song	Nathaniel Shilkret	KFI NBC LA 1935
Set 5	Swing on 1939 Radio
Top Hat Shuffle	Jan Savitt Top Hatters	Radio Transcription New York 1939
Basin Street Blues	Jack Teagarden and Benny Goodman	’Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NY 31 Jan 1939
You Can Count On Me	Duke Ellington Orchestra (voc) Ivie Anderson	Ritz Carlton Hotel WNAC NBC Boston 26 Jul 1939
Man From Mars + Nightmare (theme)	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WEAF NBC Red NY 21 Oct 1939
Set 6	Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra on the Air
Theme + Little John	Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra	’One Night Stand’ Casa Mañana Culver City Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 8 Sep 1945
Honey Dripper	Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra	’Spotlight Bands’ Jefferson Barracks, Missouri Blue Network 23 Nov 1945 Culver City Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 8 Sep 1945
I Need a Lift	Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra	’One Night Stand’ Casa Mañana Culver City Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 4 May 1945
Wham + For Dancers Only	Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra (voc) Band	’Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1943
Set 7	The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra on 1955-56 Radio
Theme + Opus No. 1	Dorsey Brothers Orchestra	Cafe Statler Hotel Pennsylvania WRCA NBC NY Dec 1955
Ridin’ Around in the Rain (voc) Dolly Houston	Dorsey Brothers Orchestra	Cafe Statler Hotel Pennsylvania WRCA NBC NY Apr 1956
I’ll Always Be In Love With You	Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (voc) Dolly Houston	Cafe Statler Hotel Pennsylvania WRCA NBC NY Mar 1956
Tender Trap	Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (voc) Tommy Mercer	’NBC Bandstand’ NBC Radio and TV NY 1956
Set 8	Bop and Cool
Broadway	Charlie Parker	Birdland WJZ NYC 9 May 1953
Sugar Beat	Eliot Lawrence Orchestra	Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS Los Angeles 2 Dec 1947
I Remember Clifford	Oscar Pettiford Orchestra	Birdland WCBS CBS NY Jun 1957
Koko + Anthropology (theme)	Barry Ulanov All Star Metronome Jazzmen	WOR Mutual NY 8 Nov 1947

Hear The Mother of Modern Pop Singing – Phantom Dancer Radio 7 August 2018

When you hear a woman pop singer in any genre singing ‘naturally’ today, blame 1930s big band singer, Helen Ward. She blazed the trail.

You’ll hear a Helen Ward set of live 1930s-40s broadcasts on this week’s Phantom Dancer with Greg Poppleton.

The Phantom Dancer is your non-stop mixtape of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio, recorded live-to-air at 107.3 2SER Sydney, Tuesdays 12:04 – 2pm, and presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985.

It is heard on 22 radio stations of the Community Radio Network and online.

If you can’t catch this week’s Phantom Dancer mix live on 107.3 2SER, you can hear it immediately after 2ser.com online.

That’s the place where you’ll also find lots of past Phantom Dancer swing jazz mix tapes.

THIS WEEK’S PHANTOM DANCER MIX

– visits the Cocoanut Grove 1932-34, dives in Hank Williams on 1952 Hillbilly radio, listens to some of Duke Ellington’s extended works on his ‘Date with the Duke’ 1945 radio series and then there’s the Helen Ward feature. See the play list below….

HELEN WARD

Helen Ward was one of the first swing band ‘girl singers’, as they were known whatever their age, to become a ‘name’.

She was crucial in establishing the natural, untrained voice style of female pop singing that continues to this day with Gaga, Beyoncemore.

Ward came to commercial prominence in 1934 as the singer with Benny Goodman’s Orchestra when it made its breakthough broadcasts on the NBC ‘Let’s Dance’ radio show.

She stayed with the Benny Goodman Orchestra until 1936, just before it became hugely popular.

The ‘girl singer’ who took Helen Ward’s place in the Goodman Orchestra, Martha Tilton, borrowed heavily from the Ward style.

Despite the fact that the Goodman Orchestra had a long and distinguished career into the 1970s, and had female singers like Martha Tilton, Patti Page, Peggy Lee and even Ella Fitzgerald, Ward remained the singer synonymous with the Benny Goodman Band.

THE MOTHER OF MODERN POP SINGING

This is important to note because the Ward style also became the basis of female pop singing that continues to this day.

Her style, which was significant in the Goodman band’s 1934 success is unaffected and untrained. It’s technical waeknesses were overcome by an assured style, creating the illusion of a ‘natural’ voice.

And like so many ‘natural’ singers today, who play ‘natural’ guitar accompanying themselves on ‘natural’ songs about their ‘natural’ lives, Ward, too, learnt an instrument as a child. In her case it was the piano, taught to her by her father, naturally.

She took up singing as a teenager as half of a duo with songwriter and pianist, Burton Lane. That exposure with such a high-profile pop writer brought her to the notice of a number of New York band leaders, with whom she sang over the radio.

Between 1934 and 1936, Ward waxed several records with Goodman. Her version of ‘These Foolish Things’ sold over a million copies and cemented her professional reputation.

She left Goodman in 1936 for both personal and professional reasons. She was engaged to marry Goodman, but after a few months he back out. She also had had enough of the gruelling band road trips.

After singing with Goodman and touring, she stuck to the studios. She recorded for Goodman alumni Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson (standing in for Billie Holiday), Joe Sullivan and Harry James.

On this week’s Phantom Dancer you’ll also hear her on the radio with Bob Crosby in 1939 and Peanuts Hucko.

For a short while in 1943, she returned to performing with a band led by Hal McIntyre.

She went into semi-retirement from singing to be a radio producer in 1946-7 for station WMGM, New York.

From then on, she swapped long periods away from bands with recording and touring including returns to Benny Goodman in 1953, 57 and 58.

Around 1960 she retired from the public eye, but returned in 1979 following the hoopla surrounding the 40th anniversary of the 1938 Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall concert, which she was instrumental in having recorded.

She launched into a string of club gigs in New York City and in 1981 released the album, ‘The Helen Ward Song Book’. Now hear her on The Phantom Dancer.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Helen Ward sings ‘Oh, Sweet Susannah!’ with the Benny Goodman in a 1936 broadcast from the Congress Hotel, Chicago, over NBC. Happy Listening!

7 AUGUST  PLAY LIST

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #326
107.3 2SER Tuesday 7 August 2018 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 – 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) National Program: ArtSoundFM Canberra Sunday 7 – 8pm and early morning on 23 other stations.
Set 1	1930s Radio Dance Bands
Open + Rockin’ the Town	Hal Kemp Orchestra	‘Chesterfield Show’ KNX CBS LA 25 Dec 1937
Dancing in the Dark	Bob Chester Orchestra	Mayfair Room Hotel van Cleve Dayton OH CBS 21 Sep 1939
St Louis Blues + Cavernism (close)	Earl Hines Orchestra	Grand Terrace WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 3 Aug 1938
Set 2	Jazz Moderne on the Wireless
All of Me	Miles Davis	Birdland WCBS CBS NY 17 Oct 1957
Ornitholgy + Fifty-Second Street Theme	Charlie Parker	Hi-Hat Club WCOP Boston 1954
Set 3	Radio Variety
Al Jolson Story	Al Jolson	‘Rinso Show’ KNX CBS LA 6 Apr 1937
Open + Change Partners	Bob Hope + Skinnay Ennis Orchestra	‘Bob Hope Show’ KNX CBS LA 27 Sep 1938 18 Feb 1945
Abdiction News + Love Marches On + Close	Eddie Cantor	‘Texaco Town’ WABC CBS NY 6 Dec 1936
Set 4	Coconut Grove Radio 1932-34
Theme + Too Beautiful For Words	Jack, Mae and Dee Howard (voc) Vincent Valsanti Orch	Radio Transcription Cocoanut Grove Los Angeles 1934
How’s About It?	Phil Harris and Leah Ray (voc) Phil Harris Orchestra	Radio Transcription Cocoanut Grove Los Angeles 1933
Gooby Gear + Music in the Moonlight (close)	Jimmy Grier Orchestra (voc) Donald Novis	Radio Transcription Cocoanut Grove Los Angeles 1932
Set 5	Helen Ward Feature
Anything Goes	Benny Goodman Orchestra (voc) Helen Ward	WJZ Blue Network NY 27 Mar 1935
It’s Funny To Everyone But Me	Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) Helen Ward	‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NY 18 Jul 1939
I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plans	Benny Goodman Orchestra (voc) Helen Ward	‘Let’s Dance’ WEAF NBC Red NY 26 Jan 1935
My Funny Valentine	Peanuts Hucko (voc) Helen Ward	‘Eddie Condon’s Floorshow’ WNBT TV NYC 26 Mar 1949
Set 6	Benny Goodman 1940-46 Radio
Let’s Dance + Big John Special	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Peacock Court Hotel Mark Hopkins KFRC Don Lee-Mutual San Francisco 28 May 1940
Swing Angel	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Meadowbrook Gardens Culver City CA KNX CBS LA 26 Jan 1946
Idaho	Benny Goodman Orchestra	‘Bond Wagon Radio Show’ Chicago Theatre Chicago 10 aug 1942
Benny Rides Again	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ WABC CBS NY 20 Sep 1941
Set 7	Hillbilly Radio
Various	Hank Williams and Miss Audrey	‘Health and Happiness Show’ Radio Transcription 1952
Set 8	Duke Ellington’s Extended Works 1945 Radio
Frankie and Johnny	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘Date with the Duke’ Regal Theatre ABC Chicago 19 May 1945
Diminuendo in Blue / Rocks in My Bed/ Crescendo in Blue	Duke Ellington Orchestra (voc) Joya Sherrill	‘Date with the Duke’ ABC Toledo OH 9 June 1945

Spike Jones and his City Slickers – Phantom Dancer 24 July

The Phantom Dancer – a weekly radio mixtape of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV produced and presented by authentic 1920s-30s singer, Greg Poppleton.

Greg has presented the multi-award winning Phantom Dancer on 107.3 2SER Sydney since 1985. It is now heard on 23 radio stations and online.

Check it out https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/

See the play list for this week’s Phantom Dancer below. This week’s mixtape has a special broadcast recording by Spike Jones and his City Slickers of ‘F-B-Aida’ a send-up of Verdi’s famous opera.

SPIKE JONES

Was a U.S drummer, percussionist and bandleader most famous for his parodies of popular tunes on record, radio and TV in the 1940s and 1950s.

These parodies were performed by his City Slickers. He also ran a serious orchestra playing lush arrangements of pop songs called the ‘Other Orchestra’.

Spike Jones took up drums at age 11. A railway restaurant chef taught him how to use objects like pots and pans as percussion. This skill got him onto popular radio shows in the 1930s as a comic percussionist. But he was also a dance band drummer and studio musician.

In fact, he was the drummer on the original version of the biggest selling record of all time, ‘White Christmas’ sung by Bing Crosby.

BORED

Tired of playing the same music every night for radio orchestras, Jones and like-minded musicians got together playing send-ups of popular ditties which they recorded to amuse their wives. One recording found its way to the offices of RCA Victor which offered the parody band a contract.

Their first record was Der Fuehrer’s Face which became a huge hit.

They starred in their own radio show between 1945 and 1949, and in their own NBC and CBS television shows from 1954 to 1961.

On this week’s Phantom Dancer, we hear Spike Jones and his City Slickers live on 1949 radio.

And for your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week, marvel at the City Slickers live on 1950s TV sending up ‘That Ol’ Black Magic’.

Bill Barty, who performed in film and TV up until his death in 2000, sings in the style of James Cagney, Jimmy Durante and finishes with Johnny Ray.

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #323
107.3 2SER Tuesday 24 July 2018 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 – 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT)
Set 1
Theme + Manhattan Spiritual	Jerry Gray and his Band of Today	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom AFRTS Re-broadcast 30 Oct 1959
Redskin Rhumba (theme) + Murder at Peyton Hall	Charlie Barnet Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Casino Gardens Ocean Park Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 3 Jan 1947
Dancing Tambourine + Close	Henry Russell Orchestra	‘Let’s Dance’ KFI NBC LA 1948
Set 2
Rollin’ Home	Ray Anthony Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Cafe Rouge Hotel Statler NY AFRS Re-broadcast 11 Jan 1952
Daahoud	Max Roach – Clifford Brown Quartet	Basin Street WCBS CBS NY 6 May 1956
Lover Come Back To Me + Close	Stan Getz Quartet	Basin Street WCBS CBS NY 21 Apr 1956
Set 3
Goodbye Sue	Perry Como (voc) Benny Goodman Orchestra	‘For The Record’ WEAF NBC NY 1944
Love Is A Simple Thing	Sauter-Finnegan Orchestra (voc) Andy Roberts and Sally Sweetland	‘The All-Star Parade of Bands’ Blue Note WMAQ NBC Chicago 12 Sep 1953
I Get a Kick Out of You + Close	Sarah Vaughan	‘Stars in Jazz’ Birdland WNBC NBC NY 21 Apr 1952
Set 4
I Found a New Baby	Ralph Sutton All-Stars	Club Hangover KCBS CBS SF 7 Sep 1954
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love + Close	Harry Sosnick and the Savings Bonds Orchestra	‘Guest Star – Dixieland Clambake’ Radio Transcription New York 1951
Runnin’ Wild + Close	Chris Barber Jazz Band	‘Traditional Jazz’ BBC Light Programme London AFRTS Rebroadcast 9 May 1955
Set 5
Forgotten	Harry James Orchestra	Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 1949
Oh! What a Beautiful Morning	Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra	Casino Gardens Ocean Park Ca KECA ABC LA 19 Sep 1946
I’ll Get By	Woody Herman Orchestra (voc) WH	‘Woody Herman Show’ Jun 1946
Daily Double	Buddy Rich Orchestra	Aircheck Los Angeles Mar 1946
Set 6
‘Buck Benny Rides Again’	Jack Benny	‘Hollywood is on the Air’ Buck Benny Rides Again Trailer Radio Transcription Hollywood 1940
F-B-Aida	Spike Jones and the City Slickers	‘The Spike Jones Show’ CBS 25 Jun 1949
Set 7
Jeepers Creepers	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	‘Paul Whiteman Show’ WJZ NBC Blue NY 7 Dec 1938
Open + Huckleberry Duck	Raymond Scott Orchestra	Panther Room Hotel Sherman WMAQ NBC Red NY 1940
Diga Diga Doo	Bob Crosby Orchestra	‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NY 18 Jul 1939
Day In Day Out + Merry-Go-Round	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Southland Cafe WNAC NBC Boston 9 Jan 1940
Set 8
Manteca	Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra	Winter Palace Stockholm Radio Sweden 2 Feb 1948
Be Bop Boogie	Lester Young Quintet	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 4 Dec 1948
How High The Moon	Allen Eager	Birdland WJZ ABC NY Jun 1953
Bye Bye Blues	Benny Goodman Sextet	‘One Night Stand’ The Click Philadelphia AFRS Re-broadcast 3 Jun 1948

You’re Never Too Old! Anita O’Day – Phantom Dancer 10 July 2018 Radio Mix

Anita O’Day is this week’s Phantom Dancer feature artist. 

The Phantom Dancer is your non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV.

Greg Poppleton, 1920s-30s singer, brings you The Phantom Dancer every week.

It’s live every Tuesday on 107.3 2SER Sydney from 12:04-2pm, during which time it’s recorded for re-broadcast over 23 radio stations and online.

You can hear all Phantom Dancer episodes online now at 2ser.com.

THIS WEEK

The Phantom Dancer with Greg Poppleton has a set of John Coltrane for you, a set of Stan Kenton 1940s radio transcriptions, a set of ‘Dixieland Swing’ from live 1930s radio, and this week’s Phantom Dancer feature, Anita O’Day, from 1944-1960 radio and TV.

See the full play list below…

FEATURED ARTIST – ANITA O’DAY

Anita O’Day left an unhappy childhood to dance in danceathons where she’d sometime sing for tips. She said her influences were Martha Raye, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.

A botched tonsilectomy as a child during which her uvula was removed meant she couldn’t hold long notes. So she developed a rhythmic, staccato approach to singing that was perfect for uptempo swing songs.

A call from Gene Krupa to join his band in 1941 was her entre to popularity. She was with Krupa for a year. Sick of the travel and one night stands she left the band to strike out on her own. She returned to Krupa in 1945 then joined the Stan Kenton Orchestra.

TABBY THE CAT

In the Stan Kenton band she had her two big hits. We’ll hear these on today’s Phantom Dancer as radio transcriptrions, ‘Tabby The Cat’ and ‘I’m Going Mad For A Pad’.

These two hits cemented her repuation as a unique jazz singer with a swingingly rhythmic style.

Her jazz reputation grew in the 1950s with albums and festivals. She appeared on TV on one of the Timex Jazz Specials heard on previous Phantom Dancers.

RONALD REAGAN

In 1960 she was introduced by Ronald Reagan opening a ‘Ford Star Time’ TV show backed by Gene Krupa. We’ll hear this appearance on this week’s Phantom Dancer.

Anita O’Day had a hiatus during the ’60s resuming her career to critical acclaim in 1970. She appeared in movies and on TV and was still performing into the 21st century.

Her final album, released when she was in her eighties, was the aptly named ‘Indestructible’.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Hear Anita O’Day at the height of her powers in this week’s Phantom Dancer feature video with Gene Krupa and Roy Eldridge:

10 JULY PLAY LIST

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #322
107.3 2SER Tuesday 10 July 2018 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 – 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) National Program: ArtSoundFM Canberra Sunday 7 – 8pm and early morning on 23 other stations.
Set 1	Women Band Sings on 1945-47 Radio
The Best Man	Charlie Barnet Orchestra (voc) Betty Perry	‘One Night Stand’ Casino Gardens Ocean Park Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 3 Jan 1947
Snap Your Fingers	Buddy Morrow Orchestra (voc) Helen Leigh	‘One Night Stand’ Blue Room Hotel Lincoln NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 12 May 1946
I’m Not Having It	Woody Herman Orchestra (voc) Frances Wayne	‘One Night Stand’ Blue Room Hotel Lincoln NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 1946
Set 2	John Coltrane on Radio
Open + Song of Praise	John Coltrane Quartet	‘Portraits in Jazz’ Half Note WABC-FM NY 7 May 1965
Set 3	1930s European Dance Bands
Pot Pourri aus dem Film ‘Frauen im Metropol’	Adolf Steimel Organum Tanz-Orchester	Comm Rec Berlin 5 Sep 1940
Flat Foot Floogie	Teddy Stauffer Orchestra (voc) Billy Toffel	Comm Rec Berlin 24 Nov 1938
Vous Avez un Beau Chapeau, Madame	Ernst van’t Hoff Orchestra (voc) Band	Comm Rec Hilversum 1939
Set 4	Stan Kenton Radio Transcriptions
Memphis Lament	Stan Kenton Orchestra (voc) Red Dorris	Radio Transcription Los Angeles Oct 1941
Flamingo	Stan Kenton Orchestra (voc) Red Dorris	Radio Transcription Los Angeles Oct 1941
Night	Stan Kenton Orchestra (voc) Red Dorris	Radio Transcription Los Angeles 20 Sep 1941
Set 5	Anita O’Day
Open + Drum Boogie	Anita O’Day (voc) Gene Krupa Orchestra	‘Ford Star Time’ CBS TV 9 Feb 1960
Tabby The Cat	Anita O’Day (voc) Stan Kenton Orchestra	Radio Transcription Los Angeles Dec 1944
Open + I’d Do It All Over Again	Anita O’Day (voc) Gene Krupa Orchestra	Hotel Astor Roof WOR Mutual NYC 15 Aug 1945
I’m Going Mad For A Pad	Anita O’Day (voc) Stan Kenton Orchestra	Radio Transcription Los Angeles Dec 1945
Set 6	1930s Dixieland Swing
Will You Won’t You Be My Baby	Louis Armstrong	Comm Rec Paris Oct 1934
Intro + In A Minor Mood + Dogtown Blues	Bob Crosby Bobcats	‘Swing Concert’ Congress Hotel WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 18 May 1937
Honeysuckle Rose + Basin Street Blues (close)	Bunny Berrigan	Aircheck New York City 12 Mar 1936
Set 7	Count Basie Blue Room 1944-45
Harvard Blues	Count Basie Orchestra	Blue Room Hotel Lincoln WABC CBS NY 27 May 1944
Bangs	Count Basie Orchestra	Blue Room Hotel Lincoln WABC CBS NY 14 Apr 1944
Jumpin’ At The Woodside	Count Basie Orchestra	Blue Room Hotel Lincoln WABC CBS NY 5 May 1944
Avenue C	Count Basie Orchestra	Blue Room Hotel Lincoln WABC CBS NY 31 Jan 1945
Set 8	Charlie Parker
Dark Shadows	Charlie Parker as, Errol Garner piano, Red Callender bass, Doc West drums voc Earl Coleman	Comm Rec Los Angeles 19 Feb 1947
Moose The Mooch + Lullaby of Birdland	Charlie Parker as, John Lewis piano, Curley Russell bass, Kenny Clarke drums	Birdland WABC ABC NY 9 May 1953
Hot House	Charlie Parker as, Miles Davis tp, Al Haig piano, Tommy Potter bass, Al Haig drums	‘Art Ford Show’ Birdland WMCA NY 12 Dec 1948

1930 Philco Hour – 3 July Phantom Dancer

Dance band music for one of America’s leading radio manufacturers in 1930 features on this week’s Phantom Dancer.

The Phantom Dancer is your non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV, presented by Australia’s only authentic 1920s-30s singer since 1985.

On air every Tuesday, live from 107.3 2SER Sydney from 12:04-2pm, the Phantom Dancer is recorded for re-broadcast over 23 radio stations and online.

You can hear all Phantom Dancer episodes online now at 2ser.com.

THIS WEEK’S PHANTOM DANCER MIX

– has a set of 1930s Western swing records, a set of Louis Armstrong of 1950s radio, a set of Lester Young from 1956 radio and this week’s feature – ‘The Philco Hour’ from 1930-31.

See the full mix play list below…

RISE AND FALL

On this week’s Phantom Dancer we hear the ‘Philco Orchestra’ from the ‘Philco Hour’ radio series of 1930- 31.

Beginning as a battery manufacturer, then as a battery supplier for radios, then as a power unit supplier for radio, by the mid 1920s Philco was building its own radios.

Its research and development department made many improvements in radio home receiver technology throughout the 1930s.

These improvements in combination with aggressive advertising in print and sponsored radio programming such as the ‘Philco Hour’, made Philco rise from third most popular U.S radio brand in 1929 to number one 1939.

Philco developments in sound quality and the aesthetic appeal of their radio units included:

– 1930: superheterodyne tubes for clearer reception (as the Philco announcer explains in this week’s Phantom Dancer mix)
– 1930: tone control. A listener could change their radio sound to brilliant, bright, mellow, or deep frequencies.
– 1930: smaller, cheaper car radios
– 1934: the first true high fidelity radio receiver on the market
– 1936: automatic tuning – listeners could assign their favorite stations to presets.
– 1939: mystery control, the first wireless remote control made for radios.

Philco was also a pioneer in television broadcasting. It launched experimental station W3XE in 1932 and was selling Philco TVs in 1939.

But in 1960, it filed for bankruptcy.

You can hear more of the 1930s ‘Philco Hour’ here as your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week:

3 JULY PLAY LIST

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #321
107.3 2SER Tuesday 3 July 2018 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 – 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) National Program: ArtSoundFM Canberra Sunday 7 – 8pm and early morning on 23 other stations.
Set 1	Swing Ballads on 1946-47 Radio
Walking Stick	Claude Thornhill Orchestra	Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WJZ ABC NY 22 Sep 1947
Come Rain Come Shine	Bobby Sherwood Orchestra (voc) Frances Glenn	‘One Night Stand’ Avadon Ballroom LA AFRS Re-broadcast 3 Jun 1946
Might As Well Be Spring	Art Mooney Orchestra (voc) Johnny Darcy	‘One Night Stand’ Blue Room Hotel Lincoln NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 1946
Set 2	1950s Big Band Radio
Theme + I’m Walkin’	Johnny Richards Orchestra	‘ABC Dancing Party’ WABC ABC NY 1957
Take The A Train (theme) + Caravan	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Basin Street WCBS CBS NY 16 Apr 1956
On The Alamo	Georgie Auld (ts) Orchestra with Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1952
Set 3	Philco Orchestra 1930-31 Radio
Open + Cinderella Brown	Philco Orchestra	‘Philco Program’ WABC CBS NY 1930
Boy! Oh! Boy! I’ve Got It Bad	Boswell Sisters	‘Philco Program’ WABC CBS NY 1931
I Don’t Mind Walking In The Rain	Philco Orchestra	‘Philco Program’ WABC CBS NY 1930
Set 4	1930s Radio Swing
I Can’t Get Started (theme) + O Ya Ya	Bunny Berrigan Orchestra	Manhattan Centre WNEW NYC 26 Sep 1939
Hallelujah + A Fine Romance	Johnny Green Orchestra (voc) Fred Astaire and Trudy Wood	‘Packard Hour 1936 Election Special’ KFI NBC Red LA 11 Mar 1936
Ain’t Misbehavin’	Louis Armstrong with Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra	‘Camel Caravan’ WEAF NBC Red NYC 14 Oct 1939
Set 5	Louis Armstrong Trad Jazz 1940s-50s Radio
When It’s Sleepy Time Down South (theme) + Indiana	Louis Armstrong	‘Guest Star’ Radio Transcription 12 Dec 1954
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?	Louis Armstrong	Wintergarden Theatre WNBC NBC NYC 19 Jun 1947
Fine and Dandy	Louis Armstrong	‘Guest Star’ Radio Transcription 7 May 1950
Royal Garden Blues	Louis Armstrong	‘Damon Runyon Memorial Concert’ Blue Note ABC Chicago 11 Dec 1948
Set 6	Early ’40s Dance Bands
Slow and Easy	Charlie Spivak Orchestra	Radio Transcription New York City 1941
The Lion and the Mouse	Glen Gray and the Casa loma Orchestra	Aircheck Hotel New Yorker New York City May 1944
Saturday Night	Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Patti Thomas	‘Spotlight Bands’ Blue Network 11 Feb 1945
Knock Me A Kiss + Close	Gene Krupa Orchestra (voc) Roy Eldridge	Aircheck 13 Nov 1942
Set 7	1930s Western Swing on Records
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home	Texas Rose (voc)	Comm Rec San Antonio 22 Dec 1938
Does My Baby Love Me, Yes Sir	Jimmie Revard and hos Oklahoma Playboys	Comm Rec San Antonio 14 Sep 1937
Who’s Sorry Now?	W. Lee O’Daniel	Comm Rec Dallas 30 Sep 1935
I Never Felt So Blue	Adolph Hofner and his Texans	Comm Rec San Antonio 25 Oct 1938
Set 8	Lester Young on 1956 Radio
Lullaby of Birdland + Lester Leaps In	Lester Young	Birdland WABC ABC NY 7 Aug 1956
Three Little Words	Lester Young	Birdland WABC ABC NY 5 Sep 1956

Jim Davidson, 1939-57 Electric Guitar, Non-Stop Swing Mix – 26 June Phantom Dancer

Jim Davidson was an Australian swing band leader and second-in-charge of light entertainment at the BBC in the 1950s. He also worked in the same soap factory I did.

And that electric guitar scene in one of those Back To The Future movies sounds embarrassingly lame and pig-ignorant compared to the real electric guitar breaks played on live 1930s-50s radio you’ll hear this week by Charlie Christian, Mary Osbourne, Tal Farlow and Les Paul.

I’m Greg Poppleton, 1920s-30s singer, band-leader and your Phantom Dancer every week over radio 2SER 107. 3 Sydney, 23 Australian radio stations, and online.

The Phantom Dancer is your non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV.

On air every Tuesday, live from 107.3 2SER Sydney from 12:04-2pm, the Phantom Dancer is recorded for re-broadcast. You can hear all Phantom Dancer episodes online at 2ser.com.

THIS WEEK’S PHANTOM DANCER MIX

– has a set of Benny Goodman from 1939 radio including the sextet with Charlie Christian on electric guitar. There’s also a set of electric guitar from live 1940s-50s radio including some 1945 hot guitar work by Mary Osbourne who later in this week’s Phantom Dancer mix inaudibly backs Billie Holiday singing on 1958 TV. And this week’s feature, a set of 1930s commercial recordings by Sydney swing maestro Jim Davidson. See the full mix play list below…

Jim Davidson with the ABC Dance Band and Wireless Chorus presenting ‘Colour Canvas’ from the Studios at 96 Market Street, Sydney, October, 1939

JIM DAVIDSON
Quoting from Jeff Brownrigg’s article, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 17, (MUP), 2007

“James Hutchinson (Jim) Davidson (1902-1982), band leader, was born on 6 August 1902 at Balmain, Sydney, second son of Alexander Davidson, a restaurant cook from New Zealand, and his English-born wife Mabel, née Walker. Jim described his father, of Scottish descent, as hard, stern and unsmiling. His maternal grandfather encouraged his interest in music, taking him to hear the American bandmaster John Philip Sousa on his Australian tour of 1911. Davidson took up the cornet, joining his school cadet band and a local church band. After leaving school at 14, he found work with the soap manufacturer Lever Bros Pty Ltd. His days, however, were a means to an end and nights were given over to music. Replacing his cornet with a drum kit, he played in dance band and cinema pit ensembles.

On 8 February 1928 Davidson married Gertrude Madeline Kitching at St Thomas’s Church of England, Rozelle; they were to be divorced in 1935. He had joined Jimmy Elkins’s dance orchestra in the mid-1920s and after it disbanded in 1928 he played at the Ambassadors restaurant until it was destroyed by fire in 1931. Following engagements at the Ginger Jar and a significant concert at Hillier’s Café in August 1932—sometimes described as the first jazz concert in Sydney—Davidson opened the winter season of 1933 at Sydney’s Palais Royal dance hall, which drew crowds of 10,000 a week. Further successful seasons followed in 1934 and 1936. A regular Thursday evening 2UE live radio broadcast from the Royal augmented his audience. The Columbia recording company made sound recordings of his most popular pieces; Davidson claimed that a 78-rpm disc of `Shuffle Off to Buffalo’ and `Forty Second Street’ sold 95,000 copies. He and his orchestra also played a six-month season at the Palais de Danse at St Kilda, Melbourne, in 1933. At a formal `Dress Night’, when patrons were encouraged to dress as elegantly as the musicians, who routinely wore evening dress, Davidson met Marjorie McFarlane, an artist. They were married with Presbyterian forms at Scots Church, Melbourne, on 7 June 1935.

While in Melbourne, having signed a contract with the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Davidson enlarged his orchestra and performed over the national network to all States. Broadcasting from Sydney from 1936, Jim Davidson’s ABC Dance Band, with the trumpeter Jim Gussey, the vocalist Alice Smith and the trombonist and arranger George Trevare, became the most popular in the country. It presented dance programs on Friday and Saturday evenings and played for other ABC shows including `Out of the Bag’ and `A.B.C. Parade’. In 1937-39 the band made three interstate tours, with a variety of artists including Bob Dyer, Tex Morton and Gladys Moncrieff. Davidson was a strict but encouraging leader who inspired great loyalty in his players.

On 30 May 1941 Davidson was appointed an honorary lieutenant in the Australian Imperial Force. He produced, directed and led the orchestra in variety shows staged for troops in the Middle East and the South-West Pacific Area. From 1943 he was in charge of the AIF’s concert parties. Rising to temporary lieutenant colonel, he transferred to the Reserve of Officers in October 1947. He applied for the position of director of light entertainment at the ABC but was unsuccessful. Stung by his rejection, he made use of management skills developed in his military command, taking up an offer of work as director of productions for the Tivoli circuit and, soon after, for Harry Wren Enterprises. He managed Australian tours for performers such as Will Mahoney and Evie Hayes and for the British comedian Tommy Trinder.

In 1947 Davidson joined the British Broadcasting Corporation. He arrived in London with his wife the following January. Starting as assistant-head of variety (music), he rapidly advanced to become the second-in-charge of the light entertainment unit. His most important contributions included support for what became the `Goon Show’, which went to air against some resistance on 28 May 1951. Davidson estimated that he had produced 3500 live shows on radio, among them a historic Beatles concert at the Royal Albert Hall in April 1963. He was given a farewell concert there before his retirement in September.

Returning to Australia in 1964, Davidson was disappointed that although Australians remembered his success as a band leader, they were unaware of his achievements in England. He served briefly as a consultant to the ABC but found that old `ghosts’ continued to haunt its corridors. The Davidsons turned to house renovation and gardening, first in Sydney and then in the southern highlands of New South Wales. Survived by his wife, Jim Davidson died on 10 April 1982 at Bowral and was cremated. His memoir, A Showman’s Story (1983), was published posthumously.”

And your Phantom Dancer Vid of the Week?

Jim Davidson and his Australian Broadcasting Commission Dance Orchestra with his 1938 record ‘So Little Time’. Vocals by Alice Smith and Johnny Warren. Jim Davidson broadcast late night over national stations of the ABC.

26 JUNE PLAY LIST

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #321
107.3 2SER Tuesday 26 June 2018 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 – 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) National Program: ArtSoundFM Canberra Sunday 7 – 8pm and early morning on 23 other stations.
Set 1	Benny Goodman on 1939 ‘Camel Caravan’
Let’s Dance (theme) + Down By The Old Mill Stream	Benny Goodman Orchestra	‘Camel Caravan’ WEAF NBC Red NY 4 Nov 1939
Flying Home	Benny Goodman Sextet (g Charles Christian)	‘Camel Caravan’ WEAF NBC Red NY 9 Sep 1939
Sing, Sing, Sing + Goodbye (theme)	Benny Goodman Orchestra	‘Camel Caravan’ WEAF NBC Red NY 18 Nov 1939
Set 2	Latin Rhythms
Nachts am Kongo	Teddy Stauffer (voc) Eric Helgar	Comm Rec Berlin 24 Oct 1938
Dilo	Prado Perez	‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Birdland WNBC NBC NY 24 Jul 1953
Tanga	Machito with Zoot Sims tenor sax	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Birdland WJZ ABC NY 1951
Set 3	Electric Guitarists on live 1940s-50s Radio
Open + I’ve Got Plenty of Nothin’	Les Paul Trio	‘Les Paul Show’ AFRS Hollywood 27 May 1945
They Can’t Take That Away From Me	Tal Farlow	‘All Star Parade of Bands’ Composer Club WRCA NBC NYC 23 Apr 1957
Texas Polka + Isle of Capri + Close	Gay Claridge Orchestra (elec g) Mary Osbourne	‘One Night Stand’ Chez Paree Chicago AFRS Re-broadcast 21 Aug 1945
Set 4	Jim Davidson Australian Swing
Fair and Warmer	Jim Davidson and his Palais Royal Orchestra (voc) Austral Sisters	Comm Rec Sydney 7 Sep 1934
She Changed Her Hi-De-Ho For His Yodel-O-Dee-Ay	Jim Davidson and his Palais Royal Orchestra (voc) Male Trio	Comm Rec Sydney 2 Mar 1934
Marmelade	Jim Davidson and his ABC Dance Orchestra	Comm Rec Sydney 2 Jun 1938
Set 5	1930s Fats Waller
Christopher Columbus	Fats Waller	ComM Rec New York City 1936
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (theme) + I Simply Adore You	Fats Waller	WEAF NBC Red NY 5 Jul 1938
You Can’t Be Min and Someone Else’s Too	Fats Waller	Aircheck Yacht Club New York City 18 Oct 1938
Watcha Know, Joe?	Fats Waller	Panther Room Hotel Sherman WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 10 Dec 1940
Set 6	1930s-50s French Swing on Record
Frenchie’s Blues	Freddy Johnson Orchestra	Comm Rec Paris 28 Jun 1939
Week-End Stomp	Alix Combelle Orchestra	Comm Rec Paris 20 Feb 1940
Le Boogie de Paris	Jacques Helian Orchestra	Comm Rec Paris 1946
Mambo Zero	Ruben Calzado	Comm Rec Paris 1953
Set 7	Billie Holiday on Rdaio
You Better Go Now	Billie Holiday (voc) Percy Faith Orchestra	‘Woolworth Hour’ KNX CBS LA 1956
Billie’s Blues	Billie Holiday	Storyville Copley Square Hotel WMEX Boston Apr 1959
Interview + Fine and Mellow	Billie Holiday	‘Studio 58 The Sound of Jazz’ WCBS TV CBS NY 8 Dec 1957
You Go To My Head	Billie Holiday	Storyville Copley Square Hotel WHDH Boston Oct 1953
Set 8	1940s Big Band Radio
Tangerine	Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra	Birdland WCBS CBS NY Jun 1956
Artistry in Rhythm (theme) + Artistry Jumps	Stan Kenton Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom LA AFRS Hollywood 27 Nov 1945
Bommpsie	Chubby Jackson Orchestra	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 5 mar 1949

Personal Hygiene Film For Young Girls (c 1920) – Phantom Dancer 19 June

It’s Phantom Dancer time Tuesday on radio and online – your two hour non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio with Greg Poppleton.

What’s on?

Well, there’s a set of ‘Sweet Bands’ from live 1930s-40s radio and some early late night Benny Goodman from 1935. The Velvet Fog, Mel Torme, sings two songs including one when aged 17 in front of Chico Marx’s Orchestra on a CBS Fitch Bandwagon and the last hour is all vinyl.

Hear the show after it’s broadcast 19 June online at 2ser.com

Tirelessly searching YouTube for a swingy, jazzy, instructive, or ‘weird and wonderful’ Video of the Week, I’ve found something curiously wonderful – a circa 1920s ‘Women’s Hygiene’ film. It actually is medically educational (and educational as a social history) though the shower scene does verge on the pseudo-educational sexploitation films of the 1950s-60s. Enjoy!

Make sure you come back to this blog, Greg Poppleton’s Radio Lounge, every Tuesday, for the newest Phantom Dancer play list and Video of the Week!

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #320
107.3 2SER Tuesday 19 June 2018 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 – 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) National Program: ArtSoundFM Canberra Sunday 7 – 8pm and early morning on 22 other stations.
Set 1	Swing on 1950s Radio
One O’Clock Jump + Sixteen Men Swinging	Count Basie Orchestra	‘Saturday Night Rock’n’Roll Dance Party’ Paramount Theatre, Brooklyn WCBS CBS NY 1956
Sitting In The Sun	Les Brown Orchestra (voc) JoAnn Greer	‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Palladium Ballroom KFI NBC LA 12 Oct 1953
Capital Idea + (theme)	Dorsey Brothers Orchestra	‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Magnolia Room Hotel Claridge WMC NBC Memphis 19 Jun 1953
Set 2	Swing Dance Bands on 1942-44 Radio
Open + Abraham	Chico Marx Orchestra (voc) Mel Torme	‘Fitch Band Wagon’ Blackhawk Restaurant WBBM CBS Chicago 20 Dec 1942
Was It Like That?	Lionel Hampton Orchestra (voc) Dinah Washington	‘One Night Stand’ Civic Auditorium Oakland Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 4 Jun 1944
One Night Stand + Close (Coca Cola Waltz in 4/4 Swing)	Denny Beckner Orchestra	‘Spotlight Bands’ Norfolk, Virginia AFRS Re-broadcast 30 Mar 1944
Set 3	Navy Star Time Singers 1952 Radio
Baby, That Ain’t Right	Frankie Laine (voc) Buzz Adlam Orchestra	‘Navy Star Time’ Radio Transcription Hollywood 1952
I Hadn’t Anyone Till You	Mel Torme (voc) Buzz Adlam Orchestra	‘Navy Star Time’ Radio Transcription Hollywood 1952
I’ll Get By + Close	Jo Stafford (voc) Buzz Adlam Orchestra	‘Navy Star Time’ Radio Transcription Hollywood 1952
Set 4	1946 Radio Swing
Instrumental	Harry James Orchestra	‘Spotlight Bands ‘ El Patio Playhouse KHJ Mutual LA 13 Apr 1946
Begin The Beguine	Bobby Sherwood Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Avadon Ballroom Los Angeles AFRS Re-broadcast 3 jun 1946
Blue Moon + Summertime	Bob Crosby Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Hollywood AFRS Re-broadcast 3 Dec 1946
Set 5	1934 – 36 Radio Bands
There’s Something In The Air	Red Nichols Orchestra	Radio Transcription New York City 1936
Robins and Roses	Lee Wiley (voc)	WABC CBS NY 17 Jun 1936
Christopher Columbus	Isham Jones Orchestra	WOR Mutual NY 13 Mar 1936
Goodbye	Benny Goodman Orchestra	‘Let’s Dance’ WEAF NBC Red NY 2 Feb 1935
Set 6	Big Bands 1942-45 Radio
McGhee Special	Andy Kirk and his 12 Clouds of Joy	Comm Rec New York City 14 Jul 1942
Open + Smiles	Charlie Barnet Orchestra	‘For The Record’ WEAF NBC NY 11 Sep 1944
Slip Of The Lip	Duke Ellington Orchestra	‘Fourth War Loan Drive’ WEAF NBC NY 1 May 1943
One O’Clock Jump (open) + Unidentified Time	Johnny Otis Orchestra	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood Oct 1945
Set 7	Sweet Bands on 1930-40s Wireless
You Are My Dream	Gray Gordon and his Tic Toc Rhythm Orchestra (voc) Cliff Glass	Radio Transcription New York City 1939
It Was Just One Of Those Things	Russ Morgan Orchestra	Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles 13 May 1946
Words Of Love	Eddy Howard Orchestra	Aragon Ballroom WGN Mutual Chicago 5 Dec 1945
It’s A Whole New Thing	Blue Barron Orchestra (voc) Charlie Fisher	Radio Transcription New York City 1938
Set 8	Bop Inspired Radio
Moppin’ The Blues	Pete Brown Quintette	Comm Rec New York City 11 Jul 1944
A Minor Thing + In Your Own Sweet Way	Dave Brubeck Quartet	Basin Street WCBS CBS NY Feb 1956
Theme	Harold Rumsey Lighthouse Five	Hermosa Beach Ca ‘Monitor’ WRCA NBC NY 12 Jun 1955
High On An Open Mike	Fats Navarro (tp) Bill Harris (tb) Alen Eager, Charlie Ventura (ts) Ralph Burns (piano) Al Valente (g) Chubby Jackson (b) Buddy Rich (d)	‘Saturday Night Swing Session’ WNEW NY 12 Apr 1947
Fine and Dandy	Slim Gaillard Quintet	‘Symphony Sid Show’ WJZ ABC NY 2 Jun 1951