Phantom Dancer - swing & dance from live 1920s-50s radio

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Phantom Dancer play list for Tues Mar 28 2006
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com
12 noon AEST
2 am GMT
Monday Feb 27 9pm US-EST now up athttp://www.gregpoppleton.com
The Phantom Dancer is 90 minutes of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio & TV. This week hear one of the very earliest extant live music shows - 15 minutes with Wendall Hall from NBC Chicago in Feb 1931. Enjoy!

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On this week's Phantom Dancer, hear 1930s - 40s Swing Harmony vocalists The Mullins Sisters, The Soncopators, The Martin Men, and harmonising band members from Jack Hylton's Orchestra in London and Hans Rehmstedt's Orchestra in Berlin. And Betty Roche sings in front of Benny Carter's Orchestra. Live Swing, Jazz & Dance from 1920s-1960s radio & TV presented by Greg Poppleton every Tuesday. Full playlist at http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

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Among the stand-outs in this week's 90 minutes of swing and dance from live 1920s-60s radio & TV are The Port Jackson Jazz Band recorded at Sydney Town Hall in 1947, Helen Forrest singing for Artie Shaw from New York's Hotel Lincoln in 1938 and piano maestro Joe Sullivan featured on his own Litle Rock Getaway with Bob Crosby's Orchestra from WABC NY in 1939. Full playlist at http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

Tuesdays 12 noon AEST (-10 GMT) 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com

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Phantom Dancer playlist for Tues Apr 18, 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com, now up at http://www.gregpoppleton.com.
Live Swing, Jazz & Dance from 1920s-1960s radio & TV.
This week, hear Ray McKinley lead the Glenn Miller Orchestra from 1958 radio, Teddy Stauffer & his Original Teddies in Berlin in 1936, Valaida Snow, Chubby Jackson, Louis Armstrong, early 1940s calypso by Lord Invader & Lord Beginner, & more. Also have released my own Swing CD, The Phantom Dancer, details of which you can see on the CD page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

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Phantom Dancer playlist for Tues Apr 25, 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com, now up at http://www.gregpoppleton.com
Live Swing, Jazz & Dance from 1920s-1960s radio & TV.
This week, hear Ella Fitzgerald from New York's Savoy Ballroom in 1940, Fats Waller over NBC in 1936, and broadcasts by Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Ray Noble, Roy Eldridge & more.
New Swing CD, The Phantom Dancer, is now also available on the CD page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com Enjoy!

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Phantom Dancer playlist for Tues May 2, 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com, now up at http://www.gregpoppleton.com
Live Swing, Jazz & Dance from 1920s-1960s radio & TV.
This week, hear Ramona singing with Paul whiteman over WJZ New York in 1936, Juim Dqavidson & his ABC Dance Orchestra and Lounge bands playing live in the 1950s
New Swing CD, The Phantom Dancer, is now also available on the CD page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com Enjoy!

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The Phantom Dancer playlist for Tues May 9 (Mon evening May 8 in Nth America) now up at http://www.gregpoppleton.com This week hear Marie Harriot with Sydney's Port Jackson Jazz Band in 1947. Marie went on to have a successful career as a jazz singer with her own TV show in Britain. Also live broadcasts by Isham Jones, Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Fats Waller saying lots of hellos on the air in 1938 after his return from his triumphal European tour where he also appeared on TV in Britain, over the BBC, London. Presented by Greg Poppleton, whose debut Swing CD can also be heard at http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Cheers!

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The Phantom Dancer playlist for Tues May 16 (Mon evening May 15 in Nth America) is now up at http://www.gregpoppleton.com This week hear Eddie Condon's Barefoot Gang from one of their Blue Network Jazz Concerts in 1945. Also live radio broadcasts by Woody Herman, Jimmy Lunceford, Lester Young, Benny Goodman and Count Basie in Pittsburgh in 1937. Presented by Greg Poppleton, whose debut Swing CD can also be heard at http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Cheers!

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The Phantom Dancer playlist for Tues May 23 (Mon evening May 22 in Nth America) is now up at http://www.gregpoppleton.com This week hear part of a 1929 broadcast by the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks, and radio broadcasts by the 1944 Esquire All-Stars, Stan Kenton, the Dorsey Brothers, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and more. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985. Greg's debut Swing CD, The Phantom Dancer can also be heard at http://cdbaby.com/cd/poppleton. Cheers!

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The Phantom Dancer playlist for Tues May 30 (Mon evening May 29 in Nth America) is now up at http://www.gregpoppleton.com This week hear part of a 1943 broadcast by Abe Romain & his Orchestra from Sydney's Trocadero, and radio broadcasts by the Sydney's Wally Portingale as well as Charlie Parker, Artie Shaw, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald and more. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985. Greg's debut Swing CD, The Phantom Dancer can also be heard at http://cdbaby.com/cd/poppleton Cheers!

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On the Tuesday June 6 Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com, 12noon (0200 GMT), we hear part of a 1930 broadcast by Red Nichols & his Five Pennies, a 1945 broadcast by Duke Ellington of one of his extended works with Ivie Anderson's singing, and a 1930 Hit of the Week Cardboard Record featuring the Hit of the Week Orchestra and Hawaiian Guitar - plus loads of live swing and dance from 1930s, 40s & 50s radio. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985. Full playlist at http://www.gregpoppleton.com Greg's debut Swing CD, The Phantom Dancer can also be heard at http://cdbaby.com/cd/poppleton Enjoy!

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On this Tuesday's (June 13) 90 minutes of live swing, jazz and dance from 1920s -60s radio & TV you'll hear Django Reinhardt over AFN Paris in 1945, Frank sinatra singing with Tommy Dorsey in 1940, and Jack Teagarden with Paul Whiteman in 1936 and with his own Orchestra in 1940. See the full playlist and Greg's debut CD at http://www.gregpoppleton.com Enjoy!

The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney and 2ser.com Tuesdays 12 noon AEST 0200 GMT Monday evening June 12 in US & Canada

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This week's 90 minutes of swing dance and jazz on the Phantom Dancer kicks off with Billie Holiday singing over WNBT-TV New York in 1949. Nita Rosa sings in Spanish on a Xavier Cugat Show from Hollywood in 1944. We also hear some early Jimmie Lunceford from 1930, Miss Rhapsody, Louis Armstrong, Lester & Lee Young's Orchestra over KHJ Los Angeles in 1941 and a WNEW NY jam session from 1938 with Yank Lawson, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Chu Berry and more. Full playlist at http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you can also hear Greg's debut Phantom Dancer CD - now also up on the Hepcat Records site. Enjoy!

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On this week's Phantom Dancer, swing, dance & jazz from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV you'll hear multitrack guitar wizard Les Paul with Mary Ford from 1955. (Les Paul turned 91 this month and still has a regular Monday night gig in New York). Bing Crosby clowns as he sings with Loyce Whiteman with Gus Arnheim's Orchestra from Hollywood's Cocoanut Grove in 1931 You'll also hear Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Shore & Marion Mann singing live on the radio in the 1940s & 50s. Bertolt Brecht warbles Mack the Knife in 1930. And hear the all-woman International Sweethearts of Rhythm broadcasting in 1945. Full playlist at http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you can also hear Greg's debut Phantom Dancer CD. Enjoy!
You can tune into The Phantom dancer on 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney and http://2ser.com at 12 noon Tuesdays AEST which corresponds to 0200 Tuesdays GMT and Monday evenings in North America.

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On this week's Phantom Dancer - 90 minutes of swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s-1960s radio & TV - you'll hear some very early Louis Prima broadcasting from 1939, Miles Davis and John Coltrane over NBC in 1959, as well as Doris Day, Benny Goodman, Bud Powell, Stan Kenton and many more - all playing live on vintage wireless. See the full playlist at http://www.gregpoppleton.com . Enjoy!

Phantom Dancer Tues Jul 4 12 noon AEST 2 am GMT (Mon eve. July 3 in Nth America), 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com