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

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesdays 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sundays 6am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

Tues August 18 & Sun August 23 Highlights - Swing & Jazz from the 1920s - 60s from live radio & TV shows. Les Paul, musician and inventor of the solid body guitar and multitracking died last Thursday aged 94. He was still performing until last year. As a tribute, The Phantom Dancer brings you a complete 15 minute Les Paul Show from 1950 originally broadcast by the Mutual Network from Chicago. In this show you'll hear plenty of Les' guitar and multitracking. Les talks about his new 'Veriser' and his wife and performance collaborator Mary Ford sings, multitracked many times of course. Presented by Greg Poppleton

The Phantom Dancer is Australia's longest-running swing show. I've been presenting it for your enjoyment since 1985

See the FULL PLAYLIST on this MySpace page or click onto the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE this week's VIDEO OF THE WEEK - A Louise Brooks panorama to the song J'attendrai sung by Rina Ketty in Paris in 1938

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesdays 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sundays 6am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancers for ...
Tuesday
25 August & 1 September 2009
12 noon AEST

Sunday
30 August & 6 September 2009
6:30am AEST
AEST is +10 Hours GMT

...will be 'classic' Phantom Dancers from Jun 2006 & Apr 2009 respectively. I hope you'll enjoy these double whammies of 'history'

I'll be filming in the new Narnia movie and won't be in Sydney to present the shows live

The play list on this Bakelite Dance Band's MySpace page is for Aug 18 & 23 2009

If you're new to the show, below is an excellent example of the type of music you'll hear every week live-streamed or on your radio

The Phantom Dancer is Australia's longest-running swing show. I've been presenting it for your enjoyment since 1985

See the FULL PLAYLIST on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer's VIDEO OF THE WEEK - A Louise Brooks panorama to the song J'attendrai sung by Rina Ketty in Paris in 1938

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesdays 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sundays 6am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV shows every Tuesday & Sunday. There's lots of music in 15 minute mixes and very little jibber-jabber from, me, the presenter

The Phantom Dancer for ...
Tuesday 1 September 2009
12 noon AEST
&
Sunday 6 September 2009
6:30am AEST (AEST is +10 Hours GMT)

...will be a 'classic' Phantom Dancer from Jun 2006. I hope you'll enjoy this double whammy of 'history'

I'll be filming in the new Narnia movie and won't be in Sydney to present the shows live

The play list on this Bakelite Dance Band's MySpace page is for Aug 18 & 23 2009

If you're new to the show, then take a peek at the Aug 18 & 23 playlist. It's an excellent example of the type of music you'll hear every week live-streamed or on your radio

The Phantom Dancer is Australia's longest-running swing show. I've been presenting it for your enjoyment since 1985

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST by clicking onto the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer's VIDEO OF THE WEEK - and I'm going to blow my own trumpet this week, for once. It's a video a fan made of Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Dance Band playing one Sunday afternoon in a Sydney RSL. Enjoy!

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 8 Sep 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sunday 13 Sep 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV shows every Tuesday & Sunday...

This week's highlight is a rare radio transcription of a topical song from 1939 - 1940. With the mass evacuation of children across Europe and over the Atlantic at the beginning of World War 2, the songwriting team of Kramer, Zaret & Whitney wrote the poignant, minor hit (no pun intended) "My Sister & I". We hear it played by Chuck Foster's Orchestra with vocals by Jimmy Castle

The Phantom Dancer is Australia's longest-running swing show. I've been presenting it for your enjoyment since 1985

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer's VIDEO OF THE WEEK -

This week - Disney meets Soviet Agitprop in these Soviet propaganda cartoons from 1941. Enjoy!

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 15 Sep 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sunday 20 Sep 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV shows every Tuesday & Sunday...

This week's highlights include Lale Andersen singing to ANZACs from Berlin in the 1943 Reichrundfunk Berlin program 'Anzac Tattoo', a Guy Lombardo picture story from 1944, and Alice Smith singing a hip little swinger about Sydney in a commercial recording from 1942

The Phantom Dancer is Australia's longest-running swing show. I've been presenting it for your enjoyment since 1985

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer's VIDEO OF THE WEEK............

THIS WEEK'S VIDEO - Dame Vera Lynn has become the oldest living artist in the world to have a number one album. Her 'Very Best of Vera Lynn' album skyrocketted to No 1 in the UK Charts beating the digitised Beatles. See her live in concert during WWII singing to a crowd of RAF chappies. Enjoy!

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 22 Sep 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sunday 27 Sep 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV shows every Tuesday & Sunday...

This week's highlights include Jo Stafford singing for US Savings Bonds in 1949 on 'Guest Star', two songs by Duke Ellington from the Cotton Club in 1938, and Barbara James with George Trevare's Australians singing a hopeful song in 1943 in a commercial recording made in Sydney

The Phantom Dancer is Australia's longest-running swing show. I've been presenting it for your enjoyment since 1985

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer's VIDEO OF THE WEEK............

THIS WEEK'S VIDEO - Recording a show off the radio was a technological marvel in 1929. Hear the results of a live radio recording test made from WABC NY to the laboratories of Brunswick records, 11 May 1929 on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com . Enjoy!

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 29 Sep 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sunday 4 Oct 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV shows every Tuesday & Sunday...

This week's highlights include Benny Goodman broadcasting from Chicago's Congress Hotel in 1936, the Delta Rhythm Boys on 'Jubilee' in 1944 and Lester Young on the air from Birdland in 1956

The Phantom Dancer is Australia's longest-running swing show. I've been presenting it for your enjoyment since 1985

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer's VIDEO OF THE WEEK............

THIS WEEK'S VIDEO - 'Now You're Talking' is a mixed media cartoon about a 'sick' telephone made in 1927. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 13 Oct 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sunday 17 Oct 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV shows every Tuesday & Sunday...

RADIOTHON SHOW PART 1

This October marks 30 years of community broadcasting by 2SER-FM

And the Phantom Dancer celebrates with non-stop hits and memories from the 30s, 30s and 30s with 30s flashbacks & the Hot 1930s countdown

Your subscriptions keep 2SER & The Phantom Dancer on the air

Subscribe to 2SER now and be in the running for some great prizes as well as making sure that you can still hear your favourite live 1920s-60s swing & jazz every Tuesday & Sunday

There's double passes for subscribers to the Sydney Silent film festival Oct 15 - 25

The Phantom Dancer is Australia's longest-running swing show. I've been presenting it for your enjoyment since 1985

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer's VIDEO OF THE WEEK............

THIS WEEK'S VIDEO - a 1937 Benny Goodman medley introduced by Rudy Vallee with solos by Harry James, Lionel Hampton & Gene Krupa. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 20 Oct 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sunday 25 Oct 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV shows every Tuesday & Sunday...

RADIOTHON SHOW PART 2

This October marks 30 years of community broadcasting by 2SER-FM

And the Phantom Dancer celebrates with non-stop hits and memories from the 30s, 30s and 30s with 30s flashbacks & the Hot 1930s countdown

Your subscriptions keep 2SER & The Phantom Dancer on the air

Subscribe to 2SER now and be in the running for some great prizes as well as making sure that you can still hear your favourite live 1920s-60s swing & jazz every Tuesday & Sunday

There's double passes for subscribers to the Sydney Silent film festival Oct 24 - 25

The Phantom Dancer is Australia's longest-running swing show. I've been presenting it for your enjoyment since 1985

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer's VIDEO OF THE WEEK............

THIS WEEK'S VIDEO - Kay Kyser & his Band demonstrate the amazing SONOVOX from 1940. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 27 Oct 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +10 GMT)
Sunday 1 Nov Oct 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV shows every Tuesday & Sunday...

This week is a classic Phantom Dancer. I learnt classic as a word for repeat off commercial TV about 6 months ago.

It appealed to the cynic in me. It probably appealed to the cynic in lots of people, because I haven't heard them use it since. But then, I don't watch too much commercial TV - unless it's from the 50s and on YouTube

So hooray for the Phantom Dancer & its Video of the Week.

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST for last week's Phantom Dancer on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE this week's Phantom Dancer VIDEO OF THE WEEK............(which you can see on this post)

THIS WEEK'S VIDEO - Singin' in the Rain sung by Dorothy Collins in front of the Raymond Scott Quintette - Your Hit Parade NBC TV 1950s. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 2 Nov 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 7 Nov 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV shows every Tuesday & Sunday...

This Tuesday is Melbourne Cup Day - the day that all Australia stops for a horse race

To be in the spirit of things, The Phantom Dancer plays you a naughty private record made by legendary racecaller, 2UE's Ken Howard, for his friends in 1952

It's called the Pisspot's Plate. Get the drift?

Also lots of live swing, jazz & dance by Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsy and some 1929 radio transcriptions by The Dixie Two-Steppers

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer's VIDEO OF THE WEEK............

THIS WEEK'S VIDEO - Spike Jones - THE BLACKSMITH SONG (1942), a Spike Jones novelty tune, deals with World War II-era shortages, as a village blacksmith returns to prosperity, thanks to wartime tire rationing. (Note that the patriotic and ration-conscious "horse" accepts only one lump of sugar instead of two.) See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 17 Nov 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 22 Nov 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV shows every Tuesday & Sunday...

This week's highlights include lots of live swing, jazz & dance by Joe Sanders Nighthawks in 1937, Ralph Flanagan's Orchestra in 1950 and Miles Davis with John Coltrane & Cannonball Adderley broadcasting from Washington in 1959

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer's VIDEO OF THE WEEK............

THIS WEEK'S VIDEO - Subliminal Chevrolet Ad 1959
Dinah Shore & Pat Boone demonstrate subliminal advertising. The subliminal message has been altered a little to suit modern times. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 17 Nov 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 22 Nov 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV shows every Tuesday & Sunday...

This week's highlights includes a rare Ralph Flanagan aircheck excerpt from 1949 while Fred Allen asks the question in 1947, "Sweet or Swing?" Although not a common name now, Fred Allen was one of the great comedians of the 20th Century, whose work continues to influence comedy on TV and in stand-up. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer's VIDEO OF THE WEEK............

THIS WEEK'S VIDEO - Part 5 of Berlin-Symphony of a City (1927)
A beautiful expressionist silent. Part 5 focuses on Berlin nighlife. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 8 Dec 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 13 Dec 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV shows on your wireless and ear-o-phones.

Highlights for Tues Dec 8 repeated Sun 13 Dec: Some early electric guitar this week from Leonard Ware in 1939 and the Glen Gray Orchestra in 1943. Plus an excerpt from Tommy Dorsey's last ever broadcast in 1956 and a song from trumpeter Billie Rodgers. Tune in early to ensure disappointment! (Apologies to Lobby Lud). Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

At the last minute I've had to replace the Tues Dec 1 & Sun Dec 6 Phantom Dancer with a classic from the vaults as I was called in to do one last voice session for the latest Chronicles of Narnia film which Fox will be releasing 10 Dec 2010 (US) and 26 Dec 2010 (Aust)

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer's VIDEO OF THE WEEK............

THIS WEEK'S VIDEO - Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1964) sings Didn't it Rain on a BBC Gospel Train TV Show set in an actual train station!. The stage is one of the platforms. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!

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Phantom Dancer Radio Show

Tuesday 15 Dec 12 noon 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (Sydney is +11 GMT)
Sunday 20 Dec 6:30am 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney (repeat)

Live streamed over http://www.2ser.com/stream

The Phantom Dancer plays swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV shows on your wireless and ear-o-phones.

Highlights for Tues Dec 15 repeated Sun 20 Dec include live swing from Bobby Sherwood in 1945, Buddy Morrow from 1946 & songs by Helen Ward in 1936 and Martha Tilton in 1949. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

You can see the FULL PLAYLIST on the radio page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com where you'll ALSO SEE the Phantom Dancer's VIDEO OF THE WEEK............

THIS WEEK'S VIDEO - How to Hold a Party. A 1950 instructional film by Coronet films. See it on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com. Enjoy!