Every Tuesday
12 noon (0100 GMT) 2SER 107.3 Sydney & 2ser.com
90 minutes of Swing Jazz & Dance from live 1920s-60s radio & TV

Todays Highlights:
- Dance band singer Doris Day in broadcasts from 1939 & 1945
- The first Dorsey Bros Orchestra playing for Chrysler in 1934
- Paul Whiteman's Concert Orchestra play Deep Purple over WJZ NY in 1936

Full playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

The six year old jazz piano prodigy, Sugar Chile Robinson appears with 8 year old drummer Joey Preston & Lionel Hampton's Orchestra on the Phantom Dancer, this Tuesday, Feb 5 - in a Jubilee Show from Hollywood in 1946.
Plus 90 minutes of jazz, dance & swing from live 1920s-60s radio & TV including a rare aircheck of Abe Romain's Orchestra from Sydney's Trocadero around 1943
Tune into The Phantom Dancer, 107.3 2SER-FM & 2ser.com, Tuesday 5 Feb 2008 12 noon (0100) GMT. On air since 1985. Presented by Greg Poppleton

Full playlist at http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Cheers
Greg

Phantom Dancer Radio Show
Swing, Jazz & Dance from live 1920s-60s radio & TV
12 noon EST (0100) GMT Tuesdays
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com

This Tuesday's Highlights...
- Bon Bon helps launch the new NBC studios of KYW Philadelphia in 1937 by singing in front of Jan Savitt & his Top Hatters
- Duke Ellington plays solo piano for Nat King Cole in 1947 from Cincinnati and plays with his band from Birdland over NBC in 1952
- Music Hall days are relived with a 1945 record by Dan Agar in Sydney singing I'm Henry the Eight, I Am
See the full playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com
And if you like music from 1920s -60s radio - checkout my online store on the Swing CDs, Books & DVDs page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Enjoy
Greg

Phantom Dancer Highlights, Tuesday 4 Mar 2008 12 noon - 1:30pm, 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com

Australia's longest-running Swing Show. On-air since 1985 and 2007 CBAA Best Music Show Award winner. Swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s - 60s radio & TV. This week's highlight is a 15 minute mix of unusual instruments in broadcast popular music. We hear a Hammond B3 from WJSV Washington in 1939, a Steinway grand (not so unusual) for a cheese company in 1948, celeste and harpsichord on a swing record from Berlin in 1941, and moody oboe, bell and theremin to close an episode of Suspence from 1946. Presented by Greg Poppleton. Enjoy!

See the full playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Phantom Dancer Highlights, Tuesday 18 Mar 2008 12 noon - 1:30pm, 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com

Three first time radio performances of songs feature this week:
- Good Ship Lollipop (Fleishmann Yeast Hour, Dec 1934)
- Let’s Have Another One (Chesterfield Show, Feb 1940)
- Just Close Your Eyes (One Night Stand - Aug 1944)

See the full playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Highlights
Phantom Dancer Radio Show
1920s - 60s Swing, Jazz & Dance from live radio & TV
Tuesday 25 March 2008
12 noon (0100 GMT)
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com

This week we check out the sounds of breakfast radio in 1939, Gus Arnheim plays for us from the Rendevous of Hollywood Stars in 1931 and Glenn Miller plays to German soldiers from the Abbey Road Studios, London in 1944. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985. Enjoy.
Full playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Highlights
Phantom Dancer Radio Show Tues 1 Apr 2008
1920s - 60s Swing, Jazz & Dance from live radio & TV
12 noon (0200 GMT)
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com

This week Fats Waller & Andy Razaf wax and sing about New York in a 1938 CBS radio show. We also hear from the piano and orchestra of Claude Thirnhill broadcasting from Steel Pier, Atlantic City in 1956. Maxine Sullivan sings her famous version of Mollie Malone in front of Jimmie Lunceford’s Orchestra over a Jubilee broadcast from Hollywood in 1945
Old swing radio shows for sale at http://www.gregpoppleton.com
Full playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Highlights
Phantom Dancer Radio Show Tues 8 Apr 2008
1920s - 60s Swing, Jazz & Dance from live radio & TV
12 noon (0100 GMT)
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com

This week Raymond Scott’s Quintet plays Boy Scout in Switzerland over a Music Depreciation revue in 1940. Also you’ll hear live broadcasts by singers Lena Horne, Jackie Cain, Kay Perry, Gertrude Nielsen, Patti Page and Lassie the Wonder Dog!

Full playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Highlights
Phantom Dancer Radio Show Tues 15 Apr 2008
1920s - 60s Swing, Jazz & Dance from live radio & TV
12 noon (0100 GMT)
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney & 2ser.com

This week Red Nichols Calls the Freaks on a 1930 heat program. Russ Morgan plays the Wabash Blues from the Hotel Claremont SF. Benny Goodman Sing Sing Sings in a Camel Carvan from New York in 1939

Full playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Highlights
Phantom Dancer
Tues 22 April
12 noon (0100 GMT)
Live stream http://www.2ser.com

Swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s-60s radio. This week we hear live broadcasts by Barry Ulanov's All-Star Modern Jazz Musicians featuring Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie from 1947, Martha Tilton with Benny Goodman in 1939, Lester Young, Woody Herman, Erroll Garner and more from Hoffnung. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

See full playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Highlights
Phantom Dancer
Tues 29 April
12 noon (0200 GMT)
Live stream http://www.2ser.com

Swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s-60s radio. This week we hear live broadcasts by Dizzy Gillespie from Stockholm in 1948, Woody Herman from Omaha in 1954, Martha Tilton singing Pop Corn Man from the Madhattan Room in 1937 and more from Hoffnung. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

See full playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Highlights
Phantom Dancer
Tues 6 May
12 noon (0200 GMT)
Live stream http://www.2ser.com

Swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s-60s radio. This week we hear live broadcasts by Coleman Hawkins from the Savoy in Harlem in 1940 , Benny Goodman from the Madhattan Room in 1937, Count Basie backing The Platters in 1956 & Glenn Miller Sunset Serenading in 1941. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

See full playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Highlights
Phantom Dancer
Tues 20 May
12 noon (0200 GMT)
Live stream http://www.2ser.com

Swing, jazz & dance from live 1920s-60s radio. This week we hear live broadcasts by Anita O'Day & Dorothy Lamour. Frank Sinatra sings his first hit record in 1939 and Die Goldene Sieben sings what Capriolen means in their 1937 hit song from Berlin in 1937. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

See full playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Phantom Dancer Highlights
Tuesday 27 May 2008
2SER-FM Sydney and http://www.2ser.com
12 noon (0200 GMT)

CBAA Best Music Show 2007. Swing, jazz and dance form live 1920s-60s radio & TV. This week you'll hear pianist Harry 'the Hipster' Gibson play Bix Beidebecke's famous piano pieces In a Mist and Candlelight over a WJZ NY Eddie Condon Jazz Concert in 1944. Ruth Etting entertains us for Oldmobile over WABC NY in 1934. The Andrew Sisters sing their iconic Rum & Coca Cola over AFRS Hollywood in 1945 introduced by Bob Hope. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985. Enjoy!

You can see the full play list on the radio show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Phantom Dancer Highlights
Tuesday 3 June 2008
2SER-FM Sydney and http://www.2ser.com
12 noon (0200 GMT)

Phantom Dancer Tuesday 3 June 12 noon - 1:30pm
A listener who grew up with Merrie Melodies cartoons in the 1970s sets the highlights for this week's Phantom Dancer. He's asked for the Merrie Melodies' theme tune "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down' and any other cartoon music. So today's Phantom Dancer will open with a bracket of cartoon songs from live 1930s radio broadcasts and radio transcriptions, including 'The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down' , 'I Like to Sing-a', 'The Old Man of the Mountain' (Betty Boop) and 'Powerhouse' (Bugs Bunny, Ren & Stimpy and many more). Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985. CBAA Best Music Show 2007. Enjoy!
You can see the full play list on the radio show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

The Phantom Dancer
Tuesday 17 June, 12 noon (0200 GMT)
2SER-FM 107.3 Sydney and 2ser.com live stream

CBAA Best Music Show 2007. This week we take a short musical journey to Seattle in a 1939 Carnation Contented Hour over NBC, We visit the world famous Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles in 1934 to hear Ted Fio Rito's Orchestra with singers Jack Howard and his 2 Sisters. And Bob Hope introduces the Andrew Sisters and Anita O'Day back to back in a Command Performance USA program from Hollywood in 1945. Presented by Greg Poppleton soince 1985. Enjoy!

See the playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Enjoy

Greg

The Phantom Dancer
Tuesday 24 June, 12 noon (0200 GMT)
2SER-FM 107.3 Sydney and 2ser.com live stream

A cowboy song from 1930s Prague, Duke Ellington live from the Cotton Club, Benny Goodman live from the Congress Hotel and lots, lots more on today's Phantom Dancer in just one hour!! Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985. Enjoy!

See the playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Enjoy

Greg

The Phantom Dancer
Tuesday 1 July, 12 noon (0200 GMT)
repeated
Sunday 6 July, 6:30am (2030 GMT Saturday)
2SER-FM 107.3 Sydney and 2ser.com live stream

The Phantom Dancer is now repeated on Sunday (or Saturday if you live in Europe and the Americas!)

This week we tune into live radio broadcasts by Ruth Etting, Sarah Vaughan, Xavier Cugat and Tommy Dorsey's last ever!

See the playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Enjoy

Greg

The Phantom Dancer
Tuesday 8 July, 12 noon (0200 GMT)
repeated
Sunday 13 July, 6:30am (2030 GMT Saturday)
2SER-FM 107.3 Sydney and 2ser.com live stream

The Phantom Dancer is now repeated on Sunday (or Saturday if you live in Europe and the Americas!)

This week you'll hear swing from Norway in 1941 and tune into live radio broadcasts by Timmie Rogers, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Jay McShann & Fats Waller!

See the playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Enjoy

Greg

The Phantom Dancer
Tuesday 15 July, 12 noon (0200 GMT)
repeat
Sunday 20 July, 6:30am (2030 GMT Saturday)
2SER-FM 107.3 Sydney and 2ser.com live stream

The Phantom Dancer is now repeated on Sunday (or Saturday if you live in Europe and the Americas!)

This week you'll hear Phil Harris broadcasting a tale of musician's woe from the Coconut Grove, Los Angeles in 1932, Ella sings with her band from the Savoy on Harlem in 1940, Vincent Lopez conducts from New York's Hotel Taft in 1959 and it's the last Hoffnung interview from the 1950s

See the playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Enjoy

Greg

The Phantom Dancer
Tuesday 15 July, 12 noon (0200 GMT)
repeat
Sunday 20 July, 6:30am (2030 GMT Saturday)
2SER-FM 107.3 Sydney and 2ser.com live stream

The Phantom Dancer is now repeated on Sunday (or Saturday if you live in Europe and the Americas!)

This week you'll hear Phil Harris broadcasting a tale of musician's woe from the Coconut Grove, Los Angeles in 1932, Ella sings with her band from the Savoy on Harlem in 1940, Vincent Lopez conducts from New York's Hotel Taft in 1959 and it's the last Hoffnung interview from the 1950s

See the playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Enjoy

Greg

The Phantom Dancer
Tuesday 22 July, 12 noon (0200 GMT)
repeat
Sunday 27 July, 6:30am (2030 GMT Saturday)
2SER-FM 107.3 Sydney and 2ser.com live stream

The Phantom Dancer is now repeated on Sunday (or Saturday if you live in Europe and the Americas!)

Your twice weekly fix of Swing, Jazz & Dance from live 1920s - 1960s radio & TV. This week we hear Helen Ward singing with the King of Swing, Benny Goodman from the Congress Hotel Chicago over NBC in 1936; Sammy Kaye and his Swing & Sway Band broadcasting from the Hotel Astor Roof, New York over CBS in 1951; and Frank Sinatra croons to us from 1944 over an AFRS Mail Call program. CBAA Best Music Show 2007. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

See the playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Enjoy

Greg

The Phantom Dancer
Tuesday 29 July, 12 noon (0200 GMT)
repeat
Sunday 3 August, 6:30am (2030 GMT Saturday)
2SER-FM 107.3 Sydney and 2ser.com live stream

Your twice weekly fix of Swing, Jazz & Dance from live 1920s - 1960s radio & TV. This week we hear Paul Whiteman playing a Frankie Trambauer original and introducing Ray Noble over WJZ NY in 1936. Helen Forrest sings for Savings Bonds in 1949 and Fud Candrix swings from Belgium. CBAA Best Music Show 2007. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

See the playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Enjoy

Greg

The Phantom Dancer
Tuesday 5 August, 12 noon (0200 GMT)
repeat
Sunday 10 August, 6:30am (2030 GMT Saturday)
2SER-FM 107.3 Sydney and 2ser.com live stream

Your twice weekly fix of Swing, Jazz & Dance from live 1920s - 1960s radio & TV. This week we kick off with 1924 Australian Jazz by the 2FC Broadcasting Orchestra. Christine Chatman, Meade Lux Lewis and others play some on-air boogie woogie. Louis Armstrong & Benny Berrigan blow their horns over the radioCBAA Best Music Show 2007. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

See the playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Enjoy

Greg

The Phantom Dancer
Tuesday 12August, 12 noon (0200 GMT)
repeat
Sunday 17 August, 6:30am (2030 GMT Saturday)
2SER-FM 107.3 Sydney and 2ser.com live stream

Your twice weekly fix of Swing, Jazz & Dance from live 1920s - 1960s radio & TV. This week we kick off with 1936 Australian Jazz by Jim Davidson & his ABC Dance Orchestra. Bing Crosby sings for Woodbury Soap in 1934, Helen Forrest sings for AFRS in 1944 and June Christy sings for Timex in 1957. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985

See the playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Enjoy

Greg

The Phantom Dancer
Tuesday 26August, 12 noon (0200 GMT)
repeat
Sunday 31 August, 6:30am (2030 GMT Saturday)
2SER-FM 107.3 Sydney and 2ser.com live stream

Your weekly dose of swing, jazz and dancefrom vintage radio & TV. Today you'll hear live broadcasts byBillie Holliday, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman plusLawrie Brooks singing on Sydney radio in 1944. Who's Lawrie Brooks?He's the father of Australian Pulitzer Prize winning author &journalist Geraldine Brooks. . Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985.Enjoy!

See the playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Enjoy

Greg

The Phantom Dancer
Tuesday 2 September, 12 noon (0200 GMT)
repeat
Sunday 7 September, 6:30am (2030 GMT Saturday)
2SER-FM 107.3 Sydney and 2ser.com live stream

Your weekly dose of swing, jazz and dance from vintage radio & TV. Today you'll hear live broadcasts by Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, the Andrew Sisters & Duke Ellington. Presented by Greg Poppleton since 1985. Enjoy!

See the playlist on the Radio Show page of http://www.gregpoppleton.com

Enjoy

Greg