11 March 2025
(Until 11 March)Billy Bartholomew English-German 1920s-30s Dance Band – Phantom Dancer
Greg Poppleton Swing Radio Show
Billy Bartolomew, was a British jazz alto saxophonist and dance band leader in England and Germany in the 1920s -30s. He’s your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week.
The Phantom Dancer is your weekly non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV every week.
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WILLIAM ANDREW ‘BILLY’ BAROLOMEW
Bartholomew was London born and played in dance bands in England, Scotland, and France.
In 1924, he moved to Germany, playing in the orchestras of Eric Borchard and Julian Fuhs .
He founded his Eden Five in 1927 which soon grew to his big band.
During 1928 his orchestra became very popular at the Delphi Palace in Berlin during which time he recorded as The Delphians, including recordings in English sung by Al Bowlly.
This orchestra continued until 1938, recording for the Odeon and Kristall labels.
Though the orchestra had many strong soloists, it rarely played jazz.
During the Nazi era he had to play down his Englishness, advertising that he only employed German soloists.
Despite this, his bookings dropped. He returned to England at the end of 1938, performing as a musical clown and entertainer although some of his German recordings were released in 1939.
11 March PLAY LIST
Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney LISTEN ONLINE Community Radio Network Show CRN #701 | ||
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Set 1 | Mildred Bailey | |
Open + It Had to Be You | Mildred Bailey (voc) Paul Baron Orchestra | ‘Music Till Midnight’ AFRS Re-broadcast 1 May 1945 |
Summertime | Charlie Shavers (tp) Paul Baron Orchestra | ‘Music Till Midnight’ AFRS Re-broadcast 1 May 1945 |
Sleighride in July + Swing Low Sweet Chariot | Mildred Bailey (voc) Paul Baron Orchestra | ‘Music Till Midnight’ AFRS Re-broadcast 1 May 1945 |
The Sheik of Araby | The Hot Half Dozen | ‘Music Till Midnight’ AFRS Re-broadcast 1 May 1945 |
Set 2 | Sammy Kaye | |
Theme + It’s Gotta Be This or That | Sammy Kaye Orchestra | ‘Sammy Kaye’s Serenade Room’ AFRS Hollywood 1950 |
No Stone Unturned | Sammy Kaye Orchestra (voc) Jeffery Clay and The Four Kaydettes | ‘Sammy Kaye’s Serenade Room’ AFRS Hollywood 1950 |
You | Sammy Kaye Orchestra (voc) Jeffery Clay | ‘Sammy Kaye’s Serenade Room’ AFRS Hollywood 1950 |
Swing and Sway (theme) | Sammy Kaye Orchestra | ‘Sammy Kaye’s Serenade Room’ AFRS Hollywood 1950 |
Set 3 | Billy Bartolomew | |
Huggable, Kissable You | Billy Batholomew mit seinem Tanzorchester (voc in English) | Comm Rec Berlin Sep 1929 |
Komm Zurueck | Billy Batholomew mit seinem Tanzorchester | Comm Rec Berlin Sep 1938 |
Wellenreiter | Billy Batholomew mit seinem Tanzorchester | Comm Rec Berlin 28 Feb 1939 |
Kairo | Billy Batholomew mit seinem Tanzorchester (voc) Die Metropol Vokalisten | Comm Rec Berlin 1939 |
Set 4 | Tommy Tucker | |
I Love You (theme) + Perdido | Tommy Tucker Orchestra | ‘Spotlight Bands’ AFRS Re-broadcast 26 Apr 1945 |
Brother Bill | Tommy Tucker Orchestra (voc) Curwin Sommerville | ‘Spotlight Bands’ AFRS Re-broadcast 26 Apr 1945 |
Some Day, Somewhere | Tommy Tucker Orchestra (voc) The Three Two-Timers | ‘Spotlight Bands’ AFRS Re-broadcast 26 Apr 1945 |
My Heart Sings | Tommy Tucker Orchestra (voc) Don Brown and The Three Two-Timers | ‘Spotlight Bands’ AFRS Re-broadcast 26 Apr 1945 |
Boarding House Jump + Close | Tommy Tucker Orchestra (voc) The Three Two-Timers | ‘Spotlight Bands’ AFRS Re-broadcast 26 Apr 1945 |
Set 5 | Music for Romance | |
Romance (theme) + We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye | Ray Herbeck and his Music with Romance Orchestra (voc) Lorraine Benson | Trianon Ballroom Chicago Mutual Network 24 Nov 1947 |
Theme + This is the Moment | Eddie Duchin Orchestra | ‘Eddie Duchin Show’ Radio Transcription 1949 |
Kate | Ray Herbeck and his Music with Romance Orchestra (voc) Hal Munbar and Band | Trianon Ballroom Chicago Mutual Network 24 Nov 1947 |
Buttons and Bows | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Frank Sinatra Connie Haines and The Pied Pipers | ‘Eddie Duchin Show’ Radio Transcription 1949 |
Set 6 | Kid Ory | |
Theme + Ballin’ the Jack | Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band | Club Hangover KCBS San Francisco 10 Oct 1954 |
St James Infirmary | Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band | Club Hangover KCBS San Francisco 10 Oct 1954 |
Indiana | Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band | Club Hangover KCBS San Francisco 10 Oct 1954 |
Set 7 | Woody Herman | |
1-2-3-4 Jump | Woody Herman Orchestra | WABC CBS NYC 1944 |
Back Talk | Woody Herman Orchestra | ‘Wild Root Show’ ABC 8 Feb 1946 |
Apple Honey | Woody Herman Orchestra | WABC CBS NYC 1944 |
Blowin’ Up a Storm | Woody Herman Orchestra | Casino Gardens Ocean Park Ca KECA ABC LA 228 Aug 1946 |
Set 8 | Bop Influence | |
| Theme + The Five O’Clock Jump | Eliot Lawrence Orchsetra | Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 2 Dec 1947 |
| Lemon Drop | Chubby Jackson Orchestra | ‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NYC 5 Mar 1949 |
| Baby Boogie | Eliot Lawrence Orchsetra | Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 5 Dec 1947 |
