Bob Crosby and Machito – 12 April 2022

Greg Poppleton's Phantom Dancer swing jazz radio show

Bob Crosby is this week’s Phantom Dancer feature artist, in broadcasts from 1937 – 41. You’ll also hear live 1950 radio featuring Afro-Cuban jazz by Machito. See the play list below.

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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BOB CROSBY

Bob Crosby is an unusual figure in the history of show business. While he had a brother, Bing, who was one of the biggest names in the business, (the first multimedia star, leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1930 to 1954), Bob was both similar enough and different enough not to be overshadowed. They could even work together sharing the same self-effacing and laid-back wit.

Hear how Bob and Bing’s voices and personalities blend in this 1950 aircheck of ‘Let’s Do It Again’…

12 APRIL PLAY LIST

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney LISTEN ONLINECommunity Radio Network Show CRN #540
107.3 2SER Tuesday 12 April 2022 12:04 – 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) and Saturdays 5 – 5:55pm National Program 5GTR Mt Gambier Monday 2:30 – 3:30am 3MBR Murrayville Monday 3 – 4am 4NAG Keppel FM Monday 3 – 4am 2MIA Griffith Monday 3 – 4am 2BAR Edge FM Bega Monday 3 – 4am 2BRW Braidwood Monday 3 – 4am 2YYY Young Monday 3 – 4am 3VKV Alpine Radio Monday 6 – 7pm 7MID Oatlands Monday 6 -7pm 6GME Radio Goolarri Broome Tuesday 12am – 1am 2SEA Eden Tuesday 6 – 7pm 2MCE Bathurst Wednesday 9 – 10am 1ART ArtsoundFM Canberra Friday 10 – 11am 2ARM Armidale Friday 12 – 1pm 5LCM Lofty FM Adelaide Friday 1 – 2pm Denmark FM (West Australia) Saturdays 10 – 11am Repeat: Wednesdays 10 – 11pm 7LTN Launceston Sunday 5 – 6am 3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 – 6am 3BBR West Gippsland Sunday 5 – 6pm
Set 1	Anson Weeks 1932 Radio
Theme + Let’s Fly Away	Anson Weeks Orchestra (voc) Bill Moreling	Radio Transcription San Francisco 1932
Medley	Anson Weeks Orchestra	Radio Transcription San Francisco 1932
Who’s Your Little Who Zis?	Anson Weeks Orchestra (voc) Bill Moreling	Radio Transcription San Francisco 1932
Set 2	Duke Ellington 1952 Radio
Theme + Bensonality	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Blue Note WMAQ NBC Chicago 30 Jul 1952
All of Me + Bakiff	Duke Ellington Orchestra (voc) Bette Roche	Blue Note WMAQ NBC Chicago 30 Jul 1952
Set 3	Early Cab Calloway Records
Jitterbug	Cab Calloway Orchestra (voc) CC	Comm Rec NYC 22 Jan 1934
Lady With a Fan	Cab Calloway Orchestra (voc) CC	Comm Rec NYC 1933
Doin’ The Rhumba	Cab Calloway Orchestra (voc) CC	Comm Rec NYC 3 Mar 1931
Set 4	Bob Crosby
Theme + Boogie Woogie Maxixe	Bob Crosby Orchestra	Blackhawk WGN Mutual Chicago 29 Apr 1940
Theme + In A Minor Mood + Dogtown Blues	Bob Crosby Orchestra	Swing Concert Congress Hotel WMAQ NBC red Chicago 18 May 1937
It’s You, You, Darling	Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) Marian Mann	Terrace Room Hotel New Yorker WOR Mutual NY 25 Mar 1940
Smokey Mary + Close	Bob Crosby Orchestra	Aircheck 23 May 1942
Set 5	African Rhythms
Field Recordings	Various	‘Biography in Rhythm’ WRCA NBC NY Jun 1955
Afro-Cuban Suite	Machito and his Afro-Cuban Band	‘Biography in Rhythm’ WRCA NBC NY Jun 1955
Set 6	Machito
Theme + Carambola	Machito and his Afro-Cuban Band (voc) Machito & Graziella	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Birdland WJZ ABC NY 1951
Cao Cao	Machito and his Afro-Cuban Band (voc) Graziella	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Birdland WJZ ABC NY 1951
Tanga	Machito and his Afro-Cuban Band with Zoot Sims	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Birdland WJZ ABC NY 1951
Set 7	Leonid Utesov
Komsommol	Leonid Utesov and the RSFSR Orchestra	Melodia Records Moscow 1942
Mishka Odesset	Leonid Utesov and the RSFSR Orchestra	Melodia Records Moscow 1942
Baron von der Pshek	Leonid Utesov and the RSFSR Orchestra	Melodia Records Moscow 1943
Aosha	Leonid Utesov and daughter and the RSFSR Orchestra	Melodia Records Moscow 1943
Set 8	1940s Bop Radio
Low Ceiling	Beryl Booker	‘Jazz Club USA’ Voice of America 1951
I Wished on the Moon	Beryl Booker	‘Jazz Club USA’ Voice of America 1951
Mischevious Lady + The Moors	Melba Liston	‘Jazz Club USA’ Voice of America 1951
I’ve Got The World on a String + Close	Hazel Scott	‘Jazz Club USA’ Voice of America 1951

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	12:04 pm - 2:00 pm
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