20 June 2023
(Until 20 June)Hans Rehmstedt 1940-42 German Swing – Phantom Dancer
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Hans Rehmstedt was a 1930s-40s German swing band leader and violinist. He is this week’s Phantom Dancer feature artist. He recorded some moody atmospheric sides in the late 30s – early 40s, some of which you’ll hear on this week’s Phantom Dancer
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Rehmstedt studied violin at the Berlin Academy of Music in the early 1930s.
After graduating he played in Berlin dance orchestras.
He formed his own dance orchestra, which played at Café Uhlandeck.
By 1938 his orchestra had grown to eleven musicians and became the house band of the Berlin Eden Hotel.
In 1940 Rehmstedt founded a smaller formation ( Hans Rehmstedt and his soloists ), but continued to make studio recordings with a big band.
Rehmstedt’s recordings were released under the Electrola and Columbia record labels.
His singers included Rudi Dreyer, Henriette Schäffler, Peter Igelhoff, Rudi Schuricke and Horst Winter.
His most famous recording was made in 1938 “The Lambeth Walk”.
After 1945, Rehmstedt was orchestra conductor at Radio Bremen. He was killed in a car accident in Hanover in the mid-1950s.
20 June PLAY LIST
Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney LISTEN ONLINECommunity Radio Network Show CRN #603 | ||
107.3 2SER Tuesday 20 June 2023 | ||
Set 1 | Vincent Lopez | |
Doll Dance + Old Piano Roll Rock | Vincent Lopez Orchestra (voc) Johnny Messner | ‘One Night Stand’ Grill Room Hotel Taft NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 1959 |
Afternoon of a Faun for Dance | Vincent Lopez Orchestra | ‘One Night Stand’ Grill Room Hotel Taft NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 1959 |
The World Stands Still | Vincent Lopez Orchestra (voc) Texas Teddy Norman | ‘One Night Stand’ Grill Room Hotel Taft NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 1959 |
| Cha-Cha + Bugle Call Rag | Vincent Lopez Orchestra | ‘One Night Stand’ Grill Room Hotel Taft NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 1959 |
Set 2 | Harry James | |
Charmaine | Harry James and the Musicmakers | Aircheck 1943-46 |
My Old Flame | Harry James and the Musicmakers (voc) Helen Ward | Aircheck 1943-46 |
Blue Turning Gray Over You | Harry James and the Musicmakers | Aircheck 1943-46 |
The G flat Special | Harry James and the Musicmakers | Aircheck 1943-46 |
Set 3 | Hit of the Week Ads | |
Upside Down in Love + The Mark Time Switch | Brown Bilt Shoes + Mark Time | Hit of the Week Cardboard Records NYC 1931 |
Dancing on the Ceiling + Of Thee I Sing | Rudy Vallee Orchestra directed by Richard Himber | Hit of the Week Cardboard Records NYC 1931 |
I Love a Parade + Goodbye Blues | Deveaux Brush Co. + The Mills Brothers | Hit of the Week Cardboard Records NYC 1932 |
Happy Days Are Here Again + For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow | Chevrolet + Len-o-Dor Refrigerators | Hit of the Week Cardboard Records NYC 1932 |
Set 4 | Hans Rehmstedt | |
Amazonas + Pampas | Hans Rehmstedt Orchestra | Comm Rec Berlin Apr 1941 |
Ich liebe die Sonne, Mond und Sterne | Hans Rehmstedt Orchestra (voc) Henrietta Schäffler | Comm Rec Berlin Oct 1940 |
Sand | Hans Rehmstedt Eden-Bar Solisten | Comm Rec Berlin Jul 1941 |
Atlantis + Sahara | Hans Rehmstedt Orchestra | Comm Rec Berlin Nov 1940 |
Set 5 | Uptempo 1940s Swing | |
Contrasts (theme) + Just You Just Me | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WJZ NBC Blue NYC 8 Feb 1943 |
Slide, Hamp, Slide | Lionel Hampton Orchestra | ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 3 Dec 1945 |
Ee-Ba-Ba-Lee-Ba | Charlie Barmet Orchestra (voc) Art Robey | Aircheck 400 Restaurant NYC 4 Apr 1946 |
Cottontail | Duke Ellington Orchestra | ‘A Date with the Duke’ Evansville IN ABC 16 Jun 1945 |
Set 6 | Bob Crosby | |
Get on Board and Ride | Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) Johnny Mercer | ‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NYC 27 Jun 1939 |
Oh, You Crazy Moon | Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) Helen Ward | ‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NYC 11 Jun 1939 |
Memphis Blues | Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) Kay Starr | ‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NYC 27 Jun 1939 |
Who’s Sorry Now | Bob Crosby Bobcats | ‘Camel Caravan’ WABC CBS NYC 11 Jun 1939 |
Set 7 | Glenn Miller | |
In the Mood | Glenn Miller and the Band of the AAF training Command | ‘Uncle Sam Presents’ Radio Transctiption NYC Feb 1944 |
Holiday for Strings | Glenn Miller and the Band of the AAF training Command | ‘Uncle Sam Presents’ Radio Transctiption NYC Feb 1944 |
String of Pearls | Glenn Miller and the Band of the AAF training Command | ‘Uncle Sam Presents’ Radio Transctiption NYC Feb 1944 |
Don’t Be That Way | Glenn Miller and the Band of the AAF training Command | ‘Uncle Sam Presents’ Radio Transctiption NYC Feb 1944 |
Set 8 | Modern Jazz | |
| Two Handed Blues | Erroll Garner | Storeyville WHDH Boston Dec 1953 |
| Imagination | Slim Gaillard (voc) SG | ‘Symphony Sid Show’ Birdland WJZ ABC NYC 24 Feb 1951 |
| It’s Alright With Ne | Erroll Garner | ‘Mitch Miller TV Show’ May 1956 |
