30 April 2024
(Until 30 April)Happy 45 Years 2SER Radio – Phantom Dancer
Greg Poppleton Phantom Dancer 2SER
2SER radio, Sydney Educational Radio, celebrates 45 years of continuous, quality broadcasting this year. The Phantom Dancer has been on 2SER for thirty-nine of those years. Jazz birthdays live on 1950s radio for Duke Ellington and Sarah Vaughan feature on this week’s Phantom Dancer.
The Phantom Dancer is your weekly non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV every week.
LISTEN to this week’s Phantom Dancer mix (online after 2pm AEST, Tuesday 30 April) and weeks of Phantom Dancer mixes online at, at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/
30 April PLAY LIST
107.3 2SER Tuesday 30 April 2024 | ||
Set 1 | Claude Thornhill | |
Snowfall (theme) + Where or When | Claude Thornhill Orchestra | ‘One Night Stand’ Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 23 Jun 1947 |
I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder | Claude Thornhill Orchestra (voc) Gene Williams | ‘One Night Stand’ Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 23 Jun 1947 |
| Sunday Kind of Love | Claude Thornhill Orchestra (voc) Fran Warren | ‘One Night Stand’ Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 23 Jun 1947 |
| Jack, Jack, Jack | Claude Thornhill Orchestra (voc) Fran Warren and Band | ‘One Night Stand’ Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 23 Jun 1947 |
Set 2 | Orrin Tucker | |
Because of You | Orrin Tucker Orchestra (voc) Orrin Tucker | Trocadero Elitch’s Gardens Mutual Denver Jun 1951 |
Be My Love | Orrin Tucker Orchestra (voc) George Gould | Trocadero Elitch’s Gardens Mutual Denver Jun 1951 |
The Hot Canary | Orrin Tucker Orchestra | Trocadero Elitch’s Gardens Mutual Denver Jun 1951 |
On the Chesapeake and Ohio + Goodnight, My Love (theme) | Orrin Tucker Orchestra (voc) Scottie Marsh and the The Bodyguards | Trocadero Elitch’s Gardens Mutual Denver Jun 1951 |
Set 3 | Birthday Greetings | |
I Cried for You | Sarah Vaughan | ‘Stars in Jazz’ Birdland WNBC NBC NYC 26 Mar 1953 |
Happy Birthday Sarah | Announcer and Audience | ‘Stars in Jazz’ Birdland WNBC NBC NYC 26 Mar 1953 |
Body and Soul + Close | Sarah Vaughan | ‘Stars in Jazz’ Birdland WNBC NBC NYC 26 Mar 1953 |
Happy Anniversary Tribute | Leonard Feather | ‘Stars in Jazz’ Birdland WNBC NBC NYC 20 Nov 1952 |
Pretty and the Wolf | Duke Ellington Trio (voc) Duke Ellington | ‘Stars in Jazz’ Birdland WNBC NBC NYC 20 Nov 1952 |
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be + Close | Duke Ellington Orchestra | ‘Stars in Jazz’ Birdland WNBC NBC NYC 20 Nov 1952 |
Set 4 | Carl Ravazzza | |
Embraceable You | Carl Ravazza Orchestra (voc) Carl Ravazza | ‘One Night Stand’ Blackhawk Restaurant Chicago AFRS Re-broadcast 6 Aug 1944 |
By the Light of the Silvery Moon | Carl Ravazza Orchestra | ‘One Night Stand’ Blackhawk Restaurant Chicago AFRS Re-broadcast 6 Aug 1944 |
Swinging on a Star | Carl Ravazza Orchestra (voc) Carl Ravazza and Trio | ‘One Night Stand’ Blackhawk Restaurant Chicago AFRS Re-broadcast 6 Aug 1944 |
Don’t Take Your Love From Me + Beautiful Love | Carl Ravazza Orchestra | ‘One Night Stand’ Blackhawk Restaurant Chicago AFRS Re-broadcast 6 Aug 1944 |
Vieni Su (theme) | Carl Ravazza Orchestra (voc) Carl Ravazza | ‘One Night Stand’ Blackhawk Restaurant Chicago AFRS Re-broadcast 6 Aug 1944 |
Set 5 | Radio Transcriptions | |
Doodle-Doo-Doo (theme) + Candy | Art Kassel and his Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra (voc) Gloria Hart | Radio Transcription 1945 |
| We Three | Johnny Messner Orchestra (voc) Johnny Messner | Radio Transcription 1939 |
Bell Bottom Trousers | Art Kassel and his Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra (voc) Trio | Radio Transcription 1945 |
The Little Man Who Wasn’t There | Johnny Messner Orchestra | Radio Transcription 1939 |
Set 6 | Artie Shaw 1945 | |
Nightmare (theme) + Hindustan | Artie Shaw Orchestra | ‘Spotlight Bands’ Santa Barbara Ca Mutual 10 Oct 1945 |
Love Walked In | Artie Shaw Orchestra | ‘Spotlight Bands’ Santa Barbara Ca Mutual 10 Oct 1945 |
Can’t You Read Between the Lines | Artie Shaw Orchestra | ‘Spotlight Bands’ Santa Barbara Ca Mutual 10 Oct 1945 |
Jumpin’ on the Merry-Go-Round + Hop, Skip and Jump (close) | Artie Shaw Orchestra | ‘Spotlight Bands’ Saint Luis Obispo Ca Mutual 26 Sep 1945 |
Set 7 | Trad Radio | |
Pretty Baby | Henry Red Allen Dixielanders | ‘Doctor Jazz’ Central Plaza Cafe WMGM NYC 1952 |
Snag It | Henry Red Allen Dixielanders | ‘Doctor Jazz’ Central Plaza Cafe WMGM NYC 1952 |
Sadie Green, the Vamp of New Orleans | Turk Murphy’s San Francisco Jazz Band (voc) Turk Murphy | Easy Street KCBS San Francisco 9 Dec 1958 |
Memphis Blues + Bay City (theme) | Turk Murphy’s San Francisco Jazz Band | Easy Street KCBS San Francisco 9 Dec 1958 |
Set 8 | Gene Krupa and Woody Herman | |
| Three Little Words | Gene Krupa Quartet | London House WBBM CBS Chicago 13 Mar 1959 |
| But Not for Me | Gene Krupa Quartet | London House WBBM CBS Chicago 13 Mar 1959 |
| Blowin’ Up a Storm | Woody Herman’s Third Herd | Casino Gardens Ocean Park Ca KECA ABC LA 28 Aug 1946 |
