31 December 2024
(Until 31 December)New Year’s Eve Part 2 Phantom Dancer
Greg Poppleton Swing Radio Show
New Years Eve from 1954 New Years Eve radio is featured on this week’s Phantom Dancer. You’ll hear George Shearing, Sauter & Finnegan, Ted Heath, and more.
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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31 December PLAY LIST
Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney LISTEN ONLINE Community Radio Network Show CRN #689 | ||
107.3 2SER Tuesday 31 December 2024 | ||
Set 1 | Woody Herman | |
Open + Muskrat Ramble | Woody Herman’s Third Herd | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Blue Note WMAQ NBC Chicago 31 Dec 1954 |
Get Out of Town | Woody Herman’s Third Herd (voc) Leah Matthews | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Blue Note WMAQ NBC Chicago 31 Dec 1954 |
The Buck Dance | Woody Herman’s Third Herd | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Blue Note WMAQ NBC Chicago 31 Dec 1954 |
| Apple Honey + Close | Woody Herman’s Third Herd | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Blue Note WMAQ NBC Chicago 31 Dec 1954 |
Set 2 | Sauter & Finnegan | |
Open + Have Yourself a Happy Little New Year | Sauter Finnegan Orchestra (voc) Anita Darien | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ New Haven Conn. WNHC NBC 31 Dec 1954 |
Pennies from Heaven | Sauter Finnegan Orchestra | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ New Haven Conn. WNHC NBC 31 Dec 1954 |
April in Paris | Sauter Finnegan Orchestra (voc) Anita Darien | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ New Haven Conn. WNHC NBC 31 Dec 1954 |
Midnight Sleighride | Sauter Finnegan Orchestra | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Hew Haven Conn. WNHC NBC 31 Dec 1954 |
Set 3 | Ralph Marterie | |
Theme + Take the A-Train | Ralph Marterie Orchestra | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Melody Mill WMAQ NBC Chicago 31 Dec 1954 |
It Worries Me | Ralph Marterie Orchestra (voc) Bill Walters | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Melody Mill WMAQ NBC Chicago 1 Jan 1955 |
Blue Lou | Ralph Marterie Orchestra | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Melody Mill WMAQ NBC Chicago 1 Jan 1955 |
What’s New? | Ralph Marterie Orchestra | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Melody Mill WMAQ NBC Chicago 1 Jan 1955 |
Don’t Cry | Ralph Marterie Orchestra (voc) Bill Walters | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Melody Mill WMAQ NBC Chicago 1 Jan 1955 |
In the Hall of the Mountain King + Stomping at the Savoy + Carla (theme) | Ralph Marterie Orchestra | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Melody Mill WMAQ NBC Chicago 1 Jan 1955 |
Set 4 | Erroll Garner | |
| Tippin’ In (theme) + Idaho | Erroll Garner Trio | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ The Embers WRCA NBC NYC 1 Jan 1955 |
| Laura + They Can’t Take That Away From Me | Erroll Garner Trio | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ The Embers WRCA NBC NYC 1 Jan 1955 |
| Avalon + Close | Erroll Garner Trio | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ The Embers WRCA NBC NYC 1 Jan 1955 |
Set 5 | Les Brown | |
Sentimental Journey (theme) + Brown’s Little Jug | Les Brown and his Band of Renown | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Hollywood Palladium KFI NBC LA 31 Dec 1954 |
Teach Me Tonight | Les Brown and his Band of Renown (voc) Jo-Ann Greer | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Hollywood Palladium KFI NBC LA 31 Dec 1954 |
Doodle-Ee-Doo Midnight Sun + Leap Frog | Les Brown and his Band of Renown (voc) Stumpy Brown | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Hollywood Palladium KFI NBC LA 31 Dec 1954 |
| Midnight Sun + Leap Frog | Les Brown and his Band of Renown | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Hollywood Palladium KFI NBC LA 31 Dec 1954 |
Set 6 | Les Brown Pt 2 | |
Auld Lang Syne + Crazy Legs | Les Brown and his Band of Renown | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Hollywood Palladium KFI NBC LA 1 Jan 1955 |
I’ve Got The Shiniest Mouth in Town | Les Brown and his Band of Renown (voc) Butch Stone | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Hollywood Palladium KFI NBC LA 1 Jan 1955 |
Come Rain or Come Shine | Les Brown and his Band of Renown (voc) Jo-Ann Greer | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Hollywood Palladium KFI NBC LA 1 Jan 1955 |
From This Moment On + Close | Les Brown and his Band of Renown | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Hollywood Palladium KFI NBC LA 1 Jan 1955 |
Set 7 | George Shearing | |
I Will Gather Stars Out of The Blue (theme) + Pick Yourself Up | George Shearing Quintet | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Birdland WRCA NBC NYC 1 Jan 1955 |
Easy to Love | George Shearing Quintet | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Birdland WRCA NBC NYC 1 Jan 1955 |
Lullaby of Birdland | George Shearing Quintet | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Birdland WRCA NBC NYC 1 Jan 1955 |
Caravan | George Shearing Quintet | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ Birdland WRCA NBC NYC 1 Jan 1955 |
Set 8 | Ted Heath | |
| Take a Number from One to Ten | Ted Heath Orchestra | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ BBC London 1 Jan 1955 |
| In The Mood | Ted Heath Orchestra | ‘All-Star Parade of Bands’ BBC London 1 Jan 1955 |
