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Step back in time to the Roaring Twenties with Sorcery & Swing, the ultimate blend of 1920s music, magic, and dinner! Experience the charm of a true speakeasy as vaudeville comes back to life before your eyes.

Adolf Steimel was a German dance band leader, composer, organist and pianist. He is known for Wir machen Musik (1942), Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich (1944) and Einmaleins der Ehe (1949).
Hear him on this week’s Phantom Dancer…

Bob Crosby was the singing, band leading younger brother of Bing Crosby. Bob also had his own radio and TV shows from 1936 on. He’s your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week.

Eddie Heywood was an American jazz pianist and composer active in the 1940s and 1950s. His career was interrupted in the 1950s and 60s by hand paralysis. He’s your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week.

Julie London, was a U.S jazz and pop singer, film, TV and commercials actor. Billboard named her most popular woman singer of 1955, 56 and 57. She had a small, intimate voice made ‘smokey’ by being a three packs a day gal. Her last years were miserable with tobacco poisoning, strokes, lung cancer, choking and heart attacks. She’s your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week.

October shows: Northbridge Baths Sat 12 Oct 2-4pm, Builders’ Club Wollongong Sun 27 Oct 2:30-5:30pm plus shows in Adelaide and Katoomba

Frankie Masters, was a U.S bandleader, jazz standards writer, and pianist. Frankie’s your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week.

It’s 2SER Radiothon! On this week’s Radiothon Phantom Dancer, hear Stan Kenton at the start of his radio band career, Senor Xavier Cugart, Trad jazz radio with Earl Hines and 1931 radio selling silks and shoes.
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On this week’s Radiothon Phantom Dancer, hear 100 years of recorded radio from an excerpt from National Defence Day Broadcast in 1924 to The Phantom Dancer in 2024. You’ll also hear Fats Waller and Adelaide Hall broadcasting from London, Julie London from New York and Harry James from Culver City Ca.
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It’s the 2024 2SER Radiothon and your opportunity to support Community Radio 2SER. Your subscriptions go in the draw for major prizes. The Phantom Dancer has been on 2SER, under various titles, since 1985! This week enjoy some of your favourite feature artists from the past few years. Good stuff!
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Dave Lambert was an American jazz lyricist, singer, and an originator of vocalese. He spent a lifetime experimenting with the human voice. Buddy Stewart (born Albert James Byrne Jr.) was an American jazz singer. Both were killed in car crashes (1966 & 1950). Hear them on this week’s Phantom Dancer…

It’s the 2024 2SER Radiothon and your opportunity to support Community Radio 2SER. Your subscriptions go in the draw for major prizes. The Phantom Dancer has been on 2SER, under various titles, since 1985! This week enjoy some of your favourite feature artists from the past few years. Good stuff!
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Earl Burtnett, was a U.S bandleader, jazz standards writer, and pianist. Earl’s your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week.

Wilfred Theodore Wemyes, known professionally as Ted Weems, was an American bandleader, songwriter and musician popular in the 1920s – 1930s who had a sleeper hit with ‘Heartaches’. Weems’s work in music was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He’s your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week.

Shortwave broadcasting by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra from New York to Latin America in 1940 is your Phantom Dancer Feature this week. And below are some relevant paragraphs on shortwave broadcasting taken from a 1942 article in ‘RCA Review’.

Northbridge Baths’ 100th anniversary celebration Sat 12 Oct with the upbeat sounds of Greg Poppleton’s 1920s swing band, transporting attendees back to the era when the Baths first opened.

Glenn Miller, born Alton Glen Miller, was an American trombonist, composer, arranger and band leader. His swing orchestra was the best selling recording band  1939 – 1942 and the continues playing today. His Army-Air Forces band modernised US military music. He’s your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week.

Wendall Hall was an American country singer, vaudeville artist, songwriter, pioneer radio performer, recording artist and ukulele player. On 4 June 1924, the ‘Red-Headed Music Maker’ marriage ceremony to Marion Martin was the first ever live on radio. He is your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week. The Phantom Dancer is your weekly non-stop mix […]

Johnny Marvin, was a hugely popular record & radio singer & songwriter between 1924 – 44. He’s your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week

Ray Anthony, bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor, is the last living member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Born 20 January 1922, he is now 102 and a half years old. Ray Anthony is your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week.

This Saturday 20 July, 11:05am – 12 noon, ABC Radio’s Simon Marnie and I go on a Sonic Journey through the music of Glenn Miller. Glenn Miller, born Alton Glen Miller, was an American trombonist, composer, arranger and band leader. His swing orchestra was the best selling recording band  1939 – 1942 and the continues playing today. His Army-Air Forces band modernised US military music.

CROONING, originated by female singer, Vaughn De Leath, for her first weekly broadcast on New York City Station, 2XG, in 1920, is a smooth, intimate, singing style tailored to the dynamic range of 1920s – 30s microphones.  It’s your Phantom Dancer feature this week.

We’re back at The Basement Builders’ Club Wollongong for an afternoon of swinging 1920s and 1930s jazz. Show: 2:30 – 5:30pm

Step into a world where the enchanting melodies of swing music and the mysterious allure of magic converge in “Sorcery and Swing,” a mesmerising dinner show set in the heart of a 1920s Speakeasy.

Join us at Stamford Plaza Melbourne (111 Little Collins St) on the 21st of September for an evening of glamour and intrigue, where guests are encouraged to don their finest 1920s attire – “Guys in Ties, Girls in Pearls.”

Henry ‘Red’ Allen was an American trumpeter and singer,. He was the first to incorporate Louis Armstrong’s trumpet innovations and he was a Downbeat poll winner for both trad and modern trumpet. He’s your Phantom Dancer featured artist this week.

Get your Tickets now for the Saturday 10 August 6:30-10pm Sorcery & Swing Show 19290s jazz, magic and dinner show at the Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, 169 Castlereagh St, Sydney

Lena Horne was an American singer, actor, dancer, and civil rights activist. Her career spanned more than seventy years and covered film, television, and theatre. She recorded and performed into the 1990s, retiring from public view in 2000. She’s your Phantom Dancer featured artist this week.

Jim Davidson was a drummer who lead the ABC Radio Dance Orchestra in Sydney 1936 – 41. It was Australia’s most popular swing orchestra and dance band. After World War Two he was head of light entertainment at BBC London. He’s your Phantom Dancer feature this week.

Toni Harper was a child singer in the 1940s-50s with a remarkably mature voice. She is your Phantom Dancer feature this week.

Kay Starr was a jazz singer who started professional at age 15 and sang into her 80s. She also sang country and pop. The lyrics to ‘Bonaparte’s Retreat were written for her. She is your Phantom Dancer feature this week.

Bob Rogers, Australian radio legend, died this week aged 97 after almost 80 years of radio and TV broadcasting. Your Phantom Dancer feature this week is arranger Bill Holman who also died in his 90s in May 2024. He was the arranger who created the definitive Stan Kenton progressive jazz sound in the early 1950s and continued in music till this year.

Helen Forrest was a big band singer with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and Harry James. She was the most popular female singer in the U.S and recorded over 500 songs. She guided her own career to longevity and success and is your Phantom Dancer feature this week.

Shortwave broadcasting by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra from New York to Latin America in 1940 is your Phantom Dancer Feature this week. Hear the Tommy Dorsey Swing Orchestra broadcasting from New York in Spanish in 1942…

Jazz Harpsichord first appeared around 1940 when pianist Johnny Guarnieri played harpsichord in swing band leader Artie Shaw’s quintet “Gramercy Five”. 1940s Jazz harpsichord, by Primo Angeli, Sylvia Marlowe (born Sapira) and Ernesto Romanoni, is your Phantom Dancer feature this week.

Greg Poppleton 1920s – 30s vocals with piano, double bass and alto sax playing vintage swing jazz for a private party.

The Carrington Hotel Katoomba, known for its Timeless Elegance, is holding the famous Great Art Deco Ball on Saturday 8th March 2025. On the bandstand, playing 1920s jazz for dancing, will be Greg Poppleton, in a 15 year residency at the Art Deco Ball.

Boyd Raeburn was an American jazz band leader, tenor and bass saxophonist. No major label wanted to record him because his arrangements were considered “too weird” for dancers. He’s your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week.

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.

Oran Thaddeus “Hot Lips” Page was a US jazz trumpeter, singer and band leader. He played swing and trad, but also was key in the development of bop and r’n’b. Hot Lips Page was known as “Mr After Hours” to his many friends for his ability to take on challengers in late-night jam sessions. He’s your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week.

Raymond Stanley ‘Ray’ Noble was a swing band leader, composer, arranger, radio host, television and film comedian and actor in both this native England and the United States. He is your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week.

Immerse yourself in the opulence and glamour of “Gatsby: A Roaring Soiree”, a moment that resurrects the extravagant spirit of the Roaring 20s