Original air date - Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 24th Dec 2019

CHRISTMAS

This week's Phantom Dancer feature artist with Greg Poppleton, is Christmas songs and Christmas broadcasts in a non-stop mix from live 1930s-50s radio.

ONLINE

This week's Phantom Dancer will be online after the 24 December 107.3 2SER Sydney live mix at 2ser.com. Hear the show live every Tuesday 12:04-2pm on 107.3 2SER Sydney.

XMAS MUSIC

Music associated with Christmas is thought to have its origins in 4th-century Rome, in Latin-language hymns such as Veni redemptor gentium. By the 13th century, under the influence of Francis of Assisi, the tradition of popular Christmas songs in regional native languages developed. Christmas carols in the English language first appear in a 1426 work of John Awdlay, an English chaplain, who lists twenty five "caroles of Cristemas", probably sung by groups of 'wassailers' who would travel from house to house. In the 16th century, various Christmas carols still sung to this day, including "The 12 Days of Christmas", "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen", and "O Christmas Tree", first emerged.

POPULAR

Of the top 30 most performed Christmas songs in 2015, 13 (43%) were written in the 1930s or 1940s and 12 (40%) were written in the 1950s and 1960s.

1930s-50s CHRISTMAS SONGS

"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie 1934 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin 1944 "Winter Wonderland" Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith 1934 "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! "Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne 1945 "The Christmas Song" Mel Tormé, Robert Wells 1944 "Sleigh Ride" Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish 1948 "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Johnny Marks 1939/1949 "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" Meredith Willson 1951 "White Christmas" Irving Berlin 1940 "Carol of the Bells" Peter J. Wilhousky 1936 "Frosty the Snowman" Steve Nelson, Walter E. Rollins 1950 "Blue Christmas" Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson 1957 "The Little Drummer Boy" Katherine K. Davis, Henry V. Onorati, Harry Simeone 1941 "Silver Bells" Jay Livingston, Ray Evans 1950 "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" Tommie Connor 1952 "Santa Baby" Joan Ellen Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer, and Fred Ebb 1953 "Happy Holiday" Irving Berlin 1948 Your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week is the 24 Dec 1955 Christmas edition of the TV show 'Your Hit Parade'... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFWv_x-CwQE

24 DECEMBER PLAY LIST

Play List - The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #416
107.3 2SER Tuesday 24 December 2019 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 - 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) National Program: ArtsoundFM Canberra Sunday 10 - 11pm Edge FM Bega Monday 3 - 4pm 7MID Oatlands Tuesday 8 - 9pm 2ARM Armidale Friday 12 - 1pm 3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 - 6am and early morning on 23 other stations.
Set 1
Let's Dance (theme) + Jingle Bells	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Joseph Urban Room Congress Hotel WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 25 Dec 1935
Open + It Had To Be You + The Fairy On The Christmas Tree	Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra (voc) The 3 Sisters	BBC Regional Service London 25 Dec 1936
Set 2
Open + Maple Leaf Rag	Kid Ory	Club Hangover KCBS CBS San Francisco 25 Dec 1954
Theme + Blue Christmas	Jan Garber Orchestra (voc) Ray Cordell	Melody Mill WGN Chicago 1950
Weary Blues + Ad	Kid Ory	Club Hangover KCBS CBS San Francisco 25 Dec 1954
Set 3
Jingle Bells (open) + The Morning After	Chico Hamilton Quartet	‘Stars In Jazz’ AFRTS Re-broadcast New York 25 Dec 1958
Wrap your Troubles In Dreams	Chico Hamilton Quartet (voc) Georgia Carr	‘Stars In Jazz’ AFRTS Re-broadcast New York 25 Dec 1958
Blee Blop Blues + One O’Clock Jump (theme)	Count Basie Orchestra	Birdland WRCA NBC NY 16 Dec 1956
Set 4
Happy Holidays + Here We Come a'Caroling + Silent Night	Bing Crosby and the Norman Luboff Choir (voc) Paul Weston Orchestra	'Christmas Sing With Bing' KNX CBS LA 24 Dec 1957
Description of Ballarat's Carols By Candlelight + Joseph Mine, Help Me Cradle The Child Divine	Ted Furlong (station manager 3BA Ballarat) + The Ballarat YWCA Choir	Christmas Sing With Bing' KNX CBS LA via 3BA Ballarat 24 Dec 1957
Champagne Cocktail + Close (When Summer Is Gone)	Hal Kemp Orchestra	‘Chesterfield Time’ KNX CBS LA 24 Dec 1937
Set 5
Open + March of the Toy Soldiers	Phil Davis Orchestra	‘Fountain of Fun’ WLW Cinncinnati 19 Dec 1943
Jingle Bells	Thrasher Sisters	‘Fountain of Fun’ WLW Cinncinnati 19 Dec 1943
Jack-Armstrong Blues	Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1947
Embraceable You	The Pied Pipers (voc) Harry James Orchestra	'Command Performance USA' AFRS 25 Dec 1945
Set 6
Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells	Fats Waller and his Rhythm	Comm Rec New York 29 Nov 1936
Jingle Bells	Glenn Miller Orchestra	Café Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania WJZ NBC Blue NY 27 Dec 1941
Jingle Bells	Dave Brubeck	Birdland WABC ABC NY Jan 1954
Jingle Bells (theme) / Half Nelson / White Christmas / Little Willie Leaps	Charlie Parker (as) Kenny Dorham (tp) Al Haig (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d)	‘Symphony Side Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 25 Dec 1948
Set 7
Open + March of the Toys	Phil Davis Orchestra	‘Fountain of Fun’ WLW Cincinnati 19 Dec 1943
My Silent Love	Lena Horne (voc) Count Basie Orchestra	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1945
Embraceable You	The Pied Pipers (voc) Harry James and the Music Makers	‘Command Performance USA’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1945
Yesterdays	Art Tatum (p)	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1947
Set 8
Open + 2 Latin American Christmas Songs	Chiquita	‘Chiquita’ AFRS Hollywood Dec 1946
O Come All Ye Faithful / Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem / It Came Upon A Midnight Clear / Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Frank Sinatra	‘V-Disc Christmas Selections’ New York 1944
Open + Let It Snow + Happy Christmas, Little Friend	Dinah Shore (voc) Frank deVol Orchestra	'Dinah Shore Show' WRCA NBC NY 22 Dec 1954

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