The annual 2SER Radiothon features on this week’s and next week’s Phantom Dancer – your non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s – 60s radio and TV.

The Phantom Dancer has been on-air every week on 2SER since 1985. 2SER is a community radio station. So your subscription keeps 2SER on-air. We are extremely excited to announce RADIOTHON is back for 2020, and kicks off on Monday October 19. I’m asking Phantom Dancer listeners to SUBSCRIBE TO HELP SYDNEY THRIVE!

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Sydney is a big city, but its cultural heart is fragile, and it has been since way before the pandemic. 2SER connects culture with community and from October 19 – October 31 I’m going to be asking you to help us help Sydney by becoming a 2SER Subscriber. There’s never been a more important time to be part of something bigger than ourselves. You can check out just some of the prizes that have been donated by our very generous partners here. Thanks to Lyndon Pike, presenter of Another Angle for his fantastic artwork. You can check out Lyndon’s art on instagram. Subscribe during 2SER RADIOTHON and you can help Sydney thrive!

2SER creates high quality radio, – Its programs have won the radio version of the Academy Awards, The New York Radio Awards, – News today is that five 2SER programs are finalists in the annual CBAA (Community Broadcasting Association of Australia) Awards. They are, 2SER’s 40th Birthday Celebrations – Excellence in Community Engagement All Things Equal Season 3: Digital Divides – Excellence in Creative Audio Flatten the Curve – Best Station Production The Coathanger – Troy Garner Excellence in Sports Programming The Wire – Best Radio Program (Talks) – 2SER has one of Sydney’s biggest radio newsrooms. And it’s independent – The Phantom Dancer has won best music program and was a finalist twice at the CBAA awards as well as winning a few other awards over the years Hear The Phantom Dancer online from 12:04pm AEST Tuesday 20 October at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/ where you can also hear two years of archived shows.

Over four decades 2SER has provided an independent platform for Sydney’s best stories, music and ideas. We’ve pioneered everything from underground and scene-leading music shows to ground-shifting talks, have won international awards, and helped kick-start the careers of hundreds of journalists and broadcasters. The station has always been not-for-profit, powered by volunteers from across Sydney. Help 2SER keep making the programs you love, and your city needs, by becoming a member or making a tax-deductible donation today. All Subscribers will be sent a Subscriber Pack which includes a Subscriber card, a copy of 2SER magazine “The Listening Post”, an exclusive Radiothon 2020 bumper sticker, and eligibility for on-air and online prizes throughout the year. $40 Concession or Student $80 Standard $160 Passionate – also receive an exclusive Radiothon 2020 t-shirt $600 Lifetime – also receives a gift pack including Radiothon 2020 t-shirt. Subscribe now and help Sydney thrive.

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20 OCTOBER PLAY LIST

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream Community Radio Network Show CRN #435
107.3 2SER Tuesday 20 October 2020 12:04 – 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) and Saturdays 5 – 5:55pm National Program: 1ART ArtsoundFM Canberra Sunday 10 – 11pm 5GTR Mt Gambier Monday 2:30 – 3:30am 3MBR Murrayville Monday 3 – 4am 4NAG Keppel FM Monday 3 – 4am 2SEA Eden Monday 3 – 4am 2MIA Griffith Monday 3 – 4pm 2BAR Edge FM Bega Monday 3 – 4pm 3VKV Alpine Radio Monday 6 – 7pm 7MID Oatlands Tuesday 8 – 9pm  2ARM Armidale Friday 12 – 1pm 7LTN Launceston Sunday 5 – 6am 3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 – 6am 6GME Radio Goolarri Broome Sunday 5 – 6am
Set 1	Glenn Miller
Moonlight Serenade (theme) + Glen Island Special	Glenn Miller Orchestra	Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsyvania WJZ NBC Blue NYC 7 Jan 1940
I Love You Much Too Much	Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Patti Andrews	‘Chesterfield Show’ WABC CBS NY 30 Jan 1940
Hold Tight	Glenn Miller Orchestra (voc) Marion Hutton	Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY WEAF NBC Red NYC 20 Jun 1939
Set 2	This is Jazz April 1947
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans + Sweet Georgia Brown	Muggsy Spanier	‘This is Jazz’ WOR Mutual NYC 5 Apr 1947
Kansas City Man	Bob Wilbur and Sidney Bechet	‘This is Jazz’ WOR Mutual NYC 19 Apr 1947
Organ Grinder’s Blues + When the Saints Go Marching In (close)	Art Hode + Muggsy Spanier	‘This is Jazz’ WOR Mutual NYC 12 Apr 1947
Set 3	Progressive Jazz radio 1949 – 1952
Do The Hucklebuck	Benny Goodman (voc) Benny Goodman and Band	Surf Beach Club Virginia Beach Va NBC 27 Aug 1949
Taboo	Johnny Smith Trio	‘Jazz Arts Concert’ Club de Lys Greenwich Village WNBC NBC NY 4 Oct 1952
How High The Moon + Theme	Herbie Fields Septet	‘Stars on Parade’ Radio Transcription NYC 9 Dec 1951
Set 4	Your Navy Swings
There’ll Never Be Another You	Billy Taylor Quartet with Wes Montgomery	’Your Navy Swings’ Radio Transcription 1964
Billie’s Bounce	Buddy de Franco	’Your Navy Swings’ Radio Transcription 1959
Jazz Brazilian Style	Bola Sete	’Your Navy Swings’ Radio Transcription 1965
Set 5	1930s- 40s European Swing Orchestras
Zerstreuheit (absent-minded)	Fud Candrix Orchestra	Berlin 19 May 1942
Russische Impressionen Teil 1	Adolf Steimel Orchestra	Berlin 9 Dec 1939
A Strange Fact	De Ramblers with Coleman Hawkins	Hilversum 26 Apr 1937
Just a Little Swing	Oscar Aleman Trio	Paris 12 May 1939
Set 6	Count Basie on 1937-38 Radio
The Count Steps In	Count Basie Orchestra	Aircheck Savoy Ballroom NYC 30 Jun 1937
Moten Swing (theme) + One O’Clock Jump	Count Basie Orchestra	Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ WABC CBS NY Nov 1937
Moten Swing (theme) + King Porter Stomp	Count Basie Orchestra	Chatterbox Hotel William Penn WBAE Mutual Pittsburgh 10 Jan 1937
Every Tub	Count Basie Orchestra	‘America Dances’ Famous Door Cedar Grove NJ WABC CBS NY and BBC London Jul 1938
Set 7	Early 30s Radio Dance Bands
Let’s Dance (theme) + The Object of My Affection	Benny Goodman Orchestra (voc) Buddy Clark	‘Let’s Dance’ Radio City WEAF NBC Red NYC 1 Dec 1934
Open + It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing	Dorsey Brothers Orchestra	‘Chrysler Show’ Radio Transcription NYC 1934
Thanks	Hal Kemp Orchestra (voc) Deane Janis	‘Lavena Program’ Radio Transcription NYC 1934
Fine and Dandy	Anson Weeks Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra (voc) The Rhythmsters	Radio Transcription San Francisco 1932
Set 8	1950s Mod Radio
Pennies From Heaven	Lester Young	‘Bandstand USA’ Cafe Bohemia WOR Mutual NY 1956
I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles	Jackie Cain & Roy Kral (voc) Charlie Ventura Group	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 1948
Flat Foot Floogie	Slim Gaillard	‘Symphony Sid Show’ Birdland WJZ ABC NY 26 May 1951