Original air date - Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 5th Oct 2021

Steel Guitar in 1930s-40s German Pop music, off radio and recordings, is this week's Phantom Dancer feature. LISTEN to this Phantom Dancer mix (online after 2pm AEST, Tuesday 5 October) and two years of Phantom Dancer mixes online at, at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/ This week, Steel Guitar in Nazi Germany...

HAWAIIAN GUITAR

The steel guitar was invented by Hawaiian 11 year old, Joseph Kekuku, in the late 1880s. He later toured the world as a Hawaiian guitar soloist. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpPsRQx5r0w[/embed] Quoting The Smithsonian magazine, "According to one of the most popular origin myths, Kekuku picked up a railway spike as he was walking along railroad tracks and put it in his pocket. When he returned to his dormitory later that day and was playing the guitar, he had a moment of inspiration—Kekuku pulled out the steel railroad tie, ran it along the guitar strings as he strummed, and noticed the unique sound the steel made." Kekuku modified his guitar to raise the strings higher off the fretboard and created a smooth metal cylinder to run over it as he played. He had modified an existing instrument into something entirely new. Steel guitar is played on the lap, and the guitarist plucks the chords instead of strumming them while running a steel bar over the neck. The steel guitar made a huge impact on different styles of American music. Hawaiian music was the most popular music genre by record sales in 1916. In Australia, Hawaiian music had a huge fan base in the 1940s into the 1960s. In 1931, an electric Hawaiian guitar hit the market - the frying pan guitar - and it launched Hawaiian music back into the mainstream. The breakthrough song was the big hit of 1933, My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua. In Europe, strangely, Nazi Germany, was the country that made the most steel guitar recordings, incorporating the instrument into its dance bands and on radio. You'll hear one 1940 radio selection and two Berlin dance band recordings featuring steel guitar with dance orchestra. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJNYdKHOp14[/embed] 5 OCTOBER PLAY LIST

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Set 1	1940s One Night Stand Radio
In a Moment of Madness	Harry James Orchestra (voc) Kitty Kallen	'One Night Stand' Casino Gardens Ocean Park Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 29 Jun 1944
Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee	Sammy Kaye Orchestra (voc) The 3 Kaydettes	'Spotlight Bands' WJZ NBC Blue NYC 31 Jan 1942
Annie Laurie + Memories of You (theme)	Sonny Durham Orchestra	'One Night Stand' Hollywood Palladium AFRS Re-broadcast 1 Aug 1944
Set 2	Rock'n'Roll Dance Party
One O'Clock Jump (theme) + You For Me	Count Basie Orchestra	'Rock'n'Roll Dance Party' WCBS CBS NYC 7 Apr 1956
Play it Fair	LaVerne Baker (voc) Count Basie Orchestra	'Rock'n'Roll Dance Party' WCBS CBS NYC 7 Apr 1956
Ev'ry Day + Cherry Point + One O'Clock Jump (theme)	Count Basie Orchestra (voc) Joe Williams	'Rock'n'Roll Dance Party' WCBS CBS NYC 7 Apr 1956
Set 3	Jimmy Grier
Music in the Moonlight (theme) + After All is Said and Done	Jimmy Grier Orchestra (voc) Dick Webster	Cocoanut Grove Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1931
A Secret Love	Jimmy Grier Orchestra (voc) Kenny Allen	Cocoanut Grove Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1931
Kiss By Kiss + Music in the Moonlight (theme)	Jimmy Grier Orchestra (voc) The 3 Cheers	Cocoanut Grove Radio Transcription Los Angeles 1931
Set 4	Steel Guitar in German Dance Bands
Heimat deine Sterne	Wilhelm Strienz	'Wunschkonzert für die Wehrmacht' RRG Berlin 1940
Wenn wir uns einmal wiederseh'n	Joop Carlquist und sein Hawaiian-Tanzorchester	Comm Rec Berlin 1939
Eine Insel aus Traumen geboren	Hans Rehmstedt Orchestra (voc) Rudi Schuricke	Comm Rec Berlin Dec 1938
Set 5	Chicago Style Jazz
Open + At The Jazz Band Ball	Eddie Condon Group	'Eddie Condon Jazz Concert' Town Hall NYC WJZ Blue NYC 30 Sep 1944
Relaxin' at the Trouro + Royal Garden Blues	Muggsy Spanier	Blue Note WMAQ NBC Chicago 18 Oct 1953
Impromptu Ensemble	Eddie Condon Group	'Eddie Condon Jazz Concert' Town Hall NYC WJZ Blue NYC 9 Sep 1944
Set 6	1910s New Orleans Jazz Stars
Livery Stable Blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	'Saturday Night Swing Club' WABC CBS NYC 31 Oct 1936
Winnin' Boy	Jelly Roll Morton	'Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street' WJZ NBC Blue NY 14 Jul 1940
King Porter Stomp	Jelly Roll Morton	'Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street' WJZ NBC Blue NY 14 Jul 1940
Nick LaRocca Interview + Tiger Rag	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	'Saturday Night Swing Club' WABC CBS NYC 31 Oct 1936
Set 7	1930s Swing Bands
All Those in Favour of Swing Say Aye	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Edythe Wright	Roof Hotel Astor WABC CBS NYC 14 Sep 1939
Deep Night	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Jack Leonard	Roof Hotel Astor WABC CBS NYC 14 Sep 1939
Cotton Pickers' Congregation	Russ Morgan Orchestra	Paradise Restaurant WEAF NBC Red NYC 14 Oct 1938
Down South Camp Meeting	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Madhattan Room Hotel Pennsylvania WABC CBS NYC 20 Nov 1937
Set 8	1950s Progressive Jazz
Jeepers Creepers	Dave Brubeck	Birdland WJZ ABC NYC Dec 1953
Some Blues + Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Stan Getz	Red Hill Inn Pennsauken NJ WRCA NBC NY 16 Feb 1957
Congo Square	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Aircheck 27 Aug 1960
A Gem From Tiffany	Shelly Manne	Basin Street WCBS CBS NYC 1956