Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 10th Jul 2018
Anita O’Day is this week’s Phantom Dancer feature artist.
The Phantom Dancer is your non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV.
Greg Poppleton, 1920s-30s singer, brings you The Phantom Dancer every week.
It’s live every Tuesday on 107.3 2SER Sydney from 12:04-2pm, during which time it’s recorded for re-broadcast over 23 radio stations and online.
You can hear all Phantom Dancer episodes online now at 2ser.com.
THIS WEEK
The Phantom Dancer with Greg Poppleton has a set of John Coltrane for you, a set of Stan Kenton 1940s radio transcriptions, a set of ‘Dixieland Swing’ from live 1930s radio, and this week’s Phantom Dancer feature, Anita O’Day, from 1944-1960 radio and TV.
See the full play list below…
FEATURED ARTIST – ANITA O’DAY
Anita O’Day left an unhappy childhood to dance in danceathons where she’d sometime sing for tips. She said her influences were Martha Raye, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.
A botched tonsilectomy as a child during which her uvula was removed meant she couldn’t hold long notes. So she developed a rhythmic, staccato approach to singing that was perfect for uptempo swing songs.
A call from Gene Krupa to join his band in 1941 was her entre to popularity. She was with Krupa for a year. Sick of the travel and one night stands she left the band to strike out on her own. She returned to Krupa in 1945 then joined the Stan Kenton Orchestra.
TABBY THE CAT
In the Stan Kenton band she had her two big hits. We’ll hear these on today’s Phantom Dancer as radio transcriptrions, ‘Tabby The Cat’ and ‘I’m Going Mad For A Pad’.
These two hits cemented her repuation as a unique jazz singer with a swingingly rhythmic style.
Her jazz reputation grew in the 1950s with albums and festivals. She appeared on TV on one of the Timex Jazz Specials heard on previous Phantom Dancers.
RONALD REAGAN
In 1960 she was introduced by Ronald Reagan opening a ‘Ford Star Time’ TV show backed by Gene Krupa. We’ll hear this appearance on this week’s Phantom Dancer.
Anita O’day had a hiatus during the ’60s resuming her career to critical acclaim in 1970. She appeared in movies and on TV and was still performing into the 21st century.
Her final album, released when she was in her eighties, was the aptly named ‘Indestructable’.
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Hear Anita O’Day at the height of her powers in this week’s Phantom Dancer feature video with Gene Krupa and Roy Eldridge:
10 JULY PLAY LIST
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Play List – The Phantom Dancer
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio
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107.3 2SER Tuesday 10 July 2018 |
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Set 1
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Women Band Sings on 1945-47 Radio | |
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The Best Man
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Charlie Barnet Orchestra (voc) Betty Perry
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‘One Night Stand’
Casino Gardens Ocean Park Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 3 Jan 1947 |
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Snap Your Fingers
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Buddy Morrow Orchestra (voc) Helen Leigh
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‘One Night Stand’
Blue Room Hotel Lincoln NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 12 May 1946 |
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I’m Not Having It
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Woody Herman Orchestra (voc) Frances Wayne
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‘One Night Stand’
Blue Room Hotel Lincoln NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 1946 |
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Set 2
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John Coltrane on Radio | |
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Open + Song of Praise
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John Coltrane Quartet
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‘Portraits in Jazz’
Half Note WABC-FM NY 7 May 1965 |
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Set 3
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1930s European Dance Bands | |
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Pot Pourri aus dem Film ‘Frauen im Metropol’
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Adolf Steimel Organum Tanz-Orchester
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Comm Rec
Berlin 5 SEp 1940 |
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Flat Foot Floogie
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Teddy Stauffer Orchestra (voc) Billy Toffel
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Comm Rec
Berlin 24 Nov 1938 |
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Vous Avez un Beau Chapeau, Madame
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Ernst van’t Hoff Orchestra (voc) Band
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Comm Rec
Hilversum 1939 |
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Set 4
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Stan Kenton Radio Transcriptions | |
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Memphis Lament
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Stan Kenton Orchestra (voc) Red Dorris
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Radio Transcription
Los Angeles Oct 1941 |
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Flamingo
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Stan Kenton Orchestra (voc) Red Dorris
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Radio Transcription
Los Angeles Oct 1941 |
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Night
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Stan Kenton Orchestra (voc) Red Dorris
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Radio Transcription
Los Angeles 20 Sep 1941 |
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Set 5
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Anita O’Day | |
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Open + Drum Boogie
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Anita O’Day (voc) Gene Krupa Orchestra
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‘Ford Star Time’
CBS TV 9 Feb 1960 |
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Tabby The Cat
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Anita O’Day (voc) Stan Kenton Orchestra
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Radio Transcription
Los Angeles Dec 1944 |
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Open + I’d Do It All Over Again
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Anita O’Day (voc) Gene Krupa Orchestra
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Hotel Astor Roof
WOR Mutual NYC 15 Aug 1945 |
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I’m Going Mad For A Pad
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Anita O’Day (voc) Stan Kenton Orchestra
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Radio Transcription
Los Angeles Dec 1945 |
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Set 6
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1930s Dixieland Swing | |
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Will You Won’t You Be My Baby
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Louis Armstrong
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Comm Rec
Paris Oct 1934 |
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Intro + In A Minor Mood + Dogtown Blues
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Bob Crosby Bobcats
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‘Swing Concert’
Congress Hotel WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 18 May 1937 |
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Honeysuckle Rose + Basin Street Blues (close)
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Bunny Berrigan
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Aircheck
New York City 12 Mar 1936 |
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Set 7
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Count Basie Blue Room 1944-45 | |
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Harvard Blues
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Count Basie Orchestra
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Blue Room
Hotel Lincoln WABC CBS NY 27 May 1944 |
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Bangs
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Count Basie Orchestra
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Blue Room
Hotel Lincoln WABC CBS NY 14 Apr 1944 |
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Jumpin’ At The Woodside
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Count Basie Orchestra
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Blue Room
Hotel Lincoln WABC CBS NY 5 May 1944 |
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Avenue C
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Count Basie Orchestra
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Blue Room
Hotel Lincoln WABC CBS NY 31 Jan 1945 |
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Set 8
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Charlie Parker | |
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Dark Shadows
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Charlie Parker as, Errol Garner piano, Red Callender bass, Doc West drums voc Earl Coleman
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Comm Rec
Los Angeles 19 Feb 1947 |
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Moose The Mooch + Lullaby of Birdland
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Charlie Parker as, John Lewis piano, Curley Russell bass, Kenny Clarke drums
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Birdland
WABC ABC NY 9 May 1953 |
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Hot House
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Charlie Parker as, Miles Davis tp, Al Haig piano, Tommy Potter bass, Al Haig drums
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‘Art Ford Show’
Birdland WMCA NY 12 Dec 1948 |
