The Phantom Dancer feature artist with Greg Poppleton this week is the earliest recorded scat singer, Cliff Edwards, known as Ukelele Ike. Hear him on 1936 & 1940 radio, read his story, see the play list, hear the radio show from 28 May, and watch Ukelele Ike on TV's Mickey Mouse Club here. Read More
Your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live…
The Phantom Dancer feature artist with Greg Poppleton this week is big band singer and movie star, Doris Day. In this week's non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s - 1960s radio and TV, you'll hear Doris Day in 1939 on Ohio radio and later in the 1940s as the star singer with international favourite Les Brown and his Band of Renown. Read her story, see a video of a radio interview with Doris Day and Lucille Ball, read the full mix play list here. Read More
Your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live…
This week's Phantom Dancer with Greg Poppleton features a 1950s radio broadcast and commercial release by a significant figure in the British rhythm and blues and 'beat boom' of the 1960s, trad jazz trombonist and band leader, Chris Barber. Read More
Your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live…
This week's non-stop Phantom Dancer swing jazz mix with Greg Poppleton has a featured jazz style rather than a featured artist this week - Trad Jazz. See the play list, read the story, hear the live PD mix (online after 7 May), and see a 1980s Bob Barnard TV video right here and now. Read More
Your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live…
See, hear and read all about wood veneer 1930s fax machines. Yes, you'll even hear one pump and wheeze on The Phantom Dancer radio show with Greg Poppleton. Plus a whole hour of non-stop swing from 1930s radio broadcasts. Find out more Read More
Your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live…
Illegitimate daughter of a Buddhist nun, almost sold to a brothel as a child, this week's Phantom Dancer with Greg Poppleton feature artist is Zhou Xuan, China's most popular singer in the 1940s. You'll hear 3 of her records from 1944 - 46 incorporating Latin rhythms, Western opera and jazz dance music into traditional Chinese forms. There's even a snatch of Mrs Hills' 1936 'Happy Birthday to You'. Read More
Barbara James Australian radio swing and jazz singer from the 1930s-60s features in this week's Phantom Dancer. Also in the mix, 1939 Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey's arranger Matt Denis, Charlie Parker and singer Loyce Whiteman all from live vintage radio. Happy Listening! Read More
Xavier Cugat, 'King of the Rhumba', a leading figure in the spread of Latin music, is your feature artist on this week's Phantom Dancer with Greg Poppleton. Read his story, see video, listen to the radio show online from 26 March here. Read More
Two curiosities on this week's Phantom Dancer. The first is 1940s Sydney Dance Band leader, and later TV producer, George Trevare. Read his story, hear his swinging small group playing Waltzing Matilda in 1945, listen to the radio show online from 26 March here. Read More
This Tuesday I'm thrilled to find for you on The Phantom Dancer with Greg Poppleton, a 1942 all-woman jazz show I played on the Phantom Dancer over ten years ago. The tape has re-surfaced. This week enjoy the Victory Belles as your Phantom Dancer featured artists. Read the Victory Belles story, see photos, read the play list and hear the radio show here. Read More
