Latest Episodes from Phantom Dancer

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 11th Jun 2019

Coleman Hawkins, 'The Body and Soul' of the saxophone is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist. Also hear Gene Krupa with his orchestra and small groups, the Philco Orchestra, Erskine Hawkins and 1930s Italian swing bands. Tune in, read play list and Coleman Hawkins story, see video here. Read More

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 4th Jun 2019

The Phantom Dancer feature artist with Greg Poppleton this week are feature artists - three jazz piano stars from 1950s radio: Erroll Garner, Marian McPartland and George Shearing. Hear them on live 1950s radio, read their stories, see a Marian McPartland video and the play list here. Read More

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 28th May 2019

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

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 21st May 2019

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

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 14th May 2019

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

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 7th May 2019

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

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 30th Apr 2019

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

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 23rd Apr 2019

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