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Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 22nd Aug 2023

Adolf Steimel was a German dance band leader, composer, organist and pianist. He is known for Wir machen Musik (1942), Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich (1944) and Einmaleins der Ehe (1949). Hear him on this week's Phantom Dancer... Read More

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 15th Aug 2023

Dave Lambert was an American jazz lyricist, singer, and an originator of vocalese. He was best known as a member of the trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Lambert spent a lifetime experimenting with the human voice and expanding the possibilities of its use within jazz. Buddy Stewart (born Albert James Byrne Jr.) was an American jazz singer. Both Lambert and Stewart were killed in car crashes (1966 & 1950 respectively) Hear them on this week's Phantom Dancer... Read More

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 8th Aug 2023

Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five was a jazz combo led by bandleader 'King of the Clarinet', swing band leader and composer, Artie Shaw. It's this week's Phantom Dancer feature. The Gramercy Five had different line-ups when it ran between 1940 and 1954. After his Australian tour in 1954, Shaw gave up clarinet and the Gramercy Five, saying he'd done all he could with it. Hear the 5 on this week's Phantom Dancer... Read More

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 1st Aug 2023

The Valtonen Sisters, who also recorded under the name Harmony Sisters, is your Phantom Dancer feature artist, The sisters, Vera, Maire and Raija were Karelians whose family moved to Finland after the 1917 Russian Revolution. They sang in ten languages in a career spanning 1934-54. Hear them on this week's Phantom Dancer... Read More

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 25th Jul 2023

It's All in the Game is a hit pop song and this week's Phantom Dancer feature. It's the only pop song written by a US Vice President and Nobel Prize laureate. His name is Charles G Dawes and he ended up hating the song. Hear it on this week's Phantom Dancer... Read More