Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 14th Dec 2021

Phantom Dancer

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 14th Dec 2021

Christmas songs and Christmas themed 1930s-50s radio features in the first (nationally networked) part of this week’s Phantom Dancer.

LISTEN to this Phantom Dancer mix (online after 2pm AEST, Tuesday 14 December) and two years of Phantom Dancer mixes online at, at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/

I’m Greg Poppleton, The Phantom Dancer producer and presenter every week on 107.3 2SER radio Sydney since 1985.

First, 1952 TV Christmas greetings from your local, neighbourhood drug dealer…

XMAS MUSIC

Music associated with Christmas is thought to have its origins in 4th-century Rome, in Latin-language hymns such as Veni redemptor gentium.

By the 13th century, under the influence of Francis of Assisi, the tradition of popular Christmas songs in regional native languages developed. Christmas carols in the English language first appear in a 1426 work of John Awdlay, an English chaplain, who lists twenty five “caroles of Cristemas”, probably sung by groups of ‘wassailers’ who would travel from house to house.

In the 16th century, various Christmas carols still sung to this day, including “The 12 Days of Christmas”, “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen”, and “O Christmas Tree”, first emerged.

1930s-50s CHRISTMAS SONGS

“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie 1934
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin 1944
“Winter Wonderland” Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith 1934
“Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! “Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne 1945
“The Christmas Song” Mel Tormé, Robert Wells 1944
“Sleigh Ride” Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish 1948
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” Johnny Marks 1939/1949
“It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” Meredith Willson 1951
“White Christmas” Irving Berlin 1940
“Carol of the Bells” Peter J. Wilhousky 1936
“Frosty the Snowman” Steve Nelson, Walter E. Rollins 1950
“Blue Christmas” Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson 1957
“The Little Drummer Boy” Katherine K. Davis, Henry V. Onorati, Harry Simeone 1941
“Silver Bells” Jay Livingston, Ray Evans 1950
“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” Tommie Connor 1952
“Santa Baby” Joan Ellen Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer, and Fred Ebb 1953
“Happy Holiday” Irving Berlin 1948

Your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week is the 24 Dec 1955 Christmas edition of the TV show ‘Your Hit Parade’…

14 DECEMBER PLAY LIST

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney LISTEN ONLINECommunity Radio Network Show CRN #522
107.3 2SER Tuesday 14 DECEMBER 2021 12:04 – 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) and Saturdays 5 – 5:55pm National Program 5GTR Mt Gambier Monday 2:30 – 3:30am 3MBR Murrayville Monday 3 – 4am 4NAG Keppel FM Monday 3 – 4am 2SEA Eden Monday 3 – 4am 2MIA Griffith Monday 3 – 4am 2BAR Edge FM Bega Monday 3 – 4am 2BRW Braidwood Monday 3 – 4am 3VKV Alpine Radio Monday 6 – 7pm 7MID Oatlands Monday 6 -7pm 6GME Radio Goolarri Broome Tuesday 12am – 1am 2MCE Bathurst Wednesday 9 – 10am 1ART ArtsoundFM Canberra Friday 10 – 11am 2ARM Armidale Friday 12 – 1pm 5LCM Lofty FM Adelaide Friday 1 – 2pm Denmark FM (West Australia) Saturdays 10 – 11am Repeat: Wednesdays 10 – 11pm 7LTN Launceston Sunday 5 – 6am 3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 – 6am 3BBR West Gippsland Sunday 5 – 6pm
Set 1
Let’s Dance (theme) + Jingle Bells	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Joseph Urban Room Congress Hotel WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 25 Dec 1935
Open + It Had To Be You + The Fairy On The Christmas Tree	Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra (voc) The 3 Sisters	BBC Regional Service London 25 Dec 1936
Set 2
Open + Maple Leaf Rag	Kid Ory	Club Hangover KCBS CBS San Francisco 25 Dec 1954
Theme + Blue Christmas	Jan Garber Orchestra (voc) Ray Cordell	Melody Mill WGN Chicago 1950
Weary Blues + Ad	Kid Ory	Club Hangover KCBS CBS San Francisco 25 Dec 1954
Set 3
Jingle Bells (open) + The Morning After	Chico Hamilton Quartet	‘Stars In Jazz’ AFRTS Re-broadcast New York 25 Dec 1958
Wrap your Troubles In Dreams	Chico Hamilton Quartet (voc) Georgia Carr	‘Stars In Jazz’ AFRTS Re-broadcast New York 25 Dec 1958
Blee Blop Blues + One O’Clock Jump (theme)	Count Basie Orchestra	Birdland WRCA NBC NY 16 Dec 1956
Set 4
Happy Holidays + Here We Come a’Caroling + Silent Night	Bing Crosby and the Norman Luboff Choir (voc) Paul Weston Orchestra	‘Christmas Sing With Bing’ KNX CBS LA 24 Dec 1957
Description of Ballarat’s Carols By Candlelight + Joseph Mine, Help Me Cradle The Child Divine	Ted Furlong (station manager 3BA Ballarat) + The Ballarat YWCA Choir	Christmas Sing With Bing’ KNX CBS LA via 3BA Ballarat 24 Dec 1957

Set 5
Personality	Erskine Hawkins Orchestra (voc) Cozine Stewart	‘One Night Stand’ Blue Room Hotel Lincoln AFRS re-broadcast 1 May 1946
It’s Dawn Again	Erskine Hawkins Orchestra	‘One Night Stand’ Blue Room Hotel Lincoln AFRS re-broadcast 1 May 1946
Eelibuj Boogle	Erskine Hawkins Orchestra	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1943
Mister Beebe	Erskine Hawkins Orchestra (voc) June Richmond	‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1943
Set 6
Let’s Dance (theme) + That Naughty Waltz	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Madhattan Room Hotel Pennsylvania WABC CBS New York 6 Nov 1937
Once in a While	Benny Goodman Orchestra (voc) Martha Tilton	Madhattan Room Hotel Pennsylvania WABC CBS New York 6 Nov 1937
Satan Takes a Holiday	Benny Goodman Orchestra	‘Camel Caravan’ KNX CBS LA 17 Aug 1937
So Rare	Benny Goodman Trio	‘Camel Caravan’ KNX CBS LA 17 Aug 1937
Set 7
Right as Rain	Charlie Spivak Orchestra (voc) Irene Day	‘Spotlight Bands’ Jamestown NY Blue Network 19 Jan 1945
Even Stevens	Charlie Spivak Orchestra	‘Spotlight Bands’ Jamestown NY Blue Network 19 Jan 1945
I’d Rather Sleep in a Hollow Log	Gene Krupa Orchestra (voc) Roy Eldridge	Aircheck CBS 25 Dec 1942
Drummin’ Man + Close	Gene Krupa Orchestra (voc) Anita O’Day	Aircheck CBS 25 Dec 1942
Set 8
Stella by Starlight	Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra	Birdland WCBS CBS NY 1956
Doodlin’	Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra	Birdland WCBS CBS NY 1956
Manteca	Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra	Winter Palace Stockholm Radio Sweden 2 Feb 1948