Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 18th Feb 2025
INA RAY HUTTON was an American singer, bandleader, and led one of the first all-female big bands. She is your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week.
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INA RAY HUTTON
Ina Ray Hutton was the stage name for Odessa Cowan.
In 1934, she was approached by agents Irving Mills and Alex Hyde to lead an all-girl orchestra, the Melodears,
For the Melodears, Mills asked her to create a stage name.
The Melodears included trumpeter Frances Klein and Canadian pianist Ruth Lowe Sandler who wrote the first Billboard top 80 song I’ll Never Smile Again and Frank Sinatra’s radio theme, Put Your Dreams Away For Another Day.
The Melodears appeared in short films and in the movie Big Broadcast of 1936. They recorded six songs, sung by Hutton, before disbanding in 1939.
From 1940 – 49 she she lead the Ina Ray Hutton Orchestra (with men only) that included future band leader George Paxton.
The band appeared in the film Ever Since Venus (1944), recorded for Elite and Okeh, and broadcast, which you’ll hear today.
During the 1950s, Hutton formed a female big band that played on television and starred in The Ina Ray Hutton Show. She retired from music in 1968.
18 February PLAY LIST
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Play List – The Phantom Dancer
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney
LISTEN ONLINE Community Radio Network Show CRN #696 |
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107.3 2SER Tuesday 18 February 2025 |
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Set 1
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Al Donahue | |
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Theme + Alabamy Bound + The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
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Al Donahue Orchestra
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‘Spotlight Bands’
Selma AL AFRS Re-broadcast 11 Oct 1943 |
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My Ideal
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Al Donahue Orchestra (voc) Don Berry
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‘Spotlight Bands’
Selma AL AFRS Re-broadcast 11 Oct 1943 |
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I’m Just a Stowaway
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Al Donahue Orchestra (voc) Don Berry
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‘Spotlight Bands’
Selma AL AFRS Re-broadcast 11 Oct 1943 |
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Shoo Shoo Baby + Close
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Al Donahue Orchestra (voc) Penny Piper
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‘Spotlight Bands’
Selma AL AFRS Re-broadcast 11 Oct 1943 |
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Set 2
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Stan Kenton | |
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Artistry In Rhythm (theme) + Theme and Variations + Limelight |
Stan Kenton Orchestra
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‘Concert in Miniature’
Topper Club WLW NBC Cincinnati 14 Jul 1953 |
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Autumn In New York
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Stan Kenton Orchestra
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‘Concert in Miniature’
Topper Club WLW NBC Cincinnati 14 Jul 1953 |
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I’ve Got You Under My Skin
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Stan Kenton Orchestra
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‘Concert in Miniature’
Topper Club WLW NBC Cincinnati 14 Jul 1953 |
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You Go To My Head + Walkin’ Shoes + Artistry in Rhythm (theme)
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Stan Kenton Orchestra
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‘Concert in Miniature’
Topper Club WLW NBC Cincinnati 14 Jul 1953 |
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Set 3
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Ina Ray Hutton | |
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Slender, Tender and Tall
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Ina Ray Hutton Orchestra (voc) Ina Ray Hutton
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‘Spotlight Bands’
Fort Bragg NC Blue Network 19 Jan 1943 |
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Brazil
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Ina Ray Hutton Orchestra
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‘Spotlight Bands’
Fort Bragg NC Blue Network 19 Jan 1943 |
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I’m Getting Tired So I Can Sleep
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Ina Ray Hutton Orchestra (voc) Stuart Foster | ‘Spotlight Bands’ Fort Bragg NC Blue Network 19 Jan 1943 |
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I Found a New Baby + Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue (theme)
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Ina Ray Hutton Orchestra
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‘Spotlight Bands’
Fort Bragg NC Blue Network 19 Jan 1943 |
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Set 4
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Anson Weekes | |
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Do I Hear You Saying?
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Anson Weeks Orchestra
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Radio Transcription
Hotel Mark Hopkins San Francisco 1932 |
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Too Late
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Anson Weeks Orchestra
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Radio Transcription
Hotel Mark Hopkins San Francisco 1932 |
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Patches + Do You Ever Think of Me?
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Anson Weeks Orchestra
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Radio Transcription
Hotel Mark Hopkins San Francisco 1932 |
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I’ll See You in My Dreams + Ooh, That Kiss!
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Anson Weeks Orchestra
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Radio Transcription
Hotel Mark Hopkins San Francisco 1932 |
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Set 5
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European Hit of the Week Records | |
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Too Many Tears + When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba
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The Durium Revellers
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Hit of the Week Cardboard Discs
1932 London |
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Why Waste Your Tears + The Night Shall Be Filled with Music
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The Durium Dance Orchestra
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Hit of the Week Cardboard Discs
1932 London |
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Yes Mr Brown Film Promo
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The Durium Dance Orchestra
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Hit of the Week Cardboard Discs
1932 London |
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Foxtrot + Waltz (in Swedish)
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Sydney Kyte Orchestra
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Hit of the Week Cardboard Discs
1932 London |
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Set 6
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Trad Jazz | |
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I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of my Jelly Roll
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Bud Freeman Summa cum Laude Orchestra
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Panther Room
Hotel Sherman WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 20 May 1940 |
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Secrets in the Moonlight + Shake Down the Stars
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Bud Freeman Summa cum Laude Orchestra
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Panther Room
Hotel Sherman WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 20 May 1940 |
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Out of This World + Yours in My Heart Alone + I Love You Much Too Much
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Bud Freeman Summa cum Laude Orchestra
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Panther Room
Hotel Sherman WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 20 May 1940 |
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Sierra Sue + One O’Clock Jump
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Bud Freeman Summa cum Laude Orchestra
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Panther Room
Hotel Sherman WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 20 May 1940 |
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Set 7
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Fats Waller | |
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Ain’t Misbehavin’ (theme) + I Simply Adore You
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Fats Waller
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WEAF NBC Red NYC
5 Jul 1938 |
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My Best Wishes
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Fats Waller | WEAF NBC Red NYC 5 Jul 1938 |
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Handful of Keys + Hold My Hand
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Fats Waller
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WEAF NBC Red NYC
5 Jul 1938 |
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Sheik of Araby + Ain’t Misbehavin’ (theme)
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Fats Waller
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WEAF NBC Red NYC
5 Jul 1938 |
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Set 8
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Mile Davis | |
| Walkin’ |
Miles Davis and John Coltrane
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‘Bandstand USA’
WOR Mutual NYC 3 Jan 1959 |
| All of Me | Miles Davis and John Coltrane |
‘Bandstand USA’
WOR Mutual NYC 3 Jan 1959 |
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