Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 21st Feb 2023

Hans Rehmstedt was a 1930s-40s German swing band leader and violinist. He is this week’s Phantom Dancer feature artist. He recorded some moody atmospheric sides in the late 30s- early 40s, some of which you’ll hear on this week’s Phantom Dancer

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HANS

Rehmstedt studied violin at the Berlin Academy of Music in the early 1930s.

After graduating he played in Berlin dance orchestras.

He formed his own dance orchestra, which played at Café Uhlandeck.

By 1938 his orchestra had grown to eleven musicians and became the house band of the Berlin Eden Hotel.

In 1940 Rehmstedt founded a smaller formation ( Hans Rehmstedt and his soloists ), but continued to make studio recordings with a big band.

Rehmstedt’s recordings were released under the Electrola and Columbia record labels.

His singers included Rudi Dreyer, Henriette Schäffler, Peter Igelhoff, Rudi Schuricke and Horst Winter.

His most famous recording was made in 1938 “The Lambeth Walk”.

After 1945, Rehmstedt was orchestra conductor at Radio Bremen. He was killed in a car accident in Hanover in the mid-1950s.

21 FEBRUARY PLAY LIST

Play List – The Phantom Dancer
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney
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107.3 2SER Tuesday 21 February 2023
12:04 – 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) and Saturdays 5 – 5:55pm
National Program
5UV Adelaide Monday 2:30 – 3:30am
5GTR Mt Gambier Monday 2:30 – 3:30am
3MBR Murrayville Monday 3 – 4am
4NAG Keppel FM Monday 3 – 4am
2MIA Griffith Monday 3 – 4am
2BAR Edge FM Bega Monday 3 – 4am
2BRW Braidwood Monday 3 – 4am
2YYY Young Monday 3 – 4am
3VKV Alpine Radio Monday 6 – 7pm
7MID Oatlands Monday 3am – 4 and 6 -7pm
2MCE Bathurst Wednesday 9 – 10am
1ART ArtsoundFM Canberra Friday 10 – 11am
and Sunday 11pm
Reading Radio (QLD) Friday 1am – 2
2RRR Ryde Friday 11am – 12
2ARM Armidale Friday 12 – 1pm
5LCM Lofty FM Adelaide Friday 1 – 2pm
6GME Radio Goolarri Broome Saturday 4am – 5am
Denmark FM (West Australia) Saturday 10 – 11am
Repeat: Wednesdays 10 – 11pm
7LTN Launceston Sunday 5 – 6am
3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 – 6am
3BBR West Gippsland Sunday 5 – 6pm
2SEA Sapphire Coast Eden Sunday 9 – 10pm

Set 1
Vincent Lopez
Doll Dance + Old Piano Roll Rock
Vincent Lopez Orchestra (voc) Johnny Messner
‘One Night Stand’
Grill Room
Hotel Taft NYC
AFRS Re-broadcast
1959
Afternoon of a Faun for Dance
Vincent Lopez Orchestra
‘One Night Stand’
Grill Room
Hotel Taft NYC
AFRS Re-broadcast
1959
The World Stands Still
Vincent Lopez Orchestra (voc) Texas Teddy Norman
‘One Night Stand’
Grill Room
Hotel Taft NYC
AFRS Re-broadcast
1959
Cha-Cha + Bugle Call Rag Vincent Lopez Orchestra
‘One Night Stand’
Grill Room
Hotel Taft NYC
AFRS Re-broadcast
1959
Set 2
Harry James
Charmaine
Harry James and the Musicmakers
Aircheck
1943-46
My Old Flame
Harry James and the Musicmakers (voc) Helen Ward
Aircheck
1943-46
Blue Turning Gray Over You
Harry James and the Musicmakers
Aircheck
1943-46
The G flat Special
Harry James and the Musicmakers
Aircheck
1943-46
Set 3
Hit of the Week Ads
Upside Down in Love + The Mark Time Switch
Brown Bilt Shoes + Mark Time
Hit of the Week
Cardboard Records
NYC
1931
Dancing on the Ceiling + Of Thee I Sing
Rudy Vallee Orchestra directed by Richard Himber
Hit of the Week
Cardboard Records
NYC
1931
I Love a Parade + Goodbye Blues
Deveaux Brush Co. + The Mills Brothers Hit of the Week
Cardboard Records
NYC
1932
Happy Days Are Here Again + For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow
Chevrolet + Len-o-Dor Refrigerators
Hit of the Week
Cardboard Records
NYC
1932
Set 4
Hans Rehmstedt
Amazonas + Pampas
Hans Rehmstedt Orchestra
Comm Rec
Berlin
Apr 1941
Ich liebe die Sonne, Mond und Sterne
Hans Rehmstedt Orchestra (voc) Henrietta Schäffler
Comm Rec
Berlin
Oct 1940
Sand
Hans Rehmstedt Eden-Bar Solisten
Comm Rec
Berlin
Jul 1941
Atlantis + Sahara
Hans Rehmstedt Orchestra
Comm Rec
Berlin
Nov 1940
Set 5
Uptempo 1940s Swing
Contrasts (theme) + Just You Just Me
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
Cafe Rouge
Hotel Pennsylvania
WJZ NBC Blue NYC
8 Feb 1943
Slide, Hamp, Slide
Lionel Hampton Orchestra
‘Jubilee’
AFRS Hollywood
3 Dec 1945
Ee-Ba-Ba-Lee-Ba
Charlie Barmet Orchestra (voc) Art Robey
Aircheck
400 Restaurant NYC
4 Apr 1946
Cottontail
Duke Ellington Orchestra
‘A Date with the Duke’
Evansville IN ABC
16 Jun 1945
Set 6
Bob Crosby
Get on Board and Ride
Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) Johnny Mercer
‘Camel Caravan’
WABC CBS NYC
27 Jun 1939
Oh, You Crazy Moon
Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) Helen Ward
‘Camel Caravan’
WABC CBS NYC
11 Jun 1939
Memphis Blues
Bob Crosby Orchestra (voc) Kay Starr
‘Camel Caravan’
WABC CBS NYC
27 Jun 1939
Who’s Sorry Now
Bob Crosby Bobcats
‘Camel Caravan’
WABC CBS NYC
11 Jun 1939
Set 7
Glenn Miller
In the Mood
Glenn Miller and the Band of the AAF training Command
‘Uncle Sam Presents’
Radio Transctiption
NYC
Feb 1944
Holiday for Strings
Glenn Miller and the Band of the AAF training Command ‘Uncle Sam Presents’
Radio Transctiption
NYC
Feb 1944
String of Pearls
Glenn Miller and the Band of the AAF training Command
‘Uncle Sam Presents’
Radio Transctiption
NYC
Feb 1944
Don’t Be That Way
Glenn Miller and the Band of the AAF training Command
‘Uncle Sam Presents’
Radio Transctiption
NYC
Feb 1944
Set 8
Modern Jazz
Two Handed Blues
Erroll Garner
Storeyville
WHDH Boston
Dec 1953
Imagination Slim Gaillard (voc) SG ‘Symphony Sid Show’
Birdland
WJZ ABC NYC
24 Feb 1951
It’s Alright With Ne
Erroll Garner
‘Mitch Miller TV Show’
May 1956