Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 24th Dec 2019
CHRISTMAS
This week’s Phantom Dancer feature artist with Greg Poppleton, is Christmas songs and Christmas broadcasts in a non-stop mix from live 1930s-50s radio.
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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.
POPULAR
Of the top 30 most performed Christmas songs in 2015, 13 (43%) were written in the 1930s or 1940s and 12 (40%) were written in the 1950s and 1960s.
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’…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFWv_x-CwQE
24 DECEMBER PLAY LIST
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Play List – The Phantom Dancer
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio
Community Radio Network Show CRN #416 |
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107.3 2SER Tuesday 24 December 2019 |
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Set 1
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Let’s Dance (theme) + Jingle Bells
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Benny Goodman Orchestra
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Joseph Urban Room
Congress Hotel WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 25 Dec 1935 |
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Open + It Had To Be You + The Fairy On The Christmas Tree
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Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra (voc) The 3 Sisters
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BBC Regional Service
London 25 Dec 1936 |
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Set 2
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Open + Maple Leaf Rag
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Kid Ory
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Club Hangover
KCBS CBS San Francisco 25 Dec 1954 |
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Theme + Blue Christmas
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Jan Garber Orchestra (voc) Ray Cordell
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Melody Mill
WGN Chicago 1950 |
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Weary Blues + Ad
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Kid Ory
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Club Hangover
KCBS CBS San Francisco 25 Dec 1954 |
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Set 3
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Jingle Bells (open) + The Morning After
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Chico Hamilton Quartet
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‘Stars In Jazz’
AFRTS Re-broadcast New York 25 Dec 1958 |
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Wrap your Troubles In Dreams
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Chico Hamilton Quartet (voc) Georgia Carr
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‘Stars In Jazz’
AFRTS Re-broadcast New York 25 Dec 1958 |
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Blee Blop Blues + One O’Clock Jump (theme)
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Count Basie Orchestra
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Birdland
WRCA NBC NY 16 Dec 1956 |
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Set 4
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Happy Holidays + Here We Come a’Caroling + Silent Night
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Bing Crosby and the Norman Luboff Choir (voc) Paul Weston Orchestra
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‘Christmas Sing With Bing’
KNX CBS LA 24 Dec 1957 |
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Description of Ballarat’s Carols By Candlelight + Joseph Mine, Help Me Cradle The Child Divine
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Ted Furlong (station manager 3BA Ballarat) + The Ballarat YWCA Choir
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Christmas Sing With Bing’
KNX CBS LA via 3BA Ballarat 24 Dec 1957 |
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Champagne Cocktail + Close (When Summer Is Gone)
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Hal Kemp Orchestra
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‘Chesterfield Time’
KNX CBS LA 24 Dec 1937 |
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Set 5
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Open + March of the Toy Soldiers
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Phil Davis Orchestra
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‘Fountain of Fun’
WLW Cinncinnati 19 Dec 1943 |
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Jingle Bells
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Thrasher Sisters |
‘Fountain of Fun’
WLW Cinncinnati 19 Dec 1943 |
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Jack-Armstrong Blues
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Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden
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‘Jubilee’
AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1947 |
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Embraceable You
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The Pied Pipers (voc) Harry James Orchestra |
‘Command Performance USA’
AFRS 25 Dec 1945 |
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Set 6
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Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells
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Fats Waller and his Rhythm
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Comm Rec
New York 29 Nov 1936 |
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Jingle Bells
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Glenn Miller Orchestra
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Café Rouge
Hotel Pennsylvania WJZ NBC Blue NY 27 Dec 1941 |
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Dave Brubeck
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Birdland
WABC ABC NY Jan 1954 |
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Charlie Parker (as) Kenny Dorham (tp) Al Haig (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d)
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‘Symphony Side Show’
Royal Roost WMCA NY 25 Dec 1948 |
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Set 7
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Open + March of the Toys
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Phil Davis Orchestra
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‘Fountain of Fun’
WLW Cincinnati 19 Dec 1943 |
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My Silent Love
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Lena Horne (voc) Count Basie Orchestra
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‘Jubilee’
AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1945 |
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Embraceable You
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The Pied Pipers (voc) Harry James and the Music Makers
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‘Command Performance USA’
AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1945 |
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Yesterdays
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Art Tatum (p)
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‘Jubilee’
AFRS Hollywood 25 Dec 1947 |
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Set 8
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Open + 2 Latin American Christmas Songs
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Chiquita
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‘Chiquita’
AFRS Hollywood Dec 1946 |
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O Come All Ye Faithful / Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem / It Came Upon A Midnight Clear / Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
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Frank Sinatra
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‘V-Disc Christmas Selections’
New York 1944 |
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Open + Let It Snow + Happy Christmas, Little Friend
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Dinah Shore (voc) Frank deVol Orchestra
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‘Dinah Shore Show’
WRCA NBC NY 22 Dec 1954 |
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