Phantom Dancer :: 5:00pm 11th Mar 2023

Original air date - Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 7th Mar 2023

Jean Sablon was the most widely acclaimed male French singer of his generation in the world after Maurice Chavalier. He's this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist. The Phantom Dancer is your weekly non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV every week. LISTEN to this week's Phantom Dancer mix (online after 2pm AEST, Tuesday 7 March) and weeks of Phantom Dancer mixes online at, at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/ [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlwWzobmnRY[/embed]

JEAN

Jean Sablon was one of the first French singers to immerse himself in jazz. The man behind several songs by big French and American names, he was the first to use a microphone on a French stage in 1936. Star of vinyl and the radio, he left France in 1937 to take up a contract with NBC in the United States, which you'll hear on this week's Phantom Dancer.
His radio and later televised shows made him a huge star in America.
He made his singing debut at the age of seventeen in an operetta in Paris.
Sablon was the first singer to have recorded with Django Reinhardt and he sang in Reinhardt over the BBC in 1934.
In 1936, made the film "Le Petit Chemin" and presented the radio show Cadum Variétés, on which he also sang.
At the Théâtre Mogador and then at Bobino he created a scandal by using a microphone for the first time in France.
In 1937, he won the Grand Prix du Disque for the song "Vous qui passez sans me voir". Contracted by the producers of The Magic Key, thanks to his success in France, he left for New York, engaged at the NBC studios of Radio City. In Hollywood, Sablon was contracted to star in "The Story of Irene and Vernon Castle" with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Due to production disagreements, he demanded the withdrawal of scenes in which he starred. The final version conserves merely his interpretation of the song "Darktown Strutters Ball". In the movie capital, he appeared at the Trocadero. He also presented and sang his songs on the radio show Hollywood Hotel on which he invited numerous big stars. In the 1940s his "Jean Sablon Show" was on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) radio and was accompanied by the American accordionist and songwriter John Serry Sr, with Toots Camarata as musical arranger. He returned to Paris to appear on the stage of the ABC and took part to television experiments. Then he returned to  star on Broadway and then Boston in the musical "Streets of Paris". He was teamed him with Carmen Miranda, who appeared for the first time outside of Brazil. Sablon made his debut at the Teatro Municipal in São Paulo in 1940, and then in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. In 1941, he had further engagements in New York, at the Waldorf Astoria, the Plaza and at the San Regis hotels, before going on, in 1942, in Los Angeles and in Cuba, and then touring in America, Brazil and Argentina. Some of his appearances were for war victims. Meanwhile, in 1943, in London, his sister Germaine was the first to perform Le Chant des Partisans, which became the anthem of the French Resistance. Sablon continued to sing in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, appearing there through 1945, when he returned to the US to perform in New York, Chicago and Washington. His 1947-48 US tour took him to New Orleans, San Francisco, Hollywood (Ciro's), Boston, Los Angeles (Beverly Hills) and Palm Beach, and then onto Brazil, Argentina and Canada. Sablon's recording of "Les Feuilles mortes" (Autumn Leaves) in the summer of 1947 in New York (RCA Victor 855332) is the earliest version of this classic.
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SABLON

In 1950 in London he recorded on "C'est Si Bon" with the orchestra of Woolf Philips. Gene Kelly unsuccessfully attempted to persuade him to play the role of Henri Baurel in An American in Paris (subsequently taken by Georges Guetary). Throughout the 1950s, Sablon traveled constantly (except for a year's sabbatical in 1957). in Australia, New Zealand, India Tahiti, Panama, Venezuela, the US, the UK, France, Brazil, Canada, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Greece, Italy, Egypt, Mexico, Cuba and Spain. In 1952, he starred in the film Paris Chante Toujours, and the same year became the first French entertainer to be featured in his own show in Las Vegas. Under the banner of the Moss Empire, Sablon toured the UK and Ireland. Later in the decade he extended his travels to include India, Australia and New Zealand, Tahiti, Panama and Venezuela. In the 1960s, he drew crowds in Europe, South America, the US, South Africa, Bermuda, New Caledonia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, and Iran (where he appeared before the Shah at the royal palace). The 1970s and the 1980s found Sablon performing regularly on TV in France, Switzerland, Italy, Brazil and the US. In addition, he regularly offered his services on behalf of charitable causes: The Red Cross Gala in Monaco in 1972, the gala for the restoration of Versailles in 1973 and the International Festival of Song first in Brazil and then in Uruguay. At the urging of US impresario George Wein and singer-pianist Bobby Short, Jean celebrated his 75th birthday at the Met (Lincoln Center) in New York, appearing with the orchestra of Frank Sinatra. Sablon appeared in a number of motion pictures and television films performing as a vocalist or pianist, his last being in 1984 when he sang "April in Paris" in Mistral's Daughter, the popular American TV miniseries filmed in France. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHz1iAVnnLw[/embed]

7 MARCH PLAY LIST

Play List - The Phantom Dancer
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney LISTEN ONLINE Community Radio Network Show CRN #588

107.3 2SER Tuesday 7 March 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
Weird Music
Theme + Sound of Music
Felicia Sanders
'Guest Star' Radio Transcription New York City 3 Apr 1960
Theme + In a Little Spanish Town + Love Nest
Master Radio Canaries with Organ & Violin
'Hartz Mountain Pet Food Show' Radio Transcription Chicago 1949
I'm Wild About Horns on Automobiles
Hoosier Hot Shots
’Alka-Seltzer Radio Spot’ NBC Transcriptions, Chicago 1938
Set 2
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Theme + Stumbling
Les Paul & Mary Ford
'Les Paul & Mary Ford Show' NBC Radio Transcription 16 Jun 1950
Lonesome Road
Les Paul & Mary Ford
'Les Paul & Mary Ford Show' NBC Radio Transcription 16 Jun 1950
The Rustic Dance
Les Paul & Mary Ford
'Les Paul & Mary Ford Show' NBC Radio Transcription 16 Jun 1950
Looking For the Bully + If a Nightingale Could Sing Like You (close)
Les Paul & Mary Ford
'Les Paul & Mary Ford Show' NBC Radio Transcription 16 Jun 1950
Set 3
Swing & Sway
Open + Kiss Me Sweet
Sammy Kaye Orchestra (voc ) Laura Leslie & Don Cornell
'Sammy Kaye Showroom' Radio Transcription New York City 1949
Louise + I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now?
Sammy Kaye Orchestra (voc) Tony Alamo
'Sammy Kaye Showroom' Radio Transcription New York City 1949
The Belmont Boogie
Sammy Kaye Orchestra 'Sammy Kaye Showroom' Radio Transcription New York City 1949
I'll Keep the Love Light Burning in My Heart + Theme
Sammy Kaye Orchestra (voc) The Four Kayedettes
'Sammy Kaye Showroom' Radio Transcription New York City 1949
Set 4
Jean Sablon
Open + Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
Jean Sablon
'The Magic Key' WJZ NBC Blue New York City
via Shortwave from Paris 8 Oct 1936
Alone
Jean Sablon
'The Magic Key' WJZ NBC Blue New York City
via Shortwave from Paris 8 Oct 1936
Hoopla! + Insensiblemente
Jean Sablon
'Jean Sablon' Paris French Broadcasting System 1954
Place Pigalle + Paris je t'aime (theme)
Jean Sablon
'Jean Sablon' Paris French Broadcasting System 1954
Set 5
Uptempo 1940s Swing
Red Top
Woody Herman Orchestra
'Old Gold Show' WABC CBS NYC 1944
Memphis Blues
Harry James Orchestra
Hotel Astor Roof WABC CBS NYC 28 Aug 1942
1-2-3-4 Jumb
Woody Herman Orchestra (vibes) Marjorie Hyams
'Old Gold Show' WABC CBS NYC 27 Sep 1944
Cincinnati
Charlie Spivak Orchestra
Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA Apr 1948
Set 6
Skinnay Ennis
When Summer is Gone (theme) + It's Winter Again
Skinnay Ennis (voc) Hal Kemp Orchestra
'Lavena Program' Radio Transcription NYC 1934
Small Fri
Skinnay Ennis (voc) Hal Kemp Orchestra
'Lavena Program' Radio Transcription NYC 1934
Shuffle Off to Buffalo
Skinnay Ennis (voc) Hal Kemp Orchestra
'Lavena Program' Radio Transcription NYC 1934
Ain'tcha Glad + When Summer is Gone (theme)
Skinnay Ennis (voc) Hal Kemp Orchestra
'Lavena Program' Radio Transcription NYC 1934
Set 7
Raymond Scott
Pretty Little Petticoat (theme) + Huckleberry Duck
Raymond Scott Orchestra
Panther Room Hotel Sherman WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 1940
Mahattan Serenade
Raymond Scott Orchestra Palace Hotel KQW CBS San Francisco Sep 1947
So Do I
Raymond Scott Orchestra (voc) Nan Wynn
Panther Room Hotel Sherman WMAQ NBC Red Chicago 1940
Caterpillar Creep
Raymond Scott Orchestra
'Music Depreciation' KHJ Mutual LA 1944
Set 8
Charlie Parker
Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (theme) + Oo Bop Sh'Bam
Charlie Parker (voc) Band
'Symphony Sid Show' Royal Roost WMCA NYC 22 Jan 1949
Scrapple From the Apple Charlie Parker 'Symphony Sid Show' Royal Roost WMCA NYC 22 Jan 1949
Salt Paenuts
Charlie Parker (voc) Band
'Symphony Sid Show' Royal Roost WMCA NYC 22 Jan 1949

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