Original air date - Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 21st Jan 2020

The Tuesday 21 January Phantom Dancer on radio and online - your two hour non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio with Greg Poppleton - opens with Larry Clinton as feature artist from live 1930s-40s radio. You can hear The Phantom Dancer online now at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/ The last hour is all vinyl.

LARRY

The Phantom Dancer kicks off with 1930s-40s airchecks by The Dipsy Doodler, swing band leader Larry Clinton. Larry Clinton was a trumpeter who became a prominent American bandleader and arranger in the late 1930s He also played trombone and clarinet. In his twenties, he became a prolific arranger for the dance orchestras of Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Glen Gray, Louis Armstrong and Bunny Berigan. His first stint as a bandleader was from 1937 to 1941, and he recorded a string of hits for Victor Records while broadcasting on air for such Clinton feature RCA Victor NBC programs as 'Larry Clinton's Campus Club'.

CLINTON

The Clinton band's repertoire included pop tunes of the day and ambitious instrumentals penned by Clinton (the most popular, "A Study in Brown," spawned four sequels in different colours). His swing adaptations of classical compositions swept the industry, and orchestras everywhere were "swinging the classics" by adding pop lyrics to melodies by Debussy and Tchaikovsky. His version of Debussy's "Reverie", with vocalist Bea Wain, was particularly popular. Entitled "My Reverie", his version peaked at #1 on Billboard's Record Buying Guide in 1938.

SOUNDIES

Clinton's band was predominantly a recording group that also played college proms and hotel ballrooms. On the strength of Clinton's record hit "The Dipsy Doodle," Vitaphone and Paramount Pictures signed the band to star in three 10-minute theatrical films. All were filmed in New York. In 1941 Clinton and his band appeared in six short musical films designed for then-popular "movie jukeboxes." (The films were ultimately released as Soundies in 1943.) This was one of his last jobs as a bandleader.

AIR FORCE

He quit the music business on the outbreak of World War II and joined the United States Army Air Forces. A rated pilot, he rose to the rank of captain, was stationed with the Air Transport Command in Calcutta and China during Hump airlift, and was a flight instructor with the 1343rd Base Unit. He resumed his musical career and enjoyed new success as a bandleader from 1948 to 1950. He remained active in the music business – often leading a studio band for pop singers like Barry Frank – until 1961.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Larry Clinton and the Orchestra with Bea Wain singing the aforementioned 'My Reverie' in a 1941 'soundie'. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5owxl0Qq80 Make sure you come back to this blog, Greg Poppleton's Radio Lounge, every Tuesday, for the newest Phantom Dancer play list and Video of the Week! Thank you.

21 JANUARY PLAY LIST

Play List - The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #420
107.3 2SER Tuesday 21 January 2020 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 - 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) National Program: ArtsoundFM Canberra Sunday 10 - 11pm Edge FM Bega Monday 3 - 4pm 7MID Oatlands Tuesday 8 - 9pm 2ARM Armidale Friday 12 - 1pm 3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 - 6am and early morning on 23 other stations.
Set 1	Larry Clinton 'The Dipsy Doodler' on 1938-48 Radio
The Dipsy Doodle (theme) + Zigzag	Larry Clinton Orchestra	Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ WEAF NBC Red NY 1938
In A Mist	Larry Clinton Orchestra	Hotel Park Central WEAF NBC Red NY 7 Jul 1939
Lonesome Road + Study In Brown (Close)	Larry Clinton Orchestra	'One Night Stand' Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ AFRS Re-broadcast 18 Dec 1948
Set 2	'Here's To Veterans' 1947-55 Radio Transcription Series
Manhattan (open) + Dark Dream	Georgie Auld	'Here's To Veterans' Radio Transcription 1955
Bloop Bleep	Nat King Cole Trio (voc) Woody Herman	'Here's To Veterans' Radio Transcription 5 Jul 1947
Cow Cow Boogie + Blacksmith Blues (close)	Ella Mae Morse	'Here's To Veterans' Radio Transcription 1954
Set 3	1930s - 40s Mickey Mouse Bands on Radio
Feeling For Me Of You	Tommy Carlyn (voc) Gail Saunders	Bill Green's Casino Pittsburgh NBC 1942
The Girl With The Light Blue Hair	Benny Krueger Orchestra	WOR Mutual NY 28 Apr 1940
The More I Know + Robins and Roses + Station Schedule (fades)	Clint Noble Orchestra (voc) Trio	WEAF NBC Red NY 3 Jul 1936
Set 4	Trad Bands on Live 1955-56 Radio
Theme + Royal Garden Blues	Kid Ory	Club Hangover KCBS San Francisco 5 Feb 1955
The Boppinpoof Song	Louis Armstrong All-Stars (voc) Louis Armstrong	'All-Star Parade of Jazz' Basin Street WRCA NBC NY 8 May 1955
Shine	Al Hirt Jazz Band	'Jazz Band Ball' WWL CBS New Orleans 18 Aug 1956
Set 5	1934 - 36 Radio Bands
Maniac's Ball	Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra	Radio Transcription 1934
There's A Small Hotel	Hal Kemp Orchestra (voc) Maxine Gray	'Lady Ester Serenade' WEAF NBC Red NY 26 Aug 1936
Sweet and Lowdown	Anson Weeks Orchestra	Radio Transcription Peacock Court Hotel Mark Hopkins San Francisco 1932
Love is Just Around The Corner + When Day Is Done	Henry Busse Orchestra (voc) Marion Holmes	Radio Transcription Hollywood 1935
Set 6	Harry James on the Air
The One I Love	Harry James Orchestra (voc) The Skylarks	'Call For Music' KFI NBC LA 1948
Two O'Clock Jump	Harry James Octet	Aircheck 1950
Jump Sauce	Harry James Orchestra	Meadowbrook Gardens Culver City Ca KFI NBC LA 10 Feb 1946
It's A Wonderful World	Harry James Orchestra	Southland Cafe WNAC NBC Boston 19 Mar 1940
Set 7	Modern Jazz Small Groups on 1940s-50s Radio
Tiny Grimes	Tiny Grimes Quartet	Comm Rec New York City 3 Nov 1944
O-Go-Mo	Charlie Ventura	Aircheck 1951
The 7-11 Jump	Erroll Garner Trio	Basin Street WRCA NBC NY May 1956
Somebody Loves Me + Goodbye	Benny Goodman Sextet (with Alistair Cooke)	'Kings of Jazz' BBC New York City 8 Dec 1945
Set 8	Charlie Parker on WMCA 1948-49
52nd Street Theme	Charlie Parker (as) Miles Davis (tp) Tadd Dameron (piano) Curley Russell (bass) Max Roach (d)	Royal Roost WMCA NY 4 Sep 1948
Hot House	Charlie Parker (as) Kenny Dorham (tp) Al Haig (piano) Tommy Potter (bass) Joe Harris (d)	Royal Roost WMCA NY 15 Jan 1949
Ornithology	Charlie Parker (as) Miles Davis (tp) Al Haig (piano) Tommy Potter (bass) Max Roach (d)	Royal Roost WMCA NY 11 Dec 1948