Original air date - Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 2nd Jun 2020

This week's Phantom Dancer features a set of that rebellious 'yoof' music called 'rock'n'roll' from live 1956 was selling Savings Bonds, beer and cigarettes to kids. (I've cut the coffin nail ads). Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Phantom Dancer has been produced and presented by 1920s-30s singer and actor Greg Poppleton since 1985. It can be heard online from 12:04pm AEST Tuesday 26 May at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/ The finyl hour is vinyl.

THE ROCK MUSIC AS REBELLION MYTH

The idea that rock music, and by extension all ‘youth music’, is, and was rebellious, is a myth manufactured by big business to sell product. In the US, UK, Canada, NZ & Australia, the Second World War forced governments to recognise the strategic importance of a better educated and healthier cohort of teenagers for the military, industry and innovation. Legislation was passed in each of these countries to achieve these ends. No longer could kids leave school before 15 to work for the family, in factories, on farms and down mines. There was better health care focused on youth from babyhood. And pocket money for kids became an expectation. Kids supporting their families as my father and grandfather did became uncommon. So there arose in these countries a cashed-up cohort of teens. This coincided with big shifts in the demographics of popular music in the US, which had been the growing centre of Western popular culture since ragtime and the Broadway musical. This week's Phantom Dancer features a set of that rebellious 'yoof' music called 'rock'n'roll' from live 1956 was selling Savings Bonds, beer and cigarettes to kids. (I've cut the coffin nail ads). Yeah, yeah, yeah.   NiHi was a brand of soft drink in the US that was popular for its novelty flavours. The 1932 radio ad on this week's Phantom Dancer praises Nihi's 'true fruit orange'. Fans of MASH would know that the character Radar drank Grape Nihi. Some other Nihi (pronounced Knee High) fizzy drink flavours included Chocolate, Root Beer, Lemonade, Wild Red, Blue Cream, and Peach. There were many more.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

SCTV's send up of 1980s TV rock concerts and Lee A Iacocco's Chrysler troubles - Lee A Iacocco's Rock Concert (sound drops out in parts - skip through). Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJThplJB81E

2 JUNE PLAY LIST

Play List - The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #439
107.3 2SER Tuesday 2 June 2020 After the 2SER 12 noon news, 12:04 - 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) and Saturdays 5 - 5:55pm National Program: 1ART ArtsoundFM Canberra Sunday 10 - 11pm 5GTR Mt Gambier Monday 2:30 - 3:30am 3MBR Murrayville Monday 3 - 4am 4NAG Keppel FM Monday 3 - 4am 2SEA Eden Monday 3 - 4am 2MIA Griffith Monday 3 - 4pm 2BAR Edge FM Bega Monday 3 - 4pm 3VKV Alpine Radio Monday 6 - 7pm 7MID Oatlands Tuesday 8 - 9pm 2MCE Bathurst / Orange / Central West NSW Wednesday 9 - 10am 2ARM Armidale Friday 12 - 1pm 7LTN Launceston Sunday 5 - 6am 3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 - 6am 6GME Radio Goolarri Broome Sunday 5 - 6am
Set 1	1944 Swing Bands
Open + Jeep Jockey Jump	Glenn Miller AAF Orchestra	'Uncle Sam Presents' NBC 12 Feb 1945
Speak Low	Bob Chester Orchestra	'One Night Stand' Panther Room Hotel Sherman, Chicago AFRS Re-broadcastY 8 Oct 1944
How Do I Say I Love You?	Richard Himber Orchestra	'Spotlight Bands' Aniston, Alabama AFRS Re-broadcast 1944
Set 2	Live Rock'n'Roll on 1950s Radio
Open + The Dripper	Louis Jordan and the Tympani 5	'All-Star Parade of Bands' Zardi's KFI NBC LA 9 Jul 1956
Cry Baby	Bonnie Sisters (voc) Count Basie Orchestra	'Rock 'n' Roll Dance Party' Paramount Theatre, Brooklyn WCBS CBS NY 1956
Ad + One O'Clock Jump + Close	King Porter Band	'Burgie Big Beat' KNX Los Angeles 1956
Set 3	Swing on 1938 Radio
I Want To Be Happy	Frank Coughlan's Band	Comm Rec Sydney Dec 1938
Open + Heart and Soul	Larry Clinton Orchestra (voc) Bea Wain	International Casino WEAF NBC Red NY 15 Nov 1938
Indistinct Title shouted out by the Audience	Benny Goodman Orchestra	'Camel Caravan' WBBM CBS Chicago 6 Sep 1938
Set 4	1950s All-Star Parade of Bands on NBC Radio
Cheek To Cheek	Billy Taylor Trio	'All-Star Parade of Bands' Composers Club WRCA NBC NY 7 May 1956
Love Is Just Around The Corner	George Shearing	'All-Star Parade of Bands' Blue Note WMAQ NBC Chicago 11 Jul 1953
That Old Devil Me	Sarah Vaughan	'All-Star Parade of Bands' Zardi's Hollywood KFI NBC LA 21 May 1956
Set 5	Jazz and Pop on 1945 Radio
Is There A Story	George Trevare Orchestra (voc) Joan Blake	Comm Rec Sydney 1945
Open + Back In Your Own Backyard	Charlie Barnet Orchestra	'Spotlight Bands' Fort Devons Mass. Blue Network 15 Oct 1945
I Wish I Knew	Les Brown Orchestra (voc) Doris Day	Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 16 Aug 1945
Stompin' At The Savoy	Gene Krupa Orchestra	Hotel Astor Roof WOR Mutual NY 15 Aug 1945
Set 6	Swing Radio from 1938
Blues in D Flat	Seven Pearce Arrows	Demo Rec Sydney Sep 1938
Monday Morning	Jan Savitt Top Hatters (voc) Carlotta Dale	KYW NBC Red Philadelphia 17 Oct 1938
The Gal From Joe's	Duke Elligton Orchestra	Cotton Club WOR Mutual NY 1 May 1938
The Dipsy Doodle	Glenn Miller Orchestra (pre-famous sound)	Paradise Restaurant WJZ NBC Blue NY 18 Jun 1938
Set 7	Tommy Dorsey on Radio 1934 - 1955
Open + Is That Religion?	Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (voc) Bob Crosby	Ben Mardin's Riviera Fort Lee NJ WEAF NBC Red NY 20 Sep 1934
Open + Losers Weepers	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	'America Dances' WABC CBS NY and BBC London 28 May 1940
Buster's Gang Comes On	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	'Spotlight Bands' Blue Network 29 Jan 1945
Tangerine + Close	Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (voc) Tommy Mercer and Dolly Houston	Cafe Rouge Hotel Statler WRCA NBC NY Dec 1955
Set 8	Bebop Reeds from 1948-49 Radio
Sax of a Kind	Lee Konitz (as)	'Bandstand USA' Carnegie Hall Voice of America 25 Dec 1949
Indiana	Benny Goodman (cl) Sextet	'One Night Stand' The Click Philadelphia AFRS Re-broadcast 3 Jun 1948
Just You Just Me	Lester Young Sextet	'Symphony Sid Show' Royal Roost WMCA NY 27 Nov 1948