Phantom Dancer :: 5:00pm 8th Apr 2023

Original air date - Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 4th Apr 2023

Sam 'The Man' Taylor, influential 1940s jump and 1950s rock tenor saxophonist, is this week's Phantom Dancer non-stop swing jazz feature artist. You'll hear him from two 1956 Rock 'n' Roll Dance Party broadcasts on this week's mix. Greg Poppleton has been bringing you The Phantom Dancer, your non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV, each week since 1985. Hear The Phantom Dancer online from 12:04pm AEST Tuesday 4 April at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/ where you can also hear two years of archived shows. The finyl hour is vinyl. Sam The man taylor

SAM 'THE MAN' TAYLOR

Taylor was born in Lexington, Tennessee. He attended Alabama State University, where he played with the Bama State Collegians. He later worked with Scatman Crothers, Cootie Williams, Lucky Millinder, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Buddy Johnson, Louis Jordan and Big Joe Turner. Taylor was one of the most requested session saxophone players in New York recording studios in the 1950s. He also replaced Count Basie as the house bandleader on Alan Freed's radio series, Rock 'n' Roll Dance Party, on CBS, from where this week's Phantom Dancer Sam 'The Man' Taylor tracks originate. Taylor played the saxophone solo on Turner's "Shake, Rattle and Roll". He also played on "Harlem Nocturne"; on "Money Honey", recorded by Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters in 1953; and on "Sh-Boom" by the Chords. During the 1960s, he led a five-piece band, the Blues Chasers. In the 1970s, he frequently played and recorded in Japan.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Sam 'The Man' Taylor's hit 1955 recording on the 1930s jazz standard, Harlem Nocturne. The song was written by Earle Hagen when he was a teenager! He later gave us some of the greatest TV themes ever: "Andy Griffith Show", "Dick Van Dyke Show", "Gomer Pyle USMC", "Danny Thomas Show", "That Girl", "I Spy", "Mod Squad" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wawUTDro4A 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!

4 April PLAY LIST

Play List - The Phantom Dancer
107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #593

107.3 2SER Tuesday 4 April 2023 12:04 - 2:00pm (+10 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
Swing on 1930s Radio
Open + Star Dust
Eliot Lawrence Orchestra
Meadowbrook Ballroom Cedar Grove NJ WOR Mutual NY 1951
Take the A Train (theme) + Koko
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Town Casino NBC Cleveland OH 1952
Tall Timbers (theme) + Loaded Pistol Loaded Dice
Gene Autry
'Dude Martin Sunrise' KGO ABC San Francisco 11 Feb 1949
Set 2
Sam 'The Man' Taylor Big Band
Open + Push It
Sam 'The Man' Taylor Big Band
'Rock'n'Roll Dance Party' WCBS CBS NY 4 Sep 1956
Flag Waver
Sam 'The Man' Taylor Big Band
'Rock'n'Roll Dance Party' WCBS CBS NY 11 Sep 1956
Taylor Made + Close
Sam 'The Man' Taylor Big Band
'Rock'n'Roll Dance Party' WCBS CBS NY 4 Sep 1956
Set 3
Hillbilly Radio
Theme + Sugar Foot Rag
Skip Skipper Quartet
'Stokely Hi Noon Roundup' WMPS Memphis 1952
I Found It In Mother's Bible
Skip Skipper Quartet (voc) Miss Sally Carter
'Stokely Hi Noon Roundup' WMPS Memphis 1952
I've Got A Gal Up On My Mind + Rainbows End + Close
The Plainsmen
'Call of the Range' KNX CBS Los Angeles 1946
Set 4
Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney
Enchanted
Rosemary Clooney (voc) Buddy Cole Music
'Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney Show' CBS Hollywood 20 Mar 1962
Shine On Harvest Moon
Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney (voc) Buddy Cole Music
'Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney Show' CBS Hollywood 20 Mar 1962
Deed I Do
Bing Crosby (voc) Buddy Cole Music
'Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney Show' CBS Hollywood 20 Mar 1962
Baby, Baby + Close
Rosemary Clooney (voc) Buddy Cole Music
'Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney Show' CBS Hollywood 20 Mar 1962
Set 5
Louis Armstrong
Open + I Never Knew
Louis Armstrong Orchestra (voc) Louis Armstrong
'Spotlight Bands' Dallas Tx Blue Network 17 Aug 1943
You Rascal You
Louis Armstrong All-Stars (voc) Louis Armstrong
'Guest Star' Radio Transcription New York City 7 May 1950
Basin Street Blues
Louis Armstrong All-Stars (voc) Louis Armstrong
'Guest Star' Radio Transcription New York City 12 Dec 1954
Skeleton in the Closet + Close
Louis Armstrong Orchestra (voc) Louis Armstrong
'Norge Program' Radio Transcription New York City 1937
Set 6
1930s Australian Dance Orchestras
Marmelade
Jim Davidson and his ABC Dance Band
Comm Rec Sydney 24 Jan 1938
Cosmopolitan Blues
Maurice Gilman Orchestra (voc) Noel Judd
Comm Rec Sydney 8 Jan 1935
Annie Laurie
Jim Davidson and his ABC Dance Band (voc) Alice Smith
Comm Rec Sydney 24 Jan 1938
Harlem Heat
Dudley Cantrell and his Grace Grenadiers
Comm Rec Sydney 22 Nov 1937
Set 7
1940s Dance Band Singers
I Dream of You
Bob Allen (voc) Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
'For The Record' Carnegie Hall WEAF NBC NY 17 Apr 1944
Playmates
Lorraine Benson (voc) Ray Herbeck and his Music with Romance Orchestra
Trianon Ballroom WGN Chicago 24 Nov 1947
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?
Betty Martin and Randy Ryan (voc) Bob Strong Orchestra
Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY WOR Mutual NY 5 Aug 1944
Old Fashioned Love
Eddy Howard (voc) Eddy Howard Orchestra
Aragon Ballroom WGN Mutual Chicago 5 Dec 1948
Set 8
Charlie Parker's 100th Birthday
Repetition / Interview / They Can't Take That Away From Me
Charlie Parker and Strings
'Symphony Sid Show' Birdland WJZ ABC NY 7 Apr 1951
52nd Street Theme
Charlie Parker and Miles Davis
'Symphony Sid Show' Royal Roost WMCA NY 4 Sep 1948
Night in Tunisia
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
'Symphony Sid Show' WJZ ABC NY Birdland 31 Mar 1951
Ornithology
Charlie Parker and Kenny Dorham
'Symphony Sid Show' Royal Roost WMCA NY 1 Jan 1949
PLAYLIST

Eliot Lawrence Orchestra   Open + Star Dust

Duke Ellington Orchestra   Take the A Train (theme) + Koko

Gene Autry   Tall Timbers (theme) + Loaded Pistol Loaded Dice

Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor Big Band   Open + Push It

Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor Big Band   Flag Waver

Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor Big Band   Taylor Made + Close

Skip Skipper Quartet   Theme + Sugar Foot Rag

Skip Skipper Quartet (voc) Miss Sally Carter   I Found It In Mother’s Bible

The Plainsmen   I’ve Got A Gal Up On My Mind + Rainbows End + Close

Rosemary Clooney (voc) Buddy Cole Music   Enchanted

Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney (voc) Buddy Cole Music   Shine On Harvest Moon

Bing Crosby (voc) Buddy Cole Music   Deed I Do

Rosemary Clooney (voc) Buddy Cole Music   Baby, Baby + Close

Louis Armstrong Orchestra (voc) Louis Armstrong   Open + I Never Knew

Louis Armstrong All-Stars (voc) Louis Armstrong   You Rascal You

Louis Armstrong All-Stars (voc) Louis Armstrong   Basin Street Blues

Louis Armstrong Orchestra (voc) Louis Armstrong   Skeleton in the Closet + Close

Jim Davidson and his ABC Dance Band   Marmelade

Maurice Gilman Orchestra (voc) Noel Judd   Cosmopolitan Blues

Jim Davidson and his ABC Dance Band (voc) Alice Smith   Annie Laurie

Dudley Cantrell and his Grace Grenadiers   Harlem Heat

Bob Allen (voc) Tommy Dorsey Orchestra   I Dream of You

Lorraine Benson (voc) Ray Herbeck and his Music with Romance Orchestra   Playmates

Betty Martin and Randy Ryan (voc) Bob Strong Orchestra   Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby?

Eddy Howard (voc) Eddy Howard Orchestra   Old Fashioned Love

Charlie Parker and Strings   Repetition / Interview / They Can’t Take That Away From Me

Charlie Parker and Miles Davis   52nd Street Theme

Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie   Night in Tunisia

Charlie Parker and Kenny Dorham   Ornithology

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