Original air date - Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 5th Nov 2019

INTERNATIONAL

This week's Phantom Dancer feature artist with Greg Poppleton is The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the first integrated all women band in the United States. Latina, Asian, Caucasian, Black, Indian and Puerto Rican members gave the band an 'international' flavour, hence the name. You'll hear them today from 1944-45 AFRS airchecks.

ONLINE

This week's Phantom Dancer will be online after the 5 November 107.3 2SER Sydney live mix at 2ser.com. Hear the show live every Tuesday 12:04-2pm on 107.3 2SER Sydney.

SWEETHEARTS

The original members of the band had met at Piney Woods Country Life School, a school for poor and African American children, in 1938 in Mississippi. Most who attended Piney Woods were orphans, including band member Helen Jones, who had been adopted by the school's principal and founder (also the Sweethearts' original bandleader), Dr Laurence C. Jones.

OF

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm turned professional and severed connections with Piney Woods in April 1941. The venues they played, such as the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, the Howard Theatre in Washington D.C., the Regal Theatre in Chicago, the Cotton Club in Cincinnati, the Riviera in St. Louis, the Dreamland in Omaha, or the Club Plantation and Million Dollar Theater in Los Angeles, were for black audiences. Leonard Feather stated in a Los Angeles Times article about the band that "if you are white, whatever your age, chances are you have never heard of the Sweethearts". The Sweethearts swiftly rose to fame, nonetheless. The band set a new box office record of 35,000 patrons in one week of 1941 at the Howard Theatre. In Hollywood they made short films for use in movie theaters. One of these is your Phantom Dancer Video of the Week. Radio work was largely confined to 'Jubilee' broadcasts over Armed Forces Radio aimed at black US armed forces personnel. You'll hear excerpts from some of these broadcasts on this week's Phantom Dancer.

RHYTHM

The 16-piece International Sweethearts of Rhythm featured a strong brass section, heavy percussion, and a deep rhythmic sense, along with many of the best female musicians of the day. The band leader and singer was Anna Mae Winburn. Check out the video of the week below to savour their original ideas.

VIDEO

This week's Phantom Dancer video of the week is 'Central Avenue Boogie' from a 1940s soundie by the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, sung by Anna Mae Winburn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN7xU11_gS4

5 NOVEMBER PLAY LIST

Play List - The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show CRN #412
107.3 2SER Tuesday 5 November 2019 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	Big Bands on One Night Stand
Open + Saint Louis Breakdown	Lucky Millinder Orchestra	'One Night Stand' Savoy Ballroom Harlem NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 17 July 1945
I'll Be Around	Sonny Dunham Orchestra (voc) Pat Cameron	'One Night Stand' Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 14 Apr 1944
I've Got Rhythm + Close	Tony Pastor Orchestra	'One Night Stand' Jantzen Beach Portland OR AFRS Re-broadcast 15 May 1945
Set 2	1940s-50s Trad Radio
Lonesome Road	Muggsy Spanier & Baby Doods	'This is Jazz' WOR Mutual NY 5 Apr 1947
Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	Ralph Sutton Quintet	Club Hangover KCBS San Francisco 7 Sep 54
I Ain't Gonna Give Anyone None of my Jelly Roll	Meade Lux Lewis	Club Hangover KCBS San Francisco 7 Sep 54
Set 3	Lounge Radio
Open + Quiet Village (theme) + Happy Talk	Martin Denny Orchestra	'One Night Stand' London House AFRTS Re-broadcast via WBBM CBS Chicago 1959
Open + Boulevarde of Broken Dreams	Dick Carroll Orchestra	'The World Dances' WJSV CBS Washington DC 21 Sep 1939
Kila Kila Holi A'kala + Close	Johnny Pineapple	Polynesian Village Edgewater Beach Hotel WGN Chicago 1 Jan 1958
Set 4	The International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Galvanising	The International Sweethearts of Rhythm	'Jubilee' AFRS Hollywood 1945
Diggin' Dyke	The International Sweethearts of Rhythm	'Jubilee' AFRS Hollywood 17 Jul 1945
She's Crazy With the Heat	The International Sweethearts of Rhythm	'Jubilee' AFRS Hollywood
Set 5	Les Brown
Carioca	Les Brown Orchestra	Radio Transcription 1949
Open + Love is Just Around the Corner	Les Brown Orchestra	Peacock Room baker Hotel CBS Dallas 9 Au !945
We'll Be Together Aain	Les Brown Orchestra (voc) Jane Harvey	'One Night Stand' Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvamia AFRS Re-broadcast 28 Dec 1945
Show Me The Way To Go Home	Les Brown Orchestra (voc) Butch Stone	Palladium Ballroom KNX CBS LA 16 Aug 1945
Set 6	1935-36 Dance Bands
Down By the Old Mill Stream	Bunny Berrigan Orchestra	'Saturday Night Swing Club' WABC CBS NY 22 Oct 1936
Christopher Columbus	Isham Jones Orchestra	WOR Mutual NY 13 Mar 1936
Haunting Me	Henry Busse Orchestra	Radio Transcription 1935
Weary Blues	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	'Ford V-8 Show' CBS Dallas Aug 1936
Set 7	Django Reinhardt Radio Transcriptions
Nuages	Django Reinhardt Quintet	Radio Geneve Switzerland 25 Oct 1949
How High the Moon	Django Reinhardt with Ray McKinley's Quintet	Jazz Club Francaise 1945
Black Night	Django Reinhardt Quintet	Radio Geneve Switzerland 25 Oct 1949
Danse Norvegienne No. 2	Django Reinhardt Quintet	Radio Geneve Switzerland 25 Oct 1949
Set 8	Miles Davis
Intro + Walkin'	Miles Davis	'Bandstand USA' Birdland WOR Mutual NYC 3 Jan 1959
All of Me	Miles Davis	'Bandstand USA' Birdland WOR Mutual NYC 3 Jan 1959