Original air date - Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 11th Jan 2022

Med School dropout Eddy Howard, singer, band leader and composer of 'Careless' (his theme song), 'If I Knew Then', 'My Last Goodbye', and 'A Million Years Ago', is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist. LISTEN to this week's Phantom Dancer mix (online after 2pm AEST, Tuesday 11 January) and two years of Phantom Dancer mixes online at, at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/ I'm Greg Poppleton, The Phantom Dancer producer and presenter every week on 107.3 2SER radio Sydney since 1985. Eddy Howard singing with Dick Jurgens Orchestra. How different is the radio transcription of Ragtime Cowboy Joe (19120 played on this week's Phantom Dancer to this 1939 commercial waxing... [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWfaBpGJ774[/embed]

TROMBONE THEN SINGER

Edy Howard studied medicine at Stanford University before dropping out to become a singer of romantic ballads on Los Angeles radio. Later he sang with bands led by Ben Bernie and Dick Jurgens. He first auditioned for, and then joined the Jurgens Orchestra, as a trombonist. With a limited knowledge of music, he committed the audition charts to memory and got the job. By the time Jurgens discovered that Howard had not enough sight-reading skills to hold down the trombone chair, he had also discovered Howard's ability as a vocalist. Jurgens hired someone else to play trombone. He gave Eddy Howard a guitar and made him band vocalist. Jurgens said that it didn't matter how well Howard played guitar, his vocals made the band. Eddy Howard singing with his vocal trio and Orchestra in 1949... [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqnP_HAXbno[/embed]

ORCHESTRA

In 1939, Howard started his own band, and he was the regular vocalist on It Can Be Done, Edgar A. Guest's 1941 radio programme on the Blue Network, from Wednesday to Friday. The first No. 1 single for Howard and his Orchestra, "To Each His Own", spent five non-consecutive weeks at the top of the U.S. pop chart in 1946. The song was a tie-in with the 1946 Paramount film, To Each His Own, which brought Academy Awards for Olivia de Havilland and screenwriter Charles Brackett. The recording by Howard was released by Majestic Records and reached the Billboard chart on July 11, 1946, spending a total of 19 weeks on the chart. It sold over two million copies by 1957 and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. Howard's orchestra was heard on The Gay Mrs. Featherstone on NBC (April 18 - October 10, 1945) and on NBC's The Sheaffer Parade, sponsored by Sheaffer Pens (September 14, 1947 - September 5, 1948). In 1949, Howard signed to Mercury Records. His popularity continued into the 1950s with tracks such as "Maybe It's Because", and "(It's No) Sin", which became Howard's second No. 1 tune, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Howard's last hit was "The Teen-Ager's Waltz", which peaked at No. 90 on the Billboard Top 100 chart in 1955. In 1952–1953 he was heard on CBS on Thursday nights at 10:45pm, with further broadcasts on Tuesdays at 10pm in 1955–1956. The rise of rock music led to a decline in Howard's popularity. In a change of roles, Howard was the host on Just for You, an hour-long variety program on NBC in 1954. The staff orchestra of WMAQ Chicago provided the music. Howard's star rose again during the 1960s, as part of the revival of interest in Big Band music and old-time radio. He went into semi-retirement and his some-time saxophonist, vocalist-bandleader Norman Lee, procured the rights to use the Eddy Howard Orchestra name and the band's arrangements. Lee and the Orchestra became a dance-band staple throughout the U.S. midwest. Based out of Wichita, Kansas, they toured extensively and recorded on their own label, Marian Records. By the late 1960s, Lee dropped the Eddy Howard name and led the orchestra under his own name, though several Howard standards remained featured in their repertoire. The organization dissolved in the wake of the murder of Lee and his wife by one of the band's former trumpet players on 6 December 1978. Here's Eddy Howard's theme, which he co-wrote with Dick Jurgens... [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCJkWw41bkQ[/embed]

11 JANUARY PLAY LIST

Play List - The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney LISTEN ONLINE Community Radio Network Show CRN #526
107.3 2SER Tuesday 11 January 2022 12:04 - 2:00pm (+11 hours GMT) and Saturdays 5 - 5:55pm National Program 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 - 4am 2BAR Edge FM Bega Monday 3 - 4am 2BRW Braidwood Monday 3 - 4am 3VKV Alpine Radio Monday 6 - 7pm 7MID Oatlands Monday 6 -7pm 6GME Radio Goolarri Broome Tuesday 12am - 1am 2MCE Bathurst Wednesday 9 - 10am 1ART ArtsoundFM Canberra Friday 10 - 11am 2ARM Armidale Friday 12 - 1pm 5LCM Lofty FM Adelaide Friday 1 - 2pm Denmark FM (West Australia) Saturdays 10 – 11am Repeat: Wednesdays 10 – 11pm 7LTN Launceston Sunday 5 - 6am 3MGB Mallacoota Sunday 5 - 6am 3BBR West Gippsland Sunday 5 - 6pm
Set 1	1940s Swing Radio
Open + Hallelujah + The Song is You	Jerry Wald Orchestra (voc) dick Merrick	'Spotlight Bands' AFRS Re-broadcast 28 Oct 1944
Bugle Call Rag	Gene Krupa Orchestra	Pacific Square KFSD Mutual San Diego 3 Mar 1945
Desperate Desmond + Close	Buddy Rich Orchestra	'Spotlight Bands' AFRS Re-broadcast 24 Dec 1945
Set 2	Count Basie Rock'n'Roll
One O'Clock Jump (theme) + Blee Blop Blues	Count Basie Orchestra	'Rock'n'Roll Dance Party' WCBS CBS NY 21 Apr 1956
Shake a Hand + I'll Be True To You	Count Basie Orchestra (voc) Faye Adams	'Rock'n'Roll Dance Party' WCBS CBS NY 21 Apr 1956
All Right, OK, You Win	Count Basie Orchestra (voc) Joe Williams	'Rock'n'Roll Dance Party' WCBS CBS NY 21 Apr 1956
Basie Land + One O'Clock Jump (theme)	Count Basie Orchestra	'Rock'n'Roll Dance Party' WCBS CBS NY 21 Apr 1956
Set 3	Early Recorded Radio
Open + My Sweeter Than Sweet + She's So Unusual	Studio Orchestra	Opening WNER and W9XF Chicago 1930 (9XF Chicago was a shortwave and mechnaical TV station)
Dancing to Save Your Sole	Philco Orchestra (tp) Bob Effros	'Philco Hour' Radio Transcription New York City 1930
Blues Skies + Bye Bye Blues + My Future Just Passed + I Love You So Much	Philco Orchestra (voc) Ruth Glenn & Catherine Kent	'Philco Hour' Radio Transcription New York City 1930
Boy! Oh! Boy! I've Got It Bad	Philco Orchestra (voc) Boswell Sisters	'Philco Hour' Radio Transcription New York City 1931
Set 4	Eddy Howard
Careless (theme) + Thou Swell + Homesick, That's All	Eddy Howard Orchestra (voc) Eddy Howard	Aragon Ballroom WGN Chicago 5 Dec 1945
The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down	Dick Jurgens Orchestra (voc) Eddy Howard	Comm Rec NYC 1938
Martha	Dick Jurgens Orchestra (voc) Eddy Howard	Comm Rec NYC 1938
Medley + So Long For Now	Eddy Howard Orchestra (voc) Eddy Howard	Aragon Ballroom WGN Chicago 5 Dec 1945
Set 5	European Dance Bands
Musik, Musik, Musik	Marika Roekk (voc and tap dancing)	From the film, 'Hallo Janine' Berlin 1939
Son Belle	Natalino Otto	Comm Rec Turin 1948
Hallo, Dobra Vece	Unknown	Comm Rec Prague 1930s
Set 6	1940s Harry James
Joe Blow	Harry James Orchestra	Aircheck 1943
Cherokee	Harry James Orchestra	Southland Cafe WNAC NBC Red Boston 19 Mar 1940
But Not For Me	Harry James Orchestra (voc) Helen Forrest	Hotel Astor Roof WABC CBS NY 28 Aug 1942
Jeffries' Blues	Harry James Orchestra	Aircheck Blue Room Hotel Lincoln NYC 22 May 1941
Set 7	Mildred  Bailey
I'll Get By	Mildred Bailey (voc) Paul Baron Orchestra	'Music Till Midnight' WABC CBS NYC 1944
She's Funny That Me	Mildred Bailey (voc) Paul Baron Orchestra	'Music Till Midnight' WABC CBS NYC 19 Jan 1945
I Dream of You	Mildred Bailey (voc) Paul Baron Orchestra	'Music Till Midnight' WABC CBS NYC 1944
T'aint Me	Mildred Bailey (voc) Paul Baron Orchestra	'Music Till Midnight' WABC CBS NYC 24 Nov 1944
Set 8	Modern Jazz
Bebop	Howard McGee Sextet	Aircheck Los Angeles 29 Apr 47
Three Little Words	Gene Krupa Quartet	London House WBBM CBS Chicago 13 Mar 1959
Hot House	Charlie Parker (as); Miles Davis (tpt); Al Haig (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach (d)	'Symphony Sid Show' Royal Roost WMCA NY 12 Dec 1948
Salt Peanuts	Charlie Parker (as); Miles Davis (tpt); Al Haig (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach (d) (voc) Charlie Parker	'Symphony Sid Show' Royal Roost WMCA NY 12 Dec 1948