Tony Bennett, singer, is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist. You'll hear him and his music in a 1955 interview. Bennett has released over 70 albums during his career. The biggest selling of these in the U.S. have been I Left My Heart in San Francisco, MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett, and Duets: An American Classic, all of which went platinum for shipping one million copies. Read his story, watch videos, see playlist and listen to show here... Read More
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Spike Jones is this week's Phantom dancer feature artist. He was a US drummer, percussionist and bandleader specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Read his story, watch videos, see playlist and listen to show here... Read More
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Lionel Hampton, this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist, was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. Read his story, watch videos, see playlist and listen to show here... Read More
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Ted Fio Rito band leader, composer and pianist, is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist in a 1934 Cocoanut Grove radio transcription. Read story, play list, watch Cocoanut Grove videos and listen to show here. Read More
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Leith Stevens is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist. Leith Stevens was a composer and music director. Listen to show here... Read More
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Charlie Parker is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist. Charlie Parker was an influential alto sax soloist and key in the development of bebop. He said that he spent three to four years practicing up to 15 hours a day in the mid-1930s. And it was while practicing and experimenting on his alto sax in 1939 that he created his unique sound. Read his story, watch videos, see playlist and listen to show here... Read More
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Mabel King, r'n'b singer, film, TV & Broadway actor, is this week's Phantom Dancer feature artist. Read her story, video, playlist, hear show- Read More
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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. Read More
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