Latest Episodes from Phantom Dancer

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 10th Sep 2019

This week's Greg Poppleton Phantom Dancer features a set of 1940s swing bands from the Spotlight Bands series, a set of 1940s Nat King Cole and a set of the Dorsey Brothers on air, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey with a feature by their uptempo arranger, the influential musician and composer, Sy Oliver. Read More

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 27th Aug 2019

Cole Porter, Fats Waller, and Jan Savitt's Orchestra at the opening of a radio station in 1937 feature on this week's Phantom Dancer with Greg Poppleton. Your non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV every week. Read More

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 13th Aug 2019

The scheduled 13 August show below will now be heard Tuesday 20 August. Please enjoy a classic Phantom Dancer including a set of 1940s Sydney swing and a set of some of the earliest recorded radio dance bands. Read More

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 6th Aug 2019

Hit of the Week was a US record label founded in 1930 selling low-priced resin coated cardboard records. Hear a set of 1931 Hit of the Week records on this week's Phantom Dancer, the non-stop mix of swing and jazz radio show mixed from live 1920s-60s radio Read More

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 30th Jul 2019

A Phantom Dancer listener, Matt, sent in a 1947 broadcast by Woody Herman which we'll hear on this week's Phantom Dancer. Matt's original source was a 1947 paper magnetic tape. I'd thought tape recorder tapes had always been a metal coating on plastic. But, no! Read the story of paper tape here, see the play list, paper tape video and hear the non-stop swing jazz mix from live 1920s-60s radio from the 30 July show. Read More

Phantom Dancer :: 12:00pm 23rd Jul 2019

This week's Greg Poppleton Phantom Dancer feature artist is Frances Langford. She trained as an opera singer. Then a tonsillectomy changed her soprano to contralto, so she changed musical styles from opera to swing. See the play list, video and radio show here. Read More