Greg Poppleton

Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five was a jazz combo led by bandleader ‘King of the Clarinet’, swing band leader and composer, Artie Shaw. It’s this week’s Phantom Dancer feature. The Gramercy Five had different line-ups when it ran between 1940 and 1954. After his Australian tour in 1954, Shaw gave up clarinet and the Gramercy Five, saying he’d done all he could with it. The Phantom Dancer is your…

The Valtonen Sisters, who also recorded under the name Harmony Sisters, is your Phantom Dancer feature artist, The sisters, Vera, Maire and Raija were Karelians whose family moved to Finland after the 1917 Russian Revolution. They sang in ten languages in a career spanning 1934-54. The Phantom Dancer is your weekly non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV every week. LISTEN…

Tiny Bradshaw was an American jazz and rhythm and blues bandleader, composer, singer, pianist, and drummer. His biggest hit was “Well Oh Well” in 1950, and the following year he recorded “The Train Kept A-Rollin'”, a song that was pivotal to the development of rock and roll. Bradshaw co-wrote and sang on both records. He’s your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week. The Phantom Dancer is your…

Horrie Dargie was an Australian harmonica player and clarinetist, television compère (Personally Yours (1959), BP Super Show (1959–1962) and The Delo and Daly Show (1963–1964)), talent manager, music label founder (Go!! Records) and music arranger. The Horrie Dargie Quintet was awarded the first gold record in Australia for ‘Horrie Dargie Concert’ (1952). Horrie Dargie was to be last week’s…

Jean Sablon was the most widely acclaimed male French singer of his generation in the world after Maurice Chavalier. He’s this week’s Phantom Dancer feature artist. The Phantom Dancer is your weekly non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV every week. LISTEN to this week’s Phantom Dancer mix (online after 2pm AEST, Tuesday 17 March) and weeks of Phantom Dancer mixes online…

Art Jarrett, son of actor and screenwriter Arthur L Jarrett, was a U.S singer, band leader, actor and vaudevillian. He’s your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week. 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 on 2SER radio since 1985. Hear The Phantom Dancer online from 2pm AEST Tuesday 10 March at…

Next Sunday 6:30pm 15 March at Lazybones. 19-piece Orchestra debut… The Damon Poppleton Orchestra is an exciting new ensemble that presents the original music and arrangements of Damon Poppleton, his brother Flynn Poppleton and some carefully curated selections from the library of the great Bob Brookmeyer. The group showcases Damon’s strong and unwavering dedication to the big band tradition,…

Doris Day was a US singer and actor. She was one of the most popular women singers of the 1940s and 1950s, while also being lead actor in Hollywood films, and was a big box-office stars of the 1960s. She is your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week with two songs in a 1946 broadcast by the ‘Father of Talkback Radio’ – Barry Gray, WOR NYC 1946. Greg Poppleton has been bringing you The Phantom…

Libby Holman was an American socialite, actress, singer, and activist. Songs she introduced includes Moanin’ Low (1929) and House of the Rising Sun (1942). She is your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week with two songs in a 1935 Rudy Vallee broadcast. 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 on…

Bob Strong was a reeds and french horn player, band leader, and radio band director in the 1930s and 40s. He is your Phantom Dancer feature artist this week. 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 on 2SER radio since 1985. Hear The Phantom Dancer online from 2pm AEST Tuesday 17 February at…