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Harry Owens, American composer, bandleader and songwriter best known for his song, Sweet Leilani, is your Phantom Dancer feature this week.

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Introducing the second hour of today's Phantom Dancer on 107.3 2SER Sydney. The Phantom Dancer is your non-stop mix of swing & jazz from live 1920s-60s radio & TV every week!

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Shirley Ross, movie actor, stage actor and singer is your Phantom Dancer feature this week. She was the first to sing 'Blue Moon', though with different lyrics, in 1934. She was introduced the song, It Never Entered My Mind in 1940, a song on the soon-to-be released Greg Poppleton album. Her duet on the huge hit, Thank for the Memory with Bob Hope, was her pinnacle moment.

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The Long Play Record, now 100 years old, first produced by Edison in 1926, is your Phantom Dancer feature this week. You'll hear an excerpt from a 1926 Edison LP, and one side of the 1931 Victor Records Artists' Party demonstrating the new LP record.

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We are deeply concerned at the news that Sydney’s much loved cultural and journalistic pillar, 2SER-FM, Home of The Phantom Dancer, could be terminated as soon as July. We call on the University Of Technology to pledge to ongoing financial support for the station, with or without other funding partners, into 2027 and beyond. 2SER provides a vital service to the Sydney community, through its support of music, arts, culture and independent journalism. As well as being a critical training ground for future generations. To close the station is not an option. Keep 2SER on air. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR MONEY VIA THIS PETITION. Sign now https://www.change.org/p/save-2ser-fm

Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five - Quits Music After Australian Tour - Phantom Dancer 12 May 2026

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…

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1940s Finland Singers: Harmony Sisters / Geschwister Valtonen - Phantom Dancer 5 May 2026

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…

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Tiny Bradshaw - Harmonica Genius 2 - Phantom Dancer 28 April 2026

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…

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Horrie Dargie - Harmonica Genius 2 - Phantom Dancer 21 April 2026

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…

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Amateur Hours on 1939 and 1950 US radio are your Phantom Dancer features this week. And in this story you can hear a 1958 episode of Australia's Amateur Album, hosted by the urbane Terry Dear.

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Paul Douglas, 1930s CBS announcer and later Broadway and Hollywood film star, is this week's Phantom Dancer non-stop swing jazz feature artist. He opens this week's show in a 'Saturday Night Swing Club' broadcast.

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Jean Sablon French Singer/Composer - Phantom Dancer 17 March 2026

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…

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Art Jarret- Phantom Dancer 10 March 2026

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…

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19 Piece Orchestra Debut, 6:30pm Sun 15 March 2026

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,…

Dancer Doris Day Broke Her Leg and Became a Singer- Phantom Dancer 3 March 2026

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…

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Libby Holman Singer and Activist- Phantom Dancer 24February 2026

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…

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Bob Strong - Phantom Dancer 17 February 2026

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…

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