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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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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…