BAKELITE DANCE BAND

BAKELITE DANCE BAND

The Bakelite Dance Band is a swinging three to six piece 1920s – 1930s dance band. It features Sydney’s only authentic, internationally renowned 1920s – 1930s jazz singer
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Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia

The Bakelite Dance Band – 1920s-30s glamour, originality, romance, sophistication and fun

The moment the Bakelites play, you’ll instantly imagine yourself partying in the Great Gatsby Mansion, Charlestoning in a 1920s speakeasy, sipping Gin Fizzes with your friends and guests in the moonlight aboard the majestic Ile de France

The Bakelite Dance Band is a three to six-piece specialist 1920s-30s jazz band of highly experienced, professional, world-touring swing musicians. This unique, exciting vintage band is lead by Sydney’s only world-renowned, authentic 1920s – 1930s dance band singer, Greg Poppleton. The Bakelite Dance Band can play for background and dancing

"Poppleton captures the essence of the swing years with uncanny accuracy" - John Gilbert eJazzNews.com (US)

"Absolutely flooring" - KMRN Radio (USA)

"Greg's voice is just too fun to ignore!" - CFBO Radio (Canada)

"Fresh, original, filled with musical integrity (with) a unique perspective on the familiar" - Gerald H. Beulah, Jr. JazzReview.com (USA)

Listen to more international testimonials from a recent interview on US Radio…

1. International Testimonials - Bakelite Dance Band

2. It's Only A Paper Moon - Bakelite Dance Band

3. On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Bakelite Dance Band
 

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The Bakelite Band with Greg Poppleton, Sydney's only authentic, world-renowned, 1920s - 1930s dance band singer, has played at...

  • First Sydney Artists' Ball
  • Clemenger's Great Gatsby Party
  • Open Night Art & About 2011 - Art Gallery Of NSW
  • VE Day GI Dance
  • Philip Morris
  • Glen Street Theatre Music In The Glen
  • Dendy Opera Quays Film Launch
  • Fairfield Museum 1920s Open Day
  • Manly Pavilion
  • The Vanguard
  • The Blue Beat
  • Avant-Garde Events
  • Triple Treat Promotions
  • Nighthawk Radiology
  • A.T.Kearney (Australia)
  • Sutherland Entertainment Centre
  • Ashfield, Bankstown, Burwood, Canada Bay, Hunters Hill, Hurstville, Lane Cove, Leichhardt, North Sydney, Strathfield, Sutherland, Waverley, Willoughby, Woollahra Councils
  • Government House
  • Museum Of Sydney
  • Eureka Prizes
  • Monster House, Channel 9
  • Australian Wallabies Squad
  • Masterfood/Woolworths
  • Film Australia
  • McDonald College
  • Universities & Schools Club
  • SKYCITY Darwin
  • Bain International
  • Festival Of Sydney
  • CSIRO
  • 75th Anniversary Sydney Harbour Bridge
  • Deacons Commercial Law
  • King Gee
  • Coast-to-Coast RV
  • Deutsche Post
  • Ferrero-Rocher
  • The Grace Hotel
  • Preformed Line Products & Sicame
  • Impressions Events
  • St Jude Medical
  • Weddings
  • Birthday Parties
  • Anniversary Parties
  • Housewarming Parties
  • Engagement Parties
  • Cruises
  • Christenings
  • Great Gatsby Parties

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1920s & 1930s Song List for the Bakelite Dance Band
 
Ain't Misbehavin'
Fats Waller/Harry Brooks/Andy Razaf (1929)
Ain't She Sweet?
Milton Ager/ Jack Yellen (1927)
All Of Me
Gerald Marks/Seymour Simons (1931)
Always
Irving Berlin (1925)
Amapola
Joseph LaCalle /Albert Gamse (1924)
As Time Goes By
Herman Hupfield (1931)
Avalon
 Al Jolson/ BG De Sylva/ Vincent Rose (1920)
Begin The Beguine
Cole Porter (1935)
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
Jacob Jacobs/Sholom Secunda (1932)
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart (1934)
Blue Skies
Irving Berlin (1926)
Button Up Your Overcoat
Ray Henderson/ Bud G. DeSylva/Lew Brown (1928)
Charleston
James P Johnson (1923)
Cheek to Cheek
Irving Berlin (1935)
Crazy Rhythm
Irving Caesar/Joseph Meyer/ Roger Wolfe Kahn (1928)
Dinah
Harry Akst/ Sam M. Lewis/Joe Young (1925)
East of the Sun
Brooks Bowman (1934)
Exactly Like You
Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields (1930)
Georgia
Hoagy Carmichael/Stuart Gorrell (1930)
How Deep Is The Ocean?
Irving Berlin (1932)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields (1928)
I Found A Million Dollar Baby
Harry Warren/Mort Dixon/Billy Rose (1931)
I Only Have Eyes For You
Harry Warren /Al Dubin (1934)
If I Could Be With You
James P. Johnson/Henry Creamer (1926)
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself a Letter
Fred E. Ahlert /Joe Young (1935)
It Had To Be You
Isham Jones/Gus Kahn (1924)
It's Only A Paper Moon
Harold Arlen/E. Y. Harburg/Billy Rose (1932)
I Get a Kick out of You
Cole Porter (1934)
I've Got The World On A String
Harold Arlen/ Ted Koehler (1932)
I've Got You Under My Skin
Cole Porter (1936)
Just One More Chance
Sam Coslow/Arthur Johnson (1932)
Louise
Leo Robin/Richard A. Whiting (1929)
Love Me Or Leave Me
Walter Donaldson /Gus Kahn (1928)
Lover Come Back To Me
Sigmund Romberg/Oscar Hammerstein (1928)
Margie
Con Conrad/J. Russel Robinson/Benny Davis (1920)
Makin' Whoopee
Walter Donaldson /Gus Kahn (1928)      
Minnie the Moocher (6-piece band only) 
Irving Mills/Cab Calloway/Clarence Gaskill (1930)
More Than You Know
Vincent Youmans/ Billy Rose/Edward Eliscu (1929)
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson/ George A. Whiting (1927)
Night & Day
Cole Porter (1932)
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields (1930)
St Louis Blues
W.C. Handy (1914)
Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith/Francis Wheeler/Ted Snyder (1921)
Sing, Sing, Sing (6- piece band only)
Louis Prima (1936)
Small Hotel
Richard Rodgers/ Lorenz Hart (1935)
South Of The Border
Jimmy Kennedy/Michael Carr (1939)
Star Dust
Hoagy Carmichael /Mitchell Parish (1927)
Sugar
M Pinkard / S Mitchell / F Alexander (1926)
Sweet & Lovely
Gus Arnheim/Charles N. Daniels/Harry Tobias (1931)
Sweet Lorraine
Cliff Burwell /Mitchell Parish (1928)
Sweet Sue
Victor Young/Will J. Harris (1928)
Tea For Two
Vincent Youmans/Irving Caesar (1925)
The Very Thought Of You
Ray Noble (1934)
The Way You Look Tonight
Jerome Kern/Dorothy Fields (1936)
These Foolish Things
Eric Maschwitz/Jack Strachey (1936)
Thou Swell
Richard Rodgers/ Lorenz Hart (1927)
Time On My Hands
Vincent Youmans/Harold Adamson/Mack Gordon (1930)
Tip Toe Through The Tulips
Joe Burke/ Al Dubin (1926)
Two Sleepy People
Hoagy Carmichael/Frank Loesser (1938)
When I Take My Sugar To Tea
Sammy Fain/Irving Kahal/Pierre Norman (1931)
Where Or When
Richard Rodgers/ Lorenz Hart (1937)
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
Harry Barris/Ted Koehler/Billy Moll (1931)
You Made Me Love You
James Monaco/Joseph McCarthy (1913)
You Took Advantage Of Me
Richard Rodgers/ Lorenz Hart (1928)
You're Driving Me Crazy
Walter Donaldson (1930)
+ 100s more 1920s & 30s Vocals & Instrumentals          
 
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