BAKELITE DANCE BAND

BAKELITE DANCE BAND

Boutique live 1920s - 1930s swing & jazz experience - with Sydney's only 1920s & 1930s-style dance band singer, trio to 6-piece band of world-touring musicians, and free extras!

Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Treat your guests to exceptional live music with Sydney's only 1920s & 1930s-style singer and his band of world-touring jazz and swing musicians
"Poppleton captures the essence of the swing years with uncanny accuracy" John Gilbert eJazzNews.com (US)
Unique jazz and swing with a twist of 1920s & 1930s glamour that'll have your guests dancing through the night - at the same price as an ordinary jazz/swing band.

Plus the Bakelite Dance Band is adept at playing softly for dinner music. Indeed, we're ideal for venues where noise restrictions are critical

Also available as an acoustic band with Greg singing through a red 1929 megaphone. Perfect for garden wedding ceremonies and corporate picnics where electricity is unavailable

All band sizes include:
  • Free PA – suitable for max. 200 guests
  • Free planning meeting at your Sydney venue
  • Free 1920s and 1930s music played on CDs between sets

Australian Bridal Academy Award Finalists 2009

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More sound samples from the band's latest CD:

1. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Bakelite Dance Band

2. Love Me or Leave Me - Bakelite Dance Band

3. South of the Border - Bakelite Dance Band

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The Bakelite Dance Band with Greg Poppleton, Sydney’s only 1920s and 1930s dance band singer, have played for the First Sydney Artists’ Ball at Elizabeth Bay House, the relaunch of the historic Art Deco Rose Bay Promenade, the 75th Anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the 60th Anniversary of Film Australia, the 100th Anniversary Gala for MacDonald College, the 101st Anniversary of the Universities and Schools Club, Vanguard, SKYCITY Darwin, Sutherland Entertainment Centre, Glen Street Theatre, Masterfoods, King Gee, Bain International, Government House, the Australian Wallabies Squad, Public Prosecutors’ Conference, many other corporate clients, Monster House (Channel 9), brides and grooms, anniversary parties, engagement parties and birthdays

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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