FIVE STARS. Poppleton’s vocals capture the essence of the 1920s- 1930s with uncanny accuracy.
John Gilbert
eJazzNews (U.S)
Last year at the Melbourne Jazz Festival and the Thredbo Jazz Festival I saw some great acts. I made Greg Poppleton an offer [to play at the Waiheke International Jazz Festival] on the spot.
John Quigley
Director Waiheke International Jazz Festival
Captures the 1920s - 1930s vocal style to perfection.
Kevin Jones
102.5 Fine Music FM
Gigs
Past highlights
- Sydney Festival
2020 and 1997 - Waiheke Internation Jazz Festival
NZ - SKYCITY International Sunset Jazz
Darwin - Thredbo Jazz Festival
- Illawarra Jazz Fest
- International Jazz Day
Avoca Beach Cinema - Blue Mountains Roaring 20s Festival
6 years - Glen Street Theatre Jazz Festival
- Dubbo Jazz Festival
- The Rocks Village Bizarre
- Kings Cross Festival
- Sydney 2000 Olympics Festival
- Jazz at the Pines
5 years - The Rocks Aroma Festival
- Bledisloe Cup Ball
- Wallabies Rugby Annual Dinner
- Eureka Prize Event
- Great Art Deco Ball
5 years - Sydney Artists' Masked Ball
2 years - Gin Mill Social
4 years - 120th Anniversary Royal Sydney Golf Club
- 100th Anniversary McDonald Performing Arts College
- 75th Anniversary Sydney Harbour Bridge
- 60th Anniversary Film Australia
- Kino Cabaret
- Blue Mountains Tourism Awards
3 years - Movember Launch
- Monster House
TV show - Recipe to Riches
TV show
Songs
- 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 (English and Spanish)
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) - Bésame Mucho (Spanish)
Consuelo Velázquez (1940) - 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 (1935) - Falling in Love Again (English and German)
Friedrich Hollaender (1930) - Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue
Ray Henderson/Sam M. Lewis/Joseph Widow Young (1925) - 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 Get a Kick Out Of You
Cole Porter (1934) - I Only Have Eyes For You
Harry Warren/Al Dubin (1934) - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
Clarence Willaims (1919) - If I Could Be With You
James P. Johnson/Henry Creamer (1926) - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and 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've Got the World an 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) - More Than You Know
Vincent Youmans/Billy Rose/Edward Eliscu (1929) - My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson/George A. Whiting (1927) - My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes
Ted Kohler/Eddie Pola/Jack Golden (1931) - My Gal Sal
Paul Dresser (1904) - Night and Day
Cole Porter (1932) - On the Suuny Side of the Street
Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields (1930) - Peanut Vendor (Spanish)
Moisés Simons (1928) - Road to Gundagai
Jack O'Hagan (1923) - St James Infirmary
Trad. - St Louis Blues
W.C. Handy (1914) - Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith/Francis Wheeler/Ted Snyder (1921) - Singing in the Bathtub
Michael H. Cleary/Herb Magidson/Ned Washington (1929) - 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 and 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) - They Didn't Believe Me
Jerome Kern (1914) - Three Little Words
Bert Kalmar/Harry Ruby (1930) - Time on my Hands
Vincent Youmans/Harold Adamson/Mack Gordon (1930) - Tip Toe Through the Tulips
Joe Burke/ Al Dubin (1926) - Too Marvellous
Johnny Mercer/Richard Whiting (1937) - Two Sleepy People
Hoagy Carmichael/Frank Loesser (1938) - When I Take My Sugar To Tea
Sammy Fain/Irving Kahal/Pierre Norman (1931) - When My Dreamboat Comes Home
Dave Franklin/Cliff Friend (1936) - Where or When (Italian and English)
Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart (1937) - Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
Harry Barris/Ted Koehler/Billy Moll (1931) - Yes, We Have No Bananas!
Frank Silver/Irving Cohn (1923) - You Made Me Love You
James Monaco/Joseph McCarthy (1913) - + 100s more 1920s - 1930s Instrumentals