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Backbeat Radio
A radio show featuring Vintage Popular Music
They don't play on the radio

Broadcast on radio stations across Canada and the U.S.A. See below for a list.

Artist - Title - Year - Comments/Links

Les Cooper & The Soul Rockers

Wiggle Wobble - 1962   Cooper was a singer, this, his only hit, features sax player Joe Grier - Everlast 5019

Artie Shaw Gramercy Five

Hop, Skip And Jump - 1945  

Charles "Hungry" Williams

So Glad She's Mine - 1955   Williams on drums and vocals - Checker 831

Floyd Dixon

Please Don't Go - 1953   Recorded for Specialty

Pee Wee King & His Band; Dick Glasser, vocal

Catty Town - 1956   Written and sung by Dick Glasser who became a very successful writer, producer and record company executive

Memphis Minnie and Kansas City Joe McCoy

Let's Go to Town - 1931   Recorded in Chicago at the begining of the Depression when record sales, especially blues record sales, were plummeting

National Harmonizers

Death Comes Knocking - 1954   Detroit group

Charles Sheffield

It's Your Voodoo Working - 1961   Texas singer, recorded in Crawley LA by J.D. Miller - Excello 2200

Jack Rivers

Jelly Bean Rag - 1950   Rivers was one of the first guitarists to use a solid body electric guitar, active from the 1930s to the 1980s

Blanche Calloway

Growlin' Dan - 1934   Second recording of the song, note the reference to Minnie the Moocher and the Hi-De-Ho chorus

The Upsetters

Return of Django - 1968   Reference to 1966 Spaghetti Western 'Django'

Smiley Lewis

Goin' To Jump And Shout - 1957   With Ernest McLean, Guitar, Huey "Piano" Smith, Piano, Herb Hardesty & Clarence Hall, Tenor Saxes - Imperial 5450

David Wilcox

Bad Feeling - 1983   From Stony Plain SPCD 1283

The Bells Of Joy

Fare Ye Well -   Unreleased at the time

Cliff Gleaves

Love Is My Business - 1958   Recorded at Sun in 1958, Roland Janes, guitar, Charlie Rich, piano, not released until 1973

Chuck Jackson

Beg Me - 1964   With Doris Troy, cover of version by Merry Clayton - Wand 154

Lowell Fulson

Reconsider Baby - 1954   Recorded in Texas for Chess Records

Jack Kingston

Go Away - 1958   Known as The Canadian Playboy, from St. Catharines, ON

Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks

Sick And Tired - 1960   Also recorded it in 1971 with Duane Allman on guitar - From Roulette LP SR 25102

The Fireballs

Quite A Party - 1961   New Mexico group, was Norman Petty's house band, later joined by Jimmy Gilmer - Warwick 644

Bill Doggett

Hold It - 1959  

Al Terry

No Shrimp Today - 1956   Louisiana Cajun singer who mostly sang straight country - Hickory 1049

Brownie McGhee, with Sonny Terry

Meet Me In The Bottom - 1977  

Dave Rich

Tuggin' on My Heart Strings - 1956  

Christine Chatman & Peppy Prince Orchestra

Run Gal Run - 1954   Detroit area vocalist, keyboard player and band leader

Blue Moon Marquee (feat. Duke Robillard)

Thick As Thieves - 2022  

The Valentines

The Woo Woo Train - 1956   Featuring Richard Barrett who became successfu as a producer, manager & talent scout

The Dominoes

Deep Sea Blues - 1952   Clyde McPhatter, lead

Oscar's Chicago Swingers & Lovin' Sam Theard

I Wonder Who's Boogiein' My Woogie Now - 1936   Was a major influence on Louis Jordan

The Maddox Brothers & Rose

Ugly and Slouchy - 1957  

Sean Poluk

The Sun - 2024   Delta blues artist from Sudbury, ON https://seanpoluk.com/

The Stoneman Family

I Want To Wander - 1956   Family has a great back story going from abject poverty to country msic stars

Joe Venuti's Blue Four

Running Ragged - 1929   Eddie Lang, guitar

Julia Lee

That's What I Like - 1948   Bennie Carter, alto sax, Dave Cavanaugh, tenor

The Five Keys

She's the Most - 1956  

Canaanites

Trust Him Today -  

Hank Locklin

Please Help Me, I'm Falling - 1960   RCA Victor 47-7692

Edwin Bruce

Sweet Woman - 1958   AKA Ed Bruce (See The Big Man Cry) also a successful TV actor

Billy Jack Wills

All She Wants To Do Is Rock - 1955   BLC17644 - Billy Jack Wills - Gonna Shake This Shack (CD)

Freddie King

San Ho Zay - 1961   From Texas, no relation for Albert or BB

Todd Rhodes

Dance of the Redskins - 1947  

Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

Ooo Wee - 1954   Aladdin recording

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

Playboy Stomp - 1937  

Sean Poluk

Could've Had A Rich Man - 2023  

Rev. Robert Ballinger

Walk The Streets Of The City - 1962   Willie Dixon, bass

Jimmy Rogers

Goin' Away Baby - 1950   With Muddy Waters, Guitar & Little Walter, Harmonica - Chess 1442

Zeb Turner

Travelling Boogie - 1952   Pioneer rockabilly/hillbilly boogie artist and songwriter

Preston Epps

Bongo Rock - 1959   With Barney Kessel, Rene Hall, Earl Palmer, Red Callender and Ernie Freeman

Ruth Brown

It's Love Baby (24 Hours Of The Day) - 1955   A hit simultaneously for Brown, Hank Ballard and Earl Gains (Louis Brooks)

Maylon Humphries

Worried About You Baby - 1957   One of several takes recorded in Louisiana, not released originally, often mis-credited to Dale Hawkins. James Burton: Guitar

Big Fancy & The Shiddy Cowboys

Unsaid Words - 2024  

George Ku Trio

Na Ali'l - 1932   Hawaiian trio based in New York, Charles Opununi on National steel guitar

Washboard Sam

I've Been Treated Wrong - 1941   Big Bill Broonzy, Guitar, Memphis Slim, Piano - Bluebird B 9007

The Swan Silvertones

Where Shall I Go - 1960   Paul Owens, lead

Big Joe Turner

That's When It Really Hurts - 1947  

John Lee Hooker

One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - 1966  

Eddy Arnold

Kentucky Waltz - 1950   Roy Wiggins, steel guitar

Larry Finnegan

Dear One - 1961   His only North American hit, later moved to Sweden where he was quite successful - Old Town 1113

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Jungle Nights In Harlem - 1930  

The Everly Brothers

This Little Girl Of Mine - 1957   Ray Charles song, based on This Little Light of Mine

The Range Riders

It Don't Mean A Thing - 1937  

The Carlisles

No Help Wanted - 1957  

The Four Knights

Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely) - 1950  

Toussaint McCall

Nothing Takes The Place Of You - 1967   McCall performed the song in the 1988 movie Hairspray

Harold Boggs

Tell It Like It Is - 1962  

Rose Murphy

Flat Foot Floogie - 1967   Backed by Slim Gaillard, who wrote the song

Al Dexter

Diddy Wah Boogie - 1950  

The Griffin Brothers

I Wanna Go Back - 1956   Studio band for Dot Records

The Dixie Hummingbirds

Christian's Automobile - 1957  

Melvin Endsley

I Like Your Kinda Love - 1957   Later hit for Andy Williams

Fred Neil

Everybody's Talking - 2015   Nilsson version used in Midnight Cowboy

Linda Carone

Aged and Mellow Blues - 2023  

The North Algona All Stars

Barr Line Breakdown - 2003  

The Jordanaires

Noah - 1957  

Miss Toni Fisher

The Big Hurt - 1959   Unique sound made by combinin g two tracks, slightly out of synch

Chuck Jackson

Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) - 1994   Written by Burt Bacharach & Bob Hilliard

The Orlons

Heartbreak Hotel - 1962  

The Penguins

Don't Do It - 1955  

Buddy Johnson

Buddy's Boogie - 1992  

The Dixie Hummingbirds

Stop By Here - 1957  

Johnny Horton

Honky-Tonk Hardwood Floor - 1957  

Roy Orbison

Ride Away - 1965   His first single on MGM Records, following success of Oh, Pretty Woman

The Boswell Sisters

Old Yazoo - 1932   First recorded by Cab Calloway

The Veteran Singers

Give It Up - 1955  

Arthur Smith & His Crackerjacks

Feudin' Banjos - 1955  

Billy Edd Wheeler

Anne - 1964   Minor hit for The Greenwood County Singers

Allen Bunn

Too Much Competition - 1954  

Hank Thompson

A Six Pack To Go - 1960   Merl Travis, guitar

Lionel Hampton

Lavender Coffin - 1945  

The Routers

Let's Go (Pony) - 1962   Earl Palmer (drums), Plas Johnson (saxophone), Tommy Tedesco (guitar), Bill Pitman (guitar), and Jimmy Bond (bass).

Howlin' Wolf

Little Baby - 1962  

Dion

Drip Drop - 1963   First recorded by Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters

Brad Strang

Brad's Breakdown - 2022  

Mr. Bear & His Bearcats (Teddy McRae, Jack Dupree)

I'm Gonna Keep My Good Eye On You - 1955  

Clarence "Frogman" Henry

Ain't Got No Home - 1956  

Lefty Frizzell

The Long Black Veil - 1959  

Thurston Harris

Hey Baba Leba - 1958   Released originally as Be Baba Leba

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