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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

The Original Yellow Jackets

Cross Street Swing - 1937  

Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow

Crawfishin' - 1953   Flair 1021

The Brothers

Lazy Susan - 1958   Dean & Marc Mathis, Roy Buchanan: Lead Guitar Also recorded as Dean & Marc and later, w/Larry Henley, as The Newbeats - Argo 5318

Capitol City Stars

Shadrack - 1960   Revelation 120

Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi

Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - 2016  

Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats

Sneaky Pete - 1947   Flip side, I Love You Yes I Do eventually became the bigger hit

Noel Boggs & His Daysleepers

Steelin' Home - 1953  

Slim Gaillard

Look-A-There - 1952   Slam Stewart, bass

The Manhattan Brothers

Tula Ndivile - 1957   Miriam Makeba, lead

Hank Williams

Move It On Over - 1947   Recorded at Castle Studios in Nashville, backed by Red Foley's band, including Zeke Turner

Ivory Joe Hunter

That's the Gal for Me - 1949  

Cookie & The Cupcakes

Sea of Love - 1964  

Amidie Breaux and His Band

Hey, Mom! - 1953  

Little Junior Parker

Driving Wheel - 1961   Written by Roosevelt Sykes as "She Is My Driving Wheel" Duke 335

Little Richard

Oh Why? - 1957   Recorded in New Orleans, from the Here's Little Richard LP

The Famous Ward Singers, Kitty Parham lead

We Shall Be Changed - 1957  

Marty Robbins

Devil Woman - 1962  

Fats Domino

Ain't That Just Like A Woman? - 1960   Written by Louis Jordan, inspired Chuck Berry's intro to Johnny B. Goode

The Fascinators

Tee Vee - 1958   From Compton, CA, not the NYC group - King 5119

Carl Perkins

Your True Love - 1956   Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano - Sun 261 (Master Was Sped Up For Release)

Lucky Millinder, Rosetta Tharpe

Rock Me - 1941   Second time she recorded this song

Ever Ready Gospel Singers

I Can See My Saviour - 1958   Group formed in Shreveport, LA in 1946, continued performing into the 1990s

The Dillards

Rainin' Here This Mornin' - 1963   Began their career performing on the Andy Griffith Show

Hank Locklin

Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On - 1962  

Hard Pushin' Papa

Baby Surely Do - 2006  

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

Time Changes Everything - 1940  

Ella Mae Morse

Pig Foot Pete - 1946  

Fats Waller

Truckin' - 1935  

Lil Green

Why Don't You Do Right? - 1941   Big Bill Broonzy on guitar, hit for Peggy Lee, cleaned up version of Weed Smoker's Dream

John T. Highbaugh

Do What The Lord Says Do - 2015  

Cliffie Stone

Barracuda - 1955  

Big Joe Turner

Nighttime Is The Right Time - 1967  

Ketty Lester

Love Letters - 1961   Lincoln Mayorga, piano

The Drifters

Such A Night - 1954  

Shirley Matthews & The Big Town Girls

Private Property - 1964  

Ronnie Douglas

Brothers - 2023  

Doctor Ross

The Boogie Disease - 1954  

Mac Curtis

Grandaddy's Rocking - 1956  

Chuck Berry

You Can't Catch Me - 1955  

Duane Eddy

Forty Miles Of Bad Road - 1959  

Amos Milburn With His Aladdin Chickenshackers

Atomic Baby - 1950   Previously Unissued Aladdin Recording

King Curtis & The Noble Knights

Soul Twist - 1962   Enjoy 1000

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sam Price Trio

Down by the Riverside - 1949   With The Dependable Boys

Frankie Laine

Rosetta - 1949  

The Louvin Brothers

Brown's Ferry Blues - 1960   From LP Tribute To The Delmore Brothers

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

Old Maid Boogie - 1969   Originally recorded in 1947 with Hal Singer, Jay McShann, & T-Bone Walker

Rollee McGill

Let's Go - 1958   Tenor Saxophone With Dave McRae & His Orchestra - Marv Goldberg column with everything you ever wanted to know about Rollee McGill

Don Tosti Y Su Conjunto

Mambo del Pachuco - 1953   Carreer spanned classical, jazz and Lanin dance

Big Fancy & The Shiddy Cowboys

Excuse These Blues - 2024   Blake Bamford

Susie Arioli Band

You Don't Know Me - 2004   Song written by Cindy walker on a suggestion by Eddie Arnold

The Sensational Nightingales

Go Where Jesus Is - 1954   Earnest James, Julius Cheeks, leads

Joe Venuti's Blue Four

The Wild Dog - 1928   Eddie Lang, guitar

Cliff Brunner

Bringing Home the Bacon - 1937   Bob Dunn, electric steel guitar

Mabel Scott

Disgusted - 1950  

Howlin' Wolf

Just Like I Treat You - 1961   Hubert Sumlin, Guitar & Henry Gray, Piano

Barbara George

I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) - 1962   With The A.F.O. Studio Combo - A.F.O. 302

Lori Yates

Lover's Jamboree - 2000  

Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes

Rock Around With Ollie Vee - 1957   Flip side of the first recording of That'll Be The Day

Wes Dakus & The Rebels

Fried Rice - 1962  

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

You'd Better Mind - 1958  

Butterball Paige

I'm Too Old to Boogie Anymore - 1949   Early Nashville recording for Bullet Records

Buddy & Ella Johnson

They Don't Want Me to Rock No More - 1957  

The Swan Silvertones

Rock My Soul - 1960  

Ocie Stockard & The Wanderers

Black and Blues - 1937   Former member of Brown's Musical Brownies, featuring Harry Palmer, trumpet & vocal

Cab Calloway

Beale Street Mama - 1932   Originally recorded by Lucille Hegamin, also recorded by Bessie Smith

Little Sylvia

Drive Daddy, Drive - 1952   Sylvia Vanderpool (Robinson) of Mickey & Sylvia, at 17 years old

The Ethiopians

Train to Skaville - 1967   Jamaican vocal harmony group, this song was released and became a hit in Britain

Roy Acuff

Tennessee Central - 1947  

Bonnie Guitar

Mister Fire Eyes - 1957   Follow-up to crossover hit Dark Moon, was country hit but only minor pop hit, ending her singing career

The Selah Singers

Trouble In The Land - 1958  

Jimmy McGriff

Kiko - 1964   Philadelphia Hammond B3 player, also worked as a Philly cop, tune is actually I Got A Woman re-named. Sue 10-001

Roy Head & The Traits

Treat Her Right. - 1965   Back Beat 546

Clarence "Frogman" Henry

Troubles, Troubles - 1956   Flip side of Ain't Got No Home

Otis Williams & The Charms

Hearts Of Stone - 1954   Cover of the original Jewels version - DeLuxe 6062

Varetta Dillard

Them There Eyes - 1952   Leroy Kirkland and His Orchestra, first record where she was allowed to sound like herself rather than Ruth Brown

Tampa Red

When Things Go Wrong With You - 1949   Hudson Whittaker with Johnnie Jones, Piano. Re-make of It Hurst Me Too with lyric changes

The Equals

Baby Come Back - 1968   Eddie Grant RCA 9583

Jean Shepard

Memory - 1958   Country traditionalist whose career had many ups and downs

Ricky Nelson

Just A Little Too Much - 1959   Written by Johnny Burnette, features James Burton on guitar

Al Lerman

Chugging Blues - 2012  

Ray Charles

The Right Time - 1958   Features Margie Hendrix of The Raelettes. Originally recorded by Nappy Brown.

Stuff Smith

I'se A Muggin' - 1936  

Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys

Sweet Talkin' Mama - 1938   Sheldon Bennett, fiddle Vocalion 04543. Penny re-recorded it for King records

Roy Milton And His Solid Senders

Camille's Boogie - 1947   Camille Howard, piano. Vocal By Roy Milton.

Josephine James

It Ain't What You Think - 1966   With her brother, Cleophus Robinson

Steve Dawson

Butterfly Stunt - 2014   Canadian-born, top Nashville session player and producer. https://www.stevedawson.ca/

The Mills Brothers

Julius Caesar - 1938  

Dinah Washington

Trouble In Mind - 1959  

The Soul Stirrers

All Alone - 1946   R.H. Harris, lead

Ella Mae Morse

It Ain't Watcha Do - 1953  

Gene Phillips With Jack McVea & His Orchestra

Slippin' And Slidin' - 1950   Modern 20-733

Eddie Bond and His Stompers

Slip, Slip, Slippin' In - 1956   Mercury 70882

TV Slim

Can't Be Satisfied - 1960  

The Du Droppers

I Only Had A Little - 1952   AKA The Dixieaires

Roger Miller

Invitation To The Blues - 1970   First recorded by Ray Price in 1958

The Platters

Twilight Time (Italian) - 1962  

Big Maybelle

The Other Night - 1956   With Quincy Jones

Prince La La

She Put The Hurt On Me - 1961   A.F.O. 301. Lawrence Nelson, died mysteriously after releasing only two singles

Jerry Lee Lewis

Keep Your Hands Off It - 1960   Unissued at the time

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