That Driving Beat

Episode 402: Send Me Some Cornbread

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT

No nonsense, just 2 packed hours of classic rare 1960s vinyl soul and R&B dance tunes!

-Originally broadcast March 29, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Ricky Allen / It's a Mess I Tell You

Chuck Wood / Seven Days Too Long

Jesse Gee / Don't Mess with My Money

Jimmy Hughes / I Want Justice

The V.I.P.'s / Flashback

Russell Evans & The Nite Hawks / Send Me Some Cornbread

Jackie Paine / Go Go Train

Johnny Thunder / Send Her To Me

Barbra Carr / Shake Your Head

Toni LaMarr / I'd Do Anything

Theresa Lindsey / Gotta Find A Way

The Diplomats / There's Still a Tomorrow

The Wooden Nickels / Should I Give My Love Tonight

The Steinways / My Heart's Not in It Anymore (Babe, Babe, Babe)

Andre Odom / Turn On Your Love Light

Christine Cooper / S. O. S. (Heart In Distress)

The Wildweeds / No Good to Cry

The High Keys / Que Sera, Sera

Patti Austin / Got to Check You Out

J.J Barnes / Real Humdinger

The Players / I Wanna Be Free

The James Gang / For a Little of Her Sunshine

Gene Allison / Walkin' In The Park

Ray Peterson / You Thrill Me

Bobby Smith and the Spinners / Too Young, Too Much, Too Soon

Irma Thomas / Some Things You Never Get Used To

Mitty Collier / Do It With Confidence

Pearl Woods / Don't Tell It All

The Brownettes / Baby, Don't You Know

Ike and Tina Turner / Poor Fool

The Sensations / Get On Up Mama

Etta James / Something's Got a Hold on Me

Titus Turner / Last Of The Big Time Spenders

Rosco Gordon / Jessie James

Faye Ross / Faith, Hope & Trust

Walter Jackson / One Heart Lonely

Gerri Diamond / Give Up On Love

Billy Joe Royal / Heart's Desire

Candy and the Kisses / Shakin' Time

Otis Redding / Satisfaction

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Episode 401: Good Gravy Baby

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Here's another 2 hour radio dance party full of incredible classic soul and rhythm & blues vinyl relics from the past that we're lucky enough to still have access to here in the future. Les McCann, Solomon Burke, the Four Tops, Varetta Dillard, Little Milton, James Brown & the Famous Flames, Gene Chandler, Jerry Williams, James & Bobby Purify, and so much more! We've got grits, mashed potatoes, and even some good gravy in this potluck!

-Originally broadcast March 22, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Les McCann / What I Call Soul

Solomon Burke / Save It

Inez & Charlie Foxx / (1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days

Jay & The Techniques / Baby How Easy Your Heart Forgets Me

The Traits / Some Day Some Way

Cherry Stone / He Walks Softly

Tommy Duncan / Dance, Dance, Dance

Four Tops / The Key

Otis & Carla / Knock On Wood

The Malibus / Ten Times a Day

Jeb Stuart / I Betcha Gonna Like It

Chuck Jackson / Somebody New

Vito and the Salutations / Eenie Meenie

Mickey Denton / Ain't Love Grand

Soul Sisters / Loop de Loop

Ruby Winters / Just Like a Yo Yo

Lillian Offitt / The Man Won't Work

Varetta Dillard / Good Gravy Baby

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra / Cry On

Pips / Room In Your Heart

Little Milton / Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around the World)

James Brown & The Famous Flames / Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.

Larry Williams & Johnny Watson / A Quitter Never Wins

Ruby Andrews / You Made A Believer (Out Of Me)

Gene Chandler / Tell Me What Can I Do

Diana Ross and the Supremes / Some Things You Never Get Used To

The Valentines / Breakaway

Junior Wells / You're Tuff Enough

Moses & Joshua / Get Out Of My Heart

Jerry Williams / Sock It To Yourself

Wiley Terry / Follow The Leader Pt. 1

Ray Charles & Jimmy Lewis / If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck

Josie Taylor / Tra La La

Ernie K-Doe / Real Man

The Boogie Kings / I've Got Your Number

Clarence Carter / Looking For a Fox

James & Bobby Purify / Sixteen Tons

The Miracles / Happy Landing

The Van McCoy Strings / Sweet and Easy

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Episode 400: I'm So Jealous

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

It's the 400th episode of That Driving Beat! James welcomes Uwe back for this episode, and we're joined by our new Canadian friend Norm to share some of his favorite records from his previous home in Chicago. It's another 2 hour radio dance party packed full of Northern Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Funk, and just a hint of...banjo?

-Originally broadcast March 15, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Sam Dees / Soul Sister

The Channels / I've Got My Eyes On You

The Parliaments / Look At What I Almost Missed

Samuel Moore & The TNT's / I'm So Jealous

The Continental 4 / The Way I Love You

Tommy Neal / Goin' To A Happening

Brice Coefield / Ain't That Right

The Showmen / Our Love Will Grow

J.J. Barnes & the Dell Fi's / Won't You Let me Know

The Conquistadores / Lonely Was I

Laura Greene / Moonlight Music In You

Vi Campbell / Seven Doors

Sonny Fishback / Heart Breaking Man

Little Ben and the Cheers / I'm Gonna Get Even With You

Johnny Holiday / Tormented

Wayne Cochran / Get Ready

Wally Cox / This Man

Terry Callier / Look At Me Now

Cassius Clay / I Am the Greatest

Charles Lamont And The Extremes / I've Got to Keep Movin'

The Delicates / Stop Shoving Me Around

Soul Inc. / In The Midnight Hour

The Tymes / Here She Comes

Holly Maxwell / Don't Say You Love Me Until You Do

Howlin' Wolf / Pop It To Me

Major Lance / You Don't Want Me No More

Johnny McCall / You Can't Get Away

Barbara McNair / You're Gonna' Love My Baby

Alto Lee / Indefinitely

Bobby Bland / Shoes

Chuck Jackson / Two Feet From Happiness

Freddie North / Roll Over

Grover Mitchell / I Don't Want to Hear It Baby

The Bluesbusters / I've Gotta Get There

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Episode 399: Not One More Tear

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Here's another hot two hours of 1960s vinyl soul shakers, relentless R&B, popcorn steppers, and more from Darrell Banks, The Isley Brothers, Bobby Bland, Tom Jones, The Miracles, Lulu, Barbara Lewis, Kentucky's own Gail Wynters, plus Johnnie Taylor and Little Johnny Taylor, who were two different guys!

-Originally broadcast March 08, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

James Carr / Talk Talk

The V.I.P.'s / Flashback

Darrell Banks / I've Got That Feelin'

Gail Wynters / You've Got The Power

Willie Parker / I Live the Life I Love

Roy Redmond / That Old Time Feeling

Andre Odom / Turn On Your Love Light

Chubby Checker / (At the) Discotheque

Dian James / High Blood Pressure

Albert King / Oh, Pretty Woman

Johnnie Taylor / Toe-Hold

Rufus Thomas / All Night Worker

Little Johnny Taylor / Looking At The Future

The Isley Brothers / You Better Come Home

Bobby Bland / Yum Yum Tree

Benjamin & The Dreamdancers / Not One More Tear

Kenny Wells / Isn't It Just a Shame

Wind / Groovin With Mr. Bloe

The Unifics / Which One Should I Choose

Otis Redding / A Lover's Question

Sammy Turner / Goodnight, Irene

Leroy Jones / Another Saturday Night

Tom Jones / Sixteen Tons

Tommy Raye / You Don't Love Me

Bobby Brooks / Wise Like Soloman

The Miracles / If Your Mother Only Knew

Jimmy Robins / I Can't Please You

Wilbert Harrison / The Horse

Jr. Walker & The All Stars / Brain Washer

Dionne Warwick / You Can Have Him

Barbara Lewis / Fool, Fool, Fool (Look in the Mirror)

Lulu / Sweep Around Your Own Back Door

Gloria Lynne / I Can't Stand It

Anna King / The Big Change

Ben E. King / What Can a Man Do

Marv Johnson / Come On And Stop

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Episode 398: Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT

James has a few new soul and R&B finds to share this week from recent digging success, and has cleaned up a stack of Stax records he's neglected in the collection for years and years ready to have their moment. You'll also hear some crunchy garage and psych on this episode including some rare Louisville originals, and Gene Pitney sneaks another one onto the show!

-Originally broadcast March 1, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Leon Haywood / Mellow Moonlight

Leon Haywood / It's Got to Be Mellow

Little Walter / Up The Line

Ray Agee / Peace of Mind

Lee Webber / Good Day Sunshine

Marv Johnson / You Got What it Takes

Eddie Floyd / Don't Tell Your Mama (Where You've Been)

Dramatics / Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get

Rufus Thomas / (Do the) Push and Pull Part I

Fredrick Knight / I've Been Lonely For So Long

Rufus & Carla / That's Really Some Good

Johnnie Taylor / Friday Night

Eddie Floyd / On a Saturday Night

Booker T. & The M.G.'s / Mrs. Robinson

Gene Pitney / Beautiful Sounds

Dolly Parton / Don't Drop Out

Levon & The Hawks / He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart)

Wayne Cochran / Harlem Shuffle

Lou Courtney / I've Got Just The Thing

Otis Clay / It's Easier Said, Than Done

James Hunter Six / (Baby) Hold On

Jimmy Hughes / It Was Nice

Double Feature / Baby, Get Your Head Screwed On

Soul Inc. / Love Me When I'm Down

The Waters / Mother Samwell

Bob Seger & The Last Heard / East Side Story

Brian Redmond and the Sound Box / I Want You

The Girl Watchers / Got My Mojo Working

Mersey Beats U.S.A. / Stop, Look and Listen

The Strangeloves / Night Time

Ruby and the Romantics / Does He Really Care for Me

The Enchanters / I Paid for the Party

Chris Kenner / Packin' Up

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Episode 397: Everybody Say Yea

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT

DJ Lee Ochoa from San Antonio, Texas (@djthegeneralsa) made a quick trip to Louisville, and he brought some of his favorite records to spin on That Driving Beat. You'll hear rare, in-demand Chicano soul from the Royal Jesters, Sunny & The Sunliners, Dimas Garza, the Commands, and more, plus some Northern Soul, funk, Latin, and R&B favorites from the likes of the Festivals, Joe Bataan, Frank Beverly, Gil Scott-Heron, Ruby Andrews, and more!

-Originally broadcast February 22, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Dimas III / So Funny

Rocky Gil and the Bishops / Soul Party

The Royal Jesters / Use Your Head

The Royal Jesters / Take Me for a Little While

The Intruders / (Love Is Like a) Baseball Game

The Delfonics / La La Means I Love You

The Festivals / You've Got the Makings of a Lover

The Commands / Hey It's Love

The Commands / Don't Be Afraid to Love Me

Dimas III / You’ve Succeeded

T.S.U. Toronadoes / The Goose

Wilbur Bascom and The Zodiact / Just a Groove in "G"

The Topics / She's So Fine

Community Effort / "Shake" Your Funky Butt

The Ghetto Brothers / The Ghetto Brothers Power

Joe Bataan / Young Gifted and Brown

The Majestics / (I Love Her So Much) It Hurts Me

The Specials / Everybody Say Yea

Choice of Colour / Your Love

Little Carl Carlton / Competition Ain't Nothin'

Gil Scott-Heron / The Bottle

Dolly Parton / Control Yourself

The Supremes / Stoned Love

Bob Kuban & The In-Men / The Cheater

Jay and The Techniques / Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie

The Epitome Of Sound / You Don't Love Me

Ruby Andrews / Just Loving You

Creations / A Dream

Frank Beverly & The Butlers / If That's What You Wanted

Sunny & The Sunliners / If I Could See You Now

The Constellations / I Didn't Know How To

The Gospel Artistics / Time Shall Be No More

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Get Out

The Turnpikes / Cast A Spell

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Episode 396: Jet Set

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT

This episode has Ohio funky soul, a St. Louis sweaty gospel shaker, pounding Motown Northern Soul, a Nashville A-Team session guy getting Fidgety, some Mod R&B, some James Bond nonsense, an all-girl rock band from Nashville, West Virginia college rockers, British Beat from London, West Texas jet-setter garage rock, and more! Also, your host admits to knowing absolutely nothing about music!

-Originally broadcast February 15, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Lloyd Price / Every Night

Jackie Verdell / Hush

Otis Redding / I'm Sick Y'all

The William Singers / Part Time Love

Kelly Brothers / How Can True Love Be This Way

The Pat Rebillot Exchange / Oh Happy Day

Soul Partners / Lose the One You Love

Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson / Lover's Holiday

The O'Jays / Looky Looky (Look at Me Girl)

Edwin Starr / Time

The Esquires / You Say

Otis Leavill / When the Music Grooves

The Intruders / A Love That's Real

Ronnie Milsap / Total Disaster

Mel "Pig" Robbins / Fidgety

Just Brothers / Sliced Tomatoes

Jimmy Smith / Got My Mojo Workin (Part 1)

James Duncan / Mr. Goodtime

Wade and Jamie / Don't Put Off 'Till Tomorrow

Harry Deal and The Galaxies / Don't You Just Know It

Jimmy McCracklin / Beulah

Barrett Strong / You Knows What To Do

Rex Garvin (and The Mighty Cravers) / Sock It To 'Em J.B. - Part I

Goldie & the Gingerbreads / Song of the Moon

The Feminine Complex / Run That Thru Your Mind

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity / This Wheel's On Fire

The Spencer Davis Group / Keep On Running

The Honeycombs / I Can't Stop

The Choir / I'm Going Home

The Collegiates / High Blood Pressure

The Teddy Neely Four / Jet Set

The Laughing Wind / Don't Take Very Much to See Tomorrow

Ronnie and the Sinsashuns / Sonya

The Moody Blues / And My Baby's Gone

Gentleman June Gardner / It's Gonna Rain

The Pirates / Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)

Bill Avery / Oe Oe Oewee Baby

Jerry Butler / What's the Use of Breaking Up

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Episode 395: Instant Record Collection!

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Art FM, the home of That Driving Beat, went from online-only to broadcasting as WXOX on the FM dial in Louisville on February 14th, 2016, so we're celebrating 10 years on the FM dial and 8 years of That Driving Beat! James put together a That Driving Beat Instant Record Collection for entry into the silent auction at WXOX's Decade On The Dial variety show extravaganza! In this episode, you'll hear a selection from this collection of some of the foundational sounds of the show.

-Originally broadcast February 8, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Dells / There Is

Major Lance / Rhythm

The Platters / Don’t Hear, Speak, See No Evil

Detroit Emeralds / Show Time

The 4 Seasons / Beggin'

Robert Parker / Let's Go Baby (Where the Action Is)

Slim Harpo / Baby Scratch My Back

Charlie Rich / Mohair Sam

Lee Dorsey / Working in the Coal Mine

Edwin Starr / Twenty-Five Miles

Four Tops / Bernadette

The Supremes / The Happening

The Contours / Do You Love Me

Z. Z. Hill / Don't Make Promises (You Can't Keep)

Jackie Wilson And Count Basie / Uptight (Everything's Alright)

The Ikettes / Peaches "N" Cream

Billy Stewart / Summertime

Timi Yuro / What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)

Madeline Bell / Picture Me Gone

Christine Quaite / In The Middle of The Floor

Mel Tormé / Comin' Home Baby

? And The Mysterians / 96 Tears

Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels / Sock It To Me - Baby!

Bob Seger System / Ramblin' Gamblin' Man

Sir Douglas Quintet / She's About a Mover

The O'Jays / Deeper (In Love With You)

The Tams / Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy

Bettye Swann / Make Me Yours

James & Bobby Purify / I'm Your Puppet

J.J. Jackson / But It's Alright

Arthur Alexander / A Shot of Rhythm & Blues

Etta James / Miss Pitiful

Elvis Presley / Rubberneckin'

Archie Bell & The Drells / I Can't Stop Dancing

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Episode 394: Welcome Stranger

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT

"Invite me to DJ at your Mod or soul night, and I'll play you my favorite Neil Young record." -James, in this episode. James has a few new finds and old favorites to share, including some rare 1960s small-town Kentucky rockers, northern soul and rhythm & blues classics, garage rock and psych shakers, funky interludes, and a few oddball spins, all on original vinyl 45s.

-Originally broadcast February 1, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Dian James / Welcome Stranger

Billy Lee Riley / Show Me Your Soul

Nancy Wilson / The End of Our Love

Aretha Franklin / Soulville

The Mighty Hannibal / Jerkin' the Dog

Rufus Thomas / Walking the Dog

"Blackie" Sorrello and J.D.B. Trio / Rosalie

Jim Decker and the Avrons / Choice of a Fool

The Raves / Mister Man

The Lemonade Charade / The Straight Life

Uncredited Artist / Devil With a Blue Dress On

The Rave-Ons / The Line

The Surf Suns / I Can't Stop it Now

The Buffalo Springfield / Mr. Soul

Bill Moss / Sock It to 'Em Soul Brother

Charlie Hodges / The Day He Made You

100 Proof (Aged In Soul) / Everything Good Is Bad

Earl Foster / Jodine's Walk

Jackie Lee / Your P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y

Martha & The Vandellas / In My Lonely Room

The 4 Seasons / I've Got You Under My Skin

Nancy Ryan / The Trouble

Ronnie and the Sinsashuns / Laugh It Up Baby

Stuart Paine / Have You Ever Had the Blues

The Nite Owls / Act Your Age

The Alphabetical Order / All Over The World (La La)

The Emporers / Karate

Eddie Floyd / Knock on Wood

Ray Pollard / Wanderlust

The Young Rascals / I've Been Lonely Too Long

Arthur Alexander / Baby Baby

Jimmy Elledge / Your Funny Way Of Loving Me

Marion Black / Who Knows

Irene and the Scotts / Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do

Jr. Walker & The All Stars / Ain't That The Truth

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Episode 393: Crazy Kind Of Feeling

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT

It's an episode heavy on Louisville & Lexington, Kentucky records today, because James just found the box he keeps a lot of that stuff in. We've got soul, R&B, and rockers from the likes of The Berkshire Seven, Mary Ann Fisher, Boot Hog Pefferly and the Loafers, The Mercy Men, Cosmo and the Counts, The Magnificent 7, and The Oxfords, plus tunes from farther afield by Carl Carlton, Richard Berry & The Pharaohs, Little Milton, and more!

-Originally broadcast January 25, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Paul Smith / Ain't That Something

Deanna Brewer and The Titans / I've Gotta Know

The Berkshire Seven / Crazy Kind Of Feeling

The Sultans / I Feel Your Love Growing Cold

Mary Ann Fisher / Forever More

Boot Hog Pefferly and the Loafers / I'm Not Going to Work Today

The Rhythmatics / Drag

Jimmy Coe / Cold Jam for Breakfast

Charlie Ross and The Crossfires / Lord Have Mercy

The Henry Watterson Expressway / You Better Take Me Home

Carl Carlton / Hold On a Little Longer

Salt and Pepper / Rock Me In The Cradle

Wilson Pickett / Toe Hold

Jamie Lyons / Soul Struttin'

Al "TNT" Braggs / You're Something Else

Al Henderson and Orchestra / All Star Boy

Richard Berry and The Pharaohs / Louie Louie

James Davis / I'm Gonna Tell It On You

Mercy Men / You Made It Thunder

Cosmo and the Counts / You Gotta Dance

Kelli & The Kittens / What Mama Don't Know

The Magnificent 7 / Never Will I (Make My Baby Cry)

The Sultans / I Know It's True

The Oxfords / Time And Place

The Rugbys / You, I

Daniel / Exit Door 1

Bobby Harris / Ain't That Love

And The Echoes / Million Dollar Bill

Eddie & Ernie / That's The Way It Is

Vernis Pratt / Good Good Man

Freddie Scott / Run Joe

The Right Kind / I've Been Changed

Little Milton / Just A Little Bit

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Episode 392: I Got Loaded

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT

James has another action-packed radio dance party full of 1960s tunes by Ray Charles, Bob and Earl, Johnny Guitar Watson, Bobby Byrd, Alvin Cash, The Steinways, Maxine Brown, Betty Everett, and more! We'll get Loaded, Broke and Lonely, Work Together, Donkey Walk, and Do the Ali Shuffle. Today's unexpected artist with That Driving Beat: The Osmonds?!

-Originally broadcast January 18, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Ruby Johnson / Keep on Keeping On

Four Pennies / Shake A Hand

The Knight Bros. / Love (Can't You Hear Me)

Ray Charles & The Ray Charles Orchestra / Something Inside Me

Bob and Earl / The Sissy

The Drifters / We Gotta Sing

Johnny Flamingo and the Cleartones / I Got Loaded

Johnny (Guitar) Watson / Broke and Lonely

Trade Martin / Sixteen Tons

Bobby Byrd / I'm Lonely

LeRoy Horne / Don't Come Back (Take Me Through the Changes)

Sugar Pie DeSanto / Soulful Dress

Big Dee Irwin / Donkey Walk

Tony Borders / What Kind Of Spell

Alvin Cash / Doin' the Ali Shuffle

Roscoe Robinson / What You're Doin' to Me

Joe Simon / I Got A Whole Lot Of Lovin'

The Box Tops / Fields Of Clover

Thee Midnighters / I've Come Alive

Wilbert Harrison One Man Band / Let's Work Together (Pt. 1)

Lena Horne / Love Bug

Lucy Campo / Evil Eye

The Rays / Mediterranean Moon

Paul Anka / My Baby's Comin' Home

The Steinways / You've Been Leadin' Me On

Elmore Morris / It Seemed Like Heaven to Me

The Osmonds / Yo-Yo

Jay & The Techniques / Help Yourself To All My Lovin'

James Duncan & the Duncan Trio / I'll Be Gone

George Jackson / So Good To Me

Bobby James & Vicki Adams / Love is Such a Sweet Thing

Johnny Adams / Life Is Just a Struggle

Maxine Brown / One in a Million

Betty Everett / Getting Mighty Crowded

Tammy Montgomery / If I Would Marry You

Brooks & Jerry / I Got What It Takes Part 1

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Episode 391: All Of A Sudden

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Uwe is in the studio for one last show before leaving town again, and he's got one more show worth of classic and rare soul and R&B records new to his collection to share with us on today's radio dance party. We analyze the ownership history left behind on a record, look at a group called the Supremes that wasn't THAT Supremes but used the name first, and listen to a song that really wants you to FEEL IT!

-Originally broadcast January 11, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Garnett Mimms / Prove It To Me

The Impalas / Whip It On Me

Little Jerry Williams / I'm the Lover Man

Billy Preston / The Night

Maurice & The Radiants / Baby You've Got It

Jean Wells / Can't You Feel It

The Intruders / I'm Girl Scoutin'

Clarence Murray / The Book Of Love

The Masqueraders / I Got It

The Supremes / You And Me

B.B. King / I'm Gonna Sit in Till You Give In

Sugar Pie DeSanto / Can't Let You Go

The Falcons / Swim

Fontella Bass / My Good Loving

Kim Tolliver / I Gotta Find A Way

Jimmy Robins / I Can't Please You

Tommy Wills / Night Train

The Brothers Cain / Anyway You Like It

Carl Henderson / Please Stop Laughing At Me

The Rising Sun / Feel It

Felix Lark and the Jack Hart Trio / Little Tender Love

Little Bob / Nobody But You

Damita Jo / I'll Save The Last Dance For You

The Valentines / Baby, Lots Of Luck

Jeanette Williams / All Of A Sudden

The Parliaments / Don't Be Sore At Me

Johnny Nash / (What A) Groovy Feeling

Chubby Checker / Karate Monkey

Wilson Pickett / Night Owl

Ann King / Ooba Dooba Doo

Little Anthony and The Imperials / Better Use Your Head

Dee Irwin / The Wrong Direction

The Marvelettes / Playboy

Clarence Carter / Tell Daddy

"Little Esther" Phillips & "Big Al" Downing / You Never Miss Your Water (Till The Well Runs Dry)

Guys & Dolls / Looking For A Lover

Little Carl Carlton / Why Don't They Leave Us Alone

The Jets / Every Thing I Do

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Episode 390: A Little Togetherness

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT

DJ Uwe is back in the studio again for another episode sharing his recent record digging finds. We talk about Texas place name pronunciations, lucky breaks and regrettable decisions in collecting, and potential trades. We take a request from a toddler! Mostly we just play 1960s Northern Soul, R&B, and Mod dancers, on their optimal format - the 45 rpm vinyl single!

-Originally broadcast January 4, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Jackie Shane / Comin' Down

Curtis Lee & The K C P's / Everybody Is Going Wild

The Raelettes / All I Need Is His Love

The Volcanos / Help Wanted

Jr. Walker & The All Stars / Do the Boomerang

The Dolls / The Reason Why

The Younghearts / A Little Togetherness

Anthony Raye / On The Edge Of Something

The Chiffons / Nobody Knows What's Goin' On (In My Mind but Me)

Melvin Davis / Playboy (Don't You Play In School)

Mel Tormé / Comin' Home Baby

The Soul Stirrers / Don't You Worry

Nancy Wilson / Uptight (Everything's Alright)

Magnificent 7 / She's Called A Woman

Larry Williams / Boss Lovin'

Joe Moore / Hang Right In There

Jimmy Hughes / Neighbor, Neighbor

The Eddy Jacobs Exchange / Black Is Black

Stacy Lane / No Brags Just Facts

The Jets / I Was Born With It

Richard Berry & The Pharaohs / Have Love Will Travel

Dee Irwin / I Only Get This Feeling

Benny Latimore / Girl I Got News for You

Billy Preston / The Girl's Got "It"

Ed Bruce / Don't Let It Happen

Mary Love / Let Me Know

Irene Reid / One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

Veniece Stalks / What More Do You Want From Me

Peggy Gaines / Tell Him

Pearl Edwards / I'll Never Forget

Dean Parrish / Tell Her

Bill Horton / I Wanna Know

Ed Bruce / The Greatest Man

Carroll Lloyd / I Can't Fight It No Longer

Percy Mayfield / Walking On a Tightrope

Billie Warfield / That's What They Said

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Episode 389: I'm No Stranger

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Uwe is Back! Co-creator and long-time co-host of That Driving Beat, DJ Uwe is the special guest on this episode. He's back in Louisville for a few weeks, and he's taking the chance to get back in the studio and play some of the great records he's dug up in his new home of San Antonio, Texas.

We didn't notice this live, but there are a lot of "baby" songs in this episode. Baby Be Mine, What's The Matter Baby, You're Gonna Love My Baby, Bye Bye Baby, Dream Baby, and more! What does it mean? Nothing! Just listen to the music!

-Originally broadcast December 27, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Shirelles / 20th Century Rock 'N' Roll

Darlene Love / Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)

The Sweet Delights / Baby Be Mine

Virginia Davis / What's The Matter Baby

Joanie Summers / Little Girl Bad

Benny Spellman / Walk On Don't Cry

Freddie Houston / Nothing But Love

Barbara Lynn / Money

Tammy Montgomery / This Time Tomorrow

Lord Jim and the V.I.P.'s / You Don't Have To Cry Any More

Buddy Guy / I Dig Your Wig

Carlos Guzman y Los Fabulosos Cuatro / 96 Lagrimas

Les Bel-Air / Tant De Choses À Dire

Sunny & The Sunliners / I'm No Stranger

Tom Jones / Sixteen Tons

William Bonny / Love, Love, Love

Jacki Bond / Reviewing The Situation

Melvin Davis with The Nite Sounds / I Won't Be Your Fool

Etta James / Don't Pick Me For Your Fool

The Off-Beats / Have Love Will Travel

The Marshans / Main Man

Tommy Neal / Goin' To A Happening

Jimmy Castor / Magic Saxophone

The Brothers Grimm / Looky Looky

The Chiffons / Out Of This World

Barbara McNair / You're Gonna' Love My Baby

Toni Wine / A Girl is Not a Girl

Shirley and the Shirelles / Look What You've Done To Me

Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford / Don't You Worry

Little Clarence / Since My Baby

Buddy Lamp / My Tears

Maxine & Stinson / Bye, Bye, Baby

Laddins / Dream Baby

Little Bob / I Got Loaded

The Corsairs / Smokey Places

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Episode 388: You Betta Be Sure

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT

It's almost Christmas, but there's no Christmas music on this episode. It's just business-as-usual 1960s (and a few 50s and 70s) upbeat soul and R&B dancers on vinyl 45s! The Shirelles, Bertha Tillman, B.B. King, Jackie Shane, Lou Johnson, Jackie Wilson, Bobby Bland, Maxine Brown, and more! Anybody know who Wade and Jamie were?

-Originally broadcast December 21, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Shirelles / Too Much of a Good Thing

Barbara Mason / You Got What It Takes

The Romancers / What About Love

Suzy & The Copycats / No Other Love (Like Yours)

Bertha Tillman / Lovin' Time

The Duvals / What Am I?

Little Johnny Taylor / You Win, I Lose

Dimples Harris / If You'll Be True

B.B. King / I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water

Jimmy Smith / Got My Mojo Workin' (Part 1)

The Rustix / When I Get Home

Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson / Lover's Holiday

The Casualeers / You Betta Be Sure

The Pat Rebillot Exchange / Oh Happy Day

Jackie Shane / Stand Up Straight and Tall

Lou Johnson / If I Never Get to Love You

Verdelle Smith / Walk Tall

The Goodees / Condition Red

The Temptations / You've Got to Earn It

The Platters / Sweet, Sweet Lovin'

Al Haskins and the Mastertones / You Got Me

Ralph Lamar / What I Never Had I'll Never Miss

The O'Jays / Looky Looky (Look at Me Girl)

Bobby Harris / Password Is Love

Jackie Wilson / Nothing But Blue Skies

Peter Jarett & The Fifth Circle / Run Baby, Baby Run

Bobby Bland / A Piece of Gold

The Uniques featuring Joe Stampley / Not Too Long Ago

Mitch Ryder / Blessing In Disguise

Howard Tate / Half a Man

Chris Kenner / Come Back and See

Andy & The Marglows / Superman Lover

Soul Sisters / I Can't Stand It

Wade and Jamie / Don't Put Off 'Till Tomorrow

Maxine Brown / I Don't Need You No More

Lee Dorsey / Do-Re-Mi

Ernie K-Doe / Real Man

Rufus & Carla Thomas / We're Tight

Soul Partners / Lose The One You Love

James Duncan / Mr. Goodtime

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Episode 387: Don't Get Your Signals Crossed

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT

This is an action packed episode of 1960s and 1970s soul! We've got well-known and more obscure tunes from the Northern scene, plus some 1970s crossover sounds, a run of R&B and popcorn steppers, and a cool-down with some midtempo grooves. We've got Nashville, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Philadelphia, and more represented!

-Originally broadcast December 14, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Valentines / Breakaway

The Apollas / Sorry Mama

The Vibrations / Love in Them There Hills

Harold Hopkins / Ooh Baby

Sam & Dave / You Don't Know Like I Know

Bobby McClure / Don't Get Your Signals Crossed

Mike Williams with the Tempest Band / Draw With Me

"Bouncing" Cornell Blakely / Tell Me More

The Metallics / Itchy Twitchy Too

Jo Ann Campbell / Sloppy Joe

The Endeavors / I Know You Don't Want Me

Joe Kennedy / Slick Trick

The Dynamics / The Love That I Need

Dolly Parton / Busy Signal

Jackie Moore / Both Ends Against the Middle

Dramatics / Your Love Was Strange

Dusty Springfield / Silly, Silly Fool

Dee Dee Warwick / Next Time (You Fall in Love)

Yolanda and the Charmanes / There Oughta Be A Law

Bob Wilson / Suzy's Serenade

The Cookies / Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)

Ovella and the Overtures / That's All You Gotta Do

The El Torros / Dance With Me

Nancy Adams / Lights Out

Billy Joe Royal / If It Wasn't For a Woman

Jane Morgan / Maybe

Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / No Good to Cry

Jimmy Richards / Don't Forget Those Who Knew You When

Dora Hall / 1-2-3

Jerry Butler / Just For You

McKinley Mitchell / Tell It, Like It Is

The Five Stairsteps / The Girl I Love

The Vontastics / Peace of Mind

Jackie Ross / Haste Makes Waste

The Orlons / Don't Throw Your Love Away

Clyde McPhatter / Deep In The Heart Of Harlem

Jimmy Gilford / Heartbreaker

Mary Wells / (Hey You) Set My Soul On Fire

Betty Lavette / I Feel Good (All Over)

Cliff Nobles & Co. / Switch It On

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Episode 386: Take Your Shoes Off

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT

We've got an R&B dancer with a Beetle/Beatle reference, an Esquerita recording that went unreleased for almost 50 years, an test pressing with no clues written on the label, a nice run of 1970s crossover soul, Louisville's own (Prince) Phillip Mitchell, plus a whole mess of soul and R&B dancers!

-Originally broadcast December 7, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Booker T. Averhart & The Mustangs / Take Your Shoes Off (Part 1)

Clarence & Calvin / Rooster Knees & Rice

Larry & The Mighty Storms / Eldorado Suzie

Jackie Moore / Here I Am

Mitty Collier / Git Out

Eddie Floyd / On a Saturday Night

Bettye Swann / Lonely Love

The Upfronts / Do The Beetle

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters / The Hoochi Coochi Coo

Esquerita / Hittin' On Nothing

Dee Dee Warwick / Don't You Ever Give Up On Me

Chairmen of the Board / (You've Got Me) Dangling On a String

Chambers Brothers / Let's Do It (Do It Together)

Rayford Tucker / If You Need More Time (Time Will Tell)

Phillip Mitchell / Turning Over The Ground

Della Reese / If It Feels Good, Do It

The Honey Cone / One Monkey Don't Stop No Show - Part 1

Na Allen / Thanks for Nothing

The Marvelettes / A Breath Taking Guy

Holland-Dozier / Don’t Leave Me

The Creations / Plenty of Love

The Platters / Fear of Losing You

Barbara Lynn / You Left the Water Running

Janet & The Jays / Love What You're Doing to Me

The Casinos / Soul Serenade

The Esquires / You Say

Danny White / Natural Soul Brother

Johnny Jones And The King Casuals / Soul Poppin'

Little Johnny Taylor / What You Need is a Ball

Jim and Bob Harrison / Hand Clap Blues

Lee Diamond with the Challengers / Nothing But a Playboy

Tarheel Slim & Little Ann / Goodnight Irene

Du-Ettes / Please Forgive Me

The Lollipops / Love Is The Only Answer

Timothy Carr / A Stop Along The Way

The Fantasies / Mickey's Monkey

Lee Rogers / Love For a Love

Ike & Tina Turner / You Weren't Ready

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Episode 385: Shim Sham Shuffle

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT

This week you'll find soul dancers, R&B shakers, and popcorn steppers in the That Driving Beat radio dance party. We've got a moonlighting Coaster, a UK-only B-side gem by an American pop megastar, some early 1960s R&B shakers brand new to the collection, and a Northern Soul classic that always brings a smile to your host's face.

-Originally broadcast November 30, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Short Kuts Featuring Eddie Harrison / Your Eyes May Shine

Cliff Nobles & Co. / Horse Fever

The Toys / I Got My Heart Set On You

Madeline Bell / Picture Me Gone

Erma Franklin / Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)

The Poppies / He's Got Real Love

Billy Guy / Whip It On Me Baby

Rueben Williams / Piggy Wiggy

Ricky Allen & The Allen Dolls / Can I Come Back Home

Ricky Lyons / Shim Sham Shuffle

Curtis Knight / Ain't Gonna Be No Next Time

Dee Clark / Crossfire Time

The Marcels / Find Another Fool

Henry & His Kasuals / Workout

Fred Hughes / Baby Boy

Willie Mitchell / Wade In The Water

John Roberts / Pledging My Love

The Capitols / I Got to Handle It

The Tempests / Out Of My Life

Ann Sexton and the Soul Masters / You've Been Gone Too Long

Radiants / Hold On

J.B. Troy / Ain't It The Truth

P.J. Proby / You Can't Come Home Again (If You Leave Me Now)

Brenda and The Tabulations / Hey Boy

Gene Allison / Walkin' In The Park

Del Thompson / The Love Waiting For Me

Connie Francis / It's Gonna Take Me Some Time

The Executives / Happy Chatter

The Gum Drops / Natural Born Lover

Johnny Wells / Lonely Moon

Vigor Fisher / Think Of Happiness

Roosevelt Nettles / Drifting Heart

Bunny & Cindy / Sure Didn't Take Long

Bobby McClure / Peak of Love

The Mar-Keys / Philly Dog

Lou Courtney / Skate Now

McKinley Mitchell / No Love Like My Love

Z.Z. Hill / You Were Wrong

Ray Charles / You're Just About To Lose Your Clown

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Episode 384: That Not-Quite-So-Driving Beat

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT

James was feeling a little slow and mellow for this episode, so he picked some great 1960s soul, crossover, and R&B tunes that slow down the tempo and keep it gentle, while still giving you something to dance to. This is a whole show of midtempo soul, steppers, shuffles, and beat ballads on 45 rpm vinyl. You'll hear Kim Weston, Lee Rogers, Carla Thomas, Arthur Alexander, James Carr, Irma Thomas, and more!

-Originally broadcast November 23, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Steve Alaimo and Betty Wright / I'm Thankful

The Ideals / You Lost and I Won

Kim Weston / It Should Have Been Me

Solomon Burke / Dance, Dance, Dance

Jimmy (Soul) Clark / If I Only Knew Then (What I Know Now)

The Manhattans / I Bet'cha (Couldn't Love Me)

Tony Middleton / Harlem Lady

Bobby Foster / Where Do You Go

Al Kent / You've Got to Pay the Price

Fantastic Four / I Love You Madly

Otis Williams and the Charms / Everybody's Got A Song But Me

Lee Rogers / Love Can Really Hurt You Deep

Don Wyatt / Do I Need You

Carla Thomas / The Masquerade Is Over

The Ikettes / I'm Blue (The Gong Gong Song)

Arthur Alexander / Anna (Go to Him)

King James & Mel / You Better Move On

The Drifters / Please Stay

Billy Stewart / Sitting in the Park

Billy Butler & The Chanters / I Can't Work No Longer

Ruby Andrews / Casonova (Your Playing Days Are Over)

James Carr / I Can't Make It

Irma Thomas / Girl Needs Boy

Jackie Ross / Selfish One

The Miracles / All That's Good

Baby Washington / It'll Never Be Over for Me

The Hollywood Flames / Drop Me a Line

The Exciters / A Little Bit of Soap

The Foundations / I Can Take or Leave Your Loving

The Shirelles / A Thing of the Past

Sharpees / Tired of Being Lonely

Bessie Banks / Go Now

Ketty Lester / River of Salt

Slim Harpo / Mohair Sam

Lew Courtney / The Man With The Cigar

Patti Drew / Workin' On a Groovy Thing

Barbara Mason / Keep Him

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Episode 383: More Power To You

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Here's another 2 hours of 1960s dancers with That Driving Beat, including a Northern Soul classic he's been hoping to snag a copy of for years, more soul and R&B shakers, a nice run of popcorn steppers, and more!

-Originally broadcast November 16, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Earl Grant / Hide Nor Hair

Lou Courtney / I've Got Just The Thing

Harold Burrage / More Power To You

Baby Ray / The House On Soul Hill

Moses & Joshua / Get Out Of My Heart

Glenn Watts / Money Gives Dignity

Jackie Ross / Dynamite Lovin'

The Contours / Don't Let Her Be Your Baby

Major Lance / Too Hot to Hold

Jay & The Techniques / Baby How Easy Your Heart Forgets Me

Charlie Rich / Hurry Up Freight Train

Freddie North / How to Cry

Bonnie Lou / Twenty Four Hours of Loneliness

Peewee King / Slow Poke

Chuck Jackson / Any Other Way

Lynn Westbrook / I'm In Love

The Dooley Sisters / Spider in the Web

Fay Simmons / Bells

Lenny Miles / In Between Tears

Tommy Raye / You Don't Love Me

Big Maybelle / 96 Tears

Jewel Akens / Little Bitty Pretty One

Jerry Williams / Sock It To Yourself

The Brothers Two / Boogaloo (Soul) Party

Melvin Davis / I Won't Come Crawling Back to You

Peaches and Herb / I Need Your Love So Desperately

J.J. Barnes / Say It

J.J. Jackson / Down But Not Out

Nina Simone / It Be's That Way Sometime

The Linneas / It's A Good Kind Of Hurt

Rudy West & The Five Keys / You're The One

Little Joe / Ev'ry Now And Then

Johnny Preston / All Around The World

Wardell & The Sultans / Dance Time

Amanda Ambrose / This Door Swings Both Ways

J.T. Sears and the Rowbux / Walking On New Grass

Bobby Bland / Getting Used To The Blues

Dora Hall / Hoochi - Koochi

Clarence Murray / Don't Talk Like That

Cliff Nobles & Co. / Gettin' Away

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Episode 382: Baby Call on Me

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Here's another 2 hours packed tight with Northern Soul, R&B, garage rock, and more: all on 45 rpm vinyl, and all with That Driving Beat!

-Originally broadcast November 9, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Dells / There Is

Otis Redding / (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher

Wilson Pickett / Baby Call on Me

Gail Anderson / I Can't Stop It

The Diplomats / I Can Give You Love

Pearlean Gray with the Passengers / Don't Rush Me Baby

Bobby Bland / Call On Me

The Wanderers / Run-Run Seniorita

Billy Storm / A Million Miles from Nowhere

The Climates / Breaking Up Again

Obrey Wilson / If You Were There

Bobby Hebb / Love, Love, Love

Bruce / L'amour, L'amour, L'amour

The Precisions / If This is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely)

Thelma Jones / Souvenirs of a Heartbreak

Baja Marimba Band / Along Comes Mary

Jackie Wilson And Count Basie / Uptight

Serenaders / If Your Heart Says Yes

The Shangri-Las / Wishing Well

Oscar Weathers / The Spoiler

The Revels with Sam Eddy / It's Party Time

The Trashmen / Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

The World Column / Midnight Thoughts

The Rationals / Out In The Streets

Sir Douglas / Quarter to Three

The Swingin' Medallions / Don't Cry No More

Fountain of Youth / Livin' Too Fast

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich / The Sun Goes Down

Everly Brothers / Somebody Help Me

Flanagan / Go My Way

The Muffets / Lost

Shadows of Knight / Light Bulb Blues

The Ovations / Qualifications

Mary Wells / The Doctor

Jan Bradley / I'm Over You

Larry Barnes / Rags is Rags

Deon Jackson / You Said You Loved Me

Willie Mitchell / 30-60-90

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Episode 381: Ain't That Something

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT

James is in the 1960s That Driving Beat pocket this week, with Northern Soul floor fillers, R&B shakers, Mod rockers, and garage screamers. You'll hear upbeat dance tunes from Shirley Ellis, The Showmen, Mary Wells, Little Willie John, The O'Jays, The Broadways, Little Carl Carlton, two different classic Detroit movers named "Time", plus early Steve Marriott, a group from Birmingham, Alabama making great advances in psychedelic spelling, a 1967 punky cover of Simon and Garfunkel, and more!

-Originally broadcast November 2, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Shirley Ellis / I See It, I Like It, I Want It

Jimmy Holiday & Clydie King / Ready, Willing And Able

Willie Hightower / Nobody But You

Charles Mann / Hey, Little Girl

The Fascinations / I'm So Lucky (He Loves Me)

The Toys / May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone

Paul Smith / Ain't That Something

The Showmen / Take It Baby

Barbara Lynn / Take Your Love and Run

The Parliaments / Time

Edwin Starr / Time

Janit and the Jays / Hurting Over You, Boy

Mary Wells / Use Your Head

And The Echoes / Million Dollar Bill

Otis Redding / Mr. Pitiful

The Pageants / She Is Your Girl

Little Willie John / Doll Face

Little Milton / Can't Hold Back The Tears

The Five Du-Tones / Shake a Tail Feather

Beau Dollar and the Coins / Soul Serenade

The Moments / Money, Money

The Mark V / Hey Conductor

Wild Vybrashons / One Track Mind

The Kinks / I'm Not Like Everybody Else

The U.S. Male / I Don't Want To Know

Lemon Pipers / Quiet Please

The Five Americans / Don't Blame Me

The Chicago Loop / Richard Corey

The Danleers / Baby You've Got It

The Jaynetts / Sally, Go 'Round the Roses

The O'Jays / Whip It On Me Baby

The Broadways / You Just Don't Know

Tenison Stephens / Where Would You Be

Sebastian Williams and his Soul Men / The One You Can't Have

Little Carl Carlton / Competition Ain't Nothin'

Irene and the Scotts / Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do

Detroit Emeralds / Shades Down

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Episode 380: Dang Me

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:00:00 GMT

James keeps it funky again in this episode, with funky numbers from the late 1960s and early 1970s from Clarence Reid, Johnny Thunder, Shirley Brown, Della Reese, Etta James, Andre Williams, Swamp Dogg, Candi Staton, and more, including one of the most sampled songs of all time, a funky interpretation of a Roger Miller country classic, a run of fine Memphis and Muscle Shoals productions, and more!

-Originally broadcast October 26, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Fabulous Counts / Get Down People

The South Side Movement / Have a Little Mercy

Oscar Toney, Jr. / Person To Person

Joe Tex / You Better Believe It Baby

Shirley Brown / Yes Sir Brother

Bobby Bland / I'm So Tired

Johnny Thunder / Power To The People

The People's Choice / Cause That's the Way I Know

Johnny Griffith, Inc. / Grand Central Shuttle

Kris Peterson / Mama's Little Baby Is a Big Girl Now

Lily Fields / A Boy In A Man's World

Clarence Reid / Fools Are Not Born (They Are Made)

Jackie Lee / The Chicken

Barbara & The Browns / You Don’t Love Me

Chuck Brooks / Baa Baa Black Sheep

Sam Hutchins / Dang Me

Boogaloo Joe Jones / Inside Job

The Winstons / Amen, Brother

The Free Movement / I Can't Convince My Heart

Lloyd Price / Love Music

Loleatta Holloway / H.E.L.P. M.E. M.Y. L.O.R.D.

Della Reese / Compared to What

Johnnie Taylor / Take Care of Your Homework

The Turnarounds / Somewhere In This World (A Telephone Is Ringing)

Etta James / Tighten Up Your Own Thing

Andre Williams / The Stroke

Swamp Dogg / These Are Not My People

Vin Cardinal / There'll Be No City on the Hill

The Sister and Brothers / Yeah, You Right

Ultra High Frequency / We're On the Right Track

Spencer Wiggins / Love Machine

Candi Staton / Evidence

Gladys Knight & the Pips / If You Gonna Leave (Just Leave)

Marva Whitney / Things Got to Get Better

The South Street Soul Guitars / Poppin' Popcorn

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Episode 379: Do You Believe

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:00:00 GMT

James shares some of the funky side of his collection of vintage 45 rpm records in the show today, with late 60s and early 70s Syl Johnson, Ann Peebles, James Brown, Candi Staton, The Meters, a few things with Swamp Dogg's involvement, a couple of interesting covers, and some numbers of Funky Corners in the stack today.

-Originally broadcast October 19, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Lloyd Price / Bad Conditions

Ann Peebles / I Pity the Fool

Cleo Page / Goodie Train (Part 1)

Esther Phillips / Fever

Lyn Colins / Think (About It)

Bill Withers / Harlem

The Vanguards / The Thought of Losing Your Love

Robert, Ron & Eddie / Love Potion #9

Freddy-Henchi & The Soulsetters / Folsom Prison

The Honey Drippers / Impeach the President

Brother to Brother / In The Bottle

Tony Owens / Got'a Get My Baby Back Home

Rotary Connection / Love Me Now

Betty Lavette / Heart Of Gold

Candi Staton / Do It in the Name of Love

Betty Wright / If You Ain't Got It

Tommy Wills / (Funky) 4 Corners

Willie and the Mighty Magnificents / Funky (8) Corners Pt. 2

Swamp Dogg / Do You Believe

Little Charles and the Sidewinders / Shanty Town

Leon Thomas / L-O-V-E

Syl Johnson / Try Me

Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul / (I Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind Pt. 1

The Meters / Sophisticated Cissy

Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose / Treat Her Like a Lady

Millie Jackson / In The Wash

James Brown and the Famous Flames / Just Plain Funk

Lenny Williams / Feelin' Blue

Cold Blood / You Got Me Hummin’

John Edwards / Claim Jumpin'

The Best of Both Worlds / Moma Bakes Biscuits

Margie Alexander / Love Slave

Inez And Charlie Foxx And Their Mockin' Band / We Got A Chance To Be Free

The Emotions / Blind Alley

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Episode 378: I've Got Mine, You Better Get Yours

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:00:00 GMT

James is back after a few weeks away, and his recent run of bad luck digging for vintage 45 rpm records with That Driving Beat is over! On the show today you'll hear a lot of great 1960s rhythm & blues shakers, northern soul floor fillers, some 1960s rockers, some more gentle popcorn sounds, and more!

-Originally broadcast October 12, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Christine Kittrell / It's Nobody's Fault

Nat Kendrick And The Swans / (Do the) Mashed Potatoes (Part 1)

Felix Lark and the Jack Hart Trio / Little Tender Love

Jimmy Richards / Don't Forget Those Who Knew You When

Maurice & Mac / Why Don’t You Try Me

Howard Tate / Have You Ever Had the Blues

Ernie K-Doe / Come on Home

The Miracles / If Your Mother Only Knew

Ollie & The Nightingales / Girl, You Have My Heart Singing

James Rivers / Tighten Up

The Sham-Ettes / He'll Come Back

Bobby Bland / Poverty

Freddie Scott / Loving You is Killing Me

Freddy King / Hide Away

The Sapphires / I've Got Mine, You Better Get Yours

Mike and The Jokers / There's Got to Be a Girl

The Esquires / I Don't Know

Guitar Gable / Guitar Rhumbo

King Curtis & the Kingpins / Games People Play

Little Jr. Parker / I'm Gonna Stop

J.J. Barnes & the Dell Fi's / Won't You Let Me Know

The Marcels / Give Me Back Your Love

Bobby Bland / Dust Got In Daddy's Eyes

Nat Kendrick And The Swans / Dish Rag Part - 1

Tiger Boys / I'm a Tiger

The Fyrebirds / Can't Get No Ride

Johnny Green & The Green Men / Something You Got

Mickey and Sylvia / Love is Strange

Mighty Sam / Georgia Pines

Lesley Miller / Walk With Me

Roy Orbison / Workin' For The Man

McKinley Mitchell / Tell It, Like It Is

The Olympics / We Go Together (Pretty Baby)

Arthur Alexander / Love's Where Life Begins

Jimmy McGriff / All Day Long

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Episode 377: Put Yourself In My Place

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT

James throws a little bit of full-on blues into the dance party this week, plus the usual Northern Soul and R&B dancers, one tune that veers into hokey lounge territory (but he thinks he likes it), funky angry Bobby Darin, plus one from an artist best known as an actor in things like 1977's Roots and the Deadpool movies!

-Originally broadcast September 21, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Jerry Butler / Just For You

Bobby McClure / I'll Be True to You

Eloise Carter / I Need You

Leslie Uggams / A House Built On Sand

The Sensations / Too Shy

Chris Clark / Put Yourself In My Place

Curtis King / Bad Habits

Benny Gordon & The Soul Brothers / I Can't Turn You Loose

Mr. Bo & His Blues Boys / I Ain't Gonna Suffer

B. B. King / I Can't Lose

The Shells / Whiplash

The Steinways / My Heart's Not in It Anymore (Babe, Babe, Babe)

Massachusettes Assembly / Run Like The Devil

Frank Gari / Love That's Where It Is

Eskew Reeder / Never Again

James Carr / That's What I Want To Know

The Babies / The Hand Of Fate

Jackie Wilson / (I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is Real

Mary Wells / (Hey You) Set My Soul On Fire

Rodge Martin / Lovin' Machine

Jerry Woodard / Sweet Sweet Woman

Bobby Darin / Long Line Rider

Jackie Shane / You Are My Sunshine

Lowell Fulsom / Tramp

Wee Willie Denson / In My Own Little Way

Billy Daniels / Woe, Woe, Woe

Eddie Giles / Losin' Boy

Mary Wells / Laughing Boy

Harold Burrage / Got to Find a Way

Carla Thomas / When Tomorrow Comes

Ernie K Doe / Dancin' Man

Vito and the Salutations / Eenie Meenie

Don Bryant / Coming On Strong

Syl Johnson / Take Me Back

Chuck Jackson / I've Got to Be Strong

The Valentines / Breakaway

The Capitols / Ain't That Terrible

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Episode 376: I'm a Man of Action

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT

James has struck out lately on digging up fresh vintage vinyl finds, so he's been going through forgotten corners of his collection to jog his memory on what's in there! You'll hear 1960s movers and shakers from Jimmy Hughes, Joe Tex, Fontella Bass, Ketty Lester, the Detroit Emeralds, Brenda Holloway, Candi Staton, Ruby Winters and so much more!

-Originally broadcast September 14, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Gene Chandler / Everybody Let's Dance

Brenton Wood / Sweet Molly Malone

Bobby Powell / Question

Jimmy Hughes / I'm a Man of Action

Otis Redding / I'm Depending On You

Joe Tex / You're Gonna Thank Me Woman

Lenny Welch / Coronet Blue

Cathy Carlson / Hurt So Bad

Roddie Joy / If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know)

Fontella Bass / I Surrender

The Tren-Dells / Moments Like This

Cosmo / Sweetheart Please Don't Go

Scotty McKay / Sittin' Down And Cryin'

Ketty Lester / Please Don't Cry Anymore

Tina Britt / Look

The Cineemas / A Crush On You

Marie Knight / To Be Loved By You

The Tams / The Truth Hurts

The Endeavors / I Know You Don't Want Me

Homer Banks / 60 Minutes of Your Love

Detroit Emeralds / (I'm an Ordinary Man) Take Me the Way I Am

Brenda Holloway / When I'm Gone

Blinky & Edwin Starr / Oh How Happy

Marvin Smith / Fading Memories

Candi Staton / Heart On a String

Joe Jeffrey / Hey, Hey Woman

The O'Jays / The Choice

John Steele and the Del-Mates / You're Gonna Miss Me

Ruby Winters / Sweetheart Things

Anna Walker and the Crownettes / Ode to Billy Joe

The Jewels / Opportunity

The Jones Brothers / Without Your Love

The Depressions / House of Silver

O. V. Wright with the Keys / That's How Strong My Love Is

The Soul City / Everybody Dance Now

Lois Lane / Turn Me Loose

Kenny Ballard and the Fabulous Soul Brothers / I'm Losing You

The M-3's / When the Party's Over

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Episode 375: Steppin' Up In Class

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT

James has been going through some of the first soul 45s he bought back in the early days of collecting, and reacquainting himself with that part of his collection. There are some old favorites and good memories in this show, all 1960s and early 70s soul, Northern soul, rhythm & blues, and Mod dancers.

-Originally broadcast September 7, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Metros / Let's Groove

Aaron Neville / Why Worry

Etta James / Pay Back

Wilson Pickett / Don't Fight It

The Platters / Washed Ashore (On a Lonely Island In the Sea)

Cannibal And The Headhunters / Land of 1000 Dances

The Continental 4 / What You Gave Up

Chuck Wood / Seven Days Too Long

The Montclairs / I Just Can't Get Away

The Landslides / Music Please Music

Dee Brown & Lola Grant / You Need Loving

The Mystics / Mash Potatoes With Me

Lonnie Russ / My Wife Can't Cook

Jimmy McCracklin / Steppin' Up In Class

The Mirettes / In The Midnight Hour

Travis Wammack / Scratchy

Gene Chandler / Mr. Big Shot

Four Tops / Something About You

J.J. Jackson / I Dig Girls

The Fantastic Four / Ain't Love Wonderful

Frankie Valli / (You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself

The Reflections / Comin' At You

Timi Yuro / What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)

The Ad Libs / The Boy From New York City

Baby Washington / A Handful of Memories

2 of Clubs / Heart

Linda Martell & The Anglos / A Little Tear (Was Falling from My Eyes)

Jean DuShon / Feeling Good

Bob and Earl / The Sissy

Jackie Lee / Bring It Home

Oscar Mack / You Never Know How Much I Love You

Timmy Shaw / I'm A Lonely Guy

Ray Charles and His Orchestra / I Don't Need No Doctor

Lee Rogers / You're the Cream of the Crop

Bob Wilson and The San Remo Quartet / All Turned On

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Episode 374: Let The Good Thing Go

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT

James has a few more recent finds to share, plus old favorites he hasn't heard in a while. You'll hear Les McCann, Brenton Wood, The Intrigues, Charlie Rich, The Dave Clark Five, J.J. Barnes, groups with names like the Baskerville Hounds, The Rag Dolls, and the Gum Drops, a song with a tie-in to a forgotten sitcom, and a small-town Oklahoma garage rocker in the mix today.

-Originally broadcast August 31, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Les McCann / What I Call Soul

Jay and The Techniques / Still (In Love With You)

The Intrigues / I'm Gonna Love You

Johnny K. Wiley / Let The Good Thing Go

The Baskerville Hounds / Hold Me

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs / Ring Dang Doo

The Contrasts / What a Day

The Rag Dolls / Dusty

R. Dean Taylor / Gotta See Jane

The Allusions / You Better Think Twice

Brenton Wood / Lovey Dovey Kinda Lovin'

Brenton Wood / Trouble

Tempo and the Jet Sets / Sweetest Thing to Me

Vick & John / Lonely Man

Richie's Room 222 Gang / Girls, Girls, Girls (That's All On My Mind)

Zookie and the Potentates / Bachelors Got It Made

Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders / It's Just a Little Bit Too Late

The Dave Clark Five / All Night Long

Lady Wray / Smiling

The Saucy Jacks / Blown Like a Kiss

The Loons / Unwind

The Village Sound / Sally’s Got a Good Thing

The Miracles / Come' Round Here - I'm The One You Need

The Four Jewels / Dapper Dan

Bobby Rush / Camel Walk

The Gum Drops / Natural Born Lover

Charlie Rich / Hurry Up Freight Train

Nancy Wilson / You've Got Your Troubles

Ernie Johnson / Cold, Cold Heart

Lenny Miles / In Between Tears

J.J. Barnes / Don't Bring Me Bad News

Gene Allison / Walkin' In The Park

Ed Bruce / The Greatest Man

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Episode 373: Just a Little Bit of Soul

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:00:00 GMT

James is back with more That Driving Beat! He got his founding co-host of the show moved down to Texas, and now it's a one-man radio dance party! If you know us, you know if we have to drive somewhere, we're going to find some records on the way, and that's exactly what we did! Everything you hear on this episode came from a Louisville to San Antonio road trip in a car already packed heavy with Uwe's treasured record collection. We hit up fertile record-digging pastures in Memphis, Little Rock, Austin, and San Antonio, and here's the harvest that went into James' record box! Will we every hear any of Uwe's finds on That Driving Beat, or will they just be shared at his upcoming DJ gigs in San Antonio? Who knows? You'll have to keep listening to That Driving Beat to see!

-Originally broadcast August 24, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Steve Colt and the 45's / Just a Little Bit of Soul

Sandy Wynns / Love's Like Quicksand

Sandy & The Pebbles / He's My Kind of Fellow

Paul Lovelace / Tossin and Turnin

Zookie and the Potentates / Telephony

Spot Barnett / Sweetmeats

Vick & John / Don't Dish Out (More Than You Can Take)

The Quotations / Havin' A Good Time (With My Baby)

June Conquest / All I Need

The Young Holt Trio / Wack Wack

Teardrops / I'm Gonna Steal Your Boyfriend

The Hootenaires / Bill Bailey (Come on Home)

Donnie Rohrs / Money

Ray Agee / Hard Working Man

The Miracles / Save Me

Jeanie Fortune / Angry Eyes

Johnny Wells / Lonely Moon

Nancy Adams / Lights Out

Lavern Baker / You're Teasing Me

Unknown Artist / The Frito Twist

The Volcanos / Help Wanted

Herbert Hunter / Dancin' Party

Ray Stevens / Devil May Care

The Magnificent Men / Much Much More Of Your Love

Otis Clay / Trying to Live My Life Without You

The Independents / Lucky Fellow

The Sweet Cherries / Don't Give It Away

Jackie Moore / It's Harder to Leave

Jimmy Norman / This I Beg of You

The Formations / At the Top of the Stairs

Bobby Darin / What'd I Say (Part 1)

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Road Movie Music - That Driving Beat Afterparty

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:00:00 GMT

After the final episode of That Driving Beat before co-host Uwe moves to Texas, James and Uwe stuck around in the WXOX studio at the invitation of Detroit Dave and George 3PO for a special afterparty episode of their show, Road Movie Music. We got to play a few more tunes with That Driving Beat, George and Dave played some tunes they like, and we talked about how we got into radio broadcasting, our early music interests and how they led back to 1960s soul, R&B, and Mod tunes, and our plans for the future.

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Episode 372: I Can't Break The News To Myself

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:00:00 GMT

It's Uwe's last week as a Louisvillian, so this is the last episode of That Driving Beat with two hosts. We play some favorite tunes, and reminisce about some of our favorite memories of record digging, radio broadcasting, and other musical adventures. Auf wiedersehen, Uwe!

-Originally broadcast August 10, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Don Gardner / My Baby Likes to Boogaloo

The Tempos / (Countdown) Here I Come

The Metros / Since I Found My Baby

Dobie Gray / Out On the Floor

Titus Turner / Last Of The Big Time Spenders

Christine Quaite / In The Middle Of The Floor

James Hunter Six / (Baby) Hold On

Betty Everett / Bye, Bye Baby

Durand Jones & The Indications / Smile

The Freeman Brothers / My Baby

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Get Out (And Let Me Cry)

Billy Stewart / Summertime

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore / Love Me

Cops N’ Robbers / There's Got To Be A Reason

The Tren-Dells / Love

The Soul Twins / She's The One

Bobby Bland / Good Time Charlie

Ronnie Milsap / Ain't No Soul Left In These Ole Shoes

Laura Lee / To Win Your Heart

Peggy March / If You Loved Me (Soul Coaxing-Ame Caline)

Bobby Smith and the Spinners / Too Young, Too Much, Too Soon

Ben E. King / I Can't Break The News To Myself

Kathy Keegan / Nobody's Gonna Hurt You

Laura Greene / Moonlight Music In You

Shirley Ellis / The Nitty Gritty

The Showmen / Our Love Will Grow

Anna King / The Big Change

Charlie Rich / Love Is After Me

The Fabulettes / Screamin' and Shoutin'

The Valentinos / Sweeter Than The Day Before

The Sacred Four / Somebody Watching You

Terry Callier / Look At Me Now

Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / No Good to Cry

Major Lance / You Don't Want Me No More

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Episode 371: A Handful of Memories

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:00:00 GMT

We're playing some of our favorite records that make us sentimental or nostalgic for earlier days in our record collecting lives, as we get closer to a big change at That Driving Beat as Uwe prepares to move to Texas. We've got treasured records from Sharon Jones, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Soul Inc., Henrietta And The Hairdooz, Marlena Shaw, Ray Pollard, Billy Stewart, Jackie Shane, Lou Johnson, Irma Thomas, Chuck Jackson, and more.

-Originally broadcast August 3, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Irene and the Scotts / I'm Stuck On My Baby

Jackie Wilson / I Get the Sweetest Feeling

Sharon Jones / I Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In

Trade Martin / Sixteen Tons

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Get Out (And Let Me Cry)

Susan Barrett / What's It Gonna Be

Gail Winters / You've Got The Power

Ronnie Love / Chills And Fever

Gene Pitney / She's a Heartbreaker

Henrietta And The Hairdooz / You Got a Lot to Learn

Soul Inc. / I Belong to Nobody

The Wildweeds / No Good To Cry

Soul Inc. / Midnight Hour

Marlena Shaw / Let's Wade In the Water

Ray Pollard / Wanderlust

R. Dean Taylor / There's a Ghost in My House

The Johnny Gibson Trio / Beachcomber

Billy Stewart / Secret Love

Jackie Shane / In My Tenement

Baby Washington / A Handful of Memories

Brice Coefield / Tempted

The Depressions / House of Silver

Ed Bruce / Don't Let It Happen

Bobby McClure / Peak Of Love

Dolly Parton / Busy Signal

Pearlean Gray / I Don't Want to Cry

Lou Johnson / Unsatisfied

Lou Johnson / If I Never Get To Love You

Chuck Woods / Seven Days Too Long

Tammi Lynn / I'm Gonna Run Away From You

The Vontastics / Day Tripper

Irma Thomas / Break-A-Way

The Steinways / You've Been Leadin' Me On

Bobby Bland / Shoes

Chuck Jackson / Somebody New

Baby Washington / Leave Me Alone

Marv Johnson / Come On And Stop

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Episode 370: Slick Trick

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT

James and Uwe bring you two more hours of 1960s soul, R&B, and pop dancers on 45 rpm vinyl from the likes of Barbara Lewis, Tina Turner, Baby Washington, The Artistics, Alvin Cash, Gene Chandler, Otis Clay, and an rare pre-fame Tom Jones!

-Originally broadcast July 27, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Barbara Lewis / I Remember the Feeling

The Broadways / You Just Don’t Know

Bobby Brooks / Wise Like Solomon

Bill Moss / Number One (Instr.)

Terri Sharp / A Love That Will Last

Sonny Fisher / I'm Going (All The Way)

The Starlets / Better Tell Him No

Ike & Tina Turner / You Weren't Ready (For My Love)

The Swingin' Medallions / She Drives Me Out Of My Mind

Lloyd Price / Oh, Lady Luck

Nancy Wilson / Don't Look Over Your Shoulder

Jane Morgan / Maybe

Mary Wells / Me And My Baby

Rosco Gordon / You Got My Bait

Baby Washington / Run My Heart

Joe Kennedy / Slick Trick

Spyder Turner / Stand By Me

Johnny Holiday / Tormented

Tina Turner / We Need An Understanding

Tom Jones / Chills & Fever

Temptations / Check Yourself

Levon and the Hawks / He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart)

Willie Gibson / Cheatin' on Me

Al Henderson with Boyd Bennett Orchestra / She Says "Crazy"

Woody Guenther & "Cheaters" / Bang Dancin' Time

The Artistics / I'll Always Love You

The Tempests / Can't Get You Out Of My Mind

Bobby Harris / Ain't That Love

Gloria Taylor / You Got To Pay The Price

Alvin Cash / Doin' the Ali Shuffle

Kim Weston / You Can Do It

The Orlons / Rules of Love

The Marvelows / I Do

Gene Chandler / I Fooled You This Time

Bobby Bland / I'm So Tired

Otis Clay / She's About a Mover

Mighty Sam / Good Humor Man

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Episode 369: Dance Till It Hurtcha

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT

There's big news in That Driving Beat world, as Uwe will soon be leaving Louisville for the next stage of his career, leaving the show down one host. Enjoy these last few episodes with both James and Uwe sharing their records for the radio dance party. Uwe has found some records he hasn't seen in a long time as he's sorting and moving his collection, and James has, or course, done a little record digging out in the wilds since last week and has some good stuff to share.

-Originally broadcast July 20, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Trudy Johnson / You're No Good

Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown / Baby Take Me

The Webs / Tomorrow

Chuck Jackson / (I'd Be A) Millionaire

Marv Johnson / Happy Days

Maxine Brown / One Step At A Time

Virgil Murray's Tomorrow's Yesterday / I Still Care

Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band / Que Sera Sera

The Buffalo Springfield / Mr. Soul

The Cops 'N Robbers / There's Gotta Be a Reason

George Stone / Hole In the Wall

Hank Ballard & The Midnighters / Dance Till It Hurtcha

Jennell Hawkins / Moments

Joe Jeffrey / The Chance of Loving You

Inez Foxx / He's The One You Love

Chubby Checker / Hey You! Little Boo-Ga-Loo

Billy Young / The Sloopy

Jerry Lee Lewis / Hit The Road Jack

Joe-L / (I'm Not Gonna Be) Worried

Gene Chandler / There Was A Time

Etta James / What I Say

Nella Dodds / Maybe Baby

Dottie and Ray / La La Lover

Eloise / You Should'a Treated Me Right

The James Gang / For a Little of Her Sunshine

The High Numbers / Zoot Suit

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich / Last Night In Soho

The Trashmen / Surfin' Bird

Darrell Banks / Open the Door To Your Heart

Joe & Mack / Don't You Worry

Radiants / I Got A Girl

The Flamingos / The Boogaloo Party

Kenny Wells / Isn't It Just A Shame

George Tindley / Ain't That Peculiar

The Sensational Epics / I've Been Hurt

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Episode 368: Too Poor To Die

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT

The guys are back with 2 more hours of prime classic soul, R&B, funk, rock, pop, and other mostly 1960s movers, shakers, and shuffles, all on original 45 rpm vinyl. Today's artists you might not expect to hear on That Driving Beat: Meat Loaf and Tennessee Ernie Ford!

-Originally broadcast July 13, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Willie Hightower / Walk A Mile in My Shoes

Chubby Checker / (At the) Discotheque

Lou Rawls / When Love Goes Wrong

Darleen Carr / Anybody's Girl

Dionne Warwick / You Can Have Him

Duncan Brothers / Satisfaction Guaranteed

Obrey Wilson / If You Were There

The Astors / Candy

The Elgins / Heaven Must Have Sent You

The Supremes / Love Is Here and Now You're Gone

The Pack / Harlem Shuffle

Ike and Tina Turner / The Hunter

Bob Seger & The Last Heard / Heavy Music, Pt. 1

Tony Jackson & The Vibrations / You Beat Me to the Punch

The Spellbinders / A Little On the Blue Side

Stoney & Meatloaf / What You See Is What You Get

Della Reese / Compared to What

The Formations / At the Top of the Stairs

Jean Wells / Can't You Feel It

Veniece Stalks / What More Do you Want From Me

Major Lance / Too Hot To Hold

Lester Robertson / My Girl Across Town

Timi Yuro / I Ain't Gonna Cry No More

Etta James / Seven Day Fool

Freddie Scott / Baby - You're A Long Time Dead

The Exciters / Do-Wah-Diddy

The T.S.U. Toronadoes / Got To Get Through To You

Robby Fortson / Are You For Real

Chuck Jackson / Two Feet From Happiness

Tina Britt / I Found A New Love

Tennessee Ernie Ford / Sixteen Tons

Betty Everett / I Got A Claim On You

Jackie Wilson / The Way I Am

The Orlons / Not Me

The 5th Dimension / Too Poor To Die

Little Richard / Dance What You Wanna

Brenton Wood / Boogaloosa Louisian'

The Fabulettes / Mister Policeman

Gloria Lynne / Watermelon Man

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Episode 367: 2 + 2 = ?

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT

James went and sweated in a barn full of stuff hoping to turn up some amazing rare record finds... and didn't have much luck! Oh well, there were a few worthwhile things there, and you'll never find the grails if you don't get out there and dig for them! You'll hear some rare R&B shakers, popcorn steppers, Northern-Soul-starter-kit staples, a comparison between two versions of "I Keep Forgettin", and a set of heavy, heavy psych and rock shakers, including an angry, righteous, blistering anti-war protest song from a source you might not expect.

-Originally broadcast June 29, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Inez Foxx / Broken Hearted Fool

Dobie Gray / Out on the Floor

Larry Williams & Johnny Watson / A Quitter Never Wins

The 4 Seasons / Beggin'

Abraham & his Sons / Your Mother Understood

The Dells / Wear It on Our Face

James & Bobby Purify / Help Yourself (To All of My Lovin)

The Tams / I've Been Hurt

Ben E. King / Not Now (I'll Tell You When)

Lou Johnson / Magic Potion

Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers / Sock It To 'em J.B., Pt. 1

Rufus Thomas / Walkin the Dog

Hank Marr / The Watusi Roll

Jackie Ross / Selfish One

Otis Redding / Respect

Chuck Jackson / I Keep Forgettin'

Myrna March / I Keep Forgettin'

Jimmy Beaumont / I Feel Like I'm Falling In Love

Freddie Houston / Soft Walkin'

Steve Alaimo / Every Day I Have to Cry

The Furys / Never More

Paul Anka / My Baby's Comin' Home

Eddie King / I Talk Too Much

The Sequins / I Ain't Gonna Cry No More

Hughes Blues / Stone Free

Bob Seger System / 2 + 2 = ?

The Chosen Few / It Just Don't Rhyme

Damnation of Adam Blessing / Cookbook

Laura Lee / Stop Giving Your Man Away

Barrett Strong / I'm Gonna Cry (If You Quit Me)

Dolly Parton / Busy Signal

The Precisions / If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely)

Ann Sexton and the Soul Masters / You've Been Gone Too Long

Bobby Hebb / Love Love Love

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Episode 366: Gotta Take It Easy

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Uwe is back in the studio with James this week after a few weeks away, and he hit up a flea market as soon as he got back in town to dig up some fresh old vinyl sounds! You'll hear the original recorded version of R&B standard Got My Mojo Workin', some early Supremes, a cheap but perfect Chuck Jackson Northern Soul tune, a Nolan Porter favorite, and garage rockers by the Troggs, The Trolls, The Haunted, The Wild Ones, The Cherry Slush, The Spencer Davis group, and more!

-Originally broadcast June 22, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Mongo Santamaria / El Pussy Cat

Cosmo / Small Town Gossip

The Esquires / You Say

Jesse Gee / Don't Mess With My Money

Jerry Butler / It's Too Late

Ann Cole with the Suburbans / Got My Mojo Working

Detroit Emeralds / Show Time

The Supremes / Let Me Go the Right Way

Diana Ross and the Supremes / I'm Livin' in Shame

Troy Dodds / Trying To Find My Baby

Oscar Weathers / Just to Prove I Love You

Five Royales / I'm Standing In The Shadows

Otis Redding / Nobody's Fault But Mine

Chuck Jackson / These Chains Of Love (Are Breaking Me Down)

Nolan Porter / If I Could Only Be Sure

The Troggs / I Want You

The Orphans / Deserted

The Buckinghams / I Call Your Name

The Revengers / The Batman Theme

The Trolls / Every Day and Every Night

The Haunted / 1-2-5

The Wild Ones / Never Givin' Up (On Your Love)

The Gladiolas / Little Darlin'

The Lovejoys / Payin' (For The Wrong I've Done)

The Diamonds / Sneaky Alligator

Joe Moore / I Know You Like A Book

Jackie Shane / Comin' Down

Jackie Paine / No Puppy Love

The Raelettes / All I Need Is His Love

The Intensions / I Don't Care Anymore

Freddy Robinson / The Oogum Boogum Song

The Spencer Davis Group / Looking Back

The Cherry Slush / Gotta Take It Easy

The Sheep / Hide & Seek

Jackie Beavers / Sling Shot

Rollee Mc Gill / You Can Keep It

Johnnie & Joe / Won't You Come Back To Me

Don Covay / Turn It On

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Episode 365: Dance With Me

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMT

That Driving Beat has two more hours of mostly 1960s dance music on original 45 rpm vinyl. Soul, R&B, garage rock, Beat and more!

-Originally broadcast June 15, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Johnny Jones & The King Casuals / Soul Poppin'

Otis Clay / Show Place

Benny Latimore / Girl I Got News for You

Solomon Burke / Maggie's Farm

Tom Jones / Nothing But Fine

The Spencer Davis Group / Looking Back

The Danleers / Baby You've Got It

The Fantasies / Mickey's Monkey

Brenton Wood / The Oogum Boogum Song

Serenaders / If Your Heart Says Yes

Major Lance / It Ain't No Use

Janet & The Jays / Love What You're Doing to Me

Kathy Keegan / Nobody's Gonna Hurt You

The Babies / The Hand Of Fate

Travis Wammack / Scratchy

Mickey Dolenz / Don't Do It

The Rationals / Respect

The Mojo Men / Dance With Me

Mitty Collier / My Babe

James Brown / The Popcorn

Andre Williams & His New Group / Bacon Fat

Johnny Fuller / She's Too Much

The Sensations / Get On Up Mama

Jerry Woodard / Sweet Sweet Woman

Rodge Martin / Lovin' Machine

Dobie Gray / Look At Me

The Castaways / Goodbye Babe

Small Faces / Tin Soldier

The Surprise Package / Out of My Mind

The Velaires / Sticks and Stones

Timothy Carr / A Stop Along The Way

Bobby Brooks / Wise Like Soloman

Timi Yuro / I Ain't Gonna Cry No More

The Spinners / I Cross My Heart

Aretha Franklin / Soulville

The Showmen / Take It Baby

The Casinos / That's The Way

Jackie Wilson / I've Lost You

The Jaynetts / Sally Go 'Round the Roses

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Episode 364: Gotta Get a Hold of Myself

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMT

James is running the show solo today, and he's got a box full of mid-tempo steppers, floaters, beat ballads, finger snappers, mellow grooves, and soulful tearjerkers. The Beat may not be as Driving as usual, but you'll still want to get out on the dance floor. You'll hear tunes from Arthur Alexander, Dee Dee Warwick, Jimmy Hughes, Irma Thomas, Chris Clark, James Carr, Jimmy Radcliffe, Barbara Mason, and more!

-Originally broadcast June 8, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Junior Walker & The All Stars / Pucker Up Buttercup

The Dells / There Is

The High Keyes featuring Troy Keyes / One Horse Town

Arthur Alexander / You Better Move On

Marvin Smith / Fading Memories

Dee Dee Warwick / Gotta Get a Hold of Myself

The Extensions / I Want To Know

Carla Thomas / The Masquerade Is Over

The Dialtones / If You Don't Know, You Just Don't Know

Jimmy Hughes / Time Will Bring You Back

Irma Thomas / I Done Got Over It

Bobby Scott / It's Real

Ray Pettis / Joining the Crowd

The Drifters / I've Got Sand in My Shoes

Chris Clark / Do Right Baby Do Right

Mary Wells / Operator

Barbara McNair / Here I Am Baby

Baby Washington / I Know

The Mad Lads / No Strings Attached

Billy Joe Royal / If It Wasn't For a Woman

Betty Everett / You're No Good

Jimmy Radcliffe / (There Goes) The Forgotten Man

The Sensations / I Won't Be Hurt

Bobby Jones / You're A Devil

James Carr / Lover's Competition

The Superlatives / Lonely in a Crowd

Jimmy Gilford / Heartbreaker

Ketty Lester / Please Don't Cry Anymore

Bobby Foster / Where Do You Go

Esther Phillips / Don't Feel Rained On

Gary Brown / Would You Laugh At Me

Ruby Johnson / Come To Me My Darling

Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces / Searching For My Love

George Jackson / Aretha, Sing One For Me

Barbara Mason / Keep Him

Ruby Andrews / Casonova (Your Playing Days Are Over)

Grady Chapman / Tell Me That You Care

Jan Bradley / The Brush Off

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Episode 363: Mom, Won't You Teach Me To Monkey

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMT

That Driving Beat this week brings you two similar-sounding midtempo Northern steppers about urban life in the ever-changing, anonymous concrete city. One is a sought-after valuable rarity in the scene, while the other hasn't found much love even with its more uplifting message. We love them both! We also spin some classics that the discerning rare soul scenesters might say they're sick of hearing, at least one big chart hit with a B-side worth attention, 2 favorites from Bobby Bland, a much more in this week's radio dance party!

-Originally broadcast June 1, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Aaron Neville / Why Worry

Gloria Jones / Tainted Love

Inez & Charlie Foxx / (1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days

The O'Jays / I'll Never Forget You

The Malibus / Ten Times a Day

Tony Clarke / Landslide

Allison and Calvin Turner / Shake What Your Mamma Gave You

The Valentines / Breakaway

Wilmer & The Dukes / Heavy Time

Coasters / Love Potion Number Nine

Betty Lavette / I Feel Good (All Over)

Bobby Bland / I Pity the Fool

Shirley Brown / I've Got to Go On Without You

Bobby Bland / Shoes

Timothy Carr / Love My Love

Dean Parrish / Bricks, Broken Bottles and Sticks

Bobby Allen Poe / Concrete Jungle

Bonnie Lou / 24 Hours of Loneliness

Larry & The Mighty Storms / Eldorado Suzie

Peggy March / If You Loved Me (Soul Coaxing-Ame Caline)

Four Tops / The Key

Laura Greene / Moonlight Music In You

Bettye Swann / Lonely Love

Susan Rafey / Hurt So Bad

The Endeavors / I Know You Don't Want Me

Al Kent / The Way You Been Acting Lately

Pic & Bill / It's Not You

Lou Johnson / If I Never Get To Love You

Little Emmett Sutton / Mom, Won't You Teach Me To Monkey

Deon Jackson / Love Makes The World Go Round

The Intruders / Every Day is a Holiday

Johnny Nash / Love Ain't Nothin'

Chet "Poison" Ivey And His Fabulous Avengers / In A Little While

Anna King / Mama's Got a Bag of Her Own

Nina Simone / It Be's That Way Sometime

Billy Joe Royal / Heart's Desire

Maurice & the Radiants / I Gotta Dance To Keep My Baby

Bob Kayli / Tie Me Tight

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Episode 362: The Sassy One

Tue, 27 May 2025 11:00:00 GMT

It's another 2 hour 1960s radio dance party. We've got soul, R&B, psych and garage rock, girl groups, funk, Motown, pop, 1960s covers of 1950s rock and roll classics, a soul murder ballad written by a top country songwriter, a couple of tunes that sat in the vaults for years before they got released, and more! They've all got That Driving Beat!

-Originally broadcast May 25, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Richard Berry & The Pharaohs / Have Love Will Travel

Jimmy Castor And His Quartet / In A Boogaloo Bag Part 1

The Foxes / The Sassy One

Vito and the Salutations / I Want You To Be My Baby

Derek Martin / Sly Girl

Eddie Holman / Stay Mine for Heaven Sake

The Royalettes / It's A Big Mistake

The Coasters / Bad Blood

The Bo Street Runners / Johnny B. Goode

Symphonic Metamorphosis / Reach Out

Paul Peek / Rockin' Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu

Hannah Dean / You, You, You

Raelets / It's Almost Here

Randy Diamond / Giving You My Love

The Masqueraders / The Grass Was Green

Cody Black / (Somebody's Gonna) End Up Lovin

The Sylvers / I'm Truly Happy

Jeanette "Baby" Washington / Money's Funny

Evie Sands / Picture Me Gone

J.J. Jackson / 'Til Love Goes Out Of Style

The Lost Souls / Simple To Say

The Five Americans / Don't Blame Me

Bernie Madness / Bikini Beach

Chuck Jackson / Need You There (To See Me Through)

Dolly Parton / Control Yourself

Melba Moore / The Magic Touch

Tear Drops / Tears Come Tumbling

Maxine Brown / It's Torture

Major Harris / Loving You More

The Soul Brothers Six / I'll Be Loving You

Tension / It's a Fact

The Marvelettes / I'll Keep Holding On

The Bishops / Hollywood Scene

Fred Hughes / You Can't Take It Away

P. J. Proby / You Can't Come Home Again (If You Leave Me Now)

The Temptations / Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)

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Episode 361: Pin the Tail On the Donkey

Tue, 20 May 2025 11:00:00 GMT

James pulled a lot of 1960s garage rock, beat, and other rockers in recent digging, and Uwe has dug into his collection for some forgotten favorites. You'll hear a one of many great records on a cartoon record label, Jackie Wilson singing about the New Breed, a rarity from Columbus, Ohio's Capsoul label, a Mardi Gras staple, and a record we considered one of our first "rare" soul finds before years of collecting redefined what rare and valuable meant.

-Originally broadcast May 18, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Bobby McClure / Don't Get Your Signals Crossed

Albert Washington and the Kings / Rome, GA

The Guilloteens / For My Own

Jackie Wilson / The New Breed

Prentiss McPhail / Moolah Man

Kenni Woods / Back With My Baby

The Young Ideas / Barney Buss

Tawny Von / Last Night (I Found the Boy)

The Clique / Stay By Me

Tommy Duncan / Dance, Dance, Dance

Paul Peek / Pin the Tail On the Donkey

"Doc" & The Interns / Baby I Know

Five by Five / Apple Cider

Tommy James and the Shondells / Run, Run, Baby, Run

The Bo Street Runners / Aladdin

Gene Chandler / Nothing Can Stop Me

Billy Joe & The Checkmates / Forbidden Planet

Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr / Your Love Keeps Drawing Me Closer

Derek Martin / Soul Power

Johnny Barnes / Real Nice

Choc / I Want You To Be My Girl

The Valentinos / Let's Get Together

The Lost Souls / The Girl I Love

The Catalinas / You Haven't The Right

Book of Matches / Hard to Be Without You

Bobby Bland / Getting Used To The Blues

Al Johnson / Carnival Time

The Blendtones / Come On Home

The Force Five / I Want You Babe

Carter Brothers / (She's So Fine) So Glad She's Mine

Lyn La Salle / Randee Ram-Jet

LaVern Baker / One Monkey (Don't Stop the Show)

Michael & The Messengers / Run & Hide

Alpha Zoe / You Beat Me to the Punch

Marvin Holmes & The Uptights / Ooh Ooh The Dragon - Part I

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Episode 360: Keep The Fire Burning

Tue, 13 May 2025 11:00:00 GMT

James spins a few records he dug on a quick trip to New Orleans this week, and Uwe has dug through his collection for some forgotten treasures. You'll hear Northern Soul, R&B, Louisiana artists, some Latin dancers, garage rockers, and other 1960s movers & shakers!

-Originally broadcast May 11, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Skip Easterling / Keep The Fire Burning

The Adorables / Be

Johnny Adams / Who's Gonna Love You

Veniece Stalks / What More Do you Want From Me

Beau Dollar and the Coins / Any Day Now

The Dantes / Under My Thumb

Marv Johnson / Come On And Stop

Joe Bataan / Too Much Lovin'

Janit and the Jays / Hurting Over You, Boy

Ray Barretto / Soul Drummers

The Pageants / She Is Your Girl

Pearlettes / Everyday

Jill Harris / You Really Didn't Mean It

Sugar Pie DeSanto / Crazy Lovin'

Beau Dollar and the Coins / Soul Serenade

Nina Simone / African Mailman

Etta James and "The Peaches" / The Wallflower

Yvonne Elliman / I Can't Explain

The Pack / Next To Your Fire

Count Five / You Must Believe Me

Tony Mason with the Starfires / Woe Is Me

The Cans with Big Sonny / I Fought The Law

Small Faces / I Can't Dance With You

The Fitz & Startz / I'm Not Running Away

Ruby Winters / Sweetheart Things

George Jackson / So Good To Me

Charles Mann / Hey, Little Girl

Bill Black Combo / Don't Be Cruel

Dora Hall / 1-2-3

Billy Barnes / To Prove My Love

Shirley Ellis / I See It, I Like It, I Want It

Keith Everett / Lookin' So Fine

Barbara Lynn / I'm a Good Woman

Don Bryant / The Glory Of Love

Hank Jacobs / So Far Away

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Episode 359: Talk of the Grapevine

Tue, 06 May 2025 11:00:00 GMT

That Driving Beat is back with an action-packed show full of 1960s dance floor movers. We've got soul, rhythm & blues, pop, rock and more by Donald Height, Carl Carlton, Betty Wright, Gene Chandler, Swamp Dogg, Irma Thomas, and even one of the few tunes by Paul Anka that we've determined meets the requirements of That Driving Beat.

-Originally broadcast May 4, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The O'Jay's / The Choice

Chis Bartley / The Sweetest Thing This Side Of Heaven

The Fasinations / You Gonna Be Sorry

Chubby Checker / You Better Believe It Baby

Donald Height / Talk of the Grapevine

Bill Coday / Get Your Lie Straight

Carl Carlton / Hold on a Little Longer

Baby Washington / Don't Let Me Lose This Dream

Swamp Dogg / These Are Not My People

The Violinaires / I Don't Know

Don Nero and the Full Flavour / Get Up And Dance

Buster Benton / Good to the Last Drop

Otis Clay / It's Easier Said, Then Done

Mamie Ree & Jake Porter / I Wake Up In The Morning

Jerry Lee Lewis / Memphis Beat

The Ideals / I Got Lucky (When I Found You)

Betty Wright / When We Get Together Again

Arthur K. Adams / I'm Lonely For You

Sugar Pie De Santo / I Don't Wanna Fuss

The Ikettes / Not That I Recall

Baby Ray / The House On Soul Hill

The Chicago Loop / (When She Needs Good Lovin') She Comes To Me

Ray Charles and His Orchestra / I Don't Need No Doctor

Andrew Tibbs / I Made A Mistake

Paul Anka / Every Night (Without You)

Gene Chandler / No Peace, No Satisfaction

Kenny & The Accents / Good Soul Lovin'

Guess Who? / Shakin' All Over

The Kitchen Cinq / Still In Love With You Baby

The Sir Douglas Quintet / In Time

Bobby Moore / Chained To Your Heart

Irma Thomas / Cheater Man

Sonny Hines / Nothing Like Your Love

The In Crowd / Questions And Answers

Salt and Pepper / Rock Me In The Cradle

Lee Rogers / You're the Cream of the Crop

Lord Sitar / Black Is Black

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Episode 358: Dancin' Everywhere

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:00:00 GMT

It's another 2 hour 1960s radio dance party, with tunes from Bob & Earl, Chuck Jackson, Betty Everett, Baby Washington, Eddie Holland, a big score from the Valentinos, a funky cover of a Johnny Cash signature tune, and more, all on 45 rpm vinyl!

-Originally broadcast April 27, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Bob & Earl / Dancin' Everywhere

Baby Washington / You Never Could Be Mine

Etta James / Tighten Up Your Own Thing

Eddie Holman / You Know That I Will

Chuck Jackson / These Chains Of Love (Are Breaking Me Down)

Jerry Williams / Come And Get It

Freda Payne / (Desafinado) Slightly Out Of Tune

The Capitols / We Got A Thing That's In The Groove

Shorty Long / Night Fo' Last

Betty Everett / I've Got A Claim On You

The Jarmels / A Little Bit of Soap

Pearlettes / Duchess Of Earl

Eddy Giles / Losin' Boy

The Malibus / I Just Can't Stand It

Kelly Brothers / How Can True Love Be This Way

The Jades / You're So Right For Me

Hank Jacobs / Monkey Hips and Rice

Tina Britt / I Found A New Love

Dee Dee Warwick / Don't You Ever Give Up On Me

Barbara Mercer / Nobody Loves You Like Me

Freddy-Henchi & the Soulsetters / Folsom Prison

Billy Barnes / Until

Lee Rogers / Love For A Love

Dorothy Prince / I Lost A Love

Junior Parker / Why Do You Make Me Cry

The Valentinos / Sweeter Than The Day Before

The Hesitations / Soul Kind of Love

The Fascinations / I'm In Love

Jerry Butler / Windy City Soul

Eddie Holland / If It's Love (It's Alright)

Melodics / Ain't That Sharing My Love

Gloria Parker / Why Can't We Get Together

Otis & Carla / Knock On Wood

Baby Washington / I'm Good Enough For You

Jackie Paine / No Puppy Love

Boogaloo Joe Jones / Inside Job

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Episode 357: Turn on Your Love Light

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:00:00 GMT

James ran this show solo, and played from the big stack of records he dug up on a 4-state midwestern road trip. We've got tunes from Nancy Wilson, Bobby Rush, Bobby Bland, Barbara Lynn, some mid-1950s King Records R&B, two versions of Turn on Your Love Light that sound nothing alike, and many more vintage soul, R&B, funk, and jazz movers!

-Originally broadcast April 20, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Luther Ingram / You Got to Give Love to Get Love

The Impressions / You've Been Cheatin'

Nancy Wilson / You've Got Your Troubles

Bobby Bland / Wouldn't You Rather Have Me

Nancy Wilson / Uptight (Everything's Alright)

Lenny Miles / In Between Tears

Bobby Rush / Gotta Have Money

Jackie Ross / Glory Be

Barbara Lynn / Take Your Love and Run

Herman Grimes / Thought I Had it Made

Bobby Bland / Turn On Your Love Light

Bill Black's Combo / Turn on Your Love Light

Quovans / Boogaloo Part 1

The O'Jays / Whip It On Me Baby

Shack / Too Many Lovers

Little Royal and the Swingmasters / Razor Blade

Simtec & Wylie / Can't Break Away

The Soul Runners / Charley

Eddie Clearwater / True Love

Garnet Mimms / Look Away

The Del-Phis / I'll Let You Know

Nancy Wilson / My Sweet Thing

Darlene Paul / All Cried Out

Ivy Jo / Sorry is a Sorry Word

The Gum Drops / Natural Born Lover

Little Willie John / All Around The World

Archie & Al Perkins / You Can Belong to Someone

Chuck Langley / Tain't Me Baby

Tommy Tucker / Sitting Home Alone

Joyce Kennedy / Misunderstood

Tenison Stephens / Where Would You Be

Al Brown's Tunetoppers / The Madison

Phil Guilbeau and his Creole Stompers / Creole Walk

Bobby Rush / Camel Walk

The Popcorns / Pluto

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That Driving Beat - Episode 356

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:00:00 GMT

It's a crossover episode with another WXOX Art FM Louisville show today: Joey Mudd, the host of The Deep End, is with us to celebrate vinyl records, Vinylthon, and local records with That Driving Beat! You'll hear Louisville area and Kentucky artists doing Northern Soul, R&B, garage rock, a little bit of country go-go, and more! This was our special episode during WXOX's celebration of Vinylthon, an international celebration of vinyl on the airwaves. More info at vinylthon.com.

-Originally broadcast April 13, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Us Four / The Alligator

The Exiles / It's Alligator Time

The Perfections / Come Along

Emotions / Every Man

The Sultans / You Got Me Goin'

The Chateaus / Moanin'

The Tikies / Money

Blues / Rats In My Room

Charlie Ross & The Crossfires / Lord Have Mercy

Jim Boss & The Sundowners / You're Love Is Stronger Than Dirt

The Heartbreakers / I've Got To Face It

Mercy Men / You Made It Thunder

Prince Phillip Mitchell / I'm So Happy

Detroit Sounds Of Friction / I'm Leaving You

Sonny Fishback / Heart Breaking Man

The Presidents / Which Way

Deanna Brewer and The Titans / I've Gotta Know

Vernis Pratt / Good Good Man

Eller Davis with Billy Davis & The Red River Boys / Go Go Girl

Soul, Inc. / 727

The Berkshire Seven / Crazy Kind Of Feeling

Odell Brown & The Organizers / Think About It

Bobby Lanz and the Soul Celtics / Didn't I Blow Your Mind

The Heartbreakers / I've Found a New Lover

The Mersey Beats U.S.A. / 30 Second Lover

The Premiers / Ali Shuffle Pt.1

The Sultans / I Know It's True

The Friendly Room / Follow Me Back to Louisville

The Leaders / Cool Today

Mary Ann Fisher / Forever More

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That Driving Beat - Episode 355

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:00:00 GMT

The guys drove straight from Chicago to the studio in Louisville for this episode, and got there just minutes before going live on WXOX. They're exhausted but happy after a whirlwind Midwestern soul weekend as guest DJs at the Queen City Soul Club in Cincinnati, then attendees at the Heart of Chicago Soul Club at the famous Hideout in Chicago. They got a lot of record digging and trading in too, but you'll have to wait until next week to hear most of those finds, as this show was put together out of their playboxes from their night at Queen City. They also ate some famous stew!

-Originally broadcast April 6, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Don Gardner / My Baby Likes to Boogaloo

Dean Parrish / Bricks, Broken Bottles and Sticks

The Soul City / Everybody Dance Now

The O'Jays / I'll Never Forget You

Andre Odom / Turn On Your Love Light

Billy Butler / Burning Touch Of Love

Ricky Allen / It's A Mess I Tell You

Ronnie Milsap / Ain't No Soul Left In These Ole Shoes

Al Haskins and the Mastertones / You Got Me

The Hesitations / Is This The Way to Treat a Girl (You Bet It Is)

Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers / Emulsified

Vikki Styles / Mark My Words Love Will Never Die

Louisiana Red / Sugar Hips

The Freeman Brothers / My Baby

Big Lucky / Stop Arguing Over Me

The Dalton Boys / I've Been Cheated

Gerri Diamond / Mama, You Forgot

Brenda Holloway / When I'm Gone

Mitty Collier / Do It With Confidence

Jill Harris / His Kiss

Timmy Shaw / I'm A Lonely Guy

Darleen Carr / Anybody's Girl

Darrell Banks / I've Got That Feeling

Pat Powdrill / Fell By The Wayside

Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / No Good to Cry

Jimmy Conwell / Too Much

Nella Dodds / Come See About Me

Ronnie Milsap / Total Disaster

Mary Wells / Stop Takin' Me For Granted

The Formations / At the Top of the Stairs

The Diplomats / There's Still A Tomorrow

Hi-Fi White / "Bulldog" Pt. 1

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That Driving Beat - Episode 354

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:00:00 GMT

We've got some new finds rescued from a dusty forgotten bin of mistreated 45s, plus some old favorites from our DJ boxes. We've got tunes from the Raelets, Barbara Lynn, Fontella Bass, The Mighty Hannibal, Ann Sexton, Arthur Alexander, Etta James, and even an unusually 1960s Mod sound from the Everly Brothers!

-Originally broadcast March 30, 2025-

Willie Mitchell - That Driving Beat

Jimmy Robins - I Can't Please You

Cookie Jackson - Uptown Jerk

Jackie Day - Before It's Too Late

Ruby Johnson - Why Do You Want to Leave Me

Raelets - One Room Paradise

Ramona King - It's In His Kiss

Mike Williams - If This Isn't Love

Barbara Lynn - Club A-Go-Go

Barbara Lynn - You Left the Water Running

Marv Martin - Don't Misjudge Me

Everly Brothers - Somebody Help Me

The McCoys - Up and Down

Fontella Bass - Safe And Sound

The Exciters - Do-Wah-Diddy

Kris Peterson - Mama's Little Baby Is a Big Girl Now

The Masqueraders - I Ain't Gonna Stop

Oscar Toney, Jr. - Person To Person

Barbara Mason - Don't Ever Want To Lose Your Love

The Mighty Hannibal - Fishin' Pole

Lee Andrews & The Hearts - The Girl Around the Corner

Ann Sexton and the Soul Masters - You've Been Gone Too Long

Jackie Wilson - Higher And Higher

The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You

Sugar & The Spices - Bye Bye Baby

Johnnie Taylor - You Can't Get Away From It

Arthur Alexander - Soldier Of Love

The Caravans - No Coward Soldier

Jimmy Holiday - You Won't Get Away

Etta James - I Prefer You

The Marvelettes - Strange I Know

Ike & Tina Turner - You Can't Miss Nothing That You Never Had

Lou Johnson - Unsatisfied

The Kelly Brothers - I'd Rather Have You

Billy Stewart - Sugar And Spice

Jerry Butler - Give It Up

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That Driving Beat - Episode 353

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT

The guys are getting ready to hit the road soon, and thinking about what to play at the Queen City Soul Club. They audition a few for the dance floor on this episode, with plenty of R&B, popcorn, northern soul, and garage rock tunes for shaking your stuff!

-Originally broadcast March 23, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Jimmy Hughes / I Want Justice

Shirley Ellis / Soul Time

Bobby Harris / Ain't That Love

Ray Peterson / Fever

Baby Washington / I've Got a Feeling

Van McCoy / Baby Don't Tease Me

Richard Berry / Have Love, Will Travel

Billy Graham & the Escalators / Oop-Poo-Pa-Doo

Bob & Peggy / Everybody's Talking

Dave and Vee / Do You Love Me

Jackie Shane / Stand Up Straight and Tall

The Wild Ones / Come On Back

Triangle / Magic Touch

The Kitchen Cinq / You'll Be Sorry Some Day

Kenny Wells / Isn't It Just A Shame

The Delacardos / She's the One I Love

Darell Banks / Open The Door To Your Heart

The Ronettes / I'm On the Wagon

Betty O'Brien / Why Me?

The Drifters / When My Little Girl Is Smiling

Aretha Franklin / Mockingbird

Lou Johnson / If I Never Get To Love You

Otis Clay / She's About a Mover

The Standells / Big Boss Man

Otis Redding / I'm Sick Y'All

The Sims Twins / A Losing Battle

Johnny (Guitar) Watson / Broke and Lonely

Billy Stewart / A Fat Boy Can Cry

Ben E. King / What Can a Man Do

Ronnie Love / Chills And Fever

Anna King / The Big Change

Baby Washington / Leave Me Alone

Bunny & Cindy / Sure Didn't Take Long

The Paramonts / Until I Met You

Bobby Boyd / My Type Of Dancin'

Sugar Boy and the Sugar Lumps / Mamma Won't You Turn Me Loose

The Orlons / Rules of Love

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That Driving Beat - Episode 352

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT

We've got Dr. Horse, The Cow, a Concrete Jungle, and a Boss with the Hot Sauce on the show today, plus the only song by a particular famous folk/pop group you're ever likely to hear on That Driving Beat. Tune in for your weekly all-vinyl 45 rpm 1960s soul, R&B, Mod radio dance party!

-Originally broadcast March 16, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Ronnie Milsap / A Thousand Miles from Nowhere

Dee Dee Sharp / (Heart & Soul) Baby I Love You

Robert Parker / Everybody's Hip Huggin

Bill Robinson & The Quails / The Cow

Dr. Horse / Salt Pork, West Virginia

Carla and Rufus / Cause I Love You

Charlie Rich / Dance Of Love

Spencer / My Baby's Comin' Home

Jimmy Elledge / Your Funny Way Of Loving Me

The Sensations featuring Yvonne Baker / We Were Meant To Be

Otis Brown & Band / Will You Wait

Stevie Wonder / Nothing's Too Good For My Baby

The Poppies / He's Got Real Love

Bobby Bland / These Hands (Small But Mighty)

Del Thompson / The Love Waiting For Me

Bobby Allen Poe / Concrete Jungle

Tracey Dey / Blue Turns to Grey

The Starletts / Teco

Willie Mitchell / Wade In The Water

The Carolines / Big House

Pat Lewis / Warning

The Chips / Break It Gently

Chris Clark / I Want To Go Back There Again

Betty Everett / Getting Mighty Crowded

Big Maybelle / Same Old Story

Dee Dee Sharp / Let's Twine

The Valentines / Breakaway

The Platters / With This Ring

The Tempests / Out Of My Life

The Daytrippers / That's Part Of The Game

The Kingston Trio / Parchment Farm

The Mystics / I Got A Reason

The Alphabetical Order / My Little Red Book

The High Spirits / Tossin' And Turnin'

Davis & Jones and the Fenders / Boss With The Hot Sauce

Wyatt Earp McPherson & Paul Williams / You Broke My Heart

Radiants / Hold On

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That Driving Beat - Episode 351

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Here's the cure for what ails you this week: another 2 hour That Driving Beat radio dance party! You can't fight the feeling, you just gotta move your feet!

Originally broadcast March 9, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Jimmy Cliff / Give and Take

The Five C's / Love Is A Tricky Thing

Curtis Knight / Ain't Gonna Be No Next Time

The Sensations / It's Good Enough For Me

J.J. Barnes / Deeper in Love

Bettye Swann / Fall in Love with Me

Bobby Powell / Do Something for Yourself

Mary Wells / Coming Home

Marve and the Tinnon Bros. / Candy Man

The Luv Bugs / Soul In The Ghetto

Garnett Mimms / Prove It To Me

Carol Slade / I Saw You

Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis / Come On In The House

Bunny Siegler / Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Jay & The Techniques / Baby How Easy Your Heart Forgets Me

Will Sanders & The Duprees / Summertime

Rudy West & The Five Keys / You're The One

David & Jonathan / How Bitter the Taste of Love

The Lemon Pipers / Blueberry Blue

The Toys / I Got My Heart Set On You

Liverpool Five / She's Mine

The Sixpentz / Don't Say You're Sorry

Tommy T's Federal Reserve / Take The Midnight Train

The First Edition / Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

Barbara Acklin / Am I the Same Girl

Theola Kilgore / I Can't Stand It

Bobby Smith and the Spinners / Too Young, Too Much, Too Soon

The Emotions / I Can't Stand No More Heart Aches

Melvin Davis / I Won't Come Crawling Back to You

The Fabulettes / Mister Policeman

Du-Ettes / Move On Down The Line

Baby Washington / There He Is

James & Bobby Purify / Do Unto Me

Bobby Mac / Keep On

J.T. Sears and the Rowbux / Walking On New Grass

The Superbs / Better Get Your Own One Buddy

The Capitols / I Got To Handle It

Cool Heat / Groovin' With Mr. Bloe

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That Driving Beat - Episode 350

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT

We got to get out digging 45s again, and turned up some northern soul by Dee Dee Warwick, wild rhythm & blues from Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford, funk from Etta James and Fontella Bass, one from Kentucky's own Magnificent 7, a motorcycle tune for the Rockers, and much more soul, popcorn, garage rock, and more!

Don't clean your records with Windex!

-Originally broadcast March 2, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Otis Redding / I Can't Turn You Loose

The Manhattans / Manhattan Stomp

Dee Dee Warwick / Don't You Ever Give Up On Me

Alexander Patton / I Knew I Was Wrong

Eddie Miller / Sophisticated Walk

Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford / You Upset My Soul

The Right Kind / I've Been Changed

Etta James / Out On the Street Again

Fontella Bass / It's Hard to Get Back In

Ike & Tina Turner / Betcha Can't Kiss Me (Just One Time Baby)

The Mad Lads / Tear-Maker

Varetta Dillard / Mercy Mr Percy

Willie Tee / You Better Say Yes

Junior Wells / Up in Heah

Irene and the Scotts / Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do

The Sweets / Mama Saw Me

Mary Wells / Me And My Baby

Jeanette Williams / A Friend Of Mine

Margaret & Carol / Larry

Dinah Shore / Thirteen Men

Floyd Robinson / Motorcycle Man

The Battalion Tweed / But It's Alright

The Hard Times / They Said No

The Coastliners / Wonderful You

Donnie Elbert / I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)

The Magnificent 7 / Never Will I (Make My Baby Cry)

Jesse Gee / Baby, I Need You

Bobby Jones and the Para-Monts / Beware A Stranger

Frankie Ford / Saturday Night Fish Fry

Donald Wilson / Find Somebody

James Brown & The Famous Flames / Shhhhhhhh (For A Little While)

Shep and the Limelites / The Monkey

Jackie Wilson / I'm So Lonely

The Ex-Cel Five / Dancing Girl

Leroy Jones / Do You Love Me

The Marvelettes / Locking Up My Heart

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That Driving Beat - Episode 349

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT

The guys hit up a local record show and added some more vintage soul, R&B, and garage rock 45s to our collections from dealer friends old and new. We've got early Tammi Terrell tune from before she became Tammi Terrell, Irene and the Scotts with a Northern Soul floor filler, big sounds from two schoolteacher sisters at Motown, some garage rock from Birmingham, Alabama, a Boogie Cha Cha, and a trippy tune from 1968 that had a comeback in the 1990s.

-Originally broadcast February 23, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Willie Tee / I Want Somebody (To Show Me The Way Back Home)

Mary Wells / (Hey You) Set My Soul On Fire

Kenny Ballard and the Fabulous Soul Brothers / I'm Losing You

Jeanette Williams / You Didn't Know Then

Margaret & Carol / (He's My Guy) Oh No, He's Mine

Little Frankie Lee / I Gotta Come Back

Irene and the Scotts / I'm Stuck On My Baby

Jackie Verdell / Are You Ready For This

The Eastmen / Bye Bye My Baby

Tammy Montgomery / It's Mine

Eddie Miller / Skate & Shuffle-loo

The Sensations featuring Yvonne Baker / We Were Meant To Be

Jo Ann Campbell / Sloppy Joe

The Lewis Sisters / You Need Me

Wild Vybrashons / One Track Mind

Sands ov Tyme / You've Got What It Takes (To Take What I've Got)

The Turtles / You Showed Me

The Coastliners / Alright

Gene and Wendell with the Sweethearts / The Roach

Eddie Holland / Leaving Here

J.J. Barnes / Say It

Kenny Smith / Keep On Walkin' Baby

Lenny Welch / Boogie Cha Cha

The Valentines / I Have Two Loves

LaVerne Baker / Tra La La

The Ikettes / I Had A Dream The Other Night

The Kelly Brothers / That's What You Mean To Me

Tony Jackson With The Vibrations / You Beat Me To The Punch

The Right Kind / (Tell Me) Why Do You Have To Lie?

Gayle Haness / We Got A Thing Going Baby

Jimmy Ruffin / If You Will Let Me, I Know I Can

Barbara Lewis / I Remember the Feeling

Al Haskins and the Mastertones / You Got Me

The Tams / Riding For A Fall

Jesse Gee / Don't Mess With My Money

The Ronettes / I'm Gonna Quit While I'm Ahead

Otis Redding / I'm Coming Home

The Miracles / Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You)

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That Driving Beat - Episode 348

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Here's another 2 hour radio dance party of northern soul movers, rhythm & blues shakers, popcorn steppers, and more tunes with That Driving beat! We've got an obscure smokin' R&B cover of the Everly Brothers, an early one by the Blue Notes, Lulu in Muscle Shoals, plus, as usual, a few new finds for our collections.

-Originally broadcast February 16, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Diplomats / There's Still A Tomorrow

The Toys / Sealed With A Kiss

Toni LaMarr / I'd Do Anything

Johnny Copeland / Wake Up, Little Susie

The Henchmen / The James Brown

The Escorts / Shake a Tail Feather

Elmore Morris / It Seemed Like Heaven to Me

Lester Robertson and the Upsetters / My Girl Across Town

Jo Ann & Troy / Who Do You Love

Calvin Lee / Valley of Tears

Jerry Williams / If You Ask Me (Because I Love You)

Anthony & the Sophomores / It Depends On You

Cathy Carlson / Hurt So Bad

Robby Fortson / Are You For Real

Garnell Cooper & The Kinfolks / Green Monkey

The Blue Notes / A Good Woman

Donald Height / Run Joe

Shelly Shoop and the Shakers / Fair Shake

Pearl Woods / Don't Tell It All

Jackie Wilson / 3 Days 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Ronnie Gallant / Shadows

Bill Robinson & The Quails / Take Me Back, Baby

Lou Courtney / Skate Now

The Fabulettes / The Bigger They Are (The Harder They Fall)

The Velvelettes / These Things Will Keep Me Loving You

The Luv Bugs / Mama's Gonna' Whip You

Joe L. / I Can't Stand It

Darrow Fletcher / Changing By The Minute

Solomon Burke / It's Been A Change

The Volumes / Gotta Give Her Love

Lulu / Sweep Around Your Own Back Door

The Emotions / You'd Better Get Pushed To It

The Shades of Blue / With This Ring

Lenny Welch / Run To My Lovin' Arms

Ben E. King / How Can I Forget

The O'Jays / Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette)

Jimmy Radcliffe / Long After Tonight Is All Over

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That Driving Beat - Episode 347

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT

We've been out digging up more vinyl treasures with That Driving Beat. We went to Cincinnati to check out the Queen City Soul Club's monthly all-vinyl dance party and made a little time for some local record sources. Check out our new northern soul, rhythm & blues, popcorn, psych rock, funk, and other scores!

-Originally broadcast February 9, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Elmore Morris / Before I Turned My Back on You

The Untouchables / Papa

Four Pennies / Shake A Hand

Gloria Lynne / Hey, Candy Man

Marv Johnson / Come to Me

Lattimore Brown / So Says My Heart

The Linneas / It's A Good Kind Of Hurt

Jay Bentley and the Jet Set / Watusi '64

Ronnie Gallant / Shake, Shake, Shake

Ronnie Milsap / The House of the Rising Sun

Joe L. / Let Me Know

The Obsession / You Took A Shot At My Heart (Bang Bang)

G.L. Bernell / I'm So Glad You Happened To Me

David Ruffin / We'll Have A Good Thing Going On

Slade / Get Down and Get With It

The Kitchen Cinq / You'll Be Sorry Someday

Sounds Of Modification / Darkness Fills My Lonely Heart

Ronnie Stacy and the Mystics / Certain Girl

Carrie Grant and the Grandeurs / Mish - Mash

The Shondells / I Gotta Tell It

Johnny Thunder / Power To The People

Jerry Tiffe / Hey Whatcha' Doin'

Bobby Dunn / You Are The One

The Blue Bells / I Found A New Love

Mike Williams with the Tempest Band / Draw With Me

The Toys / I Got My Heart Set On You

The Jive Turkeys / Straight Fire

Mamie Galore / It Ain't Necessary

Rusty Bryant / Fire Eater

Pearlean Gray / I Don't Want to Cry

Derek Martin / Moving Hands of Time

Anita Humes & The Essex / What Did I Do?

Eddie Holland / Magic Mirror

The Marvelettes / As Long As I Know He's Mine

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That Driving Beat - Episode 346

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT

James gets another chance to run things solo this week as Uwe is off, and he fills the 2 hours with 1960s rockers. We've got legitimate amateur garage rock, big names like Mitch Ryder and Tommy James, sneering 1960s punk, West Texas jet-setters, and small-town kids from garages in Indiana, Michigan, and more.

-Originally broadcast February 2, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Oxfords / Time And Place

Mitch Ryder / You Get Your Kicks

The Loved Ones / Country Club Life

The Lemonade Charade / The Straight Life

The Seeds / Pushin' Too Hard

The Noblemen / She Still Thinks I Love Her

The Haunted / 1-2-5

Bob Seger System / 2 + 2 = ?

The Original Emotions / You're A Better Man Then I

The Us Four / The Alligator

The Blue Angels / Let's Shout and Shimmy

The Teddy Neely Four / Jet Set

The Woolies / Who Do You Love

The Feminine Complex / Run That Thru Your Mind

The Kingsmen / Searching for Love

The Blue Beats / Extra Girl

The Music Machine / Double Yellow Line

Tommy James & The Shondells / Makin' Good Time

The Customs Five / Little Louie

The Joys Of Life / Descent

The Flock / Take Me Back

The Girl Watchers / Got My Mojo Working

Stuart Paine / It's Good to Know

The Jerms / Green Door

Travis Wammack / Louie Louie

The Rave-Ons / The Line

The Nocturnals / You Lied

The Swingin' Medallions / She Drives Me Out of My Mind

The Beeds / Run to Her

The Sultans / I Know It's True

The Cherry Slush / Gotta Take It Easy

Chy Guys / You'll Never Believe Me

The Buckinghams / Don't Want to Cry

The Surprise Package / Out of My Mind

The Tidal Waves / Farmer John

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That Driving Beat - Episode 345

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Here's 2 more hours of music from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s with That Driving Beat. Turn up the volume!

-Originally broadcast January 26, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

James Carr / Coming Back To Me Baby

The Precisions / If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely)

Ruby Johnson / Keep On Keeping On

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons / The Night

Bobby Byrd / I'm Lonely

Buster Brown / Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby

Freddie Carpenter / Money, Money, Money

Hank Ballard &The Midnighters / Excuse Me (I Think I Got A Heartache)

Bobby "Blue" Bland / You've Got Bad Intentions

Bobby Bland / I Pity the Fool

Barbara Lynn / I'm a Good Woman

Laura Greene / Moonlight Music In You

The Contours / Shake Sherry

Ben E. King / I Can't Break the News to Myself

O.V. Wright / Monkey Dog

Gene Chandler / There Was A Time

Ernie Tucker / Can She Give You Fever

Chuck Jackson / These Chains Of Love (Are Breaking Me Down)

Laura Lee / He Will Break Your Heart

Jackie Paine / No Puppy Love

The Shirelles / 31 Flavors

The High Keyes / Que Sera, Sera

Damnation of Adam Blessing / Back to the River

Pete Martin and The Features / Elvira

The Third Booth / I Need Love

The Wild Ones / For Your Love (I Would Do Most Anything)

Lee Webber / Party Time

Lee Andrews & The Hearts / Never The Less

Lee Dorsey / Go Go Girl

The Pyramids / Here Comes Marsha

The Top Notes / Wonderful Time

The O'Jays / How Does It Feel

Gloria Lynne / I Can't Stand It

The Flamingos / The Boogaloo Party

Tom Jones / Hide and Seek

Joe Cato / I'm So Glad

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That Driving Beat - Episode 344

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT

We've got two packed hours of 1960s party music for your 45 rpm vinyl radio dance party! You'll hear soul belters, R&B shakers, popcorn beat, jazzy movers, and more by The Broadways, Major Lance, Kim Tolliver, Shirley Ellis, lesser-known dancers from famous names like Wilson Pickett, Fats Domino, and Chubby Checker, and some fantastic steppers and shuffles from the Tams, Gene Allison, Dean Parrish, and more. Plus, we're still working on our new segment featuring stuff we dig, tentatively called "Stuff We Dig"!

-Originally broadcast January 19, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Trensations / Soulin' And Rollin'

Dobie Gray / Out On The Floor

Mary Johnson / Hard Forgetting Memories

Bob Kayli / Tie Me Tight

Ed Bruce / The Greatest Man

Baby Washington / Leave Me Alone

The Broadways / You Just Don’t Know

The Du-Ettes / Every Beat Of My Heart

Mitty Collier / Ain't That Love

Kim Tolliver / Get A Little Soul

Jennell Hawkins / Money (That's What I Want)

Spinners / Heebie Jeebie's

Gladys Knight and the Pips / Operator

Damita Jo / Keep Your Hands Off Of Him

The Capitols / Ain't That Terrible

J.J. Jackson / Boogaloo Baby

Kim Melvin / Doin' the Popcorn

Wilson Pickett / Let Me Be Your Boy

Fats Domino / Work My Way Up Steady

Chubby Checker / (At the) Discotheque

Stevie Wonder / High Heel Sneakers

Shirley Ellis / Birds, Bees, Cupids and Bows

Buddy Rich Orchestra / The Beat Goes On

Paul Kelly / Chills and Fever

The Intrigues / In a Moment

Ronnie Love / Chills And Fever

The Tams / Untie Me

The Showmen / Our Love Will Grow

Rodger Collins / She's Looking Good

Major Lance / You Don't Want Me No More

Gene Allison / Walkin' In The Park

Dean Parrish / Bricks, Broken Bottles and Sticks

Della Rae / Hurry Up Summer

Christine Quaite / In The Middle of The Floor

The Olympics / Everybody Likes to Cha Cha Cha

Wanda Jackson / Whirlpool

Little Johnny Taylor / Somewhere Down the Line

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That Driving Beat - Episode 343

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT

The guys are excited to be back at full strength for this show after a few weeks missing one or two of us, and we've got boxes packed with 1960s and 70s party music. Expect the kind of soul, R&B, mod, garage rock, pop, psych, and upbeat dance tunes that you expect from That Driving Beat, plus an unearthed Stax demo recently pressed to vinyl for the first time!

-Originally broadcast January 12, 2025-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Ricky Allen / It's A Mess I Tell You

The Tabs / Take My Love Along With You

Billy Stewart / Summertime

Billy Stewart / Love Me

Marvin Gaye / Pretty Little Baby

Clea Bradford / Summertime

The Fabulettes / The Bigger They Are (The Harder They Fall)

Roscoe Robinson / How Much Pressure (Do You Think I Can Stand)

Donald Height / Soul Monkey Twist

Freddy Robinson / Go-Go Girl

Little Milton / Driftin' Drifter

Chuck Jackson / I've Got To Be Strong

Benny Gordon & The Soul Brothers / I Can't Turn You Loose

Willie Tee / I Want Somebody (To Show Me the Way Back Home)

Bettye Crutcher / Do You Want Me To Lie To You

Prince Phillip Mitchell / One On One

Amazing Charlie Whitehead / I Finally Found Myself Something To Sing About

George Tindley / Pity The Poor Man

Terry Klein with Dee-Jay and the Runaways / Keep On Running

The Mc Coys / Hang On Sloopy

The End / Loving, Sacred Loving

The Pretty Things / Honey, I Need

? & The Mysterians / Girl (You Captivate Me)

Maria Mae & The Maybees / Where's My Somebody

The Guise / Waitin' Round The Corner

The Kinks / She's Got Everything

The Younghearts / A Little Togetherness

Sharon Soul / You Found My Weak Spot

The 4 Seasons / Beggin'

Billy Joe Royal / Heart's Desire

Oscar Weathers / The Spoiler

Bobby Bland / Don't Cry No More

Bobby Bland / Yum Yum Tree

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That Driving Beat - Episode 342

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:00:12 GMT

James gets another whole episode to do his own things while Uwe is out of town this week, and his thing involves spinning 45 rpm singles packed full of rhythm & blues, garage rock, northern soul, funk, and more 1960s and 70s dancers! You'll hear a couple of rare tunes from the Lexington, Kentucky LEMCO label, some British Beat, a few Northern Soul floor fillers, and a funky, angry tune from...Bobby Darin?

-Originally broadcast December 29, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Bobby Bland / Good Time Charlie

Garnet Mimms / Prove It to Me

The Sheppards / Steal Away

Brother to Brother / In The Bottle

London Fog with the Continentals / Trippin

Roosevelt Fountain & The Pens of Rhythm / Red Pepper - 1

Deanna Brewer and The Titans / I've Gotta Know

Vernis Pratt / Good Good Man

The Five Fabulous Demons / You Better Come Home

James Davis / I'm Gonna Tell It On You

Gene Chandler / Mr. Big Shot

Chris Jones / Destination Unknown

Cleo Page / Goodie Train (Part 1)

Bobby Darin / Long Line Rider

Carla Thomas / Something Good (Is Going To Happen To You)

The Turnarounds / Somewhere In This World (A Telephone Is Riging)

Clarence Reid / Send Me Back My Money

The Bandwagon / Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music

Joe Tex / Show Me

Otis Redding / Hey Hey Baby

The Creation / Making Time

Brian Redmond and the Sound Box / I Want You

The Five Emprees / Why

The Scotland Yardleys / Some Guys Have It (Some Guys Never Will)

The Rolling Stones / Mother's Little Helper

Gerry & The Pacemakers / Skinny Minnie

The Traits / Too Good To Be True

The Van McCoy Strings / Sweet and Easy

The Elgins / Put Yourself In My Place

The Vibrations / Finding Out The Hard Way

Al "TNT" Braggs / You're Something Else

Little Joe / Ev'ry Now And Then

Sugar Pie De Santo / Slip-In Mules (No High Heel Sneakers)

Clarence Carter / Tell Daddy

The Charts / Desiree

Bill Moss / Number One (Instr.)

Donny Hathaway / Love, Love, Love

Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s / Doing It to Death

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That Driving Beat - Episode 341

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:00:45 GMT

James gets a show all to himself this week, and brings a box full of Northern soul, garage rock, rhythm & blues, and other 45 rpm singles with That Driving Beat!

**THIS IS A HOLIDAY-MUSIC-FREE-ZONE!*

-Originally broadcast December 22, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Parliaments / (I Wanna) Testify

Edwin Starr / Headline News

The Platters / With This Ring

Wales Wallace / Somebody I Know

Darrell Banks / Our Love (Is in the Pocket)

Brenda & The Tabulations / Lies Lies Lies

Joe Tex / Chicken Crazy

Etta James / Something's Got a Hold On Me

Bo Diddley / Hush Your Mouth

Bobby Freeman / (I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy

Denise La Salle / Count Down (And Fly Me to the Moon)

Dynamic Tints / Be My Lady

Candace Love / Wonderful Night

Jackie Ross / Don't Change Your Mind

The Tren-Dells / Love

Kenny & The Accents / Good Soul Lovin'

Jim Decker and the Avrons / Choice of a Fool

The Customs Five / Let's Go In '69

The Loved Ones / Together, Together

The Haunted / 1-2-5

Evie Sands / Picture Me Gone

Len Wade / The Night The Angels Cried

Jean DuShon / Feeling Good

Dee Dee Warwick / Suspicious Minds

Yolanda and the Charmanes / There Oughta Be A Law

The Castaways / Liar, Liar

Jim Benson / Some Other Face

The Tempests / Would You Believe

Don Bryant / Coming On Strong

The Golden Trumpets / There's Been A Change

Solomon Burke / Save It

Soul Ambassadors / I've Got the Feeling

The Distant Cousins / Let It Ring

The Hullaballoos / Beware

The Spectrum / Portobello Road

The Tremeloes / Here Comes My Baby

Bedford Incident / It Ain't Me, Babe

Gloria Taylor / Grounded (Part 1)

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That Driving Beat - Episode 340

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:00:04 GMT

A little garage rock, a little funk, plenty of rhythm & blues, and a healthy dose of northern soul in this episode of your radio dance party! James found a stack of records he forgot he bought in Nashville a few months ago, including a few real winners. Meanwhile, Uwe pulled a random cross-section of his collection, and it's all killer!

-Originally broadcast December 15, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Roy Redmond / That Old Time Feeling

Sheila Ferguson / How Did That Happen

The Knight Brothers / Second Hand Lover

The Drifters / Chains Of Love

The Masqueraders / I Ain't Gonna Stop

Ann Sexton / You've Been Gone Too Long

Leroy Jones / Lover Please

Nina Simone / Work Song

Ace Saint Claire / Let There Be Just You

Yvonne Baker and the Sensations / Eyes

The Hardtimes / Fortune Teller

Bocky and The Visions / Good-Good Lovin'

The Nashville Teens / Find My Way Back Home

The Lot / Loving You Is All I Do

The Geers / I Need You

Bad & Good Boys / Fire

Shadows of Knight / My Fire Department Needs A Fireman

Roscoe Robinson / What You're Doin' to Me

The Festivals / Music

The Isley Brothers / You Better Come Home

Kenny Wells / Isn't It Just A Shame

The Heartbreakers / I've Found a New Lover

Mary Wells / The Doctor

Betty Everett / Please Love Me

Homer Banks / 60 Minutes of Your Love

Chuck Jackson / Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)

Bessie Banks / Go Now

Jimmy Jules / Talk About You

Melvin Carter / Tired Of Being Fooled By You

Jimmy Conwell / Too Much

The Sister and Brothers / Yeah, You Right

Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds / The Yolk

Mitch Ryder / Joy

Don Covay & The Goodtimers / Iron Out The Rough Spots

Little Milton / Just A Little Bit

Googie Rene Combo / Smokey Joe's La La

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That Driving Beat - Episode 339

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:00:41 GMT

We spin some B-sides to bigger hits, 1960s Mod classics, some mid-1960s West Coast rock, Dolly Parton Northern Soul, Johnny Nash before he went reggae, and that big tune that Irma Thomas got to first, then the Rolling Stones made into a hit.

-Originally broadcast December 8, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Candy and the Kisses / Shakin' Time

Eddie Holman / A Free Country

Teardrops / Tears Come Tumbling

The Manhattans / What's It Gonna Be

Laura Lee / To Win Your Heart

Shades of Blue / Oh How Happy

Martha & The Vandellas / Never Leave Your Baby's Side

The Supremes / Let Me Go The Right Way

Bobby Powell / Question

Johnny Nash / Love Ain't Nothin'

Dolly Parton / Control Yourself

Deon Jackson / Love Makes The World Go Round

The Ribbons / Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya

The O'Jays / Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette)

The Heartbreakers / I've Got To Face It

Bo Diddley / Ooh Baby

Ruby Johnson / Callin' All Boys

The Drifters / At The Club

Doris Troy / Bossa Nova Blues

Candy and the Kisses / The 81

The Leaves / Hey Joe

The Liverpool Five / Too Far Out

The Laughing Wind / Don't Take Very Much to See Tomorrow

The Vejtables / I Still Love You

Chris Kenner / That's My Girl

Timmy Shaw / I'm A Lonely Guy

Betty Everett / Getting Mighty Crowded

Irma Thomas / Time Is On My Side

Inez Foxx / Live For Today

Ike & Tina Turner / It's Gonna Work Out Fine

Clarence & Calvin / Rooster Knees & Rice

Barbara Mason / Keep Him

Edwin Starr / He Who Picks A Rose

The Marvelettes / Goddess of Love

The Continental 4 / What You Gave Up

The Casuals / Money (That's All I Want)

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That Driving Beat - Episode 338

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:00:13 GMT

Uwe had a long weekend away and did some record digging in unfamiliar territory while James hit up a couple of the usual fruitful record spots in Louisville. They both added some great 45s to their collections from the likes of The Ikettes, Gino Washington, Percy Sledge, the Soul Brothers Six, OV Wright, Etta James, Marva Whitney, some raw early Motown from Sherri Taylor and "Singin" Sammy Ward, and more!

-Originally broadcast December 1, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Lloyd Price / Every Night

Frankie Valli / (You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself

The Ikettes / Troubles On My Mind

O.V. Wright / What Did you Tell This Girl Of Mine

The Royalettes / It's A Big Mistake

Gino Washington / Come Monkey With Me

Soul, Inc. / Midnight Hour

The Wildweeds / Someday Morning

The Electric Flag / Over-Lovin' You

The Quotations / Imagination

Percy Sledge / Baby, Help Me

Tommy & Cleve / Boo-Ga-Loo Baby

Soul Brothers Six / You Better Check Yourself

Sherri Taylor & "Singin" Sammy Ward / Lover

Otis Redding / Satisfaction

Sandra Lynn / I Can't Escape

Arthur Alexander / Pretty Girls Everywhere

The Five Knights / Times Are Getting Harder

Brian Auger & The Trinity / Bumpin' On Sunset

Stone Foundation / Ordinary Joe

Dee Dee Warwick / Next Time (You Fall in Love)

Etta James / Street Of Tears

Irene Reid / One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

Nella Dodds / Maybe Baby

Ray Pollard / Wanderlust

Sam Baker / I'm Number One

Johnny Preston / All Around The World

Sugar Pie DeSanto / Soulful Dress

Tommy Tucker / Hi-Heel Sneakers

Marva Whitney / Ball Of Fire

Betty Everett / What Is It?

Emorise Kelley / The Biggest Fool

Dee Dee Sharp / There Ain't Nothin' I Wouldn't Do for You

Susan King / You Got Me In A Fix

Little Anthony & The Imperials / Better Use Your Head

Steve Alaimo / I Told You So

Freddy Scott and the Seven Steps / The Thing

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That Driving Beat - Episode 337

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:45 GMT

We've got a small-town Alabama group's rare version of Mr. Pitiful for you today, plus R&B, northern soul, and more from Bobby McClure, Jackie Shane, The Traits, Trini Lopez, a Billy Joe Royal favorite, some British Psych from the Spencer Davis Group, and The Coasters' early 1970s take on Love Potion Number Nine.

-Originally broadcast November 24, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Junior Wells / You're Tuff Enough

The Jagged Edge / Baby You Don't Know

Jeanette Williams / All Of A Sudden

The Goodees / Condition Red

The Seeds / Can't Seem To Make You Mine

The Fabulous Shades / Mr. Pitiful

Pips / Room In Your Heart

The Sharpees / Do the 45"

Big Jay McNeely & Band / ...Back ...Shack ...Track

Benny Spellman / Fortune Teller

Mary Wells / My Guy

Evelyn Legrand / I Got Caught

Trini Lopez / What Have I Got of My Own

Elvis Presley / Rubberneckin'

Tension / It's a Fact

Johnny Jones & The King Casuals / Purple Haze

Copper & Brass / Does Anybody Know What Time It Is

Paul Anka / My Baby's Comin' Home

Dee Clark / Cross Fire Time

Bobby McClure / The Peak Of Love

The Blue Notes / Hot Chills And Cold Thrills

Coasters / Love Potion Number Nine

Roger James Four / Leave Me Alone

The Furys / Never More

Jackie Shane / In My Tenement

Steve Alaimo / Every Day I Have To Cry

Oscar Toney Jr. / You Can Lead Your Woman to the Altar

Billy Joe Royal / Heart's Desire

The Persuaders / You Must Have Put Something In Your Love

Tom Storm and the Peps / That's The Way Love Is

The Pirates / Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)

The Traits / Harlem Shuffle

The Runarounds / You're A Drag

The Avengers / Crying All Alone

The Spencer Davis Group / Time Seller

Human Beinz / This Little Girl of Mine

Jr. Walker & The All Stars / Brain Washer

Bobby Fuller Four / The Magic Touch

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That Driving Beat - Episode 336

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:00:16 GMT

This week among the vinyl treasures we share, we've got a 1970s crossover soul cover of a Merle Haggard tune, Chuck Berry's ode to the Club Nitty Gritty, a very early R&B non-hit by a legendary Welsh singer, a few Northern Soul classics, and a St Louis gospel shaker warning you you're not living right.

-Originally broadcast November 17, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Little Johnny Taylor / Looking At The Future

The Matt Sound / Ask Any Girl

Bettye Swann / Today I Started Loving You Again

The O'Jays / Looky Looky (Look At Me Girl)

Joi / Spring Fever, Pt. 1

Carolyn Franklin / Reality

Inez and Charlie Foxx / Don't Do It No More

Johnny Niles / Wig Job

The Jet Stream / Crazy Me

Len Barry / 1-2-3

Ruby Johnson / Keep On Keeping On

Tender Joe Richardson / Hip Huggin Mini

The William Singers / Part Time Love

Chuck Berry / Club Nitty Gritty

Tom Jones / Chills & Fever

Big Maybelle / Yesterday's Kisses

Verdelle Smith / A Piece of the Sky

Sharpees / Tired of Being Lonely

Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs / Old MacDonald Had a Boogaloo Farm

The King Pins / It Won't Be This Way (Always)

Wiley Terry / Follow the Leader (Prt.1)

Little Joe Blue / Me and My Woman

Jerry Woodard / Sweet Sweet Woman

Elton Anderson / Sick And Tired

The K-otics / Charlena

Gates of Eden / Girls, Girls, Girls

The Checkmates / All The Time Now

Amanda Ambrose / This Door Swings Both Ways

Major Lance / Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um

The Poets / A Sure Thing

The Showmen / Take It Baby

Radiants / Hold On

The Drifters / At The Club

The Bouncin' Beats / The Bounce

Albert King / This Morning

Popular Five / I'm A Love Maker

Jimmy Radcliff / Long After Tonight Is Over

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That Driving Beat - Episode 335

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:00:53 GMT

For the first time in many weeks, we each got some time this week to get out and dig for some forgotten vinyl treasures around Louisville. We both had good luck at some of our usual spots, unearthing some 1960s and 70s rhythm & blues, northern soul, garage rock, psych rock, and more!

-Originally broadcast November 10, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Troy Keyes / Love Explosion

Four Tops / Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)

Bobby Harris / Ain't That Love

Joe Tex / Just For You And Me

Danny Overbea / I'm Tired Of Being Tossed Around

Larry Williams / Bad Boy

Triangle / Magic Touch

Sir Douglas / She Digs My Love

This Generation / The Children Have Your Tongue

The Choir / I'm Going Home

Pacific Gas & Electric / Wade In the Water

Al Kooper / The Monkey Time

Elijah & The Ebonites / Pure Soul

The Swinging Blue Jeans / It's So Right

The Wooden Nickels / Should I Give My Love Tonight

Liverpool Five / New Directions

Unrelated Segments / Story Of My Life

Ray Charles / It Should've Been Me

Long John Baldry / Cuckoo

The Orlons / It's No Big Thing

Patty Labelle & The Bluebells / You Forgot How To Love

Mary Wells / Operator

The Raelettes / All I Need Is His Love

The Crystals / Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby

Marva Whitney / Things Got To Get Better (Get Together)

Otis Redding / Let Me Come On Home

The Vibrations / Finding Out The Hard Way

The Impressions / Senorita I Love You

Harry Starr / Another Time, Another Place

Big Maybelle / I Don't Want To Cry

Wade Flemons / Half A Love

Tammi Terrell / Hold Me Oh My Darling

Major Harris / Loving You More

Wanda Jackson / Sympathy

Mike Pedicin Quintet / Shake a Hand

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That Driving Beat - Episode 334

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:00:09 GMT

This episode is packed full of Mod dancers, Northern Soul shakers, Motown classics, British Beat movers, a few tunes from the Batman 1966 craze, and a classic hit that means a lot to us hosts of That Driving Beat. It's a two hour radio 1960s dance party, all from original vinyl 45 rpm singles!

-Originally broadcast November 3, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Ray Charles and His Orchestra / I Don't Need No Doctor

The Show Stoppers / Ain't Nothin' But a House Party

Lee Rogers / You're the Cream of the Crop

The Fiestas / Broken Heart

Gail Wynters / You've Got The Power

Larry J. Greene / The Girl I Love

Chubby Checker / Hey You! Little Boo-Ga-Loo

Ty Hunter / Orphan Boy

The Tabs / Dance Party

Dee Clark / You're Looking Good

The 4 Seasons / Beggin'

Liverpool Five / Everything's Al'Right

The Honeycombs / I Can't Stop

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich / Save Me

Nolan Porter / If I Could Only Be Sure

Jimmy Reed / I'm The Man Down There

Ronnie Milsap / Ain't No Soul Left in These Old Shoes

The Gallants / The Batman Theme

The Metros / Since I Found My Baby

The Fleur De Lys / Circles

Wilson Pickett / In the Midnight Hour

Martha & The Vandellas / In My Lonely Room

Diana Ross and the Supremes / Some Things You Never Get Used To

Kim Weston / Helpless

Carla Thomas / Something Good (Is Going To Happen To You)

The Outsiders / Respectable

The Executives / Happy Chatter

The Spotlights / Batman And Robin

Mitty Collier / Miss Loneliness

Gems / That's What They Put Erasers On Pencils For

The Ronettes / Born To Be Together

Zoot Money / The Uncle Willie

Jackie Verdell / Hush

The Pacers / Gotham City

The Tams / Too Much Foolin' Around

The Chartbusters / She's The One

Curtis Lee & The K C P's / Everybody Is Going Wild

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That Driving Beat - Episode 333

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:00:03 GMT

We've got a few spooky ones in this episode, including some Hitchcock-inspired bird nonsense, plus soul and R&B movers from Chicago, Detroit, New York, Texas, Los Angeles, Nashville, Louisville, England, Scotland via Germany, and more!

-Originally broadcast October 27, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels / Break Out

Don Nero and the Full Flavour / Get Up And Dance

The V.I.P.'s / Flashback

Allison Gary and the Burners / Burn

Louis Jones / The Birds Is Coming

Sir Mack Rice / You Can't Lose

Willie Parker / You Got Your Finger In My Eye

The Soul Twins / Just One Look

Ella Washington / The Affair

The Superiors / What Would I Do

The Apollas / Sorry Mama

Lee Andrews / Operator

Maxine Brown / It's Gonna Be Alright

The Tams / Untie Me

The Artistics / I'll Always Love You

Joe Tex / Fresh Out Of Tears

The Babies / The Hand Of Fate

Candy Cole / What's For Dessert?

The Impacs / Shimmy, Shimmy

Joey Dee / Dance, Dance, Dance

The Monarchs / This Old Heart

The Falcons & Band (Ohio Untouchables) / Swim

Betty Lavett / Witch Craft in the Air

Betty Harris / I'm Evil Tonight

Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin / Will I Find Love

Alex Harvey And His Soul Band / New Orleans

Sandy Nelson / Sock It To Em J.B.

The Outer Limits / Just One More Chance

Perpetual Motion / Get Ready

Dr. Feelgood and The Interns / You're So Used To It

Wilmer And The Dukes / Give Me One More Chance

Barrett Strong / You Knows What To Do

Bobby Bland / Call On Me

The Girlfriends / My One And Only, Jimmy Boy

Radiants / I Got A Girl

Reuben and the Chains / Answer the Questions

J.J. Barnes / Chains of Love

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That Driving Beat - Episode 332

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:12:44 GMT

Uwe runs the show solo this week while James was out of the country, spinning 2 hours of soul, R&B, and pop dance music from the 1960s and early 1970s, all on 45 rpm vinyl singles!

-Originally broadcast October 20, 2024-

Chubby Checker / The Weekend's Here

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Bobby Adeno / The Hands of Time

The Exciters / I Want You To Be My Boy

The Five Empressions / Hey Lover

The Esquires / Listen to Me

Betty Everett / Bye, Bye Baby

Angelo & The Initials / I Should Have Listened

Suzy Wallis / Little Things Like That

Charles Wright / (I'm Living On) Borrowed Time

Barbara Wells / My Baby's Name

Piper Grant / Crazy Mixed Up Girl

Brenda & The Tabulations / A Love You Can Depend On

Jimmy (Soul) Clark / If I Only Knew Then (What I Know Now)

Melvin Davis / Love Bug Got A Bear Hug

The Intrigues / In a Moment

The Violetts / I Won't Cry if You Walk Away (It's Easier Said Then Done)

Shane Martin / He Will Break Your Heart

The Valentinos / Tired Of Being Nobody

J.J. Jackson / 'Til Love Goes Out Of Style

Rex Garvin (& The Mighty Cravers) / Sock It To 'em JB (Part 1)

Buddy Lamp / I Wanna Go Home

Mary Ann Lorri / I Wanna Thank You

Ray Agee Zeke Strong Band / I'm Not Looking Back

Claudine Clark / Standing On Tip Toe

Miss LaVell / Tide Of Love

Wade Flamons / Watch Over Her

Lennie Miles / Hercules

Larry Williams / Woman

The Jammers / Where Can She Run To

Jay Lewis / Had It Not Been For Love

The Larks / Philly Dog

Kelly Brothers / Got The Feeling

The Jerms / I'm a Teardrop

Lee Dorsey / Wonder Woman

The Improbables / A Most Unusual Feeling

Frankie Vance / Somewhere In Your Life

Roosevelt Grier / C'mon Cupid

Tina Marvel / Promises You Made To Me

Hoagy Lands / It Ain't As Easy As That

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That Driving Beat - Episode 331

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:00:46 GMT

Uwe has a stack of new 45 rpm finds from his recent flea market digging. James hasn't been able to get out and shake the record trees for a few weeks, but he's got some favorites and forgotten tunes from his collection to spin, including a test pressing with no information on the label! Also, Uwe helps James fill out his collection of Dolly Parton's Northern Soul tunes! It's two more hours of northern soul, R&B, popcorn, and other 1960s and 70s dance music with That Driving Beat!

-Originally broadcast September 29, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Na Allen / Thanks for Nothing

Shirley & The Shirelles / Never Gonna Give Yo Up (Never Gonna Give You Up)

The Marvelettes / A Breath Taking Guy

Dolly Parton / Old Enough To Know Better

Jane Morgan / Maybe

Becki Holland / I'm Going Away

The Sacred Four / Somebody Watching You

Don Covay / Turn It On

Big Lucky / Stop Arguing Over Me

Joe Moore / I Must Be In Love

Otis Leavill / When The Music Grooves

Chris Clark / From Head to Toe

Erma Franklin / Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)

The Cake / Baby That's Me

Rayford Tucker / If You Need More Time (Time Will Tell)

Dee Brown & Lola Grant / You Need Loving

Barbara Lewis / Think a Little Sugar

Gus Backus / Short On Love

Pearl Woods / Don't Tell It All

Sylvia Robbins / Don't Let Your Eyes Get Bigger Then Your Heart

The Endeavors / I Know You Don't Want Me

The Paramonts / Until I Met You

Luther Ingram / I Can't Stop

Kim Tolliver / Get A Little Soul

Anna King / The Big Change

Toni Harper / Heavenly Love

Wally Cox / Some Wonderful Day

Gerald Sims / Mother Nature

The Broadways / You Just Don’t Know

Gloria Gaynor / She'll Be Sorry

Nina Simone / It Be's Like That Way Sometimes

Eloise / You Should'a Treat Me Right

The Isley Brothers / You Better Come Home

Savoy Brown / Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around The World)

Bill Avery / Oe Oe Oewee Baby

Bob Brady & The Con Chords / Illusion

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That Driving Beat - Episode 330

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:00:03 GMT

Uwe runs the show solo on this episode while James is off doing his own thing. If you didn't already know, Uwe's got the records! Here are some favorites from Susan Barrett, Otis Clay, Bobby Bland, Mable John, Z.Z. Hill, Pearl Woods, Barbara Carr, plus a couple of monkey songs, some 1966 Louisville garage rockers, and a modern tune from Louisville's Butch Williams!

-Originally broadcast September 8, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Inez & Charlie Foxx / La De Da I Love You

Gladys Knight & The Pips / Just Walk In My Shoes

Susan Barrett / What's It Gonna Be

Sheila Ferguson / How Did That Happen

Otis Clay / She's About a Mover

The Casinos / I Still Love You

Betty Semper & Donnie Elbert Band / A Love I Believe In

Butch Williams / Keep On Loving Me (The Way You Do)

Nolan Porter / Go-Go-Go

Sidney Barnes & Speedometer / If I Could Only Be Sure

Mable John / Able Mable

Vicky Gomez / Boys Are a Dime a Dozen

Baby Washington / You And The Night And The Music

Lesley Gore / Je Ne Sais Plus (You Don't Own Me)

Danny Hutton / Big Bright Eyes

The Mob / I Wish You'd Leave Me Alone

Nancy Wilson / The End Of Our Love

Z.Z. Hill / Oh Darling

Beverly Ann Gibson / Do The Monkey

The King Pins / The Monkey One More Time

Nancy Wilcox / Coming On Strong

Bobby Bland / Shoes

Betty Everett / I'll Be There

Ella Fitzgerald / I'm Falling In Love

Christine Kittrell / Call His Name

The Vallures / Dance Before the Police Come

Big Fred and the Ovations / Bring It On Home To Me

The Scavengers / It's Only So Long

The Oxfords / Time And Place

Soul, Inc. / Who Do You Love

Barbara Carr / Shake Your Head

Pearl Woods / Right Now

Mamie Galore / Special Agent 34-24-38

Ruth Christie / Dancing Feet

Carolyn Crawford / My Smile Is Just a Frown (Turned Upside Down)

Wanda Rouzan / Would You Love Me

Dee Dee Sharp / It's A Funny Situation

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That Driving Beat - Episode 329

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 12:00:38 GMT

We spin top 1960s and early 1970s dance tunes from Della Reese, The Fabulettes, Ben E. King, Etta James, Baby Washington, Tommy Tucker, Darrow Fletcher, plus some Kentucky tunes, British Mod numbers, and a few Northern Soul favorites.

-Originally broadcast September 1, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Fabulettes / Screamin' and Shoutin'

Bobby Hebb / Love Love Love

Della Reese / If It Feels Good, Do It

Clyde McPhatter / Why Can't We Get Together

Barbara & The Browns / You Don't Love Me

Lulu with the Dixie Flyers / Hum A Song (From Your Heart)

Soul Partners / Lose The One You Love

Della Reese / I Ain't Ready For That

Wade and Jamie / Don't Put Off 'Till Tomorrow

Ben E. King / The Hermit of Misty Mountain

The Unifics / Which One Should I Choose

Beverly Jones / Heat Wave

Odessa Harris / You're What I Need

Susan Rafey / Hurt So Bad

Evie Sands / Picture Me Gone

The Incredibles / Crying Heart

The Ikettes / (Never More) Lonely for You

Etta James / Two Sides (To Every Story)

The Temptashuns / Sexy Ways

The Lexingtons / I Found My Baby

Yolanda and the Charmanes / There Oughta Be A Law

Kelly Brothers / You're That Great Big Feeling

Del Thompson / The Love Waiting For Me

Tommy Tucker / Long Tall Shorty

James Duncan / Mr. Goodtime

The Pretty Things / Honey, I Need

The Spencer Davis Group / You Put The Hurt On Me

Cream / N.S.U.

Baby Washington / A Handful of Memories

Darrow Fletcher / My Young Misery

Russell Evans & The Nite Hawks / Send Me Some Cornbread

Sandie Shaw / I've Heard About Him

The Tren-Dells / Love

Mouse / Like I Know You Do

The Nocturnals / You Lied

The Roosters / I'm Suspectin'

Larry Williams & Johnny Watson / A Quitter Never Wins

Gems / A Love Of Mine

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That Driving Beat - Episode 328

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:00:06 GMT

We've got some exciting new finds for our record collections to share on today's radio dance party. There's a version of a Tams classic northern soul song we hadn't heard before, an Ikettes record that had so far escaped us, a nice Tina Britt tune, and a rare one by Kenny Wells that made its way into James's play box. We've got Major Lance, The Sweet Inspirations, Dolly Parton, Mel Torme, Jackie Shane, The Artistics, some Hoosier garage rock, and more!

-Originally broadcast August 25, 2024-

Willie Mitchell - That Driving Beat

Willie Parker - I Live the Life I Love

Brothers and Sisters - Shake A Lady

The Ikettes - Sally Go Round the Roses

Major Lance - Little Young Lover

The Sensations - Gotta Find Myself Another Girl

D.J. Groover - Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me

Kenny Wells - Isn't It Just A Shame

Betty Adams - See Me Through

Bobby Freeman - C'mon and Swim

Jackie Lee - The Shotgun and the Duck

Marion Black - Who Knows

The Charts - I Wanna Take You Home

The Sweet Inspirations - I'm Blue

Tina Britt - The Real Thing

Dolly Parton - Control Yourself

Charlie Gracie - Walk With Me Girl

Don Covay & Goodtimers - Seesaw

Bocky and the Visions - Good Good Lovin'

The Surf Suns - Still In Love With You Baby

The Trolls - Every Day and Every Night

Mel Tormé - Comin' Home Baby

Marie Knight - Cry Me A River

Jackie Shane - Any Other Way

Bad & Good Boys - We Got Soul

Homer Banks - 60 Minutes of Your Love

The Imaginations - I Love You, More (Than Anyone)

Otis Leavill - Charlotte (Yes I'm Gonna Miss You}

J.J. Jackson - Here We Go Again

Sister Sledge - Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me

The Artistics - It's Those Little Things That Count

Sherri James - Sweet Talkin' Guy

Al Greene & The Soul Mates - Don't Leave Me

The Chirades - Pacemaker

The Intensions - I Don't Care Anymore

Otis Clay - It's Easier Said, Than Done

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That Driving Beat - Episode 327

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:00:31 GMT

James has captured a long-time record want, and he releases it onto the radio on this episode. We go in a few different directions putting together your radio dance party in this episode, with Northern Soul, R&B, British Mod, Funk, a mid-1950s jumper, very early Mary Wells and Wilson Pickett, two in a row from Cleveland, and a few records with typos on the labels.

-Originally broadcast August 18, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Emporer's / Karate

Sharon Soul / You Found My Weak Spot

The Sensations / Lonely World

Jimmy Conwell / To Much

Salt and Pepper / Rock Me In The Cradle

Donnie Elbert / Little Piece Of Leather

Dolly Parton / Don't Drop Out

Theola Kilgore / It's Gonna Be Alright

Tony Middleton / My Home Town

Francis Faye / Summertime

Willie Hightower / Nobody But You

Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames / In the Meantime

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich / Hold Tight!

Long John Baldry / Let Him Go (And Let Me Love You)

The O'Jays / The Choice

The Vala-Quons / Window Shopping On Girl's Avenue

J.J. Barnes / Don't Bring Me Bad News

Dee Dee Sharp / Let's Twine

The Johnny Gibson Trio / Beachcomber

Ian & The Zodiacs / This Empty Place

Jerry Butler / Just For You

Wilson Pickett / Let Me Be Your Boy

Mary Wells / Bye Bye Baby

Barbara & The Browns / I Don’t Want Trouble

Johnny Holiday / Tormented

Clarence Murray / Let's Get On With It

George Torrence & The Naturals / (Mama Come Quick and Bring Your) Lickin' Stick

Chris Farlowe / Out of Time

Marvin Gaye / You

Little Richard / Dance What You Wanna

The Kampells / New Lock on My Door

The Tabs / Two Stupid Feet

The Tams / Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy

El Pauling and Royal Abbit / Here It 'Tis Right Here

Baby Ray / The House On Soul Hill

James Brown & The Famous Flames / Have Mercy Baby

Rodge Martin / Lovin' Machine

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That Driving Beat - Episode 326

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 11:00:04 GMT

Uwe has pulled together some of his favorite soul and R&B songs by female artists, and James has a mix of records including a tribute to a Louisville legend and a record with a label so damaged he couldn't tell what it was when he first found it. It's another 2 hour 1960s radio dance party!

-Originally broadcast August 11, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Dells / Wear It On Our Face

Shirley Ellis / Soul Time

Laura Lee / To Win Your Heart

Peggy March / If You Loved Me (Soul Coaxing - Ame Caline)

Dusty Springfield / Don't Forget About Me

Baby Washington / A Handful of Memories

Alvin Cash / Doin' the Ali Shuffle

Carolyn Franklin / Reality

Otis Redding / Mr. Pitiful

Kim Weston / Helpless

Paul Anka / Uh Huh

Etta James / Seven Day Fool

Lynn Westbrook / I'm In Love

Henrietta & The Hairdooz / You Got A Lot To Learn

Herbert Hunter / The Right String But The Wrong Yo-Yo

Anna King / Mama's Got a Bag of Her Own

Jimmy Bell / Going Down To The River

Irma Thomas / Break-A-Way

The Fasinations / You Gonna Be Sorry

Tammi Lynn / I'm Gonna Run Away From You

Lois Lane / Turn Me Loose

Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto / In the Basement, Pt. 1

Sebastian Williams and his Soul Men / The One You Can't Have

Brenda Holloway / When I'm Gone

Barbara Acklin / Love Makes a Woman

Mitty Collier / Don't Let Her Take My Baby

Ecstasy, Passion & Pain / I Wouldn't Give You Up

Big Ella / The Queen

Slim Harpo / Shake Your Hips

Marlena Shaw / Let's Wade in the Water

Mark Murphy / Why Don't You Do Right?

Christine Quaite / In The Middle of The Floor

Lew Courtney / The Man With The Cigar

Laura Greene / Moonlight Music In You

Rosco Gordon / You Got My Bait

Big Maybelle / Quittin' Time

Little Johnny Taylor / You Win, I Lose

Betty Everett / Getting Mighty Crowded

The Heartbreakers / I've Got To Face It

Gloria Jones / Tainted Love

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That Driving Beat - Episode 325

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 12:00:48 GMT

James and Uwe bring another action-packed 2 hour radio dance party! We've got a Louisville rock & soul group giving us a garage rock version of Midnight Hour (with a banjo?), a beat-up copy of a beloved tune by Pearlean Gray, a favorite R&B shaker by some guys who were about to be known as The Band, some rare Texas garage, and a whole bunch of great northern soul, R&B, popcorn, rock, and other movers and shakers with That Driving Beat!

-Originally broadcast August 4, 2024-

Willie Mitchell - That Driving Beat

Soul, Inc. - Midnight Hour

The Tempos - (Countdown) Here I Come

Mable John - If You Give Up What You Got ( You'll See What You Lost)

Sugar Boy and the Sugar Lumps - Mamma Won't You Turn Me Loose

The Larks - Philly Dog

The Martiniques - Unknown Love

Jerry Williams - If You Ask Me (Because I Love You)

Gary "U.S." Bonds - I Wanna Holler

Nelson Sanders - This Love is Here to Stay

Richard Berry - In a Real Big Way

The Drifters - Baby What I Mean

Don Gardner - My Baby Likes to Boogaloo

The Vibrations - Love In Them There Hills

Pearlean Gray - I Don't Want to Cry

Al Henderson with Boyd Bennett Orchestra - She Says "Crazy"

Wanda Jackson - Whirlpool

Tommy Raye - You Don't Love Me

Bob Kayli - Tie Me Tight

Chris Clark - Love's Gone Bad

Myrna March - I Keep Forgettin'

The Buckinghams - I'll Go Crazy

The Bad Seeds - A Taste Of The Same

The Chicago Loop - Richard Corey

The Sheep - Hide And Seek

The Gamblers - Find Out What's Happening

The Spencer Davis Group - Looking Back

Don & Jerry with The Fugitives - In The Cover of Night

The Last Word - Can't Stop Loving You

Levon & The Hawks - He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart)

The Heartbreakers - I've Found a New Lover

Charlie Rich - I Can't Go On

Baby Washington - Leave Me Alone

The Dynamics - The Love That I Need

The Miracles - If Your Mother Only Knew

Ray Pollard - Wanderlust

Bobby Powell - I'm Gonna Leave You

Willie Mitchell - 20-75

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That Driving Beat - Episode 324

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 11:00:50 GMT

Here's another action-packed 2 hour 1960s mod-soul-R&B radio dance party! James has been hitting up the local estate sales to see what records he can scrounge up, and Uwe has picked up a rare original song on a notorious soundalike copy label. Tune in That Driving Beat!

-Originally broadcast July 28, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Jackie Wilson / Baby Workout

Peggy Gaines / Tell Him

Barbara Mason / You Got What It Takes

Nella Dodds / Finders Keeper's, Losers Weeper's

Sammy Turner / Love Keeps Calling

The Ovations with Belford Hendrick's Orchestra / Loneliness

Never Entered My Mind

The Malibus / Ten Times a Day

The People's Choice / You're Mine

Brenton Wood / Baby You Got It

Carla Thomas / A Dime a Dozen

The Wanderers / Shadrach Meshack And Abednego

The Five Fabulous Demons / You Better Come Home

Johnny Watson / Johnny Guitar

Connie Dee / Once A Cheater Always A Cheater

Marlena Shaw / Let's Wade in the Water

Major Lance / You Don't Want Me No More

The Marvelettes / I Need Someone

Tony Clarke / Landslide

Tennessee Ernie Ford / Sixteen Tons

James Brown And The Famous Flames / I'll Never, Never Let You Go

Jackie Wilson And Count Basie / Chain Gang

Cliff Nobles / Your Love Is All I Need

The Continental 4 / What You Gave Up

James Duncan / You've Gotta Be Strong

The Kinks / I'm Not Like Everybody Else

Domenique Michel / Ces Bottes Sont Faites Pour Marcher

Them / Richard Cory

Les Tallmud / J'ai Cru A Mon Reve

Jackie Day / Come On Try Me

Rhonda Silver / Voodoo Doll

Charlie Rich / Hurry Up Freight Train

The Fascinations / Say It Isn't So

William Bell / Eloise (Hang On In There)

Pat Powdrill / Fell By The Wayside

Otis Redding / (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher

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That Driving Beat - Episode 323

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:00:42 GMT

The guys have some newly acquired classic 1960s dance tunes to spin for you, all on 45 rpm vinyl singles! James went souvenir shopping on a trip to California, and brought back a record by an Ohio funk group before they hit it big, a NYC studio concoction, and a Chicago 1950s R&B jumper. Uwe got lucky and found a couple of big wishlist wants from one of our local record providers, plus some worthy finds in well-loved and poorly-cared-for condition from the flea market. Crank up the volume and shake it to That Driving Beat!

-Originally broadcast July 21, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Ohio Players / A Thing Called Love

Joe Tex / Don't Let Your Left Hand Know

The Foxes / The Sassy One

The Ovations / I Don't Wanna Cry

Dee Dee Warwick / Locked In Your Love

The Groove / Love (It's Getting Better)

The Five Du-Tones / Monkey See - Monkey Do

J.J. Jackson and the Jackaels / Let The Show Begin

Walter Jackson / Blowin' In The Wind

Laura Greene / Moonlight Music And You

Mary Wells / Me Without You

Helena Ferguson / My Terms

The Marcels / Find Another Fool

Village Sound / These Windows

Ike & Tina Turner / You Weren't Ready (For My Love)

Smiley Lewis / Ain't Goin' There No More

The Tams / What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)

The Whispers / Flying High

Jackie Moore / Both Ends Against the Middle

The Intruders / Do You Remember Yesterday

Tommy T's Federal Reserve / Take The Midnight Train

Trans Atlantic Train / You're Bringing Me Down

The Castaways / Goodbye Baby

Sir Douglas Quintet + 2 = (Honkey Blues) / Are Inlaws Really Outlaws

Joe Kennedy / Slick Trick

The Artistics / Hope We Have

Jerry Williams / If You Ask Me (Because I Love You)

Pat Cowdrill / I Only Came To Dance With You

Lillian Offitt / The Man Won't Work

The Cookies / Passing Time

Freddie Scott / Baby - You're A Long Time Dead

Laura Greene / Love Is Strange

Jimmy Radcliffe / Long After Tonight Is All Over

The Fascinations / I'm So Lucky (She Loves Me)

Mary Wells / I'm Learning

Gary "U.S." Bonds / I Wanna Holler

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That Driving Beat - Episode 322

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:00:56 GMT

Northern Soul, rhythm & blues, popcorn, garage rock, pop, and more! This episode has just want you need, if what you need is upbeat 1960s dance music! All vinyl 45s, all the time!

-Originally broadcast July 14, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

James Carr / That's What I Want To Know

The Whispers / Needle In A Haystack

Billy Daniels / Woe, Woe, Woe

Boot Hog Pefferly And The Loafers / I'm Not Going to Work Today

Johnny Jungletree / Old New Orleans

Soul Sisters / Loop De Loop

Ed Bruce / The Greatest Man

Dean Parish / Bricks, Broken Bottles And Sticks

Bobby Darin / We Didn't Ask To Be Brought Here

Bobby Allen Poe / Concrete Jungle

Z.Z. Hill / No More Doggin'

Sonny Fishback / Heart Breaking Man

Earl Gaines / It's Worth Anything

The Avengers / Crying All Alone

Bobby Jenkins and his Quartet / Troubles

Kenny Martin / Fever

Brenton Wood / Sweet Molly Malone

Bobby Harris / Password Is Love

Jackie Beavers / Sling Shot

The Feathers / Tryin' To Get To You

The Us Four / The Alligator

The Lot / Loving You Is All I Do

Jordan Parker Revue / Ginger Bread Man

The Loved Ones / Surprise, Surprise (For You)

The Chosen Few / It Just Don't Rhyme

The Wild Ones / Come On Back

Linda Martell & the Anglos / The Things I Do For You

Billy Stewart / Summertime

Anna King & Bobby Byrd / Baby, Baby, Baby

Lee Rogers / Craked Up Over You

Otis Leavill / Let Me Live

The Valentines / Breakaway

Brooks & Jerry / I Got What It Takes (Part 1)

The Steve Karmen Big Band (Featuring Jimmy Radcliffe) / Breakaway, Pt. 2

Okaysions / Watch Out Girl

The Heartbreakers / I've Found A New Lover

Ronnie Kole Trio / Ode To Billie Joe

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That Driving Beat - Episode 321

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 11:00:07 GMT

It's another 2 hour 1960s dance music party! Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Boogaloo, rock & roll, and more! Uwe digs into his collection of 45 rpm singles on a mission to find "Mod Top 100" tunes, and James brings an assortment of favorites and near-forgotten records from deep in his collection.

-Originally broadcast July 7, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Anna King / If You Don't Think

The Astors / I Found Out

The Brothers Two / Boogaloo (Soul) Party

Dobie Gray / The "In" Crowd

Bunny & Cindy / Sure Didn't Take Long

Little Milton / Who's Cheating Who?

The Creation / Making Time

Fontella Bass / Rescue Me

Richard Brown / Sweet and Kind

Bob Kuban and the In-Men / The Cheater

Dr. Horse / Salt Pork, West Virginia

Sam & Dave / You Don't Know Like I Know

Billy Young / The Sloopy

The Vibrations / My Girl Sloopy

Du-Ettes / Move On Down The Line

Candy and the Kisses / The 81

Shades of Blue / Happiness

Joe Tex / Hold What You've Got

Chuck Edwards / You Got What I Need

The Larks / The Jerk

The Sensations / Too Shy

The Manhattans / I Wanna Be (Your Everything)

Jackie Moore / Here I Am

The Capitols / Cool Jerk

Jr. Walker & The All Stars / How Sweet It Is

Inez & Charlie Foxx / La De Da I Love You

Lou Courtney / Professional Lover

Johnny Nash / Love Ain't Nothin'

J.T. Sears and the Rowbux / Walking On New Grass

Fred Hughes / Oo Wee Baby, I Love You

Shy Guy Douglas / Midnight Soul

Homer Banks / 60 Minutes of Your Love

Jay & The Techniques / Baby How Easy Your Heart Forgets Me

Lee Dorsey / Ride Your Pony

The Sultans / You Got Me Goin'

James Brown & His Orchestra / Out Of Sight

Melodics / Ain't That Sharing My Love

The Packers / Hole In The Wall

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That Driving Beat - Episode 320

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:00:53 GMT

It's time for another action-packed 1960s radio dance party. We've got stacks of rare soul, R&B, and garage rock records to set the dance floor on fire! James has picked up a few longtime wants from a Canadian record dealer, including a Jackie Shane record, and one by a Montreal garage rock band. Uwe spins a favorite Brazilian-French Mod orchestral shaker, plus a rare cover of an Otis Redding tune, and a not so rare cover of a song first done by Little Stevie Wonder.

-Originally broadcast June 30, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Soul City / Everybody Dance Now

Lee Andrews & The Hearts / Never The Less

Brenda Holloway / When I'm Gone

The Ikettes / Peaches "N" Cream

Ruby Johnson / Keep On Keeping On

The Astors / Candy

Jackie Shane / In My Tenement

The Orlons / Rules of Love

James & Bobby Purify / Do Unto Me

Silvio Silvera and his Brazilian Orchestra / Brigitte Bardot

The King-Pins / A Lucky Guy

The Drifters / Still Burning In My Heart

Phillip Mitchell / Turning Over The Ground

Barbara Lynn / Take Your Love and Run

The Haunted / 1-2-5

The Sheep / Hide & Seek

The Razor's Edge / Gotta Find Her

Les Internes / Oh! Non!

The Original Emotions / You're A Better Man Then I

Debra Swisher / You're So Good To Me

Lula Reed / Puddentane

Jimmy Washington / You Oughta See My Baby

The Radiants / Father Knows Best

The Fabulous Shades / Mr. Pitiful

C.P. Love / Never Been In Love Before

Bobby Fuller Four / The Magic Touch

Laura Lee / To Win Your Heart

Jimmy Conwell / Too Much

Jackie Shane / Comin' Down

Garnett Mimms / Prove It To Me

Verdelle Smith / Walk Tall

The Blendells / La La La La La

Mary Wells / Keep Me In Suspense

Barbara Acklin / A Raggedy Ride

The Isley Brothers / Nobody But Me

Detroit Emeralds / Shades Down

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That Driving Beat - Episode 319

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:00:24 GMT

Uwe's got some hot new records, including knocking at least one long-time want off his list. James has been too busy to get his new finds lately cleaned up and ready to play, so he's dug through some old favorites from his collection. You'll hear upbeat 1960s soul and R&B dance tunes from Jimmy Cliff, Nina Simone, The Exciters, Jackie Wilson & Count Basie, Ruth Brown, Clyde McPhatter, Little Milton, Jimmy Radcliff, Charlie Rich, Etta James, and more!

-Originally broadcast June 23, 2024-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Get Out (and Let Me Cry)

Nina Simone / Work Song

The Danleers / Baby You've Got It

The Baby Dolls / Now That I've Lost You

Christine Quaite / In The Middle of The Floor

Peggy March / If You Loved Me (Soul Coaxing-Ame Caline)

R. Dean Taylor / Let's Go Somewhere

Billy Butler / Burning Touch Of Love

Jimmy Cliff / Give and Take

The Exciters / You Know It Ain't Right

Johnny Holiday / Tormented

Clarence Murray / Let's Get On With It

Al Henderson with Boyd Bennett Orchestra / She Says "Crazy"

Nicoletta / 32 Septembre

Massachusettes Assembly / Run Like The Devil

Johnny Moore / Walk Like a Man

Curtis King / Bad Habits

Eugene Church / Good News

The Vanguards / I Can't Use You Girl

Johnny Watson / Gangster Of Love

Charlie Rich / I Can't Go On

Jimmy Radcliff / (There Goes) The Forgotten Man

Alice Rozier / George, BB and Roy

Ruth Brown with the Milestone Singers / Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean)

Etta James / You Got It

Debbie Devole / Hey Lover

Jane Morgan / Maybe

Tom Storm and the Peps / That's The Way Love Is

Clyde McPhatter / In My Tenement

Don Covay & Goodtimers / 40 Days - 40 Nights

Curtis Knight / Ain't Gonna Be No Next Time

Anita Humes & The Essex / What Did I Do?

Deon Jackson / You Said You Loved Me

Jackie Wilson And Count Basie / Uptight

The Hesitations / Soul Kind of Love

Little Milton / Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around the World)

Jackie Ross / Dynamite Lovin'

Lee LaMont / I'll Take Love

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That Driving Beat - Episode 318

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 11:00:56 GMT

We feature tunes by Ray Pollard, JJ Barnes, Mary Wells, Charlie Rich, Dean Parrish, Mitty Collier, a B-side by Little Milton, a garage and mod rock set with the Seeds, The Hollies, The Easybeats, and a studio group on the Bang label called Bazooka! We also threw a few more artists from our home base city of Louisville than usual in the mix in this episode. Get on your feet and move to That Driving Beat!

Originally broadcast June 16, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Emperors / Karate

Martha & The Vandellas / Forget Me Not

Cosmo / You Gotta Dance

Little Milton / Ain't No Big Deal On You

Ruby Winters / Sweetheart Things

Mary Wells / Oh Little Boy (What Did You Do to Me)

Ray Pollard / Wanderlust

The Spiral Starecase / I'll Run

Popular Five / Little Bitty Pretty One

J.J. Barnes / Please Let Me In

The Easybeats / Gonna Have A Good Time (Good Times)

The Seeds / Can't Seem To Make You Mine

The Sultans / I Know It's True

Bazooka / Boo On You

The Trend-Els / Don't You Hear Me Calling - Baby

Van Morrison / Ro Ro Rosey

The Hollies / It's You

The Original Playboys / Now That I'm Somebody

Honey Cone / One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Pt. 1)

Coasters / Love Potion Number Nine

Jesse James / I Know I'll Never Find Another One

Wilson Pickett / Ain't No Doubt About It

Charlie Rich / I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water

Fontella Bass / Leave It In The Hands Of Love

The Vibrations / Canadian Sunset

Johnny Nash / Strange Feeling

O.V. Wright / Treasured Moments

Dean Parrish / Tell Her

The Exciters / Tell Him

Barbara Lewis / My Heart Went Do Dat Da

Bettye Swann / Lonely Love

Steve Alaimo / Every Day I Have To Cry

Mitty Collier / Ain't That Love

Otis Clay / That Kind of Lovin'

Dolly Parton / Busy Signal

The Pacers / Gotham City

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That Driving Beat - Episode 317

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:00:34 GMT

Here's two more packed hours of 1960s dance music from Slim Harpo, Chris Clark, Martha & The Vandellas, Barbara Lewis, Big Maybelle, The Dells, Bobby Bland, Timi Yuro and many more!

Originally broadcast June 9, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Slim Harpo / Shake Your Hips

Billy Watkins / Go Billy Go

Chris Clark / Love's Gone Bad

The Fantastic Four / Ain't Love Wonderful

The Capitols / Zig - Zagging

Martha & The Vandellas / I’m Ready for Love

Otis Brown & Band / Will You Wait

The Coasters / (When She Wants Good Lovin') My Baby Comes to Me

P.J. Proby / You Can't Come Home Again (If You Leave Me Now)

Jackie Ross / Haste Makes Waste

Clarence Murray / Don't Talk Like That

The Drifters / Baby What I Mean

James & Bobby Purify / Wish You Didn't Have To Go

Barbara Lewis / I Remember the Feeling

Big Maybelle / Eleanor Rigby

Bud Spudd And The Sprouts / The Mash

Bobby Bland / Getting Used To The Blues

James Brown / James Brown's Boo-Ga-Loo

Brenda & The Tabulations / Hey Boy

Gabriel & The Angels / Don't Wanna Twist No More

Frankie Valli / (You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself

The Swingin' Medallions / Don't Cry No More

Chris Clark / Put Yourself In My Place

Willie Tee / I Want Somebody (To Show Me the Way Back Home)

The Dells / There Is

Barbara George / If You Think

Howlin' Wolf / Pop It to Me

The Diplomats / Hey, Mr Taxi Driver

Sonny Hines / Nothing Like Your Love

Bobby Harris / More of the Jerk

Timi Yuro / I Ain't Gonna Cry No More

The Shirelles / Are You Still My Baby

The O'Jays / I'll Never Let You Go

The Drifters / He's Just a Playboy

Jackie Wilson / I'm So Lonely

Fats Domino / Something You Got Baby

Jewel Akens / Little Bitty Pretty One

Barbara Lewis / My Heart Went Do Dat Da

Dusty Springfield / A Brand New Me

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That Driving Beat - Episode 316

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:00:01 GMT

It's time for your weekly vintage soul dance party, with hits and forgotten gems from Willie Hightower, the Platters, Jackie Wilson, Edwin Starr, Gloria Taylor, Ruby & The Romantics, a Four Tops flipside, a Québécois girl group covering a Motown smash hit, two backing groups stepping to the front with the Raeletts and Brownettes, and so much more! All original vinyl 45 rpm singles, all with That Driving Beat!

Originally broadcast June 2, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Willie Hightower / Walk A Mile in My Shoes

The Holidays / I Keep Holding On

Gloria Taylor / You Got to Pay the Price

The Fabulous Peps / So Fine

Four Tops / I Got a Feeling

J.J. Barnes / Don't Bring Me Bad News

Rodge Martin / Lovin' Machine

Larry Barnes / Rags is Rags

The Climates / Breaking Up Again

Steve Alaimo / I Told You So

Little Milton / Who's Cheating Who?

Elvis Presley / Rubberneckin'

Edwin Starr / Agent Double-O-Soul

Z.Z. Hill / Don't Make Promises (You Can't Keep)

Billy Harner / She's Almost You

Gene Chandler / A Song Called Soul

Arthur Conley / I Can't Stop (No, No, No)

The Diplomats / I Can Give You Love

Jimmy Delphs / Don't Sign The Paper Baby (I Want You Back)

Les Miladys / Donne-Moi Ton Amour

Ruby and the Romantics / We Can Make It

Patti & The Emblems / Mixed-Up, Shook-Up, Girl

Jackie Wilson / I Believe I'll Love On

Wilson Pickett / Baby Call On Me

The Buena Vistas / Hot Shot

Gail Anderson / I Can't Stop It

Raeletts / Keep It To Yourself

The Platters / Sweet, Sweet Lovin'

Baby Ray / The House On Soul Hill

The Brownettes / Baby, Don't You Know

Willie Mitchell / 30-60-90

The Pat Rebillot Exchange / Oh Happy Day

The Hideaways / Hide Out

Baja Marimba Band / Along Comes Mary

Spiral Starecase / More Today Than Yesterday

Shades of Blue / Oh How Happy

The C.O.D.'s / Michael

Ruby & The Romantics / Twilight Time

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That Driving Beat - Episode 315

Tue, 28 May 2024 11:00:11 GMT

We've got vintage movers, shakers, and dance floor destroyers from Benny Latimore, Junior Parker, The Untamed, Jimmy Hughes, the Detroit Wheels with and without Mitch Ryder, a great cover of a Roy Orbison hit, and tunes from two different Tom Jones!

Originally broadcast May 26, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Wheels / Dancing In The Street

The Olympics / Bounce Again

Laddins / Dream Baby

Peggy March / This Heart Wasn't Made To Kick Around

Timothy Carr / A Stop Along The Way

Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels / Baby Jane (Mo Jo Jane)

The Henchmen / The James Brown

Jo Armstead / I've Been Turned On

Benny Latimore / Girl I Got News for You

The Peermonts / You Gotta Love Me Too

Tom Jones / Sixteen Tons

The Sapphires / Gotta Be More Than Friends

Bobby Brooks / Wise Like Soloman

Junior Parker / I'm In Love

Nella Dodds / You Don't Love Me Anymore

Tommy Brown / Ain't So

Jimmy Hughes / It Ain't What You Got

Lee Rogers / Love For A Love

Tom Jones / Nothing But Fine

Jerry Palmer / Walking the Dog

Sam Hawkins / Hold On Baby

The Marvelettes / Strange I Know

The Debs / Sloopy's Gonna Hang On

The Untamed / Gimme, Gimme Some Shade

Joe Perkins / Movin' In The Groove

The Amazers / Without A Warning

Willie Walker / You're Running Too Fast

The Heartbeats / I Found A Job

The McCoys / Beat The Clock

The Paramours / That's The Way We Love

Sam Hawkins / Let Me Dream

Bad Boys / You're Not Alone Anymore

Garnet Mimms / It Was Easier To Hurt Her

Dan & The Clean Cuts / One Love, Not Two

Nella Dodds / Come See About Me

The Temptations / Beauty Is Only Skin Deep

The Capitols / Ain't That Terrible

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That Driving Beat - Episode 314

Tue, 21 May 2024 11:00:00 GMT

The guys got lucky at an estate sale loaded with vintage physical media, where they dug through thousands of old records to find some gems! We've got Northern Soul, rare garage, doo wop, girl groups, a Kentucky oddity, a slightly disappointingly mellow Florida garage rocker, and an R&B food nonsense song, all to get you out on the dance floor!

Originally broadcast May 19, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Candy and the Kisses / Shakin' Time

Shirley Ellis / Birds, Bees, Cupids and Bows

Clarence & Calvin / Rooster Knees & Rice

Larry Williams / I Can't Stop Lovin' You

The Wanderers / A Little Too Long

The Savages / Everynight

Pearlean Gray / Don't Rush Me Baby

The Chiffons / Out Of This World

The Ribbons / Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya

Peggy March / Watch What You Do With My Baby

The Wanderers / Run-Run Senorita

The Rays / Mediterranean Moon

The Paradons / So Fine, So Fine, So Fine

Dreamlovers / Zoom, Zoom, Zoom

Vernis Pratt / Good Good Man

The Sheep / Twelve Month Later

The Tokays / Ask Me No Questions

The Trashmen / New Generation

Troy Shondell / Here It Comes Again

The Barbarians / Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl

The Raindrops / One More Tear

Johnny Thunder / Jailer Bring Me Water

Johnny Rivers / Seventh Son

Clarence "Frogman" Henry / Shake Your Money Maker

Ruth Brown with the Milestone Singers / Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean)

Aretha Franklin / Won't Be Long

Dee Dee Sharp / There Ain't Nothin' I Wouldn't Do for You

Dee Dee Sharp / It's A Funny Situation

The Baltimore and Ohio Marching Band / Condition Red

Andy Butler / Sunshine Love

Bobby Callender / No Dice, No Soap

Ivory Joe Hunter / You Only Want Me When You Need Me

Cherry Stone / He Walks Softly

The Reflections / Like Columbus Did

Johnny Preston / All Around The World

The Tams / Why Did My Little Girl Cry

The Shangri Las / Wishing Well

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That Driving Beat - Episode 313

Tue, 14 May 2024 11:00:30 GMT

It's your weekly 1960s soul dance party! You'll hear obscure tracks and big hits from Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, Shreveport, and more, all on original vinyl 45s!

Originally broadcast May 12, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Carla Thomas / Something Good (Is Going To Happen To You)

Chubby Checker / The Weekend's Here

Mable John / If You Give Up What You Got (You'll See What You Lost)

Idalia Boyd / Some Kind Of Wonderful

Jan Bradley / The Brush Off

The Fasinations / Mama Didn't Lie

Marve and the Tinnon Bros. / Candy Man

The Escorts / Shake A Tail Feather

Ray & Lindy / Big Betty

Z.Z. Hill / Oh Darling

Joe Tex / Show Me

Jackie Lee / The Shotgun and the Duck

Bedford Incident / It Ain't Me, Babe

Betty Everett / Bye, Bye Baby

Joe Frazier / First Round Knock Out

The O'Jays / Working On Your Case

The Tempests / Would You Believe

The Pete Klint Quintet / Shake

Four Tops / I'll Turn To Stone

"Doc" & The Interns / Baby I Know

Marve and the Tinnon Bros. / I'm A Loser

Willie Gibson / Cheatin' On Me

Bobby Powell / What Are You Trying To Do To Me

The Intensions / I Don't Care Anymore

Radiants / I Got A Girl

The Mighty Marvelows / Talkin' Bout Ya, Baby

The People's Choice / Cause That's the Way I Know

J.J. Jackson / 'Til Love Goes Out Of Style

Foxy / Call Me Later

The Intrigues / In a Moment

The Volumes / I Love You

Kenny Martin / Lovin' Man

Sugar Pie De Santo / I Don't Wanna Fuss

Bette Renne and The Thrillettes / You Ain't So Such A Much

The Golden Toadstools / Silly Savage

Ronnie & the Hi-Lites / You Keep Me Guessin'

Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers / Emulsified

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That Driving Beat - Episode 312

Tue, 07 May 2024 12:00:56 GMT

James has a bunch of new 1960s 45 rpm vinyl dance tunes to share with you, and Uwe has pulled some favorite Motown and other tunes. We've got rollicking Rhythm & Blues shakers, Northern soul pounders, a couple of jazzy numbers, a boxing heavyweight champion, Willie Nelson's ex-wife, and at least one record we wish we knew more about.

Originally broadcast May 5, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Pic & Bill / It's Not You

The Freeman Brothers / My Baby

Freddy King / Takin' Care Of Business

James Brown with the Famous Flames / Can't Be The Same

Willie Mabon / Too Hot To Handle

Joe Moore / I've Got My Sweet Baby

Odessa Harris / You're What I Need

The Marvelettes / I Need Someone

The Lollipops / Love Is The Only Answer

Marvin Gaye / Little Darling (I Need You)

Tony and the Bandits / It's A Bit Of Alright

The Coachmen / Don't You Know

The Live Wires / The Mask

The U.S. Six / I Do Love You

Mary Wells / Can't You See (You're Losing Me)

Dee Irwin / The Wrong Direction

George Jackson / So Good To Me

Brenda Holloway / Starting The Hurt All Over Again

Wardell and the Sultans / The Original Popeye

Marie and Rex / I Can't Sit Down

Buster Brown / Two Women

Shirley Caddell and the Aristocrats / The Big Bounce

Billy Joe Young / The Push

The Monitors / Since I Lost You Girl

Janet and the Jays / Love What You're Doing To Me

Edwin Starr / He Who Picks A Rose

Lena Horne / Love Bug

Etta James / Dream

Billy Stewart / Look Back And Smile

Kim Weston / Another Train Coming

Joe Frazier / Looky Looky (Look At Me Girl)

The Supremes / Let Me Go The Right Way

The Trensations / Soulin' And Rollin'

The Spinners / (She's Gonna Love Me) At Sundown

George Tindley / Pity The Poor Man

Marv Johnson / I Miss You Baby (How I Miss You)

Bobby Moore / Chained To Your Heart

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That Driving Beat - Episode 311

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:00:02 GMT

Uwe's got a stack of hot newly dug vintage 45 rpm records to spin, and James brought his club night DJ boxes to play some favorites, and a few he forgot what they sound like! We talk about records that got picked up from their local independent releases and got a chance to make it big on a national release, touch on Shel Talmy's legacy of 1960s British and American tunes, and spin one of our favorite Louisville garage rock/proto-punk tunes. It's another 2 hour 1960s Mod, soul, Northern Soul R&B, garage rock dance party!

Originally broadcast April 28, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Jimmy Holiday / I've Been Done Wrong

Bobby Hebb / Some Kind Of Magic

The Flamingos / Since My Baby Put Me Down

Joe Moore / Ain't I

Louis Curry / I'll Try Again Tomorrow

The Spiral Starecase / Baby What I Mean

Jimmy Hughes / I'm a Man of Action

Etta James / Next Door To The Blues

Jackie Shane / Stand Up Straight and Tall

The Untamed / It's Not True

Mersey Beats USA / Stop Look and Listen

The Oxfords / Time And Place

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore / Love Me

The U.S. Six / The Push

The Dynamics / I'm The Man

Bobby "Blue" Bland / Farther Up The Road

Albert King / C.O.D.

Larry Birdsong & His Songbirds / Every Night In The Week

Soul Sisters / Loop de Loop

Irma Thomas / Moments To Remember

Delores Hall / Good Lovin' Man

The Major IV / All Of My Love

Theresa Lindsey / Gotta Find A Way

Gary Edwards / Hitch Hike

The 4 Seasons / Beggin'

The Jet Set / You Got Me Hooked

Joe Tex / Baby, Be Good

Jackie Paine / No Puppy Love

Gloria Lynne / I Can't Stand It

Dee Irwin / I Only Get This Feeling

Toni LaMarr / I'd Do Anything

The Drifters / Memories Are Made Of This

Kim Weston / Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)

Solomon Burke / Keep Looking

Edwin Starr / Girls Are Getting Prettier

The Temptations / It's Growing

Marvin Gaye / The End Of Our Road

Lightnin' Hopikins / Got To Move Your Baby

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That Driving Beat - Episode 310

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:00:57 GMT

Uwe wasn't available for this episode, so Adrian Cardwell of Cardwell's Cove strapped into the second seat and took us on a quick flyover of the Cove. This show was part of WXOX's celebration of Vinylthon, where we played 59 hours in a row of all-vinyl tunes. Along with the usual 1960s soul, R&B, garage rock, and Mod dance tunes you expect from That Driving Beat, you'll hear some tiki-lounge-appropriate jazz, exotica, and more cocktail-friendly tunes that fall into that small overlapping area between our two shows! You can find Cardwell's Cove on most podcast apps.

Originally broadcast April 21, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Traits / Too Good To Be True

Chris Jones / Destination Unknown

Holland-Dozier / Don’t Leave Me

The Magnificent 7 / Never Will I (Make My Baby Cry)

Dee Dee Warwick / Suspicious Minds

Gladys Knight & The Pips / Operator

Ben E. King / Gloria Gloria

Chuck Jackson / Hand It Over

Jean DuShon / Feeling Good

Hal Blaine / Drums A Go-Go

The Customs Five / Let's Go In '69

The Pretty Things / Big City

The Jimmy Velvet Five / Good, Good Lovin'

The Rays / Mediterranean Moon

Ray Anthony / A-Non-I-Mo Veneziano

Dick Hyman and his Electric Eclectics / Topless Dancers of Corfu

Dorothy Ashby / Soul Vibrations

Na Allen / Thanks for Nothing

Dolly Parton / Busy Signal

Vicki Anderson / No More Heartaches, No More Pain

Connie Francis / It's Gonna Take Me Some Time

Mel Torme / Comin' Home Baby

Roosevelt Nettles / Drifting Heart

Eldridge Holmes / If I Were a Carpenter

The Rhoda Scott Trio / Hey - Hey - Hey!

Cozy Eggleston Quartet / Cozy's Wham!

Mark Murphy / Why Don't You Do Right?

Buddy Rich Orchestra / The Beat Goes On

Johnny Holiday / Tormented

Jr. Walker & The All Stars / Do the Boomerang

Solomon Burke / Stupidity

Al Henderson with Boyd Bennett Orchestra / She Says "Crazy"

Nina Simone / It Be's That Way Sometime

Tommy Wills / Night Train

Roddie Joy / If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know)

Leroy Jones / Another Saturday Night

Mel "Pig" Robbins / Fidgety

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That Driving Beat - Episode 309

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:00:40 GMT

Two more hours of 1960s (and 70s) radio dance party! Soul, R&B, funk, pop, and a lot more garage rock than usual! Lace up those dancing shoes and get out on the floor for That Driving Beat!

Originally broadcast April 14, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Ricky Allen / I Ain't Never

Shirley Ellis / The Nitty Gritty

Evelyn Legrand / High And Dry

J.B. Troy / Ain't It The Truth

David Clayton-Thomas / Big Boss Man

Tenessee Ernie Ford / Sixteen Tons

The Magnificent "7" / Stubborn Kind Of Fellow

The Broadways / You Just Don’t Know

The Rugbys / You, I

The Nocturnals / You Lied

Neal Ford and The Fanatics / (I've Got A) Brand New Girl

The Surf Suns / Still In Love With You Baby

The Wylde Heard / Stop It Girl

Brian Poole And The Tremeloes / I Go Crazy

David Duke / Gimme Some Lovin'

The Ovations / Qualifications

The Spinners / Heebie Jeebies

Gene Allison / Walkin' In The Park

The Time Tones / Pretty, Pretty Girl (The New Beat)

El Chicano / Coming Home Baby

Eddie Lovette / Too Experienced

Deep Velvet / Hanna Mae

Fontella Bass / It Sure Is Good

The Broadways / Sweet And Heavenly Melody

The Soul Set featuring Norman Seldin / I'm Gonna Love You

The O'Jays / I Dig Your Act

1+1 / Love's Gonna Live Here

The Parliaments / Time

Maria Mae & The Maybees / Where's My Somebody

Della Rae / Hurry Up Summer

Sandra Thompson / You Sure Look Good

Freddie Hughes / I Gotta Keep My Bluff In

Wendi / You're So Fine

Patti LaBelle & The Blue Belles / C'est La Vie (So Goes Life)

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That Driving Beat - Episode 308

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 11:00:22 GMT

On this episode we cast a wide net for songs with That Driving Beat, with classic vinyl singles from 1954 to 1974!. That's early rock & roll, rhythm & blues, soul, popcorn, boogaloo, funky stuff, modern soul, and much more!

Originally broadcast April 7, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Dobie Gray / See You At The "Go-Go"

Chuck Jackson / Yah

J. J. Jackson / But It's Alright

Willie Mitchell / Everything Is Gonna Be All Right

Little Milton / Who's Cheating Who?

Bobby Bland / Gotta Get to Know You

Charlie Rich / Nobody's Lonesome For Me

Ruby Winters / Sweetheart Things

Lula Reed / Rock Love

Sammy Turner / Always

The Midnighters / Annie Had A Baby

Andre Williams / The Stroke

Universal Mind / Something Fishy Going On

Loleatta Holloway / H.E.L.P. M.E. M.Y. L.O.R.D.

Dean Parrish / Skate Pt.1

Little Eva Harris / Mr. Everything

The Flirtations / Keep On Searching

Jimmy Castor / Magic Saxophone

David Clayton-Thomas / Done Somebody Wrong

Jimmy Radcliff / Long After Tonight Is All Over

Baby Washington / A Handful of Memories

Love and Brotherhood / Find Another Him

Connie Francis / Fallin'

Boogaloo Joe Jones / I Feel The Earth Move

Ricky Allen / Hurt Look On My Face

Roscoe Robinson / What You're Doin' to Me

The Redwoods / Shake Shake Sherry

The T.S.U. Tornadoes / Getting The Corners

Cookie Jackson / Uptown Jerk

The Cineemas / Never Gonna Cry

Christine Quaite / In The Middle Of The Floor

Ruby & The Romantics / We Can Make It

Nella Dodds / Maybe Baby

The Kingsmen / My Wife Can't Cook

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That Driving Beat - Episode 307

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:00:53 GMT

Here's another action-packed two-hour radio dance party full of 1960s R&B and soul shakers, including plenty of records new to the That Driving Beat historical archives. That's right, we spin only original antique 7-inch vinyl on this episode, from the likes of Baby Washington, Chuck Jackson, Evie Sands, Carl Carlton, Clydie King, Gloria Jones, Tina Turner, and a mystery 33 rpm disc put out by the Seeburg jukebox company.

Originally broadcast March 31, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Gene Chandler / Everybody Let's Dance

The Drifters / At The Club

Baby Washington / I've Got A Feeling

Dean Parrish / Tell Her

Jimmy Holiday & Clydie King / Ready, Willing And Able

Clyde King & Mel Carter / Who Do You Love

Richard Berry & The Pharaohs / Have Love Will Travel

Earl King / Don't You Lose It

Chuck Jackson / Any Other Way

Chris Farlow / Out of Time

Trini Lopez / Ya Ya

Jay & The Americans / Come Dance With Me

Little Anthony & The Imperials / Better Use Your Head

Unknown / High Heel Sneakers

The Golden Toadstools / Silly Savage

The Fleur De Lys / So Come On

The Cinnamon / Oh Elaina (Black Sheep of my Mind)

The Rationals / Feelin' Lost

Evie Sands / Picture Me Gone

The James Gang / For a Little of Her Sunshine

Jeanette Williams / All Of A Sudden

Stevie Wonder / Ain't That Asking For Trouble

Baby Washington / Hush Heart

The Furys / Never More

Ronnie Mitchell / I'm Having A Party

Gloria Jones / Heartbeat Part 1

Carl Carlton / Hold On A Little Longer

The Miracles / I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying

The Cineemas / A Crush On You

Ike & Tina Turner / Dust My Broom

Barbara Mason / Half A Love

Chuck Jackson / These Chains Of Love (Are Breaking Me Down)

Little Eva Harris / Get Ready Uptight

Mongo Santamaria / Feeling Alright

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That Driving Beat - Episode 306

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 11:00:09 GMT

Uwe scored a few rare records this week, including a big one from Erma Franklin and a real rarity by Lord Jim and the VIPs. James is still working through his record digging score of the decade 2 weeks ago, and has been concentrating on the ones on the Wand label for this episode. We play some few songs that are about other songs and their named dances, a groovy version of the Batman theme from the height of the 1966 Batman craze, and a LOT more early 70s funky grooves than you'll be accustomed to hearing on That Driving Beat.

Originally broadcast March 24, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Chuck Jackson / Hand It Over

Patty & The Emblems / And We Danced

Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown / Can't Let You Out Of My Sight

Wilson Pickett / I'm Gonna Love You

The Temptations / You've Got To Earn It

The Artistics / I’m Gonna Miss You

John Steele and the Del-Mates / You're Gonna Miss Me

Bobby Starrr / Sweet Man

Allison and Calvin Turner / Shake What Your Mamma Gave You

The Independents / I Love You, Yes I Do

The Revengers / The Batman Theme

Sonny Flaharty & The Mark V / Hey Conductor

The McCoys / Like You Do To Me

P.P. Arnold / (If You Think You're) Groovy

Maxine Brown / One Step at a Time

Lord Jim and the V.I.P.'s / You Don't Have To Cry Anymore

Chuck & Rita / Baby We Got It

Gene Chandler / Don't Have to Be Lying Babe (Part 1)

Thelma Jones / Souvenirs Of A Heartbreak

The Platters / Devri

John Steele and the Del-Mates / The Fat Man

Donnie Elbert / Little Piece Of Leather

Marvin Gaye / Pride and Joy

Johnny Nash / Tryin To Find Her

Trini Lopez / What Have I Got Of My Own

Erma Franklin / Whispers (Getting Louder)

George Tindley / Ain't That Peculiar

Sugar / Dynamite

Ultra High Frequency / We're On The Right Track

Freddie Scott / (You) Got What I Need

Brenton Wood / Some Got It, Some Don't

Nolan / I Like What You Give

Earl-Jean / I'm Into Somethin' Good

Jackie Paine / Go Go Train

Chuck Jackson / Good Things Come To Those Who Wait

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That Driving Beat - Episode 305

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:00:38 GMT

James had some fantastic record digging luck in the past week, and has some treasures to share on Chess and other labels, and Uwe's got some new finds to spin too. Here's another hot 2-hour vintage soul dance party with tunes from Denise LaSalle, The Radiants, Mary Wells, Gene Chandler, Mitty Collier, and more!

Originally broadcast March 17, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Lee Webber / Party Time

Buddy Ace / Got To Get Myself Together

Timmy Willis / Gotta Get Back To Georgia

Gene Chandler / Nothing Can Stop Me

Jan Bradley / I'm Over You

Mary Wells / Me Without You

Johnny Holiday / Tormented

Jackie Wilson / Squeeze Her - Tease Her (But Love Her)

Maurice & the Radiants / Baby You've Got It

Dora Hall / Hang On Sloopy

Denise LaSalle / Count Down (And Fly Me To The Moon)

Ray Stanley / Market Place

Vigor Fisher / Padiddle

The Penguins / Hey Seniorita

Mitty Collier / My Babe

Lloyd Price / Bad Conditions

Love and Brotherhood / You're My Man

Howard Tate / That's What Happens

The Rustix / When I Get Home

Syl Johnson / I'll Take Those Skinny Legs

Mitty Collier / Miss Loneliness

Ted Taylor / Home At Last

The Entertainers / Too Much

Scott Engel / Comin' Home

Scott Engel / Anything Will Do

Mac And Katie Kissoon / Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep

The Vontastics / I Will Always Love You

Jefferson / Baby Take Me in Your Arms

The Fabulettes / Mister Policeman

El Vireos / Silly Willy

The Radiants / It Ain't No Big Thing

Mike Leeds / Lover Baby

Steve Alaimo / Every Day I Have To Cry

Scotty Turner / Tell Your Girlfriend

Jackie Ross / Haste Makes Waste

Sue Thompson / Straight To Helen

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That Driving Beat - Episode 304

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:00:26 GMT

James and Uwe just got back from a day digging in huge dusty stacks of old 45s, and brought back a few nice scores to share with the listeners. it's another 2 hour radio dance party packed with 1960s Northern soul, rhythm & blues, pop, and mod tunes!

Originally broadcast March 10, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Johnny Thunder / Send Her To Me

Barbara Eden / Bend It

Betty Everett / I Can't Hear You

Wilbert Harrison / Near To You

Major Lance / Gotta Get Away

Georgie Fame / Get Away

Major Lance / Ain't It A Shame

The Twilighters / I Still Love You

Ruby & The Romantics / Remember Me

Damita Jo / Keep Your Hands Off Of Him

Fred Hughes / Baby Boy

Steve Alaimo / Happy Pappy

Marvin Gaye / One Of These Days

The Hesitations / Love Is Everywhere

Nina Simone / Come On Back, Jack

The Miracles / If Your Mother Only Knew

Austin Taylor / Push Push

Trade Martin / Hula Hula Dancin' Girl

Bowlegs and his Band / One More Time, Part 1

O.V. Wright / I'm In Your Corner

Etta James / Something's Got A Hold On Me

Ben E. King / Not Now (I'll Tell You When)

Wales Wallace / Somebody I Know

Willie Jones / Mary

Herbert Hunter / Hide Nor Hair

Del Shannon / Keep Searchin'

The Fifth Estate / Tomorrow Is My Turn

The Ivy League / Lonely Room

Bill Moss / Number One (Instr.)

Bob Kayli / Tie Me Tight

James Brown and the Famous Flames / Ain't That A Groove (Part 1)

Gigi / Little Bit of Lovin'

Martha & The Vandellas / Never Leave Your Baby's Side

Flaming Ember / Let's Have A Love-In (Cause Everybody Needs Love)

Barbara Lewis / I Say Love

Barbara Mason / Don't Ever Want To Lose Your Love

The Kingsmen / The Cat Walk

Jackie Wilson / Squeeze Her Tease Her (But Love Her)

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That Driving Beat - Episode 303

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:00:25 GMT

Uwe and James play a few old favorites from their early days of DJing, talk about the frustrations of keeping vintage Vespas on the road, and put together another incredible 2 hours 1960s Mod soul Radio dance party!

Originally broadcast March 3, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Tommy Tucker / High Heel Sneakers

Bobby Williams / Keep On Loving Me

Ben E. King / What Can a Man Do

Sammy Ward / Don't Take It Away

Dee Brown / Bad Habit

Pearl Woods / Sippin Sorrow

Freddy King / Monkey Donkey

Theola Kilgore / It's Gonna Be Alright

Irma Thomas / Don't Mess With My Man

Darlettes / Sweet Kind of Loneliness

Bobby Smith & The Spinners / Too Young, Too Much, Too Soon

Timi Yuro / Hurt

The Tams / Hey Girl Don't Bother Me

Chuck Jackson / These Chains Of Love (Are Breaking Me Down)

Fantastic Four / Win or Lose (I'm Going to Love You)

Micki Lynn / Some Of This And Some Of That

Soul Ambassadors / I've Got the Feeling

The Flirtations / I Wanna Be There

Archie Bell and The Drells / Wrap It Up

Otis Redding / (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher

Johnny Rivers / Roogalator

The Avengers / Crying All Alone

Stuart Paine / Have You Ever Had the Blues

David Hollis / Monkey Man

Bruce Channel / That's What's Happenin'

Kal David & The Exceptions / Searchin'

Raymond and Eddie / Oh, Pretty Woman

Irma Thomas / Break-A-Way

Jerry Williams / Sock It To Yourself

Lou Johnson / Magic Potion

Wally Cox / Some Wonderful Day

Cassietta George / Somebody's Watching

The Supremes / The Happening

Kim Weston / Helpless

Gail Wynters / You've Got The Power

Dean Parrish / Determination

Young Hearts / Get Yourself Together

Mongo Santamaria Orchestra / Yeh-Yeh!

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That Driving Beat - Episode 302

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:00:45 GMT

There's another fresh batch of old records at the Midnight Hour Sound System headquarters for another action-packed episode of That Driving Beat! Shake it to rare soul, rhythm & blues, and Mod tunes by The Fabulettes, Ray Pollard, Ruby Andrews, Dusty Springfield, Barbara Lynn, Arthur Alexander, Betty Everett, and even Dolly Parton!?

Originally broadcast February 25, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Theresa Lindsey / Gotta Find A Way

Beverly Jones / Hear You Talking

The Apollas / Sorry Mama

The Ideals / Mojo Hanna

The Fabulettes / The Bigger They Are (The Harder They Fall)

Little Eva / Bend It

Dolly Parton / Busy Signal

Jack Scott / Cry, Cry, Cry

Bob and Earl / The Sissy

Billy Butler / Thank You Baby

Wade and Jamie / Don't Put Off 'Till Tomorrow

Jean King / The In-Crowd

Mel Brown / Swamp Fever

Ronnie Milsap / Total Disaster

Dusty Springfield / Silly, Silly, Fool

The Ambassadors / I Can't Believe You Love Me

Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra / Black Is Black

Patti Jerome / No More Tears

The Ronettes / Baby, I Love You

Evelyn Legrand / I Got Caught

Ray Pollard / Wanderlust

Jimmy "Soul" Clark / All Your Lovin'

Arthur Alexander / Pretty Girls Everywhere

Hedy Sontag / Bad Girl

The Five Du-Tones / The Chicken Astronaut

Ruby Andrews / Away from the Crowd

Little Willie John / Mister Glenn

Barbara Lewis / Love Makes The World Go Round

Barbara Lynn / Second Fiddle Girl

Barbara Lynn / You're Losing Me

Clara Wilson / Don't Say Nothin' Bad

Betty Everett / Please Love Me

Wade and Jamie / Send For Me

Tommy Yates & The Imperial Showband / Darling. Something's Gotta Give

Vigor Fisher / Think Of Happiness

Gail Noble / Be Good To Your Baby

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That Driving Beat - Episode 301

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:00:09 GMT

The guys have been checking out some B-sides this week, finding a few treasures hidden on the flips of hit records they didn't know (or had forgotten) about. They've both still got some recent finds that hadn't got a spin on the show yet, and some forgotten favorites dug out of the far reaches of their record vaults. It's another 2 action-packed hours of 1960 (and quite a few 1950s) R&B, Soul, Popcorn, and Mod dance tunes!

Originally broadcast February 18, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Vulcanes / Let's Go Baby

The Spellbinders / We're Acting Like Lovers

Dee Dee Sharp / Bye Bye Baby

The Showmen / You're Everything

Jackie Wilson / Am I the Man

Gail Noble / Can You? Yes, I Can!

The Toys / This Night

Paul Anka / My Baby's Comin' Home

Barbara Lewis / Think a Little Sugar

Carla Thomas / The Puppet

The Vogues / Humpty Dumpty

The High Keys / Daddy Ooh, Long Legs

The Fascinations / I'm So Lucky (He Loves Me)

Edwin Starr / I Want My Baby Back

Swamp Rats / In The Midnight Hour

Barbara Carr / Don't Knock Love

The Buena Vistas / Hot Shot

Wanda Jackson / Whirlpool

Twistin' Kings / Congo Part 1

Kim Tolliver / I Gotta Find a Way

Clarence Carter / Slip Away

Jimmy Holiday / The New Breed

Billy Joe Royal / Yo-Yo

Carol Montgomery / Wish I Didn't Love Him

Gina Boyer / Say It from Your Heart

The Tabs / Two Stupid Feet

Nathaniel Mayer & the Fabulous Twilights / Leave Me Alone

Eddie Holland / Everybody's Going

Ike Turner and his Orchestra / The Big Question

Bobby Bland / I Pity the Fool

Arthur Alexander / Baby Baby

Hedy Sontag / He Never Came Back

The Steelers / Get It From The Bottom

Maxine Brown / Let Me Give You My Lovin'

Ray Charles / Something Inside Me

Shirley Ellis / Waitin'

Bobby Hebb / Bread

The Du-Ettes / Every Beat of My Heart

Big Dee Irwin / Donkey Walk

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That Driving Beat - Episode 300

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 11:00:26 GMT

We're celebrating 300 episodes over six years of That Driving Beat! We pull out some of our all-time favorites, and stuff we're into right now for this version of the radio dance party. We've got Northern Soul anthems, R&B shakers, popcorn movers, garage rockers, and Mod swingers from Maxine Brown, Shirley Ellis, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Nina Simone, Baby Washington, Jerry Williams Jr., Terry Callier, Dean Parrish, Betty Everett, and more!

Originally broadcast February 11, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Get Out

Shirley Ellis / Soul Time

Maxine Brown / One In A Million

Bobby Hebb / Love Love Love

The Steinways / You've Been Leadin' Me On

Tony Clarke / Landslide

Levon & The Hawks / He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart)

The High Keys / Que Sera, Sera

Jimmy Elledge / Your Funny Way Of Loving Me

Dean Barlow / Don't Let Him Take My Baby

The Traits / Too Good To Be True

Pearlean Gray and the Passengers / I Don't Want to Cry

Barbara Acklin / Am I the Same Girl

Ronnie Love and His Orchestra / Chills and Fever

Rosco Gordon / You Got My Bait

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons / The Night

Nina Simone / It Be's That Way Sometime

Betty Everett / Getting Mighty Crowded

Bobby Allen Poe / Concrete Jungle

Dean Parrish / Bricks, Broken Bottles and Sticks

Anna King / The Big Change

Baby Washington / Leave Me Alone

Lew Courtney / The Man With The Cigar

Tammi Lynn / I'm Gonna Run Away From You

Jerry Williams / If You Ask Me (Because I Love You)

The Showmen / Our Love Will Grow

Roddie Joy / If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know)

Major Lance / You Don't Want Me No More

Virgil Murray's Tomorrow's Yesterday / I Still Care

The Bad Seeds / I'm A King Bee

Soul, Inc. / Midnight Hour

Terry Callier / Look At Me Now

Jackie Day / Come On Try Me

Sonny Fishback / Heart Breaking Man

The Sacred Four / Somebody Watching You

Gloria Jones / Tainted Love

Hal Frazier / After Closing Time

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That Driving Beat - Episode 299

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:00:52 GMT

Here's another 1960s dance party with lots of exciting new finds, old favorites, a few records James is potentially ready to let go, plus a recording secretly by Motown stars, and a set of unexpected R&B from two country music superstars before they went fully country. We're still turning up great 1960s records we've never heard before, and bringing them to you!

Originally broadcast February 4, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Megatons / Detroit Sound

Charles Mann / Hey, Little Girl

The Sensations / Get On Up Mama

The Voyage / Same Old Song

Curtis Knight / Ain't Gonna Be No Next Time

The Kaye Sisters / Keep On Loving Me

The Hesitations / Soul Kind of Love

Little Eva / Just One Word Ain't Enough

The Pirates / Mind Over Matter

Nella Dodds / Maybe Baby

Bonnie Lou / 24 Hours of Loneliness

Tina Marvel / Promises You Made To Me

The Du-Ettes / Move On Down the Line

Jimmy "Soul" Clark / Nothing Like A Mother

Billy Young / The Sloopy

Eddie Holland / Because I Love Her

Gene Chandler / I Fooled You This Time

Sugar & Spice / Ah Ha Yeah

Barbara Mason / Bobby, Is My Baby

Sam and Bill / I'll Try

The Supremes / Ask Any Girl

Patti Jerome / Baby Let Me Be Your Baby

Ronnie Milsap / A Thousand Miles from Nowhere

Ronnie Milsap / Ain't No Soul Left In These Ole Shoes

Charlie Rich / Hurry Up Freight Train

Charlie Rich / Lady Love

Jimmy Radcliffe / (There Goes) The Forgotten Man

Ben E. King / I Cant Break the News to Myself

The Fasinations / You Gonna Be Sorry

Billy Butler / Burning Touch Of Love

Betty Lavette / I Feel Good (All Over)

Carol Montgomery / Wish I Didn't Love Him

The Willis Sisters / The Pretty One

Fred Parris and the Restless Hearts / Land Of Broken Hearts

Lee Rogers / Boss Love

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That Driving Beat - Episode 298

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 21:17:02 GMT

James has spent another week going through the unsorted boxes of records piling up in his collection and found some great overlooked tunes. Uwe hasn't had a chance to get out and dig for new finds lately, so he's been checking out his collection for forgotten favorites. Here's another two hour dance party of 1960s soul, rhythm & blues, rock & roll, pop, and a few outliers. ** WARNING! James slipped an LP track onto the usual 45-exclusive dance floor! Prepare yourself!! **

Originally broadcast January 28, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Otis Redding / Mr. Pitiful

The Exciters / You Know It Ain't Right

Eddie Floyd / Hey Now

Jerry Butler / It's Too Late

The Drifters / Sweets for My Sweet

Cupid's Inspiration / Yesterday Has Gone

101 Strings / Astral Freakout

G.T. + 4 / Bingo

Joe Williams / High Noon

Sugarpie Desanto Pee Wee Kingsley Band / I Want To Know

Al Henderson with Boyd Bennett Orchestra / She Says "Crazy"

Roy Head / Just A Little Bit

Jr. Walker & The All Stars / I've Got To Find a Way to Win Maria Back

The Ideals / The Gorilla

B.B. King / The B.B. Jones

Woody Guenther & "Cheaters" / Bang Dancin' Time

Eddie and Ernie / That's The Way It Is

Lee LaMont / I'll Take Love

Syl Johnson / Take Me Back

Jay & The Techniques / Help Yourself To All My Lovin'

The Johnny Gibson Trio / Beachcomber

Joey Dee / What Kind of Love Is This

The Shadows / Dance On!

Jay Lewis / Had It Not Been For Love

Short People / Why'd You Put It To Me Baby

The Loveables / Take Me For A Little While

The Kingsmen / Killer Joe

The Artistics / Girl I Need You

Crazy Elephant / Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'

Barbara Acklin / A Raggedy Ride

Wilson Pickett / In the Midnight Hour

Betty Everett / You're No Good

Fats Domino / Sally Was a Good Old Girl

Eugene Church / Pretty Girls Everywhere

Marv Johnson / All the Love I've Got

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That Driving Beat - Episode 297

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:00:06 GMT

We've got new finds and old favorites on today's radio dance party! You'll hear rare upbeat 1960s soul belters, girl group pop, sophisticated big-city arrangements, gritty R&B, British Beat, garage rockers, psychedelic freakouts, and more!

Originally broadcast January 21, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Otis Redding / Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

Gladys Knight & the Pips / Just Walk in My Shoes

Junior Parker / I Got Money

Solomon Burke / Save It

Johnny Nash / Understanding

Sharon Soul / You Found My Weak Spot

The Dixie Cups / I'm Gonna Get You Yet

The Shangri-Las / Give Him a Great Big Kiss

Ruby & The Romantics / Our Day Will Come

Sheila Ferguson / How Did That Happen

Love / My Little Red Book

The Rumblers / I Don't Need You No More

The Hi Fi's / I'm A Box (Mum-Mum-Mum)

Gary "U.S." Bonds / I Wanna Holler

The Moody Blues / And My Baby's Gone

The Strangeloves / Cara-Lin

Freddy Cannon / Let Me Show You Where It's At

Bobby Fuller Four / The Magic Touch

Johnny Thunder / The Rosy Dance

Pearlean Grey And The Passengers / I Don’t Want To Cry

The Dukays / I Feel Good All Over

Ronnie Love / Chills And Fever

Bobby Darin / We Didn't Ask To Be Brought Here

Paul Anka / My Baby's Comin' Home

The Young Rascals / I've Been Lonely Too Long

Dominique Michel / La Mini Jupe

Danny & Jerry / We've Got A Groovey Thing Goin'

Terry Callier / Look At Me Now

The Joys Of Life / Descent

The Feminine Complex / Run That Thru Your Mind

The Mark V / Hey Conductor

Moby Grape / Omaha

Coasters / Love Potion Number Nine

Marlena Shaw / Let's Wade in the Water

Tony Clarke / Landslide

The Valentines / Breakaway

The Henry Watterson Expressway / You Better Take Me Home

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That Driving Beat - Episode 296

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 11:00:00 GMT

James and Uwe have been out digging and dealing to find more rare 1960s records for their collections, and they're here to share! Along with the soul and R&B you expect from That Driving Beat, they've turned up some popcorn swingers, British beat, pop tunes, and weird sounds you may dig. Turn it up!

Originally broadcast January 14, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Festivals / Music

The Dixiebelles & Cornbread & Jerry / Rock, Rock Rock

Bobby Powell / Question

Eddy "G" Giles / Don't Let Me Suffer

Bobby Copney / Love Au-Go-Go

The Ventures / Lolita Ya-Ya

Bobby Bland / Ain't Nothing You Can Do

Unit Four Plus Two / Concrete and Clay

The Boss Guitars / Man Of La Mancha

The Turtles / You Showed Me

The Jalopy Five / I Like It Like That

Evie Sands / Run Home To Your Mama

Ed Bruce / Don't Let It Happen

Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford / I Need Your Loving

Keith Powell and the Valets / Come On And Join The Party

The Merseybeats / See Me Back

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich / Bend It

The Kinks / Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy

Maxine Brown / One Step at a Time

Chuck Jackson / Hand It Over

Irene Reid / One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

Barrett Strong / I'm Gonna Cry (If You Quit Me)

Patti La Belle and the Bluebelles / Family Man

The Sweet Inspirations / Don't Fight It

Larry & The Mighty Storms / Eldorado Suzie

The Larks / Philly Dog

Lucy Campo / Evil Eye

Jackie Dee / Strolypso Dance

Ray Peterson / You Thrill Me

Ruby & The Romantics / Hey There Lonely Boy

Johnnie & Joe / Won't You Come Back To Me

Ted "Soul" Hawkins / Baby

Don Gardner / I'm In Such Misery

Tammi Terrell / Baby Don'tcha Worry

The Joys Of Life / Good Times Are Over

The Wallace Brothers / Go On Girl

The Corduroys / Too Much of a Woman

The Ad Libs / Appreciation

The Boogie Kings / Bonie Maronie

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That Driving Beat - Episode 295

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:00:28 GMT

After a hectic Holiday season messing with our schedules, James and Uwe are back together in the studio for the first episode of That Driving Beat in 2024! We've been out digging up new vintage 45 rpm vinyl treasures, and we're ready to play them directly at your faces! Two action-packed hours of upbeat soul, rhythm & blues, funk, popcorn, jazz, and more!

Originally broadcast January 7, 2024

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Edwin Starr / Way Over There

Soul Soup / Everybody Listen

The Boogie Kings / I've Got Your Number

The Martiniques / Unknown Love

Marv Johnson / I'm Coming Home

The Valentinos / It's All Over Now

Howlin' Wolf / Smokestack Lightnin'

Ann Cole / Got My Mo-Jo Working (But It Just Won't Work on You)

The El Torros / Dance With Me

Richard Berry and The Pharaohs / Have Love Will Travel

Barbara Lewis / Fool, Fool, Fool (Look in the Mirror)

Evie Sands / Take Me For A Little While

Bobby Copney / Ain't No Good

Tammi Terrell / Come On And See Me

Cathy Carlson / Hurt So Bad

Joe Hinton / I'm Satisfied

Billy Stewart / Why (Do i Love You So)

Barbara Acklin / After You

Bill Avery / Oe Oe Oewee Baby

Bill Coday / Get Your Lie Straight

Abraham & his Sons / Your Mother Understood

Mel and Tim / I Found That I Was Wrong

Brooks O'Dell / Don't Play That Song

Jackie Dee / Buddy

Brook Benton / Lie To Me

Lula Reed / You Gotta Have That Green

The Intruders / I'm Girl Scoutin'

Ann Peebles / Solid Foundation

Woody Herman / Sidewinder

Ted "Soul" Hawkins / Whole Lot Of Women

Otis Redding / Nobody's Fault But Mine

Eugene Church / Good News

Wes Montgomery / Tequila

Johnny Fortune / If You Love Me

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That Driving Beat - Episode 294

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 10:00:15 GMT

James drags a few boxes of prime 1960s soul, R&B, Mod and garage 45s down to the studio and makes a two-hour radio dance party out of the contents. You'll hear dance floor fillers from Detroit, Memphis, Chicago, Louisville, Nashville, Cincinnati, Canada, Britain, and more!

Originally broadcast December 31, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Otis Leavill / Charlotte (Yes I'm Gonna Miss You}

Sebastian Williams and his Soul Men / The One You Can't Have

Gayle Haness / We Got A Thing Going Baby

Bob & Peggy / Everybody's Talking

Jackie Shane / Stand Up Straight and Tall

Darrell Banks / Our Love (Is in the Pocket)

The Ovations / Qualifications

Louis Curry / I'll Try Again Tomorrow

Toni LaMarr / I'd Do Anything

Gene Pitney / She's a Heartbreaker

Stacy Lane / No Brags Just Facts

Laura Lee / Stop Giving Your Man Away

James Brown & The Famous Flames / I Got You ( I Feel Good)

The Ikettes / Peaches 'n' Cream

Johnny Thunder / More, More, More, Love, Love, Love

Joe-L / (I'm Not Gonna Be) Worried

Mitty Collier / Do It With Confidence

Arthur Conley / Where He Leads Me

Joe Simon / No Sad Songs

Fats Domino / Work My Way Up Steady

The Spencer Davis Group / Keep On Running

Guess Who? / Shakin' All Over

Mersey Beats USA / Stop Look and Listen

The Seeds / Pushin' Too Hard

The Beeds / Run to Her

Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders / Since You've Been Gone

Della Reese / If It Feels Good, Do It

James Hunter Six / (Baby) Hold On

The Zodiacs / This Feeling

Gerri Diamond / Give Up On Love

J.L. Smith / Did You Do The Mosquito

Louis Jones / The Birds Is Coming

Wilbert Harrison / The Horse

The Five Du-Tones / Shake a Tail Feather

Maxine Brown / I Don't Need You No More

Bobby Mitchell / Goin' Round In Circles

Lee Dorsey / Do-Re-Mi

Titus Turner / Hungry Man

Russell Evans & The Nite Hawks / The Bold

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That Driving Beat - Episode 293

Mon, 25 Dec 2023 22:15:57 GMT

This episode fell on Christmas Eve, so it's about 25% holiday songs from the likes of Carla Thomas, Otis Redding, James Brown, The Supremes and more. The rest is your usual favorite That Driving Beat radio dance party, good for all seasons!

Originally broadcast December 24, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Carla Thomas / Gee Whiz, It's Christmas

Major Lance / Rhythm

Bobby McClure / Peak of Love

The Flirtations / Christmas Time is Here Again

The Dynamics / I'm The Man

Freddy Scott and the Seven Steps / The Thing

Hank Crawford / Merry Christmas Baby

The Van Dykes / You're Shakin' Me Up

The Temptations / Slow Down Heart

The Marriotts / Tell It Like it Is

Obrey Wilson / If You Were There

Jackie Day / Come On Try Me

The Four Tops / Something About You

Don Covay / You Got Me On The Critical List

James Brown & The Famous Flames / The Christmas Song (Version 1)

Detroit Emeralds / (I'm an Ordinary Man) Take Me the Way I Am

The Showmen / In Paradise

Darrell Banks / I've Got That Feelin'

The Martinis / Holiday Cheer

Bobby Bland / Yum Yum Tree

The Cupcakes / Pied Piper

Ovella and the Overtures / That's All You Gotta Do

Otis Redding / Merry Christmas Baby

The Supremes / Twinkle Twinkle Little Me

The Velvelettes / These Things Will Keep Me Loving You

Gail Anderson / I Can't Stop It

The McCoys / Dynamite

The Trolls / Every Day and Every Night

The Kinks / Father Christmas

Sandy Nelson / Drums a Go Go

The Messengers / Midnight Hour

The Gamblers / Find Out What's Happening

Big Maybelle / 96 Tears

The Tangiers with the Jetson Band / Baby It's Cold Outside

Ike and Tina Turner / Poor Fool

James Duncan & the Duncan Trio / I'll Be Gone

Little Willie John / Don't You Know I'm In Love

The Ramsey Lewis Trio / Jingle Bells

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That Driving Beat - Episode 292

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 10:00:17 GMT

The guys had a busy weekend, so they both just brought their boxes they had together for their last DJ night out in the real world. There are some really top-notch 1960s party music records in those boxes! Two more hours of top soul, R&B, British beat, and more classic dance tunes with That Driving Beat!

Originally broadcast December 10, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Jackie Verdell / Hush

The Show Stoppers / Ain't Nothin' But a House Party

J.J. Jackson and the Jackaels / Oo-Ma-Liddi

Richard Berry / In A Real Big Way

Little Milton / Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around the World)

Pearl Woods / Right Now

Timmy Shaw / I'm A Lonely Guy

Baby Washington / Handful of Memories

Anna King / Come And Get These Memories

Anthony Raye / Give Me One More Chance

Delores Hall / Good Lovin' Man

The Casinos / I Still Love You

Lou Courtney / You Ain't Ready

Spiral Starecase / More Today Than Yesterday

Manfred Mann / If You Gotta Go, Go Now

Lee Rogers / Our Love Is More

Mary Wells / The Doctor

Baby Washington / You And The Night And The Music

Brice Coefield / Tempted

Paul Kelly / Chills and Fever

The Strangeloves / Night Time

Bobby Williams / Keep On Loving Me

The Spencer Davis Group / She Put the Hurt on Me

The Precisions / If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely)

Aretha Franklin / Mockingbird

Betty Everett / Getting Mighty Crowded

Paul Anka / Uh Huh

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons / The Night

The Soul Notes / How Long Will It Last

Lou Johnson / If I Never Get To Love You

Z.Z. Hill / You Were Wrong

Little Richard / Dance What You Wanna

Johnny Flamingo and the Cleantones / I Got Loaded

The Fascinations / Girls Are Out to Get You

P.J. Proby / Niki Hoeky

Kim Weston / Helpless

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That Driving Beat - Episode 291

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:00:59 GMT

We spin some 60s psychedelic rock on the show today along with Northern Soul, R&B, Motown, Mod and other tunes for your 1960s radio vinyl dance party. James shares a recent estate sale score than knocked a big record off his want list, and Uwe plays some new finds and favorites, including a favorite cover of a hit Rolling Stones song and a treasured Major Lance disc.

Originally broadcast December 3, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Bobby Hebb / Love Me

The Clefs Of Lavender Hill / First Tell Me Why

Salt and Pepper / Rock Me In The Cradle

Jay & The Americans / Come Dance With Me

The Ronettes / Be My Baby

The Shirelles / Mama, Here Comes the Bride

Chuck Brooks / Baa Baa Black Sheep

James & Bobby Purify / Everybody Needs Somebody

The Capitols / Zig - Zagging

Debbie Dean / Don't Let Him Shop Around

The Waters / Mother Samwell

The Fleur De Lys / Circles

The Standells / Why Did You Hurt Me

The Human Beinz / I've Got To Keep On Pushin'

Herbert Hunter / The Right String But The Wrong Yo-Yo

The Bad Seeds / I'm A King Bee

Neal and the Newcomers / Rockin' Pneumonia

The Avengers / No Wonder

Mickey Denton / Ain't Love Grand

The Freeman Brothers / My Baby

Benny Gordon & The Soul Brothers / I Can't Turn You Loose

Major Lance / You Don't Want Me No More

The Wallace Brothers / Woman, Hang Your Head in Shame

Chris Farlowe / Out of Time

The Loved Ones / Together, Together

Amen Corner / Get Back

Soul, Inc. / Satisfied

The Underdogs / Mo Jo Hanna

The Poppies / He's Ready

Don Gardner / My Baby Likes to Boogaloo

Gene Miller / I Was Wrong

Billy Stewart / Count Me Out

Connie and Clara / I Will Follow Him

Shy Guy Douglas / Evening Soul

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That Driving Beat - Episode 290

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:00:16 GMT

Uwe and James both spin a whole show of just recent finds on their recent road trip to Nashville. We had some great luck hunting in the record stores, flea markets, antique malls, and anywhere else we thought might be hiding interesting old 45s. It's a random mix of late 1950s through early 1970s rhythm & blues, northern soul, girl groups, jump blues, funk, pop, surf, budget-label soundalikes, and even a sneering slab of 1960s punky garage.

Originally broadcast November 26, 2023

The Poppies / He's Got Real Love

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Impressions / Seven Years

Chet "Poison" Ivey / In A Little While

Fay Simmons / Bells

Otis Rush / Jump Sister Bessie

Harold Burrage / I Don't Care Who Knows

The Capitols / I Got To Handle It

James & Bobby Purify / Do Unto Me

The Newcomers / The Whole World's A Picture Show

The Intruders / Don't Give It Away

The Knight Bros. / Love (Can't You Hear Me)

Billy Stewart / A Fat Boy Can Cry

Leroy Jones / Another Saturday Night

The Chellows / Big Girls Don't Cry

The Climates / Breaking Up Again

Jimmy Washington / You Oughta See My Baby

Maxine Brown / Since I Found You

The Tabs / Take My Love Along With You

The Loved Ones / Country Club Life

Don Covay & The Goodtimers / Don't Let Go

Junior Walker & The All Stars / Carry Your Own Load

Jerry Butler / A Woman With Soul

Little Milton / Driftin' Drifter

Gene Pitney / Louisiana Mama

The Ringos / Ain't No Big Thing

Gary (U.S.) Bonds / Gettin' a Groove

Gene Chandler / There Goes The Lover

Chuck Jackson / Hound Dog

Rosalind Madison / Fancy

The Teardrops / I Will Love You Dear Forever

The Groop / Tears and Joys

The High Keys / Pistol Packin' Mama

Funkadelic / I'll Bet You

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That Driving Beat - Episode 289

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 12:00:26 GMT

James and Uwe just got back to the studio from a Soul Road Trip. This time, they dug records all the way down to Nashville, TN and back, and Uwe brought his fresh finds to the studio to try them out. James will give his a wash, figure out what he's got, and play them at you on the next episode. Strap on your dancing shoes for another 2 packed hours of Soul, R&B, and Mod 1960s vinyl dancers!

Originally broadcast November 19, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Malibus / Ten Times a Day

The Spinners / For All We Know

The Platters / Fear Of Losing You

Kal David & The Exceptions / Daydreaming Of You

Dukays / Nite Owl

Jean Du Shon / Tired Of Trying

Wade Flemons / Half A Love

Earl King / Come On, Pt 1

Jimmy Hughes / I'm a Man of Action

Bobby Powell / Do Something for Yourself

The Tempests / Out Of My Life

Tony Adams / Take Me As I Am

Moses & Joshua / Get Out Of My Heart

Barbara Lewis / I'll Make Him Love Me

Ronnie Milsap / A Thousand Miles from Nowhere

Ricky Allen / I Ain't Never

Marie Knight / To Be Loved by You

Dusty Brown / Well, You Know

Rufus Thomas / Talkin' Bout True Love

The Esco's / Shame, Shame, Shame (Shame On You)

Dora Hall / Pretty Boy

Clyde McPhatter / Everybody Loves a Good Time

The Orlons / I Ain't Coming Back

Obrey Wilson / If You Where There

Linda Jones / I Can't Stop Lovin' My Baby

The Orlons / Heartbreak Hotel

Mary Wells / Bye Bye Baby

Otis Leavill / When The Music Grooves

Oscar Weathers / Just to Prove I Love You

Earl King / Don't Cry My Friend

Jimmy Holiday / I've Been Done Wrong

Don Covay & Goodtimers / 40 Days - 40 Nights

Mickey Buckins & The New Breed / Big Boy Pete

Shirley Wahls / We've Got To Keep Moving On

Etta James / Security

Sam Hutchins / Dang Me

Little Ben & the Cheers / Brown Eyed Devil

Maxine Brown / Darling, Be Home Soon

Jomo / Hangin' Out

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That Driving Beat - Episode 288

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:00:25 GMT

This episode is packed full of 1960s Rhythm & Blues, plus plenty of soul dancers, mod movers, and more! James dug up a test pressing with nothing written on the label, and it turns out it's rare soul from east Texas! Hear that and plenty more on this episode of That Driving Beat!

Originally broadcast November 12, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Fontella Bass / I Can't Rest

Chris Kenner / Land of 1000 Dances

Junior Walker & The All Stars / Ain't That the Truth

Dean Parrish / Skate Pt.1

Lucius Lawton / People Sure Act Funny

The Kit Kats / Distance

Anna King / Come And Get These Memories

Solomon Burke / Dance, Dance, Dance

Floyd Dixon / Tell Me, Tell Me

Ed Bruce / The Greatest Man

Rayford Tucker / If You Need More Time (Time Will Tell)

King Curtis / Jump Back

Popular Five / Little Bitty Pretty One

Lou Johnson / Unsatisfied

Little Carl Carlton / Competition Ain't Nothin'

Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown / C. C. Rider

Johnny Thunder & Ruby Winters / Make Love To Me

Bernadette & Her Swingin' Bears / When You're Dancin' With Me

Varetta Dillard / Scorched

Jimmie Beaumont / Everybody's Cryin'

Timmy Shaw / I'm A Lonely Guy

Mickey Denton / How the Mighty Hath Fallen

Solomon Burke / Keep Looking

Don Covay / Take This Hurt Off Me

Shelley Du Pont & The Calendars / Stop Driving Me Crazy

The Dovells / Brisol Twistin' Annie

Johnny (Guitar) Watson / Broke and Lonely

Neil Darrow / Somethin' You Got

Ernie K. Doe / A Certain Girl

Maxine Brown / Yesterday's Kisses

Jackie Wilson / I'm So Lonely

Chuck Jackson / This Broken Heart (That You Gave Me)

James Carr / Coming Back to Me Baby

Kim Weston / You Hit Me Where It Hurt Me

Marvin Gaye / I'll Be Doggone

Dyke And The Blazers / So Sharp

Larry Williams & Johnny Watson / A Quitter Never Wins

Jackie De Shannon / Just Like in the Movies

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That Driving Beat - Episode 287

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 13:00:19 GMT

Two more hours of hip-shaking, foot-stomping, floor-filling soul and R&B from the 1960s! We play one genre-bending cover of a tune from a West End musical that barely escaped the vaults, recorded in 1967 and only getting its vinyl release in 2017!

Originally broadcast November 5, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Holidays / I Keep Holding On

The Hearts / Don't Let Me Down

Gloria Taylor / You Got to Pay the Price

The Flirtations / I Wanna Be There

Serenaders / If Your Heart Says Yes

Fantastic Four / Romeo and Juliet's "I Don't Wanna to Live Without You (Play)"

The Fasinations / You Gonna Be Sorry

Georgia Gibbs / I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way

Bobby Harris / Sticky, Sticky

Lou Johnson / (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me

Jacki Bond / Reviewing The Situation

The Ideals / You Lost And I Won

Tommy Raye / You Don't Love Me

Mike Kelly / I Know

Bedford Incident / It Ain't Me, Babe

Herman Griffin & the Boys in the Band / Are You For Me Or Against Me

Marlena Shaw / Let's Wade in the Water

The Goodees / Condition Red

The Titans / Hush Puppies

Sonny Hines / Nothing Like Your Love

Clyde McPhatter / In My Tenament

Joe Graves / It's Gotta be For Real

The Sensations / Too Shy

The Impressions / Can't Satisfy

Bettye Swann / Lonely Love

Kelly Jackson / In The Middle Of Nowhere

The Precisions / Why Girl

Thelma Jones / Stronger

The Capitols / Ain't That Terrible

Bill Johnson / It Ain't Never Gonna Die

The Continental 4 / The Way I Love You

King George / So Long Johnny

Dusty Springfield / I'll Try Anything

Theola Kilgore / I Know That He Loves Me

Ruby & The Romantics / Twilight Time

Paul Kelly / Sweet Sweet Lovin'

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That Driving Beat - Episode 286

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:00:53 GMT

Uwe and James bring stacks of Mod and Northern Soul 45 rpm favorites for today's 1960s all-vinyl dance party. Enjoy tunes from Nella Dodds, Little Milton, Darrell Banks, Irma Thomas, Pat Lewis, Chuck Jackson, Etta James, and hear the story of us playing a highly in-demand Northern Soul classic by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes at a soul club night and clearing the dance floor!

Originally broadcast October 29, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Dee Clark / Crossfire Time

James Brown & The Famous Flames / Night Train

Marvin Gaye / Little Darling, I Need You

Patty LaBelle & the Bluebelles / You Forgot How To Love

Little Milton / Just A Little Bit

Alvin Cash & The Registers / The Philly Freeze

Tina Britt / You're Absolutely Right

The Vibrations / My Girl Sloopy

Major Lance / Too Hot To Hold

Darrell Banks / Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You

Jimmy Lewis / Two Women

The Lot / Loving You Is All I Do

Wilmer & The Dukes / Give Me One More Chance

Timmy Shaw / Gonna Sent You Back To Georgia

Lee Rogers / You're the Cream of the Crop

Nella Dodds / Your Love Back

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Get Out (and Let Me Cry)

Maxine Brown / You Upset My Soul

Bobby Bland / Call On Me

Irma Thomas / Time Is On My Side

Bunny & Cindy / Sure Didn't Take Long

Mike Williams / If This Isn't Love

Pat Lewis / Warning

The Olympics / Fireworks

Anna King / The Big Change

Chuck Jackson / Any Day Now

Maxine Brown / One In A Million

Betty Everett / I Can't Hear You

The Preparations / Get-E-Up (The Horse)

Bobby Freeman / C'mon and Swim

Madeline Bell / Picture Me Gone

The Diplomats / There's Still A Tomorrow

The Cookies / Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)

Lee Dorsey / Can You Hear Me

Jim Benson / Some Other Face

Etta James / Mellow Fellow

Garnett Mimms / Prove It To Me

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That Driving Beat - Episode 285

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:00:25 GMT

It's two more hours of rare soul and R&B dancers on original vinyl singles from the 1960s! We play (probably) Uwe's favorite version of "Harlem Shuffle", a soul group we know next to nothing about on a small label from Des Moines, Iowa, and a great Mod instrumental shaker record with several lies on the label. We've got a song that will make you hungry, one with some R&B nonsense about Muhammad Ali, and dozens that will make you want to dance!

Originally broadcast October 22, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Jimmy Holiday / The New Breed

Soul, Inc. / 727

Alvin Cash / Doin' the Ali Shuffle

The Traits / Harlem Shuffle

Arthur Conley / Funky Street

Jo Armstead / A Stone Good Lover

Gladys Knight & The Pips / Operator

The Martinels / I Don't Care

Spyder Turner / You're Good Enough For Me

Deon Jackson / That's What You Do to Me

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra / Cry On

The O'Jays / Stand Tall

John Stewart and Scott Engel / Greens

Lee Andrews & The Hearts / Never The Less

Betty Lavette / I Feel Good (All Over)

Tony Amaro & the Chariots / Runnin' Around

Lenny Williams / Feelin' Blue

Lonnie Youngblood / Soul Food (That's What I Like)

Ray Charles / You're Just About To Lose Your Clown

Myrna March / I Keep Forgettin'

Kathy Keegan / Nobody's Gonna Hurt You

The Dalton Boys / I've Been Cheated

The Kingston Trio / Parchment Farm

Bobby McClure / Peak of Love

Kim Tolliver / I Gotta Find A Way

Gary "U.S." Bonds / I Wanna Holler

Al "TNT" Braggs / You're Something Else

Bobby Williams / You Waited Too Long

Little Jerry Williams / I'm the Lover Man

Eddie Holland / What About Me

Joe Simon / No Sad Songs

Kim Weston / A Thrill A Moment

Ronnie Milsap / Total Disaster

Bobby Moore and the Formost / Girl You Do Something To Me

The Sherrys / Slop Time

Steve Mancha / You're Still In My Heart

McKinley Mitchell / No Love Like My Love

Dean Parrish / Determination

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NOT That Driving Beat - Power Trash 60s rock

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 12:00:33 GMT

James fills in for one of his favorite WXOX shows: POWER TRASH. Don't worry if that doesn't mean anything to you, this is one tight hour of garage rock, British Beat, 60s pop, etc. Rare local presses, major hit acts, B-sides, and missed opportunities, all on 45 rpm vinyl, of course.

Originally broadcast October 18, 2023

The Masque / Black is Black

The Last Word / Can't Stop Loving You

The Montanas / You've Got To Be Loved

Cousins / Take Your Love and Shove It

The Third Booth / I Need Love

The Clique / Superman

The Scotland Yardleys / Some Guys Have It (Some Guys Never Will)

The Pleasure Seekers / Light of Love

Peter And Gordon / Love Me, Baby

Tony Mason with the Starfires / Woe Is Me

The Satans / Big Boss Man

Load Of Rock / Sore Feeling

Them / Mystic Eyes

The Shadows of Knight / Bad Little Woman

The Yo-Yo's / Leaning On You

The Nocturnals / You Lied

The MC5 / I Can Only Give You Everything

The Who / Summertime Blues

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That Driving Beat - Episode 284

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:00:57 GMT

James is steering the ship solo today, and he mixes some popcorn and midtempo stuff into the driving beat soul. He also plays a few local tunes, including one by Sonny Fisher (aka Fishback), one produced in Nashville by a renowned country music producer, and one he had to buy a copy from England to bring back home to Louisville.

Originally broadcast October 15, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Bobby Marchan / I've Got A Thing Going On

Little Jerry Williams / Just What Do You Plan to Do About It

J.B. Troy / Ain't It The Truth

Edwin Starr / Twenty Five Miles

The Heartbreakers / I've Got To Face It

Chuck Edwards / Sweet Sweet Love

Sonny Fisher / I'm Going (All The Way)

Big Maybelle / Same Old Story

Freddie Houston / Soft Walkin'

The Sultans / I Feel Your Love Growing Cold

Barrett Strong / You Knows What to Do

Dionne Warwick / You Can Have Him

Jackie Wilson / Sing (And Tell the Blues So Long)

The Depressions / House of Silver

Louisiana Red / Sugar Hips

Jimmy Dee And The Mighty Dee Jays / I Don't Know What's Troubling Me

Andre Odom / Turn On Your Love Light

Alex Bradford / Am I Wrong?

Grady Lloyd / Lay Down Your Arms

Bobby Allen Poe / Concrete Jungle

Bobby Bland / A Piece of Gold

The Shirelles / Too Much of a Good Thing

The Marvelettes / Keep Off, No Trespassing

Dean Parrish / Tell Her

The Dells / Wear It On Our Face

The Berkshire Seven / Crazy Kind Of Feeling

Jimmy McCracklin / Beulah

Charlie Rich / Hurry Up Freight Train

The Furys / Never More

Tracey Dey / Blue Turns to Grey

Benny Lattimore / Snap Your Fingers

Freddie North / How to Cry

Edwin Starr / Girls Are Getting Prettier

The Mighty Hannibal / Jerkin' the Dog

Otis Clay / It's Easier Said Then Done

Mel "Pig" Robbins / Fidgety

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That Driving Beat - Episode 283

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:00:11 GMT

James has been out on the high seas and picked up a stack of old soul records in Maine, of all places! He spins them for the first time fresh out of the brown paper bag from the record store. Uwe brought some favorites out of his play box from our Soul Strike dance party nights at Vernon Lanes here in Louisville. It's two more hours of (mostly) 1960s Mod dance party!

Originally broadcast October 8, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Clarence Carter / Tell Daddy

Shorty Long / Wind It Up

Little Carl Carlton / Why Don't They Leave Us Alone

The Soul Twins / She's The One

Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin / Will I Find Love

The Valli Boys / Night Hawk

The British Walkers / Diddley Daddy

The Tams / I've Been Hurt

The Pack / Next To Your Fire

The Raelets / One Room Paradise

Ella Washington / The Affair

Susan Barrett / It's No Secret

Jackie Ross / Don't Change Your Mind

The Radiants / I'm Glad I'm The Loser

Jimmy Hughes / You Really Know How To Hurt a Guy (You Really Know How To Make Him Cry)

Four Tops / Something About You

Jimmy Hughes / The Loving Physician

The Admirations / Don't Leave Me

Del Thompson / The Love Waiting For Me

The Darnells / Too Hurt To Cry, Too Much In Love To Say Goodbye

Tension / It's a Fact

Chuck Jackson / This Broken Heart That You Gave Me

The Minute Men / Over The Top

Chubby Checker / Hey You! Little Boo-Ga-Loo

Little Milton / Feel So Bad

Chuck Jackson / These Chains Of Love (Are Breaking Me Down)

Bob Seger / Jesse James

Micki Lynn / Some Of This And Some Of That

Oscar Toney Jr. / You Can Lead Your Woman to the Altar

Denise LaSalle / The Right Track

The Traits / Too Good To Be True

Teardrops / Tears Come Tumbling

Lee Rogers / Cracked Up Over You

Lorna Doone / Who Knows It?

The Flirtations / Nothing But a Heartache

Al Perkins / Snap Your Fingers

The Freeman Brothers / My Baby

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That Driving Beat - Episode 282

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:00:37 GMT

Another action-packed two hour rare soul vinyl dance party! Uwe is digging into some 1970s soul sounds he didn't always appreciate. They're not Too Funky anymore! The guys talk about how tastes migrate and evolve over years of record digging. Get your dancing (or record nerding) shoes on!

Originally broadcast October 1, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Marvin Gaye / Can I Get A Witness

Darrell Banks / Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You

The Sandpebbles / Forget It

Freda Payne / I Shall Not Be Moved

Jackie Ross / Dynamite Lovin'

Roscoe Robinson / That's It

The Spellbinders / A Little On the Blue Side

Edwin Starr / Agent Double-O Soul

Z.Z. Hill / No More Doggin'

Peggy Scott / Killing My Heart Again

Freddie Scott / (You) Got What I Need

Phillip Mitchell / The World Needs More People Like You

Harry Starr / Step Into My World

Solomon Burke / Down In the Valley

Don Covay / Take This Hurt Off Me

Gene Chandler / Don't Have to Be Lying Babe (Part 1)

The Blackbyrds / Walking in Rhythm

Sugar / Dynamite

Wilson Pickett / Night Owl

The Sugar Cakes / When I'm With You

Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr / You're All I Need To Make It

The Marvelettes / Too Many Fish in the Sea

The Tempests / Would You Belive

Billy Sha-Rae / Do It

The Moonlighters / Right On Brother

The Tams / Hey Girl Don't Bother Me

Jimmy McCracklin / The Walk

Edwin Starr / My Weakness Is You

Levon & The Hawks / He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart)

Bobby Hebb / Love Love Love

The Delcos / Arabia

Bettye Scott and the Del-Vetts / Good Feeling

Gerald Sims & The Daylighters / Cool Breeze

J.J. Barnes / Real Humdinger

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That Driving Beat - Episode 281

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:00:50 GMT

James runs the radio dance party solo this week, and plays a hot mix of Northern Soul, R&B, Motown, garage rock, and British Beat tunes, all with That Driving Beat.

Originally broadcast September 25, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Jay & The Techniques / Baby How Easy Your Heart Forgets Me

Four Tops / I'll Turn to Stone

William Bell / Never Like This Before

Bobby McClure / Peak of Love

Larry Barnes / Rags is Rags

The Trolls / Every Day and Every Night

Jackie Wilson / Soul Time

Brian Redmond and the Sound Box / Boogaloo Up Bord Du Lac

The McCoys / Dynamite

Mary Wells / The One Who Really Loves You

Radiants / I Got A Girl

Harvey Russell & the Rogues / Shake Sherry

Ronnie Milsap / Ain't No Soul Left in These Old Shoes

The Sensational Epics / I've Been Hurt

The Metros / Since I Found My Baby

Inez and Charlie Foxx / Undecided

The Diplomats / There's Still a Tomorrow

? and The Mysterians / Can't Get Enough of You, Baby

The Zephyrs / She's Lost You

The Chosen Few / The Earth Above The Sky Below

The Beeds / Run to Her

The World Column / Midnight Thoughts

The Younghearts / A Little Togetherness

The Velvelettes / These Things Will Keep Me Loving You

Chris Clark / I Want To Go Back There Again

The Yardbirds / Heart Full of Soul

Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders / Since You've Been Gone

The Executives / Bad Reputation

The Epic Splendor / It Could Be Wonderful

The Flock / Take Me Back

Jewel Akens / Little Bitty Pretty One

Timmy Willis / Mr. Soul Satisfaction

Sam Baker / I Can't Stand It

The Precisions / If This is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely)

The Nerve / Satisfying Kind

Short Kuts / Stubborn Kind of Fellow

Bob Seger / Ramblin' Gamblin' Man

The New Yorkers / Seeds of Spring

Chuck Jackson / Girls, Girls, Girls

The Ikettes / Peaches 'n' Cream

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That Driving Beat - Episode 280

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:00:34 GMT

Two more action-packed hours of soul, R&B, and other 1960s dance tunes! You'll hear Gene Chandler, The Velvelettes, Lou Johnson, James Carr, J.J. Barnes, Tina Britt, Billy Stewart, Bobby Hebb, two by Chubby Checker, a silly thing about The Beatles, Northern Soul classics by The Valentines and Tony Clarke, plus one from somebody just called Tim?

Originally broadcast September 17, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Mitty Collier / Do It With Confidence

The Human Beinz / Nobody But Me

Otis Redding / Don't Mess With Cupid

The Velvelettes / These Things Will Keep Me Loving You

Gene Chandler / A Song Called Soul

The Impressions / You've Been Cheatin'

Smokey Johnson / I Can't Help It (Part 1)

Lynn Martini & the Jolly Jax / Now

The Valentines / Breakaway

Tony Clarke / Landslide

Louis Curry / I'll Try Again Tomorrow

Long John Baldry / Let Him Go (And Let Me Love You)

Lou Johnson / If I Never Get To Love You

Billy Stewart / Summertime

Ernie K-Doe / Mother In Law

Paul Revere & The Raiders / Have Love, Will Travel

Chubby Checker / Back In The U.S.S.R.

The Contours / Just a Little Misunderstanding

The Olympics / Do the Slauson Shuffle

Edwin Starr / Agent Double-O-Soul

Jackie Wilson And Count Basie / Chain Gang

Chubby Checker / (At the) Discotheque

Jimmy George / It Was Fun While it Lasted

J. J. Barnes / Real Humdinger

Ray Charles / If You Were Mine

James Carr / That's What I Want To Know

The Best Of Both Worlds / Moma Bakes Buiscuits

Little Carl Carlton / Competition Ain't Nothin'

Gerry and the Pacemakers / Jambalaya

Martha & The Vandellas / One Way Out

Tina Britt / Look

The Elgins / Heaven Must Have Sent You

The Patty Cakes / I Understand Them (A Love Song to The Beatles)

Bobby Hebb / Love, Love, Love

Tim / I Need Your Love

Dobie Gray / Out on the Floor

Len Barry / 1-2-3

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That Driving Beat - Episode 279

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:00:07 GMT

We go heavy on the 1960s rock in this episode. garage, proto-punk, British Beat, rock & roll, and more. The Kingsmen, The Commons LTD, The Liverpool Five, The Kinks, The Chosen Few, The Beckett Quintet, The Chicago Loop, Mouse and the Traps, and lots more "The" groups from the USA and Britain, plus Mexico and New Zealand!

Originally broadcast September 10, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Zodiacs / This Feeling

Cannibal & The Headhunters / Love Bird

The Sultans / I Know It's True

Tommy Adderley with Max Merritt and the Meteors / I Just Don't Understand

The Squares / Square Rock, Pt. III

Bobby Barnett / Moanin' The Blues

The Small Faces / Hey Girl

The Human Beings / Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby

The Kingsmen / Searching For Love

Terry Knight and The Pack / Numbers

James and Bobby Purify / I Was Born To Lose Out

Ian & The Zodiacs / This Empty Place

Los Johnny Jets / Es Lupe (Hang On Sloopy)

The Beckett Quintet / No Correspondence

The Carnaby Street Runners / Live and in Person

Gates of Eden / Girls, Girls, Girls

The Kinks / A Well Respected Man

The Liverpool Five / Too Far Out

The Chosen Few / It Just Don't Rhyme

The Last Word / Can't Stop Loving You

The Chicago Loop / This Must Be the Place

The Beat Merchants / So Fine

The Shevelles / I Can Conquer The World

Prentiss McPhail / Moolah Man

The Bloos Magoos / So I'm Wrong And You Are Right

The Commons, LTD / I'm Going To Change The World

The Kingsmen / The Climb

Danny & Jerry / Mo'reen

The Exiles / Come On

The Birdwatchers / I'm Gonna Do It To You

Stuart Paine / It's Good to Know

Moe, Adrian, & The Sculptors / Shotgun

Fountain Of Youth / Livin' Too Fast

Mouse and the Traps / Beg Barrow and Steal

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That Driving Beat - Episode 278

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:00:41 GMT

James has been digging up vinyl treasure, from 1950s R&B to 1960s soul, and a little bit of late 60s psych rock. Uwe has been digging in his own collection for some old favorites. It's time for your weekly 2-hour Mod vinyl dance party!

Originally broadcast September 3, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

J.L. Smith / Did You Do The Mosquito

The Drifters / At The Club

Sebastian Williams and his Soul Men / The One You Can't Have

Roscoe Robinson / That's Enough

Bobby Freeman / She Said She Wants to Dance

James Brown & The Famous Flames / Shout and Shimmy

Big Jay McNeely & Band / ...Back ...Shack ...Track

Bobby Bland / I Pity the Fool

Jimmy Reed / Baby What You Want Me To Do

Bobby Bland / Shoes

Wynona Carr and the Bumps Blackwell Band / Please, Mr. Jailer

Inez Foxx / Confusion

Wally Cox / Some Wonderful Day

Billy Stewart / Sugar And Spice

Sebastian Williams and his Soul Men / Shucks

Soul Brothers Six / I'll Be Loving You

Andy and the Marglows / Superman Lover

Lou Johnson / Unsatisfied

Len Barry / Sweet and Funky

Bettye Swann / Make Me Yours

Dusty Springfield / Little By Little

The Tempos / (Countdown) Here I Come

Jay Dee Bryant / Get It (Come On And Get It)

Mongo Santamaria Orchestra / Yeh-Yeh!

The Carnations / Punctuation

The High Keys / Que Sera, Sera

The Bloos Magoos / The People Had No Faces

Graffiti / Love In Spite

Elysian Field / Strange Changes

Bob Seger & The Last Heard / East Side Story

The Casuals / Money (That's All I Want)

Little Johnny Taylor / You Win, I Lose

Lee Dorsey / Ride Your Pony

Chuck Jackson / Hand It Over

Jerry Williams / Sock It To Myself

Billy Butler / Right Track

The South Street Soul Guitars / South Street

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That Driving Beat - Episode 277

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:00:09 GMT

Another 2-hour rare 1960s soul dance party, with new finds and old favorites!

Originally broadcast August 27, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Billy Graham & The Escalators / Oop-Poo-Pa-Doo

"Singing" Sammy Ward / That Child Is Really Wild

Marlena Shaw / Let's Wade in the Water

Major Lance / You Don't Want Me No More

The Sharpees / I've Got A Secret

The Fascinations / Girls Are Out to Get You

Betty O'Brien / Money Honey

The Contours / Pa I Need A Car

Jimmy Hughes / I'm a Man of Action

Barbara Mason / Ain't Got Nobody

Tony Middleton / My Home Town

Gladys Knight & The Pips / Just Walk In My Shoes

Roddie Joy / If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know)

Chris Campbell / You Gotta Pay Dues

Betty O'Brien / Why Me?

Wanda Rouzan / Would You Love Me

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity / This Wheel's On Fire

The New Arrivals / Somebody Else

The Babies / The Hand Of Fate

Gloria Jones / Tainted Love

The Orlons / Rules of Love

Curtis Byrd & The Joe-Rag Singers / Turn Some More Lights On

Jimmy Radcliffe / (There Goes) The Forgotten Man

Jo Ann Garrett / That Little Brown Letter

Mary Wells / (Hey You) Set My Soul On Fire

Mona Lisa And His Orchestra / They Don't Know Pt.1

The Orlons / Heartbreak Hotel

The Hi Fashions / Mr. Policeman

Syndicate of Sound / Keep It Up

The 21st / I Just Can't Forget Your Name

The Shadows / Shake Sherry

The Isley Brothers / Have You Ever Been Disappointed

Young Holt Unlimited / California Montage

Mato & the Mystics / Soul Groove

Little Milton / So Blue (Without You)

Louis Curry / I'll Try Again Tomorrow

The Spinners / I Cross My Heart

Earl Lewis & The Channels / She Blew My Mind

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That Driving Beat - Episode 276

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:00:36 GMT

James once again shares his theory that the best version of every Bob Dylan song is by someone other than Bob Dylan, and plays a pair of covers of a song written by an artist you'll never hear on That Driving Beat: Paul Simon?! We play a version of The Snake that predates the Al Wilson, and it's not Oscar Brown! Two more hours of hard-hitting 1960s dance music, for dancing!

Originally broadcast August 20, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Soul Sisters / Loop de Loop

Bo Diddley / Another Sugar Daddy

Bedford Incident / It Ain't Me, Babe

James & Bobby Purify / Help Yourself (To All of My Lovin)

Jimmy Hughes / It Was Nice

The Velvelettes / Lonely, Lonely Girl Am I

The Surf Suns / Still In Love With You Baby

Los Bravos / Two People In Me

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich / Hold Tight!

The Five Americans / I See The Light

Chuck Jackson / I've Got To Be Strong

Vito & The Salutations / I Want You To Be My Baby

Albert King / C.O.D.

Lee Rogers / Go-Go Girl

Junior Wells / You're Tuff Enough

The Whispers / I Can't See Myself Leaving You

James Duncan / Mr. Goodtime

Jackie Wilson / Baby Workout

The Esquires / Get On Up

The Flamingos / The Boogaloo Party

Solomon Burke / Peepin'

Billy Joe Young / The Push

The Temptashuns / The Big "B"

Gene McDaniels / Chip Chip

Frank Gari / Love That's Where It Is

Brenda & The Tabulations / You've Changed

Paul Penny / The Snake

Walter Jackson / One Heart Lonely

Lucius Lawton / People Sure Act Funny

Al Kent / The Way You Been Acting Lately

The Chicago Loop / Richard Corey

Them / Richard Cory

The Sir Douglas Quintet / In Time

The Alphabetical Order / All Over The World (La La)

The Precisions / Why Girl

J.J. Jackson / But It's Alright

The Andrew Oldham Orchestra / The Last Time

Panic Buttons / O - Wow

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NOT That Driving Beat

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 09:45:20 GMT

We got an extra hour on our FM radio home WXOX before That Driving Beat, so we brought in some other records we like that don't fit in our regular show. We spun The Stranglers and The Damned, Jarvis Cocker solo, Suede, Swamp Dogg, Charlie Rich, Blondie, some German New Wave, and Tina Turner covering Kris Kristofferson.

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That Driving Beat - Episode 275

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:00:55 GMT

James and Uwe have both been out digging near and far for records to move your feet in this week's Soul, R&B, and garage rock radio dance party. Uwe pulled a super-rare Texas garage rock shaker out of a nearby flea market, and James has a stack of new finds from digging in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.

Originally broadcast August 13, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Toni LaMarr / I'd Do Anything

Jackie Wilson / Come Back to Me

Johnny Flamingo and the Cleantones / I Got Loaded

Cosmo / You Can't Get Kissed (When You Twist)

Bobby Fuller Four / Love's Made A Fool Of You

The Marketts / Vanishing Point

Wilson Pickett / Baby Call On Me

The Bad Seeds / A Taste Of The Same

The Indigos / What Good Am I Without You

Nancy Wilson / No One Else But You

J.B. Troy / Ain't It The Truth

Percy Sledge / Heart of a Child

The C and C Boys / It's All Over Now

Four Tops / Since You've Been Gone

Bobby Harris / Password Is Love

Chuck Langley / Since My Girl Left Me

Tom Dooley / Can't Turn You Loose

The Angels / You're The Cause Of It

The Everpresent Fullness / Darlin' You Can Count On Me

The Third Rail / Boppa Do Down Down

Vi Campbell / Seven Doors

The Shirelles / Nobody's Baby After You

Shirley Wahls / Half A Man

The Temptations / Gonna Give her All The Love I've Got

Tony Borders / What Kind Of Spell

The Sound Judgement / Happy Without You

J.J. Jackson / Down But Not Out

The Fireballs / Woman Help Me

Leslie Uggams / A House Built On Sand

Etta James / Steal Away

Etta Jones / You Came a Long Way from St Louis

The Uniques / My Babe

The Endeavors / I Know You Don't Want Me

Bill Moss / Sock It to 'Em Soul Brother (Instrumental)

Hal Frazier / After Closing Time

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That Driving Beat - Episode 274

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 14:00:02 GMT

James ran the show solo this time around, and brought some Louisville groups like the Monarchs, the Carnations, the Tren-Dells, the Mercy Men, and The Mersey Beats USA to the dance floor along with tunes by Slim Harpo, the Shells, Madeline Bell, Nolan Porter, the Crystals, Mable John, and many more.

Originally broadcast August 6, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Willie Hightower / Walk A Mile in My Shoes

Lou Johnson / Unsatisfied

Garnet Mimms / Prove It to Me

The Tren-Dells / Hully Gully Jones

Richard Berry & The Pharaohs / Louie Louie

Little Johnny Taylor / Somewhere Down the Line

Troy Keyes / Love Explosion

The Shells / Whiplash

Charlie Rich / I Can't Go On

The Monarchs / This Old Heart

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra and Chorus / Oh, Lady Luck

Louis Jones / The Birds Is Coming

Slim Harpo / Don't Start Cryin' Now

Sammy Turner / Goodnight, Irene

Lenny Welch / Coronet Blue

Mercy Men / You Made It Thunder

Peaches and Herb / I Need Your Love So Desperately

Bob and Earl / Harlem Shuffle

The Carnations / Casual

The Chateaus / Count On Me

Mersey Beats USA / Stop Look and Listen

Company Front / I'm So Happy Now

Madeline Bell / Picture Me Gone

Shades of Blue / Oh How Happy

The Jerms / I'm a Teardrop

Nolan Porter / If I Could Only Be Sure

Jimmy Hughes / I Want Justice

Arthur Conley / I Can't Stop (No, No, No)

Mable John / It's Catching

The Time Keepers / 3 Minutes Heavy

Major Lance / The Monkey Time

Little Emmett Sutton / Mom, Won't You Teach Me To Monkey

The Crystals / Walkin' Along (La La La)

Jay Wiggins / No Not Me

Jackie Verdell / Hush

The Isley Brothers / You Better Come Home

Alvin Cash & The Crawlers / Twine Time

Mary Ann Fisher / Forever More

Soul Sisters / I Can't Stand It

Ernie K Doe / Dancin' Man

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That Driving Beat - Episode 273

Tue, 01 Aug 2023 14:00:51 GMT

Two more hard-hitting hours of mostly 1960s soul, R&B, and mod dancers, all on original 45 rpm vinyl! We hear from Dobie Gray, Betty Lavette, Bobby Rush, Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers, Barbara Lewis, The Radiants, Trade Martin, Charlie Rich, and two sides from the most famous person to ever come out of Louisville (who wasn't even known as a musician)!

Originally broadcast July 30, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Billy Young / The Sloopy

Bobby Rush / Much To Much

Freddy King / Monkey Donkey

Jimmy Holiday / You Won't Get Away

Betty Lavette / I Feel Good (All Over)

Darlettes / Lost

The Tren-Dells / Love

Hank Ballard / Do Yo Know How To Twist

Solomon Burke / Dance Dance Dance

Little Willie John / Right There

Cassius Clay / Stand By Me

Jackie Wilson / I Don't Want to Lose You

Cassius Clay / I Am The Greatest

The Vibrations / Finding Out The Hard Way

Dobie Gray / The "In" Crowd

Chubby Checker / (At the) Discotheque

Billy Harner / She's Almost You

James & Bobby Purify / Do Unto Me

The Du-ettes / Move On Down the Line

The Sharpees / Make Up Your Mind

Curtis Knight / Ain't Gonna Be No Next Time

Barbara Lewis / I Remember the Feeling

Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers / Emulsified

Laura Lee / Wanted: Lover (No Experience Necessary)

Archie Bell & The Drells / Archie's In Love

Charlie Rich / Love Is After Me

Jackie Wilson / I Believe I'll Love On

The Temptations / Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)

Bill Black's Combo / Little Queenie

Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / No Good To Cry

Alvin Cash & The Scott Brothers Orchestra / Keep On Dancing, Pt. 1

Maurice and the Radiants / I Gotta Dance To Keep My Baby

The Emperors / Karate

Tommy Good / Baby I Miss You

Lou Rawls / When Love Goes Wrong

Trade Martin / Sixteen Tons

Ben E. King / Gloria Gloria

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That Driving Beat - Episode 272

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:00:30 GMT

We've been out there shaking the trees again, and come up with some new old 45 rpm Soul, R&B, Mod, and garage rock singles from the 1960s to share. The radio dance party includes Luv Bugs, Cupcakes, The Choir, The Monarchs, and even the Serenaders! Plus, you'll hear Shirley Ellis, Bo Diddley, Otis Redding, Kim Weston, Darrell Banks and more. All original vinyl singles, all for dancing, all with That Driving Beat!

Originally broadcast July 23, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

James Davis / I'm Gonna Tell It On You

The Luv Bugs / Mama's Gonna' Whip You

Delores Hall / Good Lovin' Man

Kim Weston / Helpless

Bob & Earl / The Sissy

The Poets / She Blew a Good Thing

Serenaders / If Your Heart Says Yes

Freddie Scott / Run Joe

The Cupcakes / Pied Piper

Clarence Henry / Little Suzy

Debbie Dovale / I'm My Own Doctor

Little Anthony & The Imperials / Goodbye Goodtimes

Michael & The Messengers / Up Til News

Otis Redding / (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher

The Choir / It's Cold Outside

The Ikettes / Don't Feel Sorry For Me

Shirley Ellis / The Nitty Gritty

Bobby Bell / Drop Me A Line

Shirley Ellis / Give Me A List

Billy Stewart / Fat Boy

Gerry & The Pacemakers / Skinny Minnie

The Artistics / I'll Leave It Up To You

The Monarchs / Guess Who

Marathons / Peanut Butter

Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs / Take What You Can Get

Reggie La Mont / How Lonely (Can One Man Be)

Darrell Banks / I've Got That Feeling

Little Richard / I Don't Want To Discuss It

The Choir / I'm Going Home

Billy Butler & the Enchanters / Gotta Get Away

Classics IV Feat. Dennis Yost / Stormy

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons / The Night

Bo Diddley / Say! (Boss Man)

Sugar Pie De Santo / I Don't Wanna Fuss

Delores Hall / W-O-M-A-N

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That Driving Beat - Episode 271

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:00:20 GMT

We picked up a few new Rhythm & Blues recordings on Cincinnati's King Records label, and we keep the R&B theme going through the entire show, with a few diversions for some Northern Soul and Mod tunes. Two full hours of (mostly) 1960s 45 rpm dance music!

Originally broadcast July 16, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Ray Charles and His Orchestra / I Don't Need No Doctor

Freddy King / I'm Tore Down

Johnny (Guitar) Watson / Broke and Lonely

Pearl Woods / Sippin Sorrow

The Five Stars / Hey Juanita

Wilson Pickett / Let Me Be Your Boy

James Brown & The Famous Flames / Night Train

Eugene Church / Sixteen Tons

Eugene Church / Miami

Little Willie John / Fever

Jackie Shane / Any Other Way

Mitty Collier / Don't Let Her Take My Baby

Johnny O'Brien & The Stereomonics / Wabash Blues

Tamiko / Don't Laugh If I Cry At Your Party

The Bracelets with the Hutch Davie Orchestra / Waddle Waddle

The Ad Libs / Kicked Around

Sugar Pie De Santo / Slip-In Mules (No High Heel Sneakers)

Debbie Dean / Don't Let Him Shop Around

The Dynamic 7 / Squeeze Me - Part I

Susan Barrett / What It Gonna Be

James Carr / Talk Talk

The Depressions / House of Silver

Ricky Allen / It's A Mess I Tell You

The Du-Ettes / Sugar Daddy

The Vulcanes / Walkin' To Memphis

Pearlean Gray / I Don't Want to Cry

Mel Torme / Comin' Home Baby

Benny Spellman / Fortune Teller

The Majestics / The Boss Walk (Part I)

The Traits / Too Good To Be True

Virgil Griffin / Climbing

Walter Scott and the Kapers / Brand New Girl

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra and Chorus / Oh, Lady Luck

E. Rodney Jones / R & B Time (Part 1)

Little Bobby Moore / The Ginger Snap (Do The)

Richard Berry / In a Real Big Way

Howard Tate / How Come My Bull Dog Don't Bark

Carolyn Crawford / I'll Come Running

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That Driving Beat - Episode 270

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:00:00 GMT

We get back to the roots of That Driving Beat in this episode, with 2 full hours of hard-driving 1960s soul, R&B, and Mod dancers all on 45 rpm vinyl singles. Shake your tamborine!

Originally broadcast July 9, 2023

Bobby Marchan / Shake Your Tambourine

Deon Jackson / That's What You Do To Me

Z.Z. Hill / Set Your Sights Higher

Bunny Siegler / Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Bobby Bland / Getting Used To The Blues

Major Lance / I Just Can't Help It

The Fabulous Peps / So Fine

Little Charles and the Sidewinders / It's A Heartache

Gentleman June Gardner / It's Gonna Rain

Barbara & Brenda / A Special Kind Of Love

Blinky & Edwin Starr / Oh How Happy

Al Perkins / Nothing Is Impossible

The Casualeers / You Betta Be Sure

The Showmen / Our Love Will Grow

Jacki Bond / Reviewing The Situation

Sheila Ferguson / How Did It Happen

Baby Washington / It'll Never Be Over for Me

Nina Simone / It Be's That Way Sometime

Maxine Brown / One In A Million

Little Joe Cook / You Make Me Want to Cry

Bob Cain / Ladies Man

Ike & Tina Turner / Dust My Broom

Jackie Shane - Frank Motley & The Motley Crew / Money

Darrell Banks / I've Got That Feelin'

Johnny Adams / Don't Wait Too Long

The Delacardos / She's The One I Love

Marlena Shaw / I'm Satisfied

Big Ella / The Queen

Anna King / The Big Change

Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto / Do I Make Myself Clear

Chris Clark / Do Right Baby Do Right

Lorna Doone / Dangerous Town

The Wildweeds / No Good To Cry

The Larks / Mickey's East Coast Jerk

The Mighty Hannibal / Jerkin' the Dog

Walter Scott / It's Been A Long Time

Martha & The Vandellas / In My Lonely Room

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That Driving Beat - Episode 269

Tue, 04 Jul 2023 14:00:00 GMT

Rhythm & Blues, Northern Soul, rare popcorn, plus Batman songs, a Camel Walk, and us losing track of what we played again. It's another all-vinyl 2 hours of rare vinyl 45s from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, all for dancing.

Originally broadcast July 2, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

J. J. Barnes / Chains of Love

Three Karats / Yes I Will

The Moments / Money, Money

Don and Dewey / Big Boy Pete

Wilbert Harrison / Cheating Baby

The Three Degrees / Do What You're Supposed to Do

The Dooley Sisters / Spider In The Web

Eydie Gorme / Love Me Forever

Solomon Burke / More Rockin Soul

Donnie Elbert / Sweet Baby

Stuart Paine / Have You Ever Had the Blues

The Pacers / Big Batman

The Jades / NASA Special

The Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale / Robin's Theme

Young Hearts / Get Yourself Together

Dan Brantley / Please Accept My Love

Gene Chandler / Mr. Big Shot

Brian Hyland / The Joker Went Wild

Dean Parrish / Tell Her

Micki Lynn / Sure Is Something

Candace Love / Wonderful Night

Bobby Patterson / What A Wonderful Night For Love

Freddie Hughes / I Gotta Keep My Bluff In

Bobby Mac / Walkin' Together

The Saxons / Camel Walk, Pt. 2

The Marketts / Batman Theme

The American Breed / Step Out of Your Mind

The Fenways / The Fight

The Kingsmen / Give Her Lovin'

Tina and the Mustangs / Smokey Joe's

Four Tops / Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

Joe Simon / I Got A Whole Lot Of Lovin'

Clarence Carter / Sixty Minute Man

Johnny Moffett / I Found Joy

John Edwards / Stop This Merry -Go- Round

The Volumes / Ain't That Lovin' You

The Montclairs / Unwanted Love

Della Reese / Ninety-Nine and 1/2 Won't Do

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That Driving Beat - Episode 268

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:00:30 GMT

The guys almost have this radio broadcasting thing down after over five years, but that charming amateurism is still on display. Here's 2 more hours of your radio dance party. We've got Sonny Fishback under his own name and his Sonny Fisher alias on this episode, plus K.C. Douglas, Johnny Nash, The Toys, The Shirelles, James Carr, Betty Everett & Jerry Butler, Detroit soul from Al Kent, The Four Sonics, and Marvin Gaye, plus a short diversion into some English-language Montreal pop!

Originally broadcast June 25, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Chuck Edwards / Sweet Sweet Love

Sonny Fisher / I'm Going (All The Way)

Brenda & The Tabulations / The Wash

The Young Folk / Lonely Girl

Jimmy Thomas / Hurry And Come Home

Bobby Jameson / I'm Lonely

K.C. Douglas / The Little Green House

Young Hearts / Get Yourself Together

The Soul Clan / Soul Meeting

Betty Everett & Jerry Butler / Ain't That Loving You Baby

Deon Jackson / Love Takes a Long Time Growing

Al Kent / The Way You Been Acting Lately

The Four Sonics / It Takes Two

The 4 Seasons / Beggin'

Walter Jackson / One Heart Lonely

The Ovations / They Say

Vernon Harrell / If This Ain't Love (Ain't No Cows In Texas)

The Toys / May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone

The Shirelles / Too Much of a Good Thing

Timi Yuro / What’s A Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)

Marvin Gaye / Your Unchanging Love

Cassietta George / Somebody's Watching

Kim Tolliver / I Gotta Find A Way

The Artistics / The Chase Is On

Jerry-O / Funky Boo-Ga-Loo

Wilmer & The Dukes / Give Me One More Chance

Don Gardner / My Baby Likes to Boogaloo

Sonny Fishback / Heart Breaking Man

James Carr / Coming Back to Me Baby

Elvis Presley / Rubberneckin'

The Classels / Tomorrow May Be Too Late

Solomon King / I Get That Feeling Over You

The Kingsmen / The Wolf Of Manhattan

Ray Singer / Who Can I Talk To About It

James Brown & His Orchestra / Out Of Sight

Johnny Nash / Understanding

Charlie Rich / Hurry Up Freight Train

The Fenways / Hard Road Ahead

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That Driving Beat - Episode 267

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:00:58 GMT

We stuck to the soul and R&B on this episode, with room for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Joe Simon, The Casinos, Ronnie Milsap, Erma Franklin, Tina Turner, Chuck Jackson, and more. It's your two-hour radio dance party!

Originally broadcast June 18, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Wilbert Harrison / The Horse

Sam Cooke / Shake

Yolanda and the Charmanes / There Oughta Be A Law

Chuck Jackson / This Broken Heart You Gave Me

Mary Wells / Bye Bye Baby

The Casinos / I Still Love You

Fay Simmons / Bells

Baby Washington / A Handful of Memories

Otis Redding / I'm Depending On You

Otis Clay / I Testify

The Hesitations / Soul Kind of Love

Joe McLean / Let's Talk About Love (Part 1)

Chambers Brothers / Let's Do It (Do It Together)

Larry & the Hippies / Enough For Everybody

Della Reese / Compared to What

Joe Simon / Don't Let Me Lose The Feeling

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Get Out (and Let Me Cry)

The Olympics / Baby Do the Philly Dog

Four Tops / Something About You

The Marvelletes / Too Many Fish In The Sea

The Sacred Four / Somebody Watching You

Anthony & The Imperials / Yesterday Has Gone

Eddie Holman / Stay Mine for Heaven Sake

The Peps / This I Pray

Erma Franklin / Piece of My Heart

Gene McDaniels / Tower of Strength

Erma Franklin / Baby, What You Want Me to Do

J.J. Barnes / Please Let Me In

Ernie Johnson / Cold, Cold Heart

The Carousels / Never Let Him Go

The Contours / Can You Jerk Like Me

Marty Balin / Nobody But You

Ronnie Milsap / Total Disaster

Billy Stewart / Summertime

Ike & Tina Turner / Poor Fool

Timi Yuro / What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)

Don Covay & The Goodtimers / Mercy, Mercy

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That Driving Beat - Episode 266

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:00:08 GMT

James did the usual thing and carried a box of 1960s 45 rpm singles down to the studio. You'll hear Barbara McNair and Barbara Acklin, Marvin Gaye, some popcorn R&B by Marie Knight, British tunes by The Pretty Things, the Honeycombs, and even Peter Cook and Dudley Moore on the right turntable.

Uwe went weird, and brought ONLY LPs! We almost never play LPs! He runs the left turntable at 33 rpm and gives you The Last Shadow Puppets, Georgie Fame, Bob Kuban & The In-Men, Stone Foundation, rare early Bowie, Mod Revival, the Specials, and more.

Tune in now for a variable speed That Driving Beat!

Originally broadcast June 11, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore / Love Me

Stone Foundation / Bring Back the Happiness

Barbara Acklin / Am I the Same Girl

Bob Kuban and the In-Men / Get Out

Marvin Gaye / At Last (I Found a Love)

Purple Hearts / If You Need Me

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore / Bedazzled

The Last Shadow Puppets / The Age of the Understatement

The Kingsmen / Daytime Shadows

The Jam / Beat Surrender

Marie Knight / To Be Loved by You

Frances Faye / Comin' Home Baby

Barbara McNair / Here I Am Baby

Adriano Celentano / Ciao Ragazzi

Roger James Four / Leave Me Alone

The McCoys / High Heel Sneakers

Mouse and the Traps / Lie, Beg, Borrow and Steal

The Specials / Stereotype

The Soul Notes / How Long Will It Last

Dexy's Midnight Runners / Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)

Anglo Saxton / Ruby

David Bowie / Space Oddity

The Myddle Class / Gates Of Eden

Georgie Fame / Do The Dog

The Four Finks / Ka-Bongin'

The Standells / Barracuda

Jerry Woodard / Sweet Sweet Woman

The Righteous Brothers / Baby, What You Want Me To Do

The Honeycombs / I Can't Stop

The Artwoods / I Keep Forgettin'

The Pretty Things / Don't Bring Me Down

The Specials / (Dawning of a) New Era

Freddie Hubbard / First Light

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That Driving Beat - Episode 265

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 14:00:34 GMT

We say goodbye to Tina Turner in this episode with a few of her 1960s records, and Uwe found where he'd been hiding a lot of his favorite Northern Soul classics. Here's another installment of your 1960s soul, R&B, and mod vinyl dance party.

Originally broadcast June 4, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Vibrations / Watusi Time

Gloria Jones / Heartbeat Part 1

Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples / Ain't That Good

Darrell Banks / Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You

Harry Batchelor And The Mighty Crowns / Just A Few More Minutes

Dobie Gray / Out on the Floor

Ike & Tina Turner / Mind In a Whirl

Tony Clarke / Landslide

Ike & Tina Turner / A Fool In Love

Wanda Jackson / Whirlpool

Titus Turner / Baby Girl Pt.1

The Valentines / Breakaway

Wilson Pickett / Toe Hold

R. Dean Taylor / There's A Ghost In My House

Patti Drew / Workin' On A Groovy Thing

Dinah Shore / Thirteen Men

Jane Morgan / Maybe

Johnny Dollar / His Eyes

Alpha Zoe / Hello Stranger

Bettye Swann / Make Me Yours

The Road / Mr. Soul

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons / The Night

Dennis Coffey / Ride, Sally, Ride

The Tempos / (Countdown) Here I Come

Ike & Tina Turner / The Hunter

Terry Callier / Look At Me Now

The Blue Chords / The Mini Movement

Major Lance / You Don't Want Me No More

Lenny Welch / Coronet Blue

Gloria Jones / Tainted Love

The Strangeloves / Night Time

The Triumphs / Walkin’ The Duck

Ike & Tina Turner / Two Is a Couple

Jackie Lee / Do the Temptation Walk

Occasions / There's No You

Edwin Starr / Agent Double-0-Soul

Booker T & the M.G.'s / Hip Hug Her

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That Driving Beat - Episode 264

Tue, 30 May 2023 14:00:10 GMT

We forgot how to work the studio for a bit at the beginning of this one. We've only been doing this for over 5 years, after all. In spite of all that, we've got 2 more hot hours of upbeat Soul, R&B, and Mod dancers, all from the 1960s or thereabouts, all on original vinyl 45 rpm singles! Uwe promises a mellow time, but ends up pulling a lot of pounding soul movers out of his box. James dug a few Midnight Hour Sound System oldies out of his collection, tunes that we played a lot in the early days of our collecting and DJing that have fallen off our playlists as we've picked up new-to-us old vinyl.

Originally broadcast 5/28/2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Curtis Lee & The K C P's / Everybody Is Going Wild

The Drifters / At The Club

The Dells / Wear It On Our Face

The Traits / Harlem Shuffle

The Radiants / Hold On

Wilson Pickett / Let Me Be Your Boy

Joe Tex / Show Me

Arthur Alexander / Baby Baby

The Impacs / Shimmy, Shimmy

Gene Chandler / There Was a Time

The Brownettes / Baby, Don't You Know

Barbara Carr / Shake Your Head

Johnny Daye / Give Me Back My Ring

Paul Anka / My Baby's Comin' Home

Betty Everett / What Is It?

Chuck Jackson / I Keep Forgettin

Jerry Butler / I Can't Stand To See You Cry

Lou Johnson / Magic Potion

Eldridge Holmes / If I Were a Carpenter

Ronnie Love / Chills And Fever

Rodge Martin / Lovin' Machine

Chuck Jackson / I Don't Want To Cry

Wallace Brothers / Love Me Like I Love You

Arthur Alexander / Pretty Girls Everywhere

The James Gang / For a Little of Her Sunshine

The Furys / Never More

Diana Ross & The Supremes / Some Things You Never Get Used To

Billy Joe Royal / Heart's Desire

Spiral Starecase / More Today Than Yesterday

Roy Hamilton / Don't Come Cryin' to Me

Solomon Burke / Detroit City

Steve Alaimo / Every Day I Have To Cry

Little Carl Carlton / Competition Ain't Nothin'

Bobby McClure / The Peak Of Love

Etta James / Miss Pitiful

Theola Kilgore / I Know That He Loves Me

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That Driving Beat - Episode 263

Tue, 23 May 2023 14:00:07 GMT

James bought some records out of a school bus, and Uwe brings in a few non-English language things. We discuss whether these records are antiques, or just old. James breaks a loved and loathed record live on air! On purpose! (Don't worry, it was worn out and going to the trash anyway). It's another 2 hour radio dance party of 60s soul, R&B, and Mod tunes, all on 45 rpm vinyl!

Originally broadcast May 21, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Johnny Thunder / Groovy Two Shoes

Eddie Holman / What About Me

Mary Wells / Ain't It the Truth

Harriette Blake / Turn Around Boy

Alvin Cash & The Registers / Let's Do Some Good Timing

J.J. Barnes / Show Me the Way

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell / Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By

Les Tallmud / J'ai Cru A Mon Reve

The Excels / The Arrival Of Mary

Lesley Gore / Je Ne Sais Plus (You Don't Own Me)

Madeline Bell / Picture Me Gone

Patrice Holloway / The Touch of Venus

Deanna Brewer / I've Gotta Know

Caterina Villalba / Quando La Luna

Bobby Bland / Good Time Charlie

Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans / Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart

Davis & Jones and the Fenders / Boss With The Hot Sauce

The Raelets / One Room Paradise

Al Wilson / The Snake

Mitty Collier / My Babe

The Kingsmen / (You Got) The Gamma Goochee

The Vibrations / Watusi Time

Major Harris / Loving You More

Sharon Soul / You Found My Weak Spot

Freddie Scott / (You) Got What I Need

Ketty Lester / River of Salt

Steppenwolf / Sookie Sookie

The Beacon Street Union / Blue Suede Shoes

Small Faces / Tin Soldier

Blues Magoos / Gotta Get Away

The Sensations / Lonely World

Charlie Rich / Love Is After Me

The Orlons / I Ain't Coming Back

Carla Thomas / I Can't Take It

Walter Bishop Jr. / Coral Keys (Pt. 1)

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That Driving Beat - Episode 262

Tue, 16 May 2023 14:00:35 GMT

James cleaned up up a bunch of Jerry Butler records to play, and Uwe rediscovered some old favorites in his collection. It's 2 more hours of 1960s and 70s soul, R&B, and mod tunes to get your feet moving!

Originally Broadcast on May 14, 2023

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Jerry Butler / What's the Use of Breaking Up

Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto / In the Basement, Pt. 1

Etta James / You Got It

Jimmy Holiday / You Won't Get Away

Anna King & Bobby Byrd / Baby, Baby, Baby

Marlena Shaw / Let's Wade in the Water

Barbara Mason / Bobby, Is My Baby

The Shirelles / No Doubt About It

Dean Parrish / Tell Her

Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels / Break Out

Jerry Butler / Good Times

Henrietta & The Hairdooz / You Got A Lot to Learn

Bruce Channel / That's What's Happenin'

Baby Washington / Doodlin

Isley Brothers / Shout (Pt.1)

Junior Parker / I Feel Alright Again

J.J. Jackson / But It's Alright

Syndicate of Sound / The Upper Hand

The Wild Ones / Come On Back

? And The Mysterians / Can't Get Enough Of You, Baby

Cleo Page / Goodie Train (Prt. 1)

The Heartbreakers / I've Found a New Lover

Jackie Wilson / (I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is Real

Syl Johnson / Kiss By Kiss

Jerry Butler / Hey, Western Union Man

Sammy Ward / Don't Take It Away

Little Johnny Taylor / If You Love Me (Like you Say)

Nina Simone / Work Song

Mitty Collier / Ain't That Love

Bill Deal & the Rhondels / Day By Day My Love Grows Stronger

Andre Franklin with the Preston Epps Trio / Say Yeah!

Little Milton / She Put A Spell On Me

Jerry Butler / Windy City Soul

Human Beinz / I've Got To Keep On Pushin'

The Royal Kings / Take Some Time

The Clefs Of Lavender Hill / Stop! - Get a Ticket

Luther Ingram / I Can't Stop

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That Driving Beat - Episode 261

Tue, 09 May 2023 14:00:19 GMT

Originally Broadcast on May 7, 2023

Uwe is back in the studio, we've both got some new dusty vinyl finds to share. There are some great tunes we didn't know were hiding on flip sides of hits, a few European releases, some late 70s soul sounds we rarely play on That Driving Beat, plus the kind of Northern Soul, 60s R&B, Popcorn, and other Mod-friendly tunes we love to spin.

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Ernie Tucker / Can She Give You Fever

Chris Kenner / Land of 1000 Dances

Tammi Terrell / This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)

Larry Williams / Boss Lovin'

Ben E. King / Gloria Gloria

Dee Dee Sharp / (Heart & Soul) Baby I Love You

The 5th Dimension / Too Poor to Die

Roscoe Robinson / That's It

Jackie Wilson And Count Basie / Uptight

Peggy Scott / Killing My Heart Again

Gene Chandler / I Fooled You This Time

Johnny Dunn / Darlin'

The Marvelettes / I Want A Guy

Baby Washington / Hey Lonely One

Chairmen of the Board / (You've Got Me) Dangling On a String

Syl Johnson / One Way Ticket To Nowhere

Vicki Anderson / No More Heartaches, No More Pain

Prince Philip Mitchell / One On One

Otis Clay / Turn Back the Hands of Time

The Shirelles / Last Minute Miracle

Barbara Lynn / Oh! Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')

Bobby Moore and the Formost / Girl You Do Something To Me

Rufus Thomas / Greasy Spoon

The Ska Kings / Jamaica Ska

Ola & The Janglers / Let's Dance

Adriano Celentano / Sono Un Simpatico

The Traits / Some Day Some Way

The Human Beinz / This Little Girl Of Mine

The Chosen Few / Stop In The Name Of Love

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich / Last Night In Soho

Roosevelt Nettles / Drifting Heart

The O'Jays / Stand Tall

Johnny Fuller / She's Too Much

Dee Dee Sharp / Let's Twine

The Spencer Davis Group / Looking Back

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That Driving Beat - Episode 260

Tue, 02 May 2023 14:00:51 GMT

Originally Broadcast on April 30, 2023

James runs the show solo again, and gets into some crossover soul sounds, garage rock, and funky things, plus the usual That Driving Beat northern soul and R&B tunes. You'll hear Solomon Burke, Betty Everett, The Dynamic Tints, Nolan Porter, Tina Britt, Clarence Reid, The Metros, The Leaves, The Gentrys, Travis Wammack, and so much more.

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Robert Parker / Everybody's Hip Huggin

The O'Jays / Looky Looky (Look At Me Girl)

Wilson Pickett / Don't Fight It

Solomon Burke / Stupidity

The Magictones / Happy Days

The Capitols / Ain't That Terrible

Clarence Reid / Let Those Soul Sounds Play

The Dynamic Tints / Be My Lady

Joi / Spring Fever - Part 1

Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band / Love Land

Joe Jeffrey / The Train

The Mob / Give It To Me

Arthur Conley / Funky Street

Lenny Williams / Feelin' Blue

Travis Wammack / Louie Louie

The Revels with Sam Eddy / It's Party Time

The Mindbenders / Love is Good

The Gentrys / Brown Paper Sack

Willie Hightower / Walk a Mile in My Shoes

Sight Unseen / One More Thing

Dramatics / Your Love Was Strange

The Moonlighters / Right On Brother

The Metros / Since I Found My Baby

Tina Britt / You're Absolutely Right

Melodics / Ain't That Sharing My Love

Nolan Porter / If I Could Only Be Sure

Betty Everett / Hands Off

Patty La Belle and the Blue Belles / Tear After Tear

Steve Alaimo / I Told You So

Patty & The Emblems / Mixed - Up, Shook - Up, Girl

Bobby Bland / Today

The Girl Watchers / Lonely Avenue

The Megatons / Detroit Sound

Otis & Carla / Tramp

The Blue Beats / Extra Girl

The Kitchen Cinq / Still in Love With You Baby

The Muffets / Lost

The Leaves / Too Many People

Dumpy "Piano" Rice / The In Crowd

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That Driving Beat - Episode 259

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 14:00:29 GMT

Originally Broadcast on April 23, 2023

James did a little record shopping on Record Store Day, but only for dusty old 45s. Uwe is off attending Northern Soul nights and riding a Vespa around Vienna, so James gets all 2 hours to spin new finds and old favorites, including Northern Soul, Mod R&B, garage rock, and a few songs that would be too funky for Uwe.

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Otis Redding / Hey Hey Baby

Bobby Bland / These Hands (Small But Mighty)

Pat Lewis / Warning

The Velvelettes / These Things Will Keep Me Loving You

Gladys Knight & The Pips / If You Gonna Leave (Just Leave)

The Precisions / What I Want

Betty Lavette / I Feel Good (All Over)

Erma Franklin / Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)

Ann Peebles / I Pity the Fool

Ella Fitzgerald with Jimmy Jones & His Orchestra / These Boots Are Made For Walkin'

The Buckinghams / I'll Go Crazy

Eric Burdon & The Animals / See See Rider

MC5 / Kick Out the Jams

Don & Jerry with The Fugitives / In The Cover of Night

Donald Height / Talk of the Grapevine

Jackie Day / Come On Try Me

The Marvelettes / Keep Off, No Trespassing

The Tempests / Out Of My Life

Titus Turner / Hungry Man

The Vibraharps / Cosy with Rosy

Chuck Berry / Almost Grown

Little Johnny Taylor / Somewhere Down the Line

Oscar Weathers / Just to Prove I Love You

Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr / You're All I Need To Make It

The Emotions / Baby, I'm Through

Lloyd Price / Bad Conditions

The Nocturnals / You Lied

The Rave-Ons / The Line

The Yo Yo's / Leaning On You

The Temptashuns / The Big "B"

The Buena Vistas / Here Come Da Judge

Junior & The Classics / Kill the Pain

Jackie Lee / The Chicken

James Brown and the Famous Flames / I Got The Feelin'

The Malibus / Ten Times a Day

Harry Starr / Another Time, Another Place

The Dynamics / I'm The Man

Quincy Jones / Shagnasty

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That Driving Beat - Episode 258

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:00:27 GMT

Originally Broadcast on April 16, 2023

We veered a little outside of our usual lane of Northern Soul and R&B in this episode to include some ska, pop, rock, funk, crossover, psych, jazz, and a weird Kentucky psych/funk/country rarity by "Daniel". Listen to us struggle to not giggle like teenagers playing a song called "Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)" right out there on the FCC-regulated airwaves!

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Ray Charles & The Raelets / I Chose to Sing the Blues

Little Anthony & The Imperials / Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop

Ernie K Doe / Dancin' Man

The Bodysnatchers / Let's Do Rock Steady

The Liverpool Five / She's Mine

The Lovejoys / He Ain't No Angel

Bobby Bland / I'm So Tired

The Lovelites / My Conscience

Ruby Andrews / You Made A Believer (Out Of Me)

Bobby Bland / I Pity the Fool

The Rolling Stones / Gotta Get Away

Prince Buster & The All Stars / Al Capone

The Stained Glass / Corduroy Joy

T.I.M. Love / The Lively One

Gene Chandler / Mr. Big Shot

Patty Labelle & The Bluebells / You Forgot How To Love

The Spiral Starecase / Inside, Outside, Upside Down

The Sweet Inspirations / I'm Blue

Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford / I Need Your Lovin'

Buddy Lamp / I Wanna Go Home

The Royal Five / Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)

Desmond Dekker & The Aces / You Can Get It If You Really Want

The Stained Glass / We've Got a Long Way to Go

Jerry Lee Lewis / Hit The Road Jack

Rotary Connection / Love Me Now

Barbara Lewis / Make Me Your Baby

Kroner's Duo / Blue Guitar

Peggy Lee / Fever

Daniel / Exit Door 1

The Specials / Ghost Town

Cozy Eggleston Quartet / Cozy's Wham!

Trini Lopez / Rosita

Episode Six / Mr Universe

Barbara Jones / Slim Boy

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That Driving Beat - Episode 257

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:00:52 GMT

Originally Broadcast April 9, 2023

James has been checking out the flip sides of a few of his records, and finding great stuff he didn't know was back there! Uwe brings a few great Louisville and Kentucky records. You'll hear tunes from the Flirtations, Freddie Scott, Christine Cooper, The Miracles, Lou Johnson, Billy Stewart, James Carr, Don Bryant, and the Osmonds?!

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Edwin Starr / Agent Double-O-Soul

Jimmy Norman / I Don't Love You No More (I Don't Care About You)

The Flirtations / How Can You Tell Me?

The Miracles / You're So Fine and Sweet

Gayle Haness / We Got A Thing Going Baby

Kevin McQuinn / Ev'ry Step Of The Way

Freddie Scott / (You) Got What I Need

Big Fred & The Ovations / Kinda Groovey

The Spectrum / Portobello Road

The Temptashuns / Strawberry Man

Gene Chandler / Nothing Can Stop Me

Little Anthony and The Imperials / Hurt So Bad

Lily Fields / A Boy In A Man's World

The Flaming Ember / Westbound #9

Billy Stewart / Ol’ Man River

Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / Hi-Diddley Dee Dum Dum (It's A Good Feelin')

Don Bryant / Coming On Strong

Emotions / Every Man

The Original Emotions / You're A Better Man Then I

The Fabulous Shades / Mr. Pitiful

Ronnie Milsap / A Thousand Miles from Nowhere

Jimmy Norman / This I Beg of You

The Miracles / You Really Got A Hold On Me

The Temptations / Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)

The Miracles / Happy Landing

The Osmonds / Yo-Yo

Christine Cooper / S. O. S. (Heart In Distress)

Lou Johnson / Unsatisfied

Jimmy Holiday / I've Been Done Wrong

Cosmo / You Gotta Dance

Billy Stewart / Every Day I Have the Blues

James Carr / That's What I Want To Know

Rusell Evans & the Nite Hawks / Send Me Some Cornbread

The Original Playboys / Now That I'm Somebody

The Exciters / Tell Him

Soul, Inc. / 727

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That Driving Beat - Episode 256

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 14:00:54 GMT

Originally Broadcast April 2, 2023

Uwe brought a big box of Motown singles down to the studio today, and James has some recent finds and old favorites. It's two more hours of fantastic soul, R&B, northern soul, popcorn, and other mod vinyl sounds to get your heart pumping and your feet jumping.

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Bunny & Cindy / Sure Didn't Take Long

The Monitors / Don't Put Off 'Til Tomorrow What You Can Do Today

Oscar Weathers / The Spoiler

Kim Weston / Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)

Dusty Springfield / Don't Forget About Me

The Four Tops / Reach Out I'll Be There

Baby Ray / The House On Soul Hill

The Exceptions / Just For Today

Scotty McKay / Sittin' Down And Cryin'

Brenda Holloway / Starting The Hurt All Over Again

The Players / I Wanna Be Free

Tammi Terrell / Hold Me Oh My Darling

Clyde McPhatter / I Ain't Givin' Up Nothin' (If I Can't Get Somethin' From You)

Shorty Long / Your Love Is Amazing

Lord Sitar / Black Is Black

Kenny & The Accents / Good Soul Lovin'

The Shangri Las / Heaven Only Knows

The Tren-Dells / I'll Be There

The Traits / Harlem Shuffle

The Velvelettes / A Bird In the Hand (Is Worth Two In the Bush)

Jackie Moore / Here I Am

Isley Brothers / I Guess I Always Love You

Chris Clark / I Want To Go Back There Again

The Elgins / Put Yourself In My Place

The Shirelles / Love That Man

Kim Weston / Another Train Coming

Chris Kenner / Sick and Tired

The Monarchs / This Old Heart

Jimmy Reed / Two Ways to Skin (A Cat)

Fresh Start / Long Time Comin'

The Ovations / Qualifications

The Temptations / Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)

The Drifters / Baby What I Mean

Jimmy Ruffin / As Long As There Is L-O-V-E Love

The Vanguards / I Can't Use You Girl

Edwin Starr / He Who Picks A Rose

Dumpy "Piano" Rice / The In Crowd

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That Driving Beat - Episode 255

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:00:01 GMT

Originally Broadcast March 26, 2023

Another two-hour radio (or podcast) vinyl dance party, with The Younghearts, Bobby McClure, Irma Thomas, Ted Taylor, Steve Mancha, Nella Dodds, The Jagged Edge, The Razor's Edge, a snake song, a gorilla song, and more!

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Younghearts / A Little Togetherness

The Yellow Payges / Finger Poppin' Party

The Creations / Plenty Of Love

Thelma Jones / Stronger

Bobby McClure / I'll Be True to You

The Jagged Edge / Deep Inside

The Razor's Edge / Gotta Find Her

Liverpool Five / The Snake

The Trashmen / Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

The Ideals / The Gorilla

Tony Newman / Let The Good Times Roll

The Artistics / The Chase Is On

The Three Degrees / Sugar on Sunday

Top Shelf / No Second Thoughts

Irma Thomas / I Did My Part

The Flamingos / Brooklyn Boogaloo

The Bishops / Hollywood Scene

The Cake / You Can Have Him

The Cool-Tones / Ginchy

Billy Young / The Sloopy

Dan Daniels / My Baby Is Good People

Ted Taylor / Need You Home

Big Maybelle / 96 Tears

Mitty Collier / My Babe

Otis Clay / She's About a Mover

Bruce Duncan and the Impulses / Lonely Too Long

Al Adams / Baby It's Love

Steve Mancha / You're Still In My Heart

The Virginia Wolves / Stay

Barbara Lynn / Club A-Go-Go

The Vibrations / Love In Them There Hills

Joe Tex / I'll Never Break Your Heart (Prt.1)

Jimmy Cliff / Give and Take

Nella Dodds / Your Love Back

Small Faces / It's Too Late

Jimmy Parker / They Say

Mike Adkins and the Lemon Extract / Static

Ace Canon and his Alto Sax / Sea Cruise

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That Driving Beat - Episode 254

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:00:53 GMT

Originally Broadcast March 19, 2023

We spin 2 more hours of great northern soul, rhythm & blues, girl groups, and other classic dancers from the likes of The Continental 4, Big Maybelle, The Tams, The Marvelettes, Ronnie Milsap, Benny Spellman, The Showmen, Edwin Starr, Gerri Diamond, and more.

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Patti Austin / Got To Check You Out

Thelma Jones / The House That Jack Built

Ricky Allen / You'd Better Be Sure

The Seminoles / It Takes A Lot

Ronnie Milsap / Total Disaster

Trade Martin / We'll Be Dancin' On The Moon

The Continental 4 / The Way I love You

The Spectacles / The Devil Made Me Do It

The Spotlights / Batman And Robin

Jackie Lee / Cause I Love Him

Troy Keyes / Love Explosion

Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / Ain't Love Good, Ain't Love Proud

Giles Strange / Watch The People Dance

Casinos / How Long Has It Been

Ike Turner & His Orchestra / The Big Question

Benny Spellman / Walk On Don't Cry

Big Maybelle / Same Old Story

Ben E. King / I'm Standing By

The Jewels / Opportunity

Al Perkins / Step It Up

The Showmen / Take It Baby

Edwin Starr / Stop Her On Sight (S. O. S.)

Chubby Checker / The Slop

The Artistics / I'm Gonna Miss You

Eddie King / I Talk Too Much

Nancy Wilson / The End of Our Love

Small Faces / Understanding

The Barbarians / Susie Q

Mickey Dolenz / Don't Do It

The Tams / Hey Girl Don't Bother Me

Joe Tex / You Got What It Takes

The Marvelettes / Too Many Fish In The Sea

Gerri Diamond / Give Up On Love

Chuck Jackson / Hand It Over

The Fasinations / Yoou Gonna Be Sorry

Roscoe Robinson / That's Enough

Tommy Wills / Night Train

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That Driving Beat - Episode 253

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:00:39 GMT

Originally Broadcast March 12, 2023

James dug up a lot of new British Beat, Garage rock, and other Mod-friendly rockers lately he wanted to feature, so Uwe dug some of that kind of stuff out of his record vault and we did a whole show of it. We usually scatter a little of that kind of thing throughout the Northern Soul, 1960s R&B, and similar stuff we concentrate on in most episodes, but this time we let it mostly take over. We feature tunes by The Creation, The Small Faces, The Surprise Package, Zoot Money, The Liverpool Set (from Canada?), Liverpool Five (mostly from London?), and Mersey Beats USA (from Louisville?), Montreal's The Sceptres, Pennsylvania's Tony Mason and the Starfires, Cincinnati's Jordan Parker Revue, and even Lulu and Twiggy?

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Surpise Package / Out Of My Mind

The Living Legends / Soul Supper

The Gamblers / Find Out What's Happening

Cops N’ Robbers / There's Got To Be A Reason

Small Faces / I Can't Dance With You

Casey Jones & The Governors / A Legal Matter

Jordan Parker Revue / Ginger Bread Man

John's Children / Cornflake Zoo

The Mersey Beats U.S.A. / 60 Second Lover

The Hi Fashions / Billy Knows

The Nite Owls / Act Your Age

Lulu / Love Loves to Love Love

Liverpool Five / She's (Got Plenty of Love)

The Sceptres / I've Never Had a Love Like That

The Guitar Ramblers / Surf Beat

The Creation / How Does It Feel To Feel

The Rolling Stones / Mother's Little Helper

Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders / Too Much Monkey Business

Tony Mason with the Starfires / Puddin'

The Velvets / Let The Good Times Roll

The Titans / Hush Puppies

Myrna March / I Keep Forgettin'

The Liverpool Set / Oh Gee Girl

Twiggy / When I Think of You

The Crystals / Walkin' Along (La La La)

Verdelle Smith / In My Room

Jimmy Coe / French Fried

Zoot Money / Zoot's Suite

The Surprise Package / Everything Fine

Roy Buchanan / Green Onions

The Hollies / Stop Stop Stop

Georgie Fame / In the Meantime

Hugh Masekela / Along Comes Mary

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That Driving Beat - Episode 252

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 15:00:29 GMT

Originally Broadcast March 5, 2023

James runs the show solo today, spinning some new finds and old favorites by Singin' Sammy Ward, Brenton Wood, The Tempests, Darrell Banks, Johnny Jungletree, Baby Washington, and a funky thing from a Blob movie soundtrack!

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Singin' Sammy Ward / Big Joe Moe

Ike & Tina Turner / Worried and Hurtin' Inside

The Midnighters / Tore Up Over You

The Sensations / My Heart Crys For You

Richard Berry and The Pharaohs / Louie Louie

The Smoothtones / Little Cupid

JerryO / Karate Boo-Ga-Loo

Brenton Wood / Boogaloosa Louisian'

Stacy Lane / Funky Little Train

Don Covay & The Goodtimers / Snake In The Grass

The Isley Brothers / You Better Come Home

Jackie Ross / I've Got The Skill

Tracey Dey / Blue Turns to Grey

The Raeletts / Keep It To Yourself

The Tempests / Would You Belive

Betty Everett / Getting Mighty Crowded

Jerry Butler / Just For You

The Platters / Sweet, Sweet Lovin'

Edwin Starr / Twenty Five Miles

Soul Brothers Six / Your Love is Such a Wonderful Love

Darrell Banks / Our Love (Is in the Pocket)

Stacy Lane / No Brags Just Facts

The Blobs / Party Pooper

Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo 7 / 100 Days, 100 Nights (pt. 1)

Freddy Scott and the Seven Steps / The Thing

Twistin' Kings / Congo Part 1

Mickey Buckins & The New Breed / Big Boy Pete

Johnny Jungletree / Old New Orleans

The Jimmy Velvet Five / Good, Good Lovin'

Johnnie Taylor / Just the One I've Been Looking For

Christine Quaite / In The Middle of The Floor

The Clickettes / I Just Can't Help It

Baby Washington / It'll Never Be Over for Me

The Honeybirds / Who You Gonna Run To

The Shadows / Shake Sherry

Cosmo / Sweetheart Please Don't Go

Len and Glen / Write Me Baby, Please!

Jimmy McGriff / All About My Girl

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That Driving Beat - Episode 251

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:00:55 GMT

Originally Broadcast February 27, 2023

James and Uwe have been wandering the countryside looking for records, and found some real treasures by The Halos, Buddy Lamp, the Precisions, Arthur Conley, The Metros, Hal Blaine, Kim Weston, The Hesitations, The Superiors, an unearthed Aretha Franklin tune, some popcorn gold, plus a few real obscurities. It's a real unplanned mess of new stuff we've found, all for dancing.

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Harold Hopkins / Ooh Baby

Casinos / Forever And A Night

The Halos / Do I?

Verdelle Smith / Walk Tall

The Lovelites / How Can I Tell my Mom & Dad

The Seminoles / I Can't Stand It

Aretha Franklin / Mockingbird

Trade Martin / That Stranger Used to Be My Girl

Joe Jones / When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver

John Thomas and Orchestra / Heartbreak (It's Hurting Me)

Arthur Conley / Where You Lead Me

The Coasters / Love Potion Number Nine

Leon Thomas / L-O-V-E

Soulosophy / Take Me To The Pilot

Kathy Keegan / Nobody's Gonna Hurt You

Benny Spellman / Please Mr. Genie

Roy Milton / I'm Forgettin' About You

The Superiors / What Would I Do

The Masqueraders / I Don't Want Nobody To Lead Me On

The Living Legends / Monkey Don't Care

The Scavengers / I Don't Need Her Now

The Barbarians / What the New Breed Say

The Teddy Neely Four / Jet Set

The Kinks / Never Met a Girl Like You Befor

Billy "The Kid" Emerson / The Whip (Prt. 1)

The Isley Brothers / The Snake

Big Dee Irwin / Donkey Walk

The Metros / Let's Groove

Hal Blaine His Drums and Orchestra / Drums A Go Go

Sandy Nelson / Drums A Go Go

The Volumes / Gotta Give Her Love

The Precisions / A Place

Buddy Lamp / My Tears

Kim Weston / Looking For The Right Guy

The Hesitations / Soul Kind of Love

Micki Lynn / Sure Is Something

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That Driving Beat - Episode 250

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:00:34 GMT

Originally broadcast February 19, 2023

It's the 250th episode of That Driving Beat! We gathered some of our absolute favorite soul and R&B records from our collections to celebrate 250 episodes over the last 5 years! These are some of the records that bring us the most joy as we browse our record vaults, the ones we're thrilled to have and to be able to share. We're talking gems by Terry Callier, Jerry Williams, Jackie Shane, The Showmen, Marlena Shaw, Chuck Wood, Pearlean Gray, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, and even a few local Louisville records by artists like Sonny Fishback and Soul, Inc.

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Chuck Wood / Seven Days Too Long

The Dells / Wear It On Our Face

Gene Chandler / Mr. Big Shot

Bobby McClure / The Peak Of Love

Nelson Sanders / This Love is Here to Stay

Johnny Jones And The King Casuals / Purple Haze

Jackie Day / Come On Try Me

Pearlean Gray / I Don't Want to Cry

Fats Domino / Work My Way Up Steady

Bobby Brooks / Wise Like Soloman

Jackie Shane / Any Other Way

Baby Washington / Leave Me Alone

The Marriotts / Tell It Like it Is

Marlena Shaw / Let's Wade in the Water

Barbara Lynn / I'm a Good Woman

The Showmen / Our Love Will Grow

The Traits / Too Good To Be True

Betty Everett / It's Getting Mighty Crowded

Jerry Williams / If You Ask Me (Because I Love You)

Billy Joe Royal / Heart's Desire

Tommy Raye / You Don't Love Me

Bobby Bland / Shoes

Mary Ann Fisher / Forever More

The Heartbreakers / I've Got To Face It

Soul, Inc. / In The Midnight Hour

Sonny Fishback / Heart Breaking Man

Virgil Murray's Tomorrow's Yesterday / I Still Care

Terry Callier / Look At Me Now

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Get Out (and Let Me Cry)

Major Lance / You Don't Want Me No More

Pearl Woods / Don't Tell It All

Barbara Carr / Shake Your Head

Bobby Allen Poe / Concrete Jungle

Gloria Jones / Tainted Love

Barbara Acklin / Am I the Same Girl

The High Keys / Que Sera, Sera

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That Driving Beat - Episode 249

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:00:53 GMT

Originally broadcast February 12, 2023

It's another 2 hours packed full of 1960s soul, R&B, Mod, and other dancers, movers, and shakers. We feature some Burt Bacharach songs today, including some of his Northern Soul tunes, big pop ballads, and even a garage rock Bacharach cover. We also tell a couple of stores of finding records from your want list in places like Toledo, Ohio, or even your own play box!

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Timmy Willis / Mr. Soul Satisfaction

Dave Berry / Baby It's You

Bobby Bland / You're Worth It All

The Raelets / One Room Paradise

The Casualeers / You Betta Be Sure

Cilla Black / Anyone Who Had A Heart

Erma Franklin / Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)

The Heartbreakers / I've Found a New Lover

Linda Jones / I Can't Stop Lovin' My Baby

Lou Johnson / If I Never Get To Love You

The Alphabetical Order / Little Red Book

Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / No Good to Cry

The Vibrations / Canadian Sunset

Len Barry / 1-2-3

The Rays / Louie Hoo Hoo

Bobby Marchan / Booty Green

The Sultans / You Got Me Goin'

Eskew Reeder / Never Again

Ruby & The Romantics / I Cry Alone

Bobby Boyd / My Type Of Dancin'

Johnny Nash / Strange Feeling

The Tams / Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy

The Jammers / Where Can She Run To

Dion Jackson / Love Makes the World Go Round

The Exotics / Man Power

Chuck Jackson / Any Day Now

Aaron Neville / Over You

Cliff Butler / You Name It

Etta James / Pushover

The Revlons / Dry Your Eyes

Lou Johnson / Magic Potion

The Steinways / My Heart's Not In It Anymore

Jay & The Techniques / Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie

Detroit Emeralds / (I'm an Ordinary Man) Take Me the Way I Am

Jimmy Radcliff / Long After Tonight Is Over

Cliff Nobles & Co / The Camel

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That Driving Beat - Episode 248

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:00:17 GMT

Originally broadcast February 5, 2023

James and Uwe dig into some new record acquisitions, old favorites, and a few forgotten gems. Two packed hours of 1960s soul, R&B, Mod, and other dance tunes with That Driving Beat!

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis / Come On In The House

The Adventurers / It's Alright

The Toys / I Got My Heart Set On You

Timmy Shaw / Gonna Sent You Back To Georgia

Clyde McPhatter / Try Try Baby

Barrett Strong / Money (That's What I Want)

Aaron Frazer / Over You

Donnie Elbert / Little Piece Of Leather

The Inclines / The Atlanta Boogaloo

Don Gardner / My Baby Likes to Boogaloo

Tim / I Need Your Love

Candy and the Kisses / The 81

The Toys / Sealed With A Kiss

The Casuals / Money (That's All I Want)

Ella Fitzgerald / These Boots Are Made For Walkin'

The O'Jays / Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)

The Rays / Mediterranean Moon

Lee Dorsey / Can You Hear Me

The Sandpebbles / Forget It

Inez & Charlie Foxx / La De Da I Love You

Four Tops / Bernadette

The Precisions / If This is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely)

The Freedom Affair / Heartaches Don't Come Easy

Googie Rene Combo / Smokey Joe's La La

The Spellbinders / A Little On the Blue Side

Gladys Knight & the Pips / Just Walk in My Shoes

Four Tops / I Got a Feeling

The Poets / She Blew a Good Thing

The Intruders / Every Day is a Holiday

Bunny Siegler / Let The Good Times Roll & Feel So Good

Joe Tex / The Peck

The Isley Brothers / Who's That Lady

Ricky Allen / It's A Mess I Tell You

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That Driving Beat - Episode 247

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:00:15 GMT

Originally broadcast January 29, 2023

Two more hours of Soul, R&B, and garage rock with That Driving Beat. We play a few tunes by artists getting outside of the sounds they're most known for, like Nina Simone, Fats Domino, and Ronnie Milsap, plus some Louisville 1960s garage rock from the vaults that never got released until the 2010s. We also have a conversation prompted by a recent episode of the Addicted to the Needle soul record podcast about playing well known hits versus the rare obscurities we love to try to get a dance floor going.

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Fats Domino / Work My Way Up Steady

Charlie Gracie / Walk With Me Girl

Ronnie Milsap / Ain't No Soul Left In These Ole Shoes

Gloria Taylor / You Got to Pay the Price

Kim Tolliver / I Gotta Find A Way

The Steve Karmen Big Band (Featuring Jimmy Radcliffe) / Breakaway, Pt. 1

Freda Payne / The World Don't Owe You a Thing

Kim Weston / Helpless

Exstacy, Passion & Pain / I Wouldn't Give You Up

Freda Payne / Band Of Gold

Lee Dorsey / Working In a Coal Mine

Chuck Berry / You Never Can Tell

Martha & The Vandellas / Heat Wave

Jackie Wilson / (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

Andre Franklin with the Preston Epps Trio / Say Yeah!

Billy Butler / The Right Track (instrumental)

James Carr / Coming Back to Me Baby

Gene Chandler / There Was A Time

The James Gang / For a Little of Her Sunshine

Tami Lynn / I'm Gonna Run Away from You

The Sultans / I Know It's True

The Pigeons / (In The) Midnight Hour

Blues / Rats In My Room

Micki Lynn / I've got The Blues (What Can I Do)

The Rugbys / I Want You Baby

Reggie La Mont / How Lonely (Can One Man Be)

Nina Simone / It Be's That Way Sometime

Candy Cole / What's For Dessert?

Betty Lavett / I Feel Good (All Over)

Claudine Clark / Standing On Tip Toe

The M-3's / When the Party's Over

Dyke & The Blazers / City Dump

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That Driving Beat - Episode 246

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 15:00:49 GMT

Originally broadcast January 22, 2023

We spin tunes by Big Ella, Little Willie John, Ben E. King, Barbara Lynn, Edwin Starr, The Coasters, and more!

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Jackie Wilson / You Brought About a Change In Me

Edwin Starr / My Weakness Is You

Solomon Burke / (No, No, No) Can't Stop Lovin' You Now

The Manhattans / Teach Me (The "Philly" Dog)

Little Willie John / Doll Face

Theola Kilgore / I Know That He Loves Me

Marion Black / Who Knows

Major Lance / Little Young Lover

Mel & Tim / Do Right Baby

Five Stairsteps & Cubie / Little Young Lover

Barbara Lynn / I'm a Good Woman

The Furys / Zing! Went The String of My Heart

Les Chanceliers / La Génération D'Aujourd'hui

The Bobby Fuller Four / The Magic Touch

The RPM's / Memphis Beat

Bill Deal & the Rhondels / I've Been Hurt

Boyd Bennett / Ba-Beh

The Coasters / Bad Blood

Ben E. King / Stand By Me

The Starlets / Better Tell Him No

Paul Anka / Uh Huh

Baby Washington / Run My Heart

Shirley Ellis / I See It, I Like It, I Want It

Marty Balin / Nobody But You

Chubby Checker / Popeye the Hitchhiker

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons / Hickory

The Spinners / I Cross My Heart

Tommy Hunt / The Clown

Johnny Thunder & Ruby Winters / Make Love To Me

Big Ella / The Queen

Harry Starr / Another Time, Another Place

Dean Parrish / Determination

The Metros / Since I Found My Baby

Linda Jones / A Last Minute Miracle

Anna King / Come And Get These Memories

The Casinos / I Still Love You

The Da-Kars / Shot In The Dark

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That Driving Beat - Episode 245

Sat, 21 Jan 2023 15:00:49 GMT

Originally broadcast January 15, 2023

Two packed hours of Motown, Northern Soul, R&B, and other Mod movers and shakers on original 1960s vinyl 45s!

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Chuck Jackson / You've Got To Be Strong

Ray Barretto / Soul Drummers

Four Tops / I'll Turn to Stone

Cookie Jackson / Uptown Jerk

Inez Foxx / Hi Diddle Diddle

Sharon Soul / You Found My Weak Spot

Jean DuShon / Feeling Good

Barbara McNair / It Happens Every Time

The Young-Holt Unlimited / California Montage

Kim Weston / It Should Have Been Me

Carl Henderson / Please Stop Laughing At Me

Jackie Wilson / Baby Workout

P.J. Proby / You Can't Come Home Again (If You Leave Me Now)

Mill Evans / Why, Why, Why

Jack Rainwater / Swamp Gas

Mongo Santamaria / Cold Sweat

Della Reese / If It Feels Good, Do It

The Yardbirds / Jeff's Boogie

Martha & The Vandellas / Wild One

Martha & The Vandellas / Quicksand

Chuck Edwards / Sweet Sweet Love

Teardrops / You Won't Be There

Jewel Akens / Little Bitty Pretty One

Sugar Boy and the Sugar Lumps / Mamma Won't You Turn Me Loose

The Chiffons / Stop, Look and Listen

The Sensations / Get On Up Mama

Wilson Pickett / Let Me Be Your Boy

The LaSalles / This Is True

Ruby Winters / Just Like a Yo Yo

The Isley Brothers / My Love Is Your Love (Forever)

The Fabulous Peps / So Fine

The Profiles / If I Didn't Love You

Gene Chandler / It's Time To Settle Down

Jeanette "Baby" Washington / Too Late

Hal Frazier / After Closing Time

The Packers / Boondocks

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That Driving Beat - Episode 244

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 15:00:21 GMT

Originally broadcast January 8, 2023

Uwe went digging and found a record by one of James's favorite performers! Here's 2 more hours of our Mod and Soul dance party radio! Sugar Pie Desanto, Bobby Freeman, Jackie Lee, Fontella Bass, Billy Joe Royal, Chuck Jackson, some Louisville groups, and a whole lot more!

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Platters / Fear of Losing You

Ted Taylor / The Loving Physician

Joe Simon / Power of Love

The Tams / How Long Love

Johnny Moore / A Dollar Ninety Eight

Little Jerry Williams / Just What Do You Plan to Do About It

Bobby Bland / Keep On Loving Me (You'll See The Change)

The Soul Twins / She's The One

Herman's Hermits / For Love

Claude François / Si tu veux être heureux

Mouse and The Traps / Cryin' Inside

Don Covay & The Goodtimers / You Got Me On The Critical List

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Calamity

Carter Brothers / (She's So Fine) So Glad She's Mine

Bobby Freeman / C'mon and Swim

Jackie Lee / The Shotgun and the Duck

Earl Gains / It's Worth Anything

Mark Valentino / Do It!

Charlie Rich / Lonely Weekends

The Blendtones / Come On Home

The Chateaus / Moanin'

Tommy Youngblood / Tremble Walk

The Mauds / Forever Gone

Lee Rogers / Love For A Love

Fontella Bass / I Can't Rest

George Freeman / Why Are You Doing This To Me

Timmy Shaw / I'm A Lonely Guy

Sugar Pie DeSanto / Soulful Dress

Jackie Wilson / I'm So Lonely

The Dovells / You Can't Sit Down

The Emperors / Karate

Chuck Jackson / Beg Me

Billy Joe Royal / Heart's Desire

Barbara & Brenda / Hurtin' Inside

Sam Baker / I Can't Stand It

The Ethics / I Want My Baby Back

Dora Hall / Pretty Boy

Mike Williams / If This Isn't Love

Brother Jack McDuff / Do It Now

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That Driving Beat - Episode 243

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:00:34 GMT

Originally Broadcast January 1, 2023

Uwe runs this show solo as James is traveling. He makes time for some 60s British Mod like Chris Farlowe and The Fleur De Lys, plus plenty of amazing soul and R&B from the Traits, Sheila Ferguson, Don Covay, Mitty Collier, Pearl Woods, Joe Bataan, and more.

Willie Mitchell-That Driving Beat

Little Charles and the Sidewinders-It's A Heartache

The Dalton Boys-I've Been Cheated

Sheila Ferguson-How Did That Happen

Anthony Raye-Give Me One More Chance

Chris Campbell-You Gotta Pay Dues

The Traits-Too Good To Be True

Chris Farlowe-Out of Time

The Fleur De Lys-Circles

The Spencer Davis Group-Looking Back

Georgie Fame-Yeh, Yeh

The Olympics-No More Will I Cry

Jackie Wilson-I'm Travelin' On

Brenda Holloway-When I'm Gone

Myrna March-I Keep Forgettin'

The Group-In Crowd

E. Rodney Jones-R & B Time (Part 1)

Mitty Collier-Don't Let Her Take My Baby

Pearl Woods-Sippin' Sorrow

Don Covay & The Goodtimers-See About Me

Sugarpie Desanto-Going Back Where I Belong

Joe Bataan-Too Much Lovin'

Tony Lawrence-I Need Somebody

The 21st-I Just Can't Forget Your Name

Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs-Try

Ann Sexton and the Soul Masters-You've Been Gone Too Long

J.P. Robinson-Say It

Bettye Scott and the Del-Vetts-Good Feeling

Lee Williams & The Cymbals-I Can Make Mistakes Too

The Fabulous Emotions-Number One Fool

The Hesitations-Is This The Way to Treat a Girl (You Bet It Is)

Clarence Murray-Let's Get On With It

Robert & Ron-It Ain't Finished Yet

The Voice Masters-If A Woman Catches A Fool

Billy Sha-Rae-Do It

The Soul Survivors-Tell Daddy

The Sugar Cakes-When I'm With You

Judy Green-I Can't Get Along Without You

Eddy 'G' Giles-Soul Feeling (Part 1)

Esther Phillips-Fever

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That Driving Beat - Episode 242

Sun, 15 Jan 2023 15:00:19 GMT

Originally Broadcast December 25, 2022

It's a Christmas Day soul radio dance party! We kept the holiday content to a minimum, and played some all-year-round bangers by Terry Callier, Syl Johnson, the Marvellos, Bobby Bland, Homer Banks, the Walker Brothers, James Brown, and more! So, this is good listening, whatever day you play it.

Willie Mitchell-That Driving Beat

Ovella and the Overtures-That's All You Gotta Do

The Cameos-Merry Christmas

Jr. Walker & The All Stars-Pucker Up Buttercup

The Marvellos-We Go Together

The Preparations-It Won't Be a Dance (If You're Not There)

Howard Tate-Half A Man

Bobby Bloom-Where Are We Going

The Blue-Belles-I Sold My Heart To The Junkman

The Walker Brothers-Tell The Truth

Darlene Love-Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

James Brown & The Fabulous Flames-Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.

Bobby Bland-Getting Used To The Blues

Bill Black's Combo-My Babe

Richard Brown-Don't Listen To The Grapevine

The Flirtations-Christmas Time Is Here Again

Henrietta And The Hairdooz-You Got a Lot to Learn

Charley and the Jaguars-In The Middle Of A Heartache

Richard Berry-Everybody's Got A Lover But Me

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich-The Sun Goes Down

Sound Foundation-Morning Dew (Walk Me Out In The)

The Special A.K.A.-Gangsters

Fun Boy Three-The Tunnel Of Love

The Lovables-Take Me For A Little While

Terry Callier-Look At Me Now

Wayne Champion-It's Christmas Time

Otis Redding-Merry Christmas, Baby

Jerry Woodard-Sweet Sweet Woman

Homer Banks-A Lot of Love

The Masqueraders-I Got It

Maxine Brown-Think Of Me

Syl Johnson-Back For A Taste Of Your Love

J.J. Barnes-Baby Please Come Back Home

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That Driving Beat - Episode 241

Fri, 13 Jan 2023 15:00:25 GMT

Originally Broadcast December 18, 2022

James is solo for this episode while Uwe is off doing his real job. When Uwe is away, James likes to spin the early 70s crossover funky stuff. Check out the wild greasy Johnny Cash cover with a little Beatles thrown in, Brother to Brother covering Gil Scott-Heron, some Dayton, Ohio instrumental funk, and Clarence Reid getting his share.

Willie Mitchell-That Driving Beat

The Raeletts Featuring Estella Yarbrough-Here I Go Again

Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose-Treat Her Like a Lady

The Flaming Ember-Westbound #9

The T. S. U. Toronadoes-Got To Get Through To You

Freddy-Henchi & the Soulsetters-Folsom Prison

John Edwards-Stop This Merry-Go-Round

Ann Peebles-99 Pounds

Syl Johnson-Try Me

Betty Lavette-Heart of Gold

Junior & The Classics-Kill The Pain

Barbara & The Browns-You Don't Love Me

Shirley Brown-I've Got to Go On Without You

Clarence Reid-Send Me Back My Money

The Sensations-Lonely World

The Turnarounds-Somewhere In This World (A Telephone Is Riging)

George Kerr Orchestra-Back Lash

Bill Withers-Harlem

Sam & Dave-Jody Ryder Got Killed

London Fog with the Continentals-Trippin

Brother to Brother-In The Bottle

Freddy Robinson-The Oogum Boogum Song

Lloyd Price-Bad Conditions

The Sheppards-Steal Away

Clarence Reid-Till I Get My Share

Etta James-The Love of My Man

The Vanguards-The Thought Of Losing Your Love

Tommy Wills-(Funky) 4 Corners

Vin Cardinal-There'll Be No City on the Hill

Otis Clay-Turn Back the Hands of Time

Ann Sexton-You're Losing Me

George Guess-No Matter What

The Interpretations-Soul Affection

Moses & Joshua-Get Out Of My Heart

Syl Johnson-I'm Yours

Wilmer & The Dukes-Heavy Time

Toussaint McCall-The Toussaint Shuffle

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That Driving Beat - Episode 240

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 15:00:39 GMT

Originally Broadcast December 11, 2022

It's a swinging mod dance party tonight, with classics by Googie Rene Combo, Etta James, Mable John, The Tempests, Mary Wells, Chuck Jackson Darrell Banks, plus a super-rare primitive garage rocker by the Customs Five that James never dreamed he'd find in a box of junk in an Indiana flea market (thanks to the In The Past Garage Rock Podcast for introducing me to the song). We also recognize two legends of soul music we lost in the past week: J.J. Barnes and Jim Stewart.

Willie Mitchell-That Driving Beat

Bob and Earl-Harlem Shuffle

Googie Rene Combo-Smokey Joe's La La

Etta James-Next Door To The Blues

Nina Simone-Gin House Blues

Shorty Long-Night Fo' Last

J. J. Barnes-Real Humdinger

Jackie Wilson-I Get the Sweetest Feeling

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas-Show Me the Way

Johnny Nash-(What A) Groovy Feeling

Chuck Jackson-Good Things Come To Those Who Wait

The Customs Five-Let's Go In '69

Sir Douglas-She's Gotta Be Boss

The Customs Five-Little Louie

The Spartas-I'm Crying

Massachusettes Assembly-Run Like The Devil

The Tempests-Can't Get You Out Of My Mind

The Flamingos-Since My Baby Put Me Down

The Diplomats-There's Still A Tomorrow

Mary Wells-The Doctor

J.J. Barnes-Please Let Me In

The Astors-Candy

Darrell Banks-Baby What'cha Got (For Me)

Mable John-It's Catching

Don & Juan-Pot Luck

William Bell-Eloise (Hang On In There)

Tommy & Cleve-Boo-Ga-Loo Baby

Gentlemen Bleu-Hate To Tell You

Nat Kendrick & The Swans-(Do The) Mashed Potatoes (Part 1)

Bill Deal & the Rhondels-I've Been Hurt

Ramona King-It's In His Kiss

Bobby Darin-Long Line Rider

Bette Renne and The Thrillettes-Your Kinda Love

Otis Redding-Love Man

Chubby Checker-You Better Believe It, Baby

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That Driving Beat - Episode 239

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 15:00:11 GMT

Originally Broadcast December 4, 2022

James and Uwe are back with another radio soul dance party! Uwe sneaks some 70s tunes into the studio, there are more of those French-Canadian Mod gems we started playing last week, and James finally picks up a copy of a Barbara Acklin classic that should have been in his box years ago from an Indiana antique store!

Willie Mitchell-That Driving Beat

Babara Acklin-Am I the Same Girl

The Rising Sun-Feel It

Hou - Lops-Vendredi M'Obsede

Domenique Michel-La Mini Jupe

Tear Drops-Tears Come Tumbling

Domenique Michel-Las Mal Aimes

Na Allen-Thanks for Nothing

Gene Chandler-Don't Have to Be Lying Babe (Part 1)

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings-Genuine

Jo Ann Garrett-That Little Brown Letter

Tina Britt-Look

The Sugar Cakes-When i'm With You

Lloyd Price-Love Music

Jeff (Soulman) Brown and his Quartet-Ain't That A Groove (Part 1)

The U.S. Male-I Don't Want To Know

Les Tallmud-J'ai Cru A Mon Reve

The Jerms-Nobody

Jerry Washington-Let Me Get Close To You

Trade Martin-Sixteen Tons

Lee Andrews-Operator

John & Paul-I'm Walkin'

Les Internes-Oh! Non!

The Traits-Too Good To Be True

Dean Parrish-Skate Pt.1

Johnny Hallyday-Noir c'est noir

Stoney & Meatloaf-What You See Is What You Get

James Carr-Stronger Than Love

Jimmy James & The Vagabonds-Now Is The Time

Lou Courtney-Hey Joyce

Little Johnny Taylor-Keep On Keeping On

Jerry Williams-If You Ask Me (Because I Love You)

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That Driving Beat - Episode 238

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 16:50:06 GMT

Originally broadcast November 27, 2022

James and Uwe are back from the Keystone Soul Weekender in Pennsylvania with a pile of new old records to spin, including some 1960s French-Canadian Mod tunes from Montreal's Parka Pat! That's right, you get to hear an Austrian and a Kentuckian raised in England try to pronounce French things!

Willie Mitchell-That Driving Beat

Jackie Verdell-Hush

The Human Beinz-Turn On Your Love Light

The Players-I Wanna Be Free

Nicoletta-32 Septembre

Les Tetes Blanches-Quand On Est Amoureux

Dominique Michel-Ces Bottes Sont Faites Pour Marcher

Bobby James & Vicki Adams-Love is Such a Sweet Thing

Christine Cooper-S. O. S. (Heart In Distress)

Otis Leavill-Charlotte (Yes I'm Gonna Miss You}

Jerry Palmer-Walking the Dog

Bruce-Laisse-Moi

Nino Ferrer-Mao Et Moa

Les Bel Canto-Les Filles D'Eve

Diane Dufresne-Buzz

Bob & Peggy-Everybody's Talking

The Mad Men-Do The African Twist

Freddie North-How to Cry

Tommy Hunt-The Parade Of Broken Hearts

The Miracles-I Love Your Baby

The Goodees-Condition Red

Jo Ann & Troy-Who Do You Love

Billy Butler & the Enchanters-Gotta Get Away

Brother Jack McDuff-Silk 'N' Soul Pt. 2

The Vibrations-Canadian Sunset

Bruce-L'amour, L'amour, L'amour

Pierre Perpall-Stop Il Faut Arreter

The Show Stoppers-Ain't Nothin' But a House Party

Lesley Gore-No Matter What You Do

George Torrence & The Naturals-So Long Goodbye

Diplomats-He's Got You Now

Cleve Duncan & The Radiants-I'm Betting My Heart

Antoine-Les Elucrubrations D'Antoine

Jimmy McGriff-I've Got a Woman

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That Driving Beat - Episode 237

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 16:05:29 GMT

Originally broadcast November 13, 2022

We just moved our upload of our weekly soul radio show over from Mixcloud to this podcast! This is episode 237 of the radio show, episode 1 as a podcast.

It's another Sunday night dance party, with 2 packed hours of soul and R&B. There's a few British tunes in the mix tonight, along with Garnet Mimms, Tony Clarke, Anna King, Otis Redding, Brice Coefield, Lloyd Price, and that 60s Gary US Bonds stormer that somehow never got pressed to vinyl until the 80s! Plus, James plays a record that wants to be in his collection but that he's not sure about.

Willie Mitchell-That Driving Beat

Garnet Mimms-Prove It to Me

Bo Diddley-Let The Kids Dance

The Precisions-Why Girl

Tony Clarke-Landslide

The Winstons-Amen, Brother

Jackie Ross-Jerk and Twine

Elvis Presley-Rubberneckin'

Richie Wallace-Darling, You Done Me Wrong

Steve Alaimo and Betty Wright-I'm Thankful

The Premieres-I'm Better Off Now (Than I Was Before)

The Delacardos-Hold Back The Tears

Solomon Burke-How Many Times

Anna King-The Big Change

Bobby Harris-More of the Jerk

Razzy and the Neighborhood Kids-I Hate Hate

Otis Redding-I'm Depending On You

Brice Coefield-Tempted

The Isley Brothers-Move Over and Let Me Dance

The Lemonade-CharadeThe Straight Life

The Drifters-I've Got Sand In My Shoes

The "D"-Men-No Hope for Me

Willie Tee-I Want Somebody (To Show Me the Way Back Home)

Monopoly LTD.-Underdog's Child

Gary "U.S." Bonds-I Wanna Holler

Double Feature-Baby, Get Your Head Screwed On

Paul Ank-My Baby's Comin' Home

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra and Chorus-Oh, Lady Luck

Tommy Good-Baby I Miss You

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich-Last Night In Soho

Susan Barrett-It's No Secret

The Small Faces-Almost Grown

The Fascinations-Girls Are Out to Get You

100 Proof (Aged In Soul)-Love Is Sweeter (The Second Time Around)

Dave 'Baby' Cortez-Rinky Dink

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