Downtown Soulville with Mr. Fine Wine | WFMU

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Downtown Soulville with Mr. Fine Wine | WFMU episodes

April 25 Lend me your hand from Apr 24, 2026
Chuck Edwards - "Downtown Soulville" - 45
Music behind DJ:
Lee Tillman - "Trash" - 45

The Dontels - "Soul Nitty Gritty" - 45
Little Bill - "She Told Me So" - 45
Debra Dion - "Don't Bug Me Baby" - 45
Donald Edwin - "You Don't Need Me" - 45
Duff Thurmond - "Now That You Left Me" - 45
(Iris) Lorraine Washington - "Sweetie Pie" - 45
The Kalendars - "It Takes Two, Babe" - 45
Elane & Donna - "Please Me, Don't Tease Me" - 45
Lee Rogers - "Love and War" - 45
Eddie Hill - "You Got the Best of Me" - 45
Martha Star - "It's Too Bad Baby" - 45
Jock Mitchell - "Not a Chance in a Million" - 45
The Soul City - "Cold Hearted Blues" - 45
John Wesley - "Stop the Music" - 45
The Professionals - "That's Why I Love You" - 45
Little Milton - "Spring" - 45
Music behind DJ:
Choker Campbell - Super Sounds - "The Camel Hump" - 45

Mel Hueston - "Time and Patience" - 45
Chuck Johnson & Hazell Branch - "Weak (Pt. 1)" - 45
The Sensational Gospel Six - "Strengthen Me Lord" - 45
The Kindly Shepherds - "Lend Me Your Hand" - 45
Music behind DJ:
Dave Hamilton - "Cracklin Bread" - 45
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163591
1 hr 9 min
April 18 Pat Byrne fills in! from Apr 17, 2026
Chuck Edwards - "Downtown Soulville" [0:00:00]
Willie Mitchell - "Soul Serenade" [0:02:03]
Candi Staton - "I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart (Than A Young Man's Fool)" [0:05:08]
Etta James - "Pay Back" [0:06:24]
Irma Thomas - "Two Winters Long" [0:08:45]
The Mighty Hannibal - "Fishin' Pole" [0:11:04]
Lee Dorsey - "Get Out Of My Life Woman" [0:13:06]
Little Milton - "If Walls Could Talk" [0:15:23]
Wilbert Harrison - "Kansas City Twist" [0:18:12]
Bobby Long - "Jersey City" [0:20:01]
Music behind DJ:
Kool and the Gang - "North, East, South, West" [0:22:24]

Ike Noble - "That's What I Got" [0:25:33]
Chairman Of The Board - "Since The Days of Pigtails (And Fairy Tales)" [0:27:50]
Sugar Pie De Santo - "Don't Wanna Fuss" [0:30:26]
The Brothers Two - "You Got It" [0:33:13]
Bobby Hebb - "Bread" [0:35:41]
Music behind DJ:
Dave Baby Cortez - "Tweetie Pie" [0:38:09]

Arthur Conley - "Run On" [0:41:17]
(Big) Al Downing - "Gimme Good Loving" [0:43:16]
Sam & Dave - "You Ain't No Big Thing Baby" [0:45:12]
King Floyd - "I Feel Like Dynamite" [0:47:35]
William Bell and Carla Thomas - "I Need You Woman" [0:50:42]
100 Proof (Aged in Soul) - "Everything Good IS Bad" [0:53:14]
Eddie Floyd - "California Girl" [0:55:50]
Solomon Burke - "Keep A Light In The Window Till I Come Home" [0:58:16]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163344
1 hr 9 min
April 11 Ain't gonna give you up from Apr 10, 2026
Chuck Edwards - "Downtown Soulville" - 45
Music behind DJ:
Paul Thornton - "Walk in Outer Space" - 45

The Strands - "Never" - 45
Bobby Adams - "What a Mess" - 45
Big Buddy Lucas - "La-Ja-Ma-Doodle (This Is My Lucky Day)" - 45
Piney Brown and His Blues Toppers - "Sugar in My Tea (Cream in My Coffee)" - 45
J.J. Barnes - "So Far Away" - 45
Music behind DJ:
Lionel Hampton and His Inner Circle of Jazz - "Greasy Greens" - 45

Sonny Daye & Sherl Mathews - "Ooo Wee Baby" - 45
Tobi Lark - "Sweep It Out in the Shed" - 45
Jimmy Armstrong - "I Won't Believe It Til I See It" - 45
Jeen & Him - "You Ain't Gonna Get a Chance" - 45
The Zircons - "Go On and Cry" - 45
Music behind DJ:
The International Bongo Band - "Congo" - 45

The Sequins - "I Get What I Want" - 45
The Malibus - "Gee Baby (I Love You)" - 45
T.C. Lee & the Bricklayers - "Up and Down the Hill" - 45
Robert Moore - "Lookin' for a Woman" - 45
Music behind DJ:
Ronnie, Norman & Earl - "Soul at Sunrise" - 45

The Volumes - "Ain't Gonna Give You Up" - 45
Leon Haywood - "You and Your Moody Ways" - 45
Marvin L. Sims - "It's Your Love" - 45
Tim Connelly - "Groove Me" - 45
Pat & Pam - "I'm the One Who Loves You" - 45
Music behind DJ:
Sounds of Synanon - "Long Hoop La" - 45
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163104
1 hr 9 min
March 28 The rest of my life from Mar 27, 2026
Chuck Edwards - "Downtown Soulville" - 45
Music behind DJ:
Freddie Mitchell and His Orchestra - "Freddie's New Calypso" - 45

The Four Casts - "Stormy Weather" - 45
Jimmy Giant - "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" - 45
Jimmy Jones and the Jones Boys - "The Whistlin' Man" - 45
Mercy Dee and Lady Fox - "Get to Gettin'" - 45
Big Syl Barnes - "Come On Back" - 45
Music behind DJ:
The Upsetters - "Upsettin'" - 45

The Lollipops - "Busy Signal" - 45
Tommy Tucker - "Wine Bottles" - 45
The 3 Degrees - "Are You Satisfied" - 45
Bobby Harris - "Ain't That Love" - 45
Music behind DJ:
J.J. Jones - "Sock Dance" - 45

Pic & Bill - "Talk About Love" - 45
T.J. Williams and Two Shades of Soul - "Baby, I Need You" - 45
Bonnie Brisker - "So Much Lovin' (Deep Inside of Me)" - 45
Kip Anderson - "I'm Out of Love" - 45
Willie Williams - "Name It" - 45
Music behind DJ:
Uncle Sam - "The Big Apple" - 45

Oscar Perry - "The Rest of My Life" - 45
Delia Gartrell - "If I Had My Way" - 45
The Players - "Get Right" - 45
Herman Hitson - "Ain't No Other Way" - 45
Merry Clayton - "Forget It, I Got It" - 45
Music behind DJ:
Seeds of Tranquility - "Harmonica Funk" - 45
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162623
1 hr 9 min
March 21 Get Up Mare (Becky B. fills in!) from Mar 20, 2026
Piano Red - "Get Up Mare" [0:00:00]
Briant Holland - "Nature Boy" [0:04:40]
Mickey & Sylvia - "No Good Lover" [0:07:16]
Spider Turner - "Ride In My 225" [0:10:01]
The Barons - "While The Cat's Away" [0:12:34]
Johnnie & Jackie - "Someday We'll Be Together" [0:14:56]
Music behind DJ:
Jack Eubanks - "Casino" - Guitar Sounds Of The South [0:17:50]

Frankie Beverly - "If That's What You Wanted" [0:21:01]
The Lollipops - "Loving Good Feeling" [0:23:30]
The Falcons - "Good Good Feeling" [0:25:56]
Marvin Gaye - "Desperate Situation" [0:28:06]
Irene Scott - "Everyday Worries" [0:31:08]
Music behind DJ:
Jack Eubanks - "Casino" - Guitar Sounds Of The South [0:34:09]

The Hearts - "Don't Let Me Down" [0:35:45]
Barbara Mason - "Bobby Is My Baby" [0:39:45]
The Masqueraders - "How" [0:41:13]
Rose Battiste - "Hit And Run" [0:44:01]
Curtis King - "You Took The Best Of Me" [0:46:14]
Music behind DJ:
Jack Eubanks - "Casino" - Guitar Sounds Of The South [0:49:03]

Jeanne & The Darlings - "How Can You Mistreat the One You Love" [0:51:07]
Betty Harris - "Ride Your Pony" [0:53:48]
Pat Lewis - "Warning" [0:56:52]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162395
1 hr 9 min
March 14 Marathon Week 2 from Mar 13, 2026
Chuck Edwards - "Downtown Soulville" - 45
Music behind DJ:
The J-Walkers - "Bernie's Theme" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza

The Flintstones - "Ruby" - Stone Records
Jimmie Steward - "Soppin' Gravy" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza
The Flintstones - "Flintstones" - Stone Records
The Soul Chargers - "My Heart Beats for You" - More Loving on the Flipside
Lee Castle - "The Big Bad Train" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza
The Diddley Oohs - "Like Terrible" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza
The Memphis Marks - "Markin' Time" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza
Alice Rozier & Little Joe - "I Love You" - Stone Records
Jimmy Lee Robinson - "Twist It Baby" - New Breed R&B - Money Talks
Billy Peek - "Prancing" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza
Travis & His Orchestra - "The Candy Man Popeye" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza
Hank Jacobs - "Pushin' the Button of Soul" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza
Thomas Bailey & the Flintstones Band - "Flintstone Shuffle" - Stone Records
The Mighty Dogcatchers - "It's Gonna Be a Mess (Pt. 2)" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza
Big Boy Groves - "Bucket O Blood" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza
The Purple Pizza Eaters - "Purple Pizza" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza
Power of Attorney - "Fillet of Soul" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162170
0 min
March 07 Marathon Week 1 from Mar 6, 2026
Chuck Edwards - "Downtown Soulville" - 45 [0:00:00]
Music behind DJ:
The J-Walkers - "Bernie's Theme" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza [0:02:12]

Don Pierce - "20th Century" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza [0:05:53]
Eula Cooper - "Shake Daddy Shake" - Let Our Love Grow Higher [0:08:32]
Nite Beats - "Scrambled Eggs" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza [0:12:23]
The Notations - "Tapered Drawers" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza [0:14:52]
Eula Cooper - "I Can't Help If I Love You" - Let Our Love Grow Higher [0:15:25]
The Dippers - "Goin' Ape" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza [0:17:05]
Eula Cooper - "Try" - Let Our Love Grow Higher [0:21:38]
Lionel Torrence - "Moscow Twist" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza [0:24:10]
Big T and the Upsetters - "The Cricket" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza [0:24:32]
Marvin Gaye - "I Can Take Care of Business" - From Detroit With Love X [0:26:31]
Dicky Doo and the Don'ts - "Doo Plus Two" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza [0:28:36]
Syl Johnson - "Dresses Too Short" - Dresses Too Short [0:33:46]
Syl Johnson - "Different Strokes" - Dresses Too Short [0:34:45]
Preston Love - "Tough Walk" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza [0:37:25]
Santo and Johnny - "Watermelon Man" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza [0:39:57]
Syl Johnson - "Try Me" - Dresses Too Short [0:44:19]
Syl Johnson - "I Can Take Care of Business" - Dresses Too Short [0:46:05]
The Nightbeats - "Sol's Soul" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza [0:48:43]
Syl Johnson - "Sorry Bout Dat" - Dresses Too Short [0:51:58]
Big Dippy and the Mark Four - "Floatin'" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza [0:55:38]
The Soul Purpose - "Funnin'" - Goin' Ape for Purple Pizza [0:56:13]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/161950
1 hr 9 min
February 28 I do things come naturally (Mardi Gras hangover!) from Feb 27, 2026
Chuck Edwards - "Downtown Soulville" - 45
Music behind DJ:
Spider Johnson and His Popeye Band - "Doin' the Popeye" - 45

Charles Brown & Amos Milburn - "Educated Fool" - 45
Bessie Watson - "Wake Up Crying" - 45
Art Neville - "Arabian Love Call" - 45
Huey "Piano" Smith - "We Like Birdland" - 45
Ford Eaglin - "Travelin' Mood" - 45
Music behind DJ:
The Stokes - "Lock, Stock & Barrel" - 45

Benny Spellman - "Ammerette" - 45
Aaron Neville - "How Could I Help But Love You" - 45
Berna Dean - "I Don't Know" - 45
Lee Dorsey - "When I Meet My Baby" - 45
Irma Thomas - "I Did My Part" - 45
Music behind DJ:
The Stokes - "Crystal Ball" - 45

Dave Bartholomew - "Junk Man" - 45
Poka-a-Dot Slim - "Trick Bag" - 45
Earl King - "Don't You Lose It" - 45
Sammy Ridgley - "Shake a Shake Sue" - 45
Music behind DJ:
Smokey Johnson & Company - "The Funkie Moon" - 45

Lee Bates - "I Do Things Come Naturally" - 45
The Plastic Blues Band - "Country Food" - 45
Charles Brimmer - "The Glide" - 45
Chuck Simmons - "Yellow Pages" - 45
Gus "the Groove" Lewis - "Let the Groove Move You" - 45
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/161720
1 hr 9 min
February 21 Queen of Fools (Becky B. fills in!) from Feb 20, 2026
The Turbans - "When You Dance" [0:00:00]
Lilian Offitt - "The Man Won't Work" [0:05:14]
Skip & Fruit - "Oh Baby" [0:07:36]
Jimmy Reed - "Big Boss Man" [0:09:40]
Jimmy Vick and the Victors - "Take A Trip" [0:12:28]
Music behind DJ:
Señor Soul - "Pata Pata (Instrumental)" [0:15:05]

Ernie Tucker - "Can She GIve You Fever" [0:17:25]
Jackie Paine - "At Your Wedding" [0:20:14]
Ruby Lee - "I Believe In You" [0:22:33]
The Contours - "It's So Hard Being a Loser" [0:24:46]
Pearl Jones - "My Man" [0:27:18]
Music behind DJ:
Señor Soul - "Poquito Soul" [0:29:25]

Paul Anka - "I Can't Help Loving You" [0:32:02]
Buddy Lamp - "Just A Little Bit Of Lovin" [0:34:41]
Barbara Mills - "Queen Of Fools" [0:36:50]
The Kittens - "Ain't No More Room" [0:39:14]
The Ambassadors - "(I've Got To Find) Happiness" [0:41:26]
Music behind DJ:
Señor Soul - "Pata Pata" [0:44:03]

The Emotions - "I Can't Stand No More Heartaches" [0:46:30]
Jackie Shane - "Cruel Cruel World" [0:48:55]
The Shalimars - "Stop And Take A Look At Yourself" [0:51:24]
Gene Miller - "The Goodest Man" [0:53:40]
The Jelly Beans - "You Don't Mean Me No Good" [0:56:25]
Music behind DJ:
Señor Soul - "Poquito Soul" [0:58:32]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/161495
1 hr 9 min
February 14 I'm gonna get you yet (Mardi Gras pregame!) from Feb 13, 2026
Chuck Edwards - "Downtown Soulville" - 45
Music behind DJ:
Lee Allen - "Cat Walk" - 45

Lee Dorsey - "Behind the 8 Ball" - 45
Professor Longhair - "Misery" - 45
Lisa Page - "Checking Out" - 45
Ford Eaglin - "Little Eva" - 45
Alex Spearman - "What in the World" - 45
Music behind DJ:
"Red" Tyler - "Olde Wine" - 45

Martha Carter - "Then I'll Believe" - 45
Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns - "She Got Low Down" - 45
Al Reed - "Top Notch Grade A" - 45
The Tick-Tocks - "I'm Gonna Get You Yet" - 45
Marvell - "Love Is a One Sided Fight" - 45
Music behind DJ:
James Booker - "Big Nick" - 45

George Pepp - "You Gotta Get a Wig" - 45
Curly Moore - "You Don't Mean" - 45
Toni Washington - "Good Things" - 45
Benny Spellman - "This Is for You My Love" - 45
Warren Lee - "Star Revue" - 45
Music behind DJ:
The Samfords - "Another Like the Other" - 45

Betty Harris - "12 Red Roses" - 45
Gerald Taylor - "I'm Coming Home" - 45
Oliver Joy - "Keep Love Growing" - 45
Zu Zu Blues Band - "Zu Zu Man" - 45
Al Robinson - "Sho 'Bout to Drive Me Wild" - 45
Mary Jane Hooper - "I've Got Reasons" - 45
Music behind DJ:
Dejan's Olympia Brass Band of New Orleans - "Gotta Woman" - 45
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/161262
1 hr 9 min