That Driving Beat

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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